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Trend Alert: 13 Kitchens with Utensil Rails
If your kitchen tools are pretty enough, why not display them? Above: A kitchen-length storage rail in a project by UK studio Sevil Peach. Above L: A wall-mounted kitchen storage system from the Kana...
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The Simple Life: Malibu Farm Cafe
Is Helene Henderson the original earth child? She migrated to LA from Sweden, married American actor/director John Stockwell, and wrote a cookbook (The Swedish Table, in which she says "I was the soul...
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Sustainable Home Goods from the Deep South
All struggling hometowns need a Natalie Chanin. For more than a decade, we've watched with interest as the former NYC-based stylist returned to her roots, founding her own organic cotton fashion...
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Steal This Look: A Tiny Utilitarian Bathroom
"I fell in love with the look of this apron sink and built the design around that," says Jenny Wolf of the compact main bathroom in her family's East Hampton cottage. She transformed the 55-square-foot...
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10 Favorites: Best of Ikea 2015
Mostly new (and a few from 2014): Our picks of the best from Ikea. Above: The solid birch Dalshult/Slahult Table has a laminate top and is $189. The paper Krusning Lamp Shade, designed by Sigga...
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Remodeling 101: Towel Warmers
Last week we presented 15 Luxuries Worth Considering in Your Remodel. Here's an affordable extra to add to the list: the heated towel bar. Most commonly called towel warmers, these appliances easily...
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10 Easy Pieces: Best Appliances for Small Kitchens
We've all heard stories about professional chefs and cookbook writers cooking up a storm in cramped quarters with just the basics—a range, a refrigerator, maybe a dishwasher—all within arm's reach. Now...
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DIY: The $65 Laundry Closet, Renter's Edition
Like most people in New York, my wife, three-year-old son, and I live in an apartment that lacks storage space. When we moved in, I was stoked to have our own washer and dryer—a first for us—but not to...
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6 Favorites: Best Wooden Storage Pegs
Hang a few strategically placed wall pegs and watch clutter disappear. We particularly like the geometry of these simple wooden versions. Above: Sheesham Hooks are $7.95 each from Crate & Barrel....
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The Ethical Kitchen Project: A Machine for Cooking
Why are contemporary kitchens so big? Danish designer Tobias Tøstesen poses this question on behalf of the environment, as well as our quality of life: "Do we really need all those one-purpose machines...
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A Compact Apartment in London by a Craft-Oriented Architect
The two-level, 639-square-foot flat in a Victorian row house in Hermon Hill, London, had been stripped of its original detail and was a blank slate when London architect Carl Trenfield first saw it....
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Scrap Art: Patchwork Linens from Copenhagen
Rising Danish fashion and textile designer Line Sander Johansen emerged from graduate school in 2012 with plenty of commercial interest in her work, but a disinclination to send her garments "out of...
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Clean and Simple: Furniture from a Low-Key Londoner
"In general, I've always strived to do things as simply as possible," London furniture designer Dean Edmonds tells Port Magazine. "I'd like to think that by keeping the look and feel of my pieces clean...
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Small-Space Living: A Low-Cost Cabin Kitchen for a Family of Five
When designer/blogger Carmella Rayone McCafferty's family of five left Port St. Lucie, Florida, for rural Wyoming three years ago, they needed to find a place to live. Unable to afford land and without...
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Trending on Gardenista: Ikea to the Rescue (and Other Small-Space Solutions)
Tiny patch power. This week, Michelle and crew present garden rehabs that "make the miniature feel grand," and offer an advance look at Ikea's 11 new essentials for urban plantings. Above: Eleven...
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15 Ideas to Steal from Vintage Kitchens
Sometimes we're so busy looking into the future that we forget to revisit the greatest hits of the past. Here are 15 ideas from old-fashioned kitchens worth incorporating into your own setup. Above: An...
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Current Obsessions: Advanced Geometry
Here's a look at what's on our radar this week. A match made in design heaven: Ilse Crawford's new Sinngerlig collection for Ikea. A pine cabin in Norway with a V-shaped footprint. A bathroom goes...
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Table of Contents: The French Connection
A week of pale-pink-tinged romance, à la Francaise. Monday Above: A country house, just outside of Paris, transformed in Architect Visit. Tuesday Above: We'll be dropping in on The Cook's Atelier in...
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Past Meets Present: A Future-Proof Renovation in France
Located on the banks of the river in Villennes-sur-Seine, 20 miles west of Paris, a traditional house enters the modern age thanks to an overhaul by Parisian architect and furniture designer Olivier...
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Schoolroom Chic à la Francaise
Designed in 1947 by Gaston Cavaillon and manufactured by Mullca Compagny until 1996, the Chaise 510 is a schoolroom classic. French company Label Edition has reintroduced the stackable, affordable,...
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