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Artful Dinnerware from West Elm
My children's hand-painted plates never quite turned out like West Elm's Blue Splatter Dinnerware (sorry, Conrad and Imogen), which feature rows of artful paint splatters. Above: Blue Splatter...
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A Painter at Home: Duncan Hannah in Manhattan
Duncan Hannah has spent the last four decades time traveling; photographer Michael Mundy (of An Afternoon With...) captures him at home in his Upper West Side apartment. Hannah lives much of his life...
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Auction Alert: BDDW 10-Year Anniversary Sale
Mark your calendars: Soho-based BDDW (makers of some of our all-time favorite furniture pieces) is holding a 10th Anniversary Silent Auction at its Crosby Street shop (online and proxy bidding also...
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Pin to Win: Create Your Own Artful Pinboard
Care to share your version of The Artful Life, this week's theme on Remodelista? Show us your favorite photos of artwork in interiors (paintings, installations, handmade furniture, you name it). The...
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Dip-Dyed Picnic Flatware from Anthropologie
Not only do we like Anthropologie's new Two-Toned Wood Flatware but we can't help but think about how easy it would be to duplicate as a DIY project. Above: A set of four teak Two-Tone Wood Spoons is...
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The New Art Gallery: Paintings in the Kitchen
Some of our favorite kitchen spaces feature artwork casually propped on a countertop or a shelf (no need to confine the art to the more formal rooms of the house). Above: A kitchen in Barcelona...
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High/Low: Test Tube Vase
Whenever I fill a test tube with flowers, the incongruity charms me. Here are two options to achieve the laboratory look: Above: For years, my favorite vase has been my Vase D'Avril by Tse-Tse. It's...
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Steal This Look: Modern Townhouse Garden on a Budget
A common dilemma after you renovate a house is there's little money left to fix up the garden, which the contractors left looking like a war zone. Here's a stylish—and frugal—plan for a sunny...
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TV of the Future? The Uppleva from Ikea
Those of us who live in a tangle of electric cords and cables (self included) will be happy to hear about Ikea's foray into the consumer electronics world; a new entertainment center called the...
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A Botanical Magic Trick: Air Plants and Aeriums
An air plant suspended from a wall, growing without any visible evidence of soil, still seems like some kind of a magic trick to us. A charming one, though. Here are a few we find hard to resist:...
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Perfect Lamps from a Master Potter
I've been finding myself mesmerized by the purity of Jeff Nimeh’s sculptural ceramic lamps; a clarity borne from many years of perfecting his craft on the potter’s wheel. Ever since he discovered the...
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Gardens in the Sky: Test Tube Chandeliers from Poland
Ever since I spotted the Maria SC Lamp on Design Milk, I've been dreaming about the many different ways I could create my own art with this simple test tube chandelier from Polish designer (and Etsy...
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High/Low Black Kitchen Faucet
Among the many details we admire (read: covet) in the Stockholm kitchen of photographer and interior designer Benedikte Ugland is the sleek black kitchen faucet; here are some sources for high/low...
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Steal This Look: A Chef's Artful Dining Room in Denmark
At the top of our Copenhagen destination list is two-time Michelin starred restaurant Noma, with its spot-on deconstructed interior, the height of Nordic chic. It's no surprise that chef and co-owner...
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Candles as Still Life: Le Morandine
Italian painter Giorgio Morandi is the patron saint of the still life—we find ourselves aspiring to recreate his artistic tableaux whenever possible. To the rescue: Le Morandine candle series from...
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At Home with Brian Ferry of the Blue Hour
On our radar for some time now: the atmospheric shots of Brooklyn-based photographer Brian W. Ferry, in particular his "home" series. When Brian Ferry photographs interiors, it is not so much the...
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10 Easy Pieces: Gallery-Style Picture Frames
Here's a roundup of our favorite off-the-rack gallery-style picture frames. If you've got a preferred economical frame source, we'd love to hear about it. Above: Made of solid hardwood, the Wood...
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The Urban Garden: Low-Cost Solutions from Ikea
A friend who lives in an apartment with a single fern on the fire escape confided the other day she's getting desperate, desperate enough to turn a hanging shoe organizer into a vertical garden....
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5 Quick Fixes: New Ways to Hang Art
When I was in my mid-twenties, I lived in a Bauhaus-style apartment with plaster walls that crumbled the minute I put a nail to one. The owners were nice enough and installed rods which allowed me to...
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Seeing Different: The Artful Home Library with Diane Keaton
My library is alive. Yesterday I took my old photography book, The Waking Dream, and stood it up, so I could study the black-and-white cover of a woman's back, from the 18th century. As she faced her...
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