The New Dolce Vita: A Reinvented Village in Tuscany
Ten years ago, Michael L. Cioffi, a high-powered Cincinnati-based corporate lawyer with a passion for Renaissance history, celebrated his 50th birthday with his extended family by renting a villa in...
View ArticleAll in the Family: Antonio Aricò's Rustic Kitchen Designs Made by His...
Milan-based furniture and product designer Antonio Aricò has sawdust in his blood: He grew up in Reggio Calabria, in southern Italy, hammering together his first creations at the knees of his carpenter...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Hanging Rattan Chairs
World's most cheerful chair? Here's a roundup of our rattan-inspired favorite swings (with a few fabric options for hammock lovers). Take note that natural rattan is best when it's kept in a dry...
View ArticlePrefab for Two: A 290-Square-Foot House for $24,000
Madrid architect Camino Alonso compares her 290-square-foot prefab house to a Monopoly game piece. Designed for two—and portable, no less—it's so cleverly laid out that there's plenty of storage....
View ArticleSuperfolk: Art Foragers
Gearóid Muldowney and Jo Anne Butler are the couple behind Superfolk, a design studio specializing in "everyday home goods for people who prefer the wild outdoors." After meeting at art school in...
View Article13 Favorites: Rooms with Flora and Fauna Wallpaper
Bring in the outdoors with nature-inspired wallpaper. Here are 13 standout examples: whole rooms and single walls alive with leafy branches, birds, and butterflies. Above: A dining room wall featuring...
View ArticleKitchen of the Week: The Ultimate Indoor-Outdoor Kitchen
The recipe for how to double a kitchen: Add a wall of folding glass doors, and then blend a terrace and garden into the mix. The owners of a semidetached Victorian in Dulwich, in south London, tried it...
View ArticleTrend Alert: 10 Sources for White Enamel Flatware
Suddenly surfacing all over: camp-style enameled flatware in graceful, ghostly white. The latest addition to the raging enamelware revival, the cutlery is as versatile as a T-shirt, and equally at home...
View ArticleParis in the Springtime: The Très DIY Hotel Henriette (Starting at $75 a Night)
Every room at the Hotel Henriette, newly overhauled by Paris designer Vanessa Scoffier, is a lesson in the transformative powers of paint and a few well-chosen (but affordable) furnishings. It's at the...
View ArticleNext-to-No-Cost Decorating: At Home with Two Amsterdam Creatives
Illustrator Maartje van den Noort and furniture designer Ruben van der Scheer have the haute-bohemian touch. Just about everything in their serene East Amsterdam one-bedroom rental, they either found...
View ArticleNature Conservancy: Vintage-Style Botanical Posters
Darwin would approve. João and Raquel, an artist couple in Porto, Portugal, with a collecting bent and a letterpress studio, have begun reproducing their own versions of antique educational wall charts...
View ArticleTrending on Gardenista: Bring on the Spring with Michelle Obama (and Ikea's...
Michelle and crew are taking the First Lady's lead and letting the growing season begin. Take a look at their 19 favorite spring DIYs, the new wicker from Ikea, and upholstered outdoor sofas. Also...
View ArticleStyle Counsel: The Return of the Caftan
As the weather warms and we collectively pack away our woolens and turtlenecks, it’s time to rethink the summer ensemble. We figure, the less fabric that touches the skin, the better. Enter the caftan,...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: A Jungle Inside
Take a look at a few things we're obsessing over this week. Above: After a week of exploring The Indoor-Outdoor Life, we're admiring a house in São Paolo, Brazil, that blurs the lines between...
View ArticleTable of Contents: Primary Colors
Are you ready for a yellow floor? How about a green refrigerator? Now that we're devotees of the indoor-outdoor life, this week we're broadening our palette. Join us for a celebration of the power and...
View ArticleThe Bohemian Life: Designer Lauren Soloff at Home in LA
After working with paint and pattern all day, a lot of designers like to return home to a restorative palette of neutrals. Lauren Soloff finds tranquility by allowing in a groundswell of color. A child...
View ArticleDesign Sleuth: 6 Summery Natural Fiber Pendant Lights
A roundup of basket-weave pendant lights that telegraph summer. Above: A pair of pendant lights in a MCM Mykonos villa. Photograph by Romain Ricard. Above: The bell-shaped Seagrass Market Pendant,...
View ArticleRorschach Revisited: Ceramic Tiles from a Subversive Scottish Design Studio
Sausalito, California, tile company Clé has added a notable new name to its collection of artist-designed tiles: the Glasgow design studio Timorous Beasties, best known for its witty wallpaper and...
View ArticleThe Unique Space: A Workspace for LA Creatives
For the working nomad: The Unique Space is a communal workspace in LA's Arts District housed in a converted historic factory. Founder Sonja Rasula, a media maven turned entrepreneur and interior...
View ArticleSteal This Look: An Artful Bedroom at the Hotel Tivoli
When art stars Brice and Helen Marden took over the Hotel Tivoli, the Wall Street Journal likened the project to Martin Scorsese deciding to run a diner. Julie recently checked in for a night. She...
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