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Table of Contents: Lessons from Japan
At Remodelista Japanese design is one of our touchstones: it's our reminder that simplicity requires rigor, that tranquility is attainable, and that it's high time we did some decluttering. This week,...
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A Romantic Farmhouse for Two, Japan Edition
A retired couple bids farewell to life in the city and moves to Mount Yatsugatake on the island of Honshū with a desire to spend the remainder of their lives farming their own vegetables surrounded by...
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11 Best Online Shops for Japanese Housewares Design
When we launched Remodelista a few years back, it was almost impossible to source the hauntingly beautiful housewares of Japan. Things have improved dramatically; here are our top 10 online sources for...
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World's Most Beautiful Candles, via Japan
Magiera Candle Studio owner Yuko Nishida trained with a master candle artisan in New Zealand before returning to Japan to open her own shop, where she produces whimsical waxen creations. The candles...
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DIY: A No-Cost Doorstop Borrowed from Nature
A permanent fixture on my wish list is architect Makoto Koizumi's Tetu Iron Door Stopper, a weighty, cast-iron doorstop in the shape of a simple river stone. At present, though, a river stone is far...
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Steal This Look: A Scandi-Meets-Japanese Kitchen
Juli and John Baker and their two young daughters live in a Toronto flat one flight of stairs up from Mjölk, their homewares shop. Not surprisingly, inventory from the shop makes it up into their own...
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12 Favorites: Live-Edge Tables in the Spirit of George Nakashima
Twentieth-century furniture maker George Nakashima believed that there is a soul in every tree that can continue to live in a piece of furniture. His signature live-edge tables tell the tales of many...
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Grill in Style: A Japanese Stovetop Toaster for Small Kitchens
The perfect replacement for a bulky toaster could very well be this simple contraption from Anzu New York, an online shop specializing in Japanese kitchenware. Reminiscent of popping corn over an open...
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A NYC Cult Shop Heads to Tokyo
To be filed under: You can go home again. Designer Makié Yahagi of Makié, in NYC's SoHo, one of our favorite under-the-radar retailers, recently headed back to Tokyo to open an outpost. In New York,...
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Object Lessons: The Great Japanese Cast-Iron Kettle
Since medieval times, the cast-iron kettle has stood at the center of the traditional Japanese household, steaming on the stove and ready to supply water for tea at a moment's notice. Way ahead of its...
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10 Easy Pieces: Wood Platform Bed Frames
Is the platform bed the go-to option for the creative class? Ask any hipster gent which bed he prefers, and you can bet the platform has a spot on his list. For our purposes, we're defining the...
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Atelier Dion: Ceramics for Caffeine Fiends
In just four years, Rie and Jay Dion of ceramics studio Atelier Dion have attracted a large and loyal following. Early on, San Francisco cafes placed orders—first Four Barrel, then Sightglass and...
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True Grit: The New Iko Iko Shop in LA
In 2009, Kristin Dickenson opened a tiny shop on Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park, with the mysterious name Iko Iko (it means "let's go" in Japanese). Since then, Kristin and her partner Shin Okuda have...
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A Modern Take on Tradition: The Basket Lamp from Nendo
Have you ever admired the intricate wirework of classic handwoven Japanese cooking utensils, art objects in their own right? We have, so we took note when Tokyo design studio Nendo, in collaboration...
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DIY: Shou Sugi Ban Tabletop from the Felted Fox
Fresh off the heels of Dark Shadows week and in the midst of our Lessons from Japan issue, we found the perfect DIY project for right now: a dark-as-night tabletop made using the Japanese technique...
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Remodelista Holiday Market in LA 2014
West Coasters, mark your calendars: we're heading to Los Angeles in December for our annual Remodelista Holiday Market at Big Daddy's Antiques on December 6. We'll be packing the warehouse with...
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Remodeling 101: Tankless Water Heaters
Several months after my husband and I and our two kids moved from the US to a space-efficient flat in London, I dragged our contractor into the back of one of our bathrooms to show him a strange, small...
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Midcentury Meets Zen: A DIY Remodel in LA
The Scenario: Fashion designers Momo Suzuki and Alexander Yamaguchi launch their minimalist-chic clothing line Black Crane in 2008. Not long after that, the two—Japanese transplants who met in LA...
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Geometric Japanese Furniture with Sustainability in Mind
Japanese company Karimoku has been producing furniture in the Aichi Prefecture for the past 70 years. In 2009, in reaction to the loss of Japanese forests in central Japan, Karimoku launched the New...
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Design Sleuth: The Japanese Boro
Months ago, I spotted an indigo patchwork quilt hanging in the home of Swedish stylist Lotta Agaton. It looked to me like an abstract painting, and I've been wanting one ever since. The textile, I've...
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