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Success Stories: 5 Before & After Projects
The impending arrival of summer houseguests has us thinking about finally undertaking our long-overdue rehab projects. Here, five different spaces—from five different houses—that have our remodeling...
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Villa Lena: A New Creative Hub (and Hotel) in Tuscany
Last summer I met up with French designer Clarisse Demory in her Paris apartment during the only two days of the year that she happened to be in the city. Clarisse had been living deep in the flowery...
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Pretty in Porcelain: Alix D. Reynis in Paris
A self-taught ceramicist working in porcelain (she calls the material "noble, pure, and demanding"), Alix D. Reynis designs her wares in Paris and makes them by hand in Limoges. They're some of the...
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Steal This Look: A Humble Tuscan Kitchen, French Edition
Yesterday we featured Villa Lena, a new hotel and artist retreat on an 18th-century estate in the hills of Tuscany. French designer and creative director Clarisse Demory was in charge of furnishing the...
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DIY: The Three-Step Painted Headboard
Confession: For most of my twenties, I slept on a single mattress on the floor (no box spring, and not a very good mattress at that). It was only recently that I came to understand the life-enhancing...
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Sputnik Sweetheart: A French Designer's Handwoven Lights
"As a child I was totally crazy about Spirograph," says French designer Julie Lansom. "If I added up all the hours I spent drawing with a Spirograph, it must have amounted to at least a year of my...
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8 Kitchen Utensils as Light Fixtures
Chances are you've got all the fixings for some homemade light fixtures in your kitchen cupboard. Wire whisks, funnels, cheese graters, and even jelly molds stand ready to be transformed—and, in some...
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Le Mary Celeste: Coastal Cool in the Middle of the Marais
On my last visit to Paris, everyone told me that I needed to visit the new oyster and cocktail bar, Le Mary Celeste, in the Marais. After a day spent wandering the angular streets of the neighborhood,...
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Object Lessons: Iconic Cafe Ware from Duralex
We barely need say that Duralex tumblers are made in France, so closely are they associated with café au lait, beret-wearing school children, baguettes, and vin de table. Duralex emerged during World...
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10 Easy Pieces: Coffee Grinders
In our last apartment, we had a coffee grinder that was given to us as a gift, and it was perfectly fine—offered a selection of grind intensity and a removable tray for easy cleaning—but it was also...
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Design Sleuth: Enamelware Indoors
During the summertime, setting the table with enamelware just feels right, whether indoors or out. Enamel plates and bowls are lighter than ceramic, and they seem to clean up easier (or is that just...
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From La Cornue: The Cutting Edge in Kitchen Appliances
La Cornue, a brand known as the Rolls Royce of cooking ranges, has introduced a collection of freestanding kitchen units that push the design envelope. La Cornue W's line is an all-electric cooking...
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La Trésorerie: A New Interiors Shop in Paris
Paris designer Gesa Hanson tipped us off: the new, must-see shop in Paris right now is La Trésorerie, a housewares emporium specializing in timeless, well-made goods with a European accent. Located...
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Time to Vote: The 2014 Remodelista Considered Design Awards
Let the voting begin: For our second annual Remodelista + Gardenista Considered Design Awards, more than 1,000 of you entered projects (twice as many as last year), ranging from characterful Brooklyn...
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Remodeling 101: The Ins and Outs of French Doors
Is it time to say good-bye to the obstructionist solid door and introduce some more light into your life? Consider French doors. These combination windows and doors create a sense of space as they...
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10 Parisian-Style Net Bags
The market tote's more compact sibling? The Parisian-style netted cotton grocery bag. De rigueur decades ago, the bags are now making a comeback—some with modern updates such as bright colors and...
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Dreaming in Black: A Good Night's Sleep with Beautyrest Black
Is there anything more elusive than sleep? Needed hours of rest can weigh on us like impending deadlines and appointments. Which is why, even after doing our part to create tranquil bedrooms, we rely...
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France's Oldest—and Most Esteemed—Hardware Store
Paris has E. Dehillerin, France's oldest kitchenware store, established in 1820. Its longstanding competition in Marseille? Maison Empereur, a family-run institution established in 1827 by François...
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Vote for the Best Bedroom in the Remodelista Considered Design Awards:...
Our judges have chosen the finalists, now you choose the winners. Vote for the finalists in each of 17 Considered Design Awards categories, on both Remodelista and Gardenista. You can vote once a day...
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New Paris Style: A Mother and Daughter Afloat
Presenting our third great houseboat discovery of late: architect Valérie Mazerat's stripped-down, industrial-chic barge in Paris that she shares with her young daughter, Margot. We found it in New...
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