10 Easy Pieces: Wall-Mounted Plate Racks
Spotted lately: clever plate racks in interiors ranging from mod to traditional. (In my next life, I'm going to install one over my sink to hold just-rinsed dishes.) Here are 10 we like. Above: Katrin...
View ArticleRehab Diary: A British Standard Kitchen in a Shepherd's Hut
In our quest for more space, most of us will appropriate and convert anything with four walls that doesn't require a building permit. And if it moves, so much the better. The craze for Airstream...
View ArticleArchitect Visit: An Indoor/Outdoor House in Australia
One feature of traditional Japanese architecture came in handy when the architectural firm Kennedy Nolan was hired to expand a traditional Edwardian house in Melbourne. Because the old wooden structure...
View ArticleSleep and Storage from Father Rabbit, in Auckland
We've long admired the curatorial eye of Claudia Zinzan and Nick Hutchison of the Auckland, New Zealand, housewares store Father Rabbit Limited. The shop began online and expanded into a storefront...
View ArticleRemodeling 101: Freestanding vs. Built-In Bathtubs, Pros and Cons
When we remodeled our modest master bath, I wasn't prepared for the first decision. It was the biggest fixture and the biggest-ticket item: the bathtub. Did I want a stately freestanding tub taking...
View ArticleBrick Comeback: A Revived Manse in Melbourne
Hired by a young family to revive a double-fronted Victorian house in the St. Kilda East suburb of Melbourne, Clare Cousins Architects didn't do the usual tearing down of interior walls and building...
View ArticleLightweight Wool: Godmother Stansborough Grayscale Blankets from New Zealand
Spotted online at stylist Katie Lockhart's Auckland, New Zealand, shop, Everyday Needs: limited-edition, lightweight gray wool blankets with the intriguing label "Woven for Godmother." We had to know...
View ArticleBest Professionally Designed Kitchen Winner: Space Exploration
The winner of the Remodelista Considered Design Awards Best Professionally Designed Kitchen is Space Exploration of Brooklyn, New York. Their project, a loft kitchen created from two classrooms in a...
View ArticleMix-and-Match Painted Cage Lights from an Aussie Designer
Leave it to the Aussies to make industrial cage lights fresh and interesting via a dose of vibrant color. Steve and Helena Trupp, a Brisbane-based husband and wife team, founded Empirical Style, their...
View ArticleArchitect Visit: A Kiwi Beach Compound, Cross-Cultural Edition
Back in 1995, an Auckland family commissioned architect Pip Cheshire to design a vacation hideaway near Whale Bay, one of the nicest eastern coastal stretches in New Zealand. He modeled the structure...
View ArticleHappier at Home: 7 Tips for Getting a Good Night's Sleep in Summer
The days are long, the kids are home from school, and routines are thrown off. The summer months are a shift toward ease in so many ways, but a hindrance to one thing we desperately need: sleep. In...
View ArticleTrending on Gardenista: Blooming Down Under
There's a lot abuzz: This week Gardenista has been spotlighting the lush gardens of Australia and New Zealand—and celebrating the winners of the Considered Design Awards. Plus they've turned up a...
View ArticleBest Amateur-Designed Office Space: Caitlin Long
The winner of the Remodelista Considered Design Awards Best Amateur-Designed Office Space is Caitlin Long of San Francisco. Her project was chosen as a finalist by guest judge Jenni Kayne, who said:...
View Article5 Boutique Paint Lines from Down Under
We're endlessly fascinated by interior paint, especially colors from foreign lands (why do they seem so compelling?). Here are five companies worth noting—two of them sell their wares Stateside, and...
View ArticleLaid-Back Lodging on Byron Bay
Imagine a Scandinavian seaside fishing village in cool and casual Byron Bay, the historical and spiritual home of surfing in Australia. You'd want to linger in a place like that. And if you did, you’d...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: August Song
Here's a look at what's on our radar this week. Above: Funded by Kickstarter, Floyd Legs aims to turn any flat surface into a table. A look at Brooklyn during the summer of 1974. Today marks the first...
View ArticleTable of Contents: Summer Cottage
Summer and cottage are two of our favorite words, especially when they're linked. This week we're celebrating warm-weather hideaways of all sorts—plus camp furniture, a tiny kitchen with wine-crate...
View ArticleThe Soulful Side of Old Cape Cod: Justine's Family Cottage
When Remodelista's Justine Hand and her husband, Chad, bought a wonky 1807 house on Rock Harbor, she already knew every cobwebby nook: With their two young kids, they'd rented the place for several...
View ArticleDesign Sleuth: Net Market Bag as Bath Toy Storage
Spotted in the Cobble Hill bath of Jenni Li and Hans Gissinger, a genius idea for storing bath toys. Here are a few options for re-creating the look. Above: Photo by Brittany Ambridge for Domino....
View ArticleBest Professionally Designed Office Space: Egon Walesch
The winner of the Remodelista Considered Design Awards Best Professionally Designed Office Space is Egon Walesch of London. The designer's project was chosen as a finalist by Remodelista editor in...
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