10 Easy Pieces: Folding Dining Chairs
As the holiday season approaches, it's time to think about that last-minute additional dining room seating. Here are ten great folding chairs that are both tasteful and versatile. Above: Terje Folding...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide: For the Tea Drinker
In Remodelista’s San Francisco office, tea drinkers are in the minority (see Holiday Gift Guide: For the Caffeinated). Here's a gift guide from the London headquarters, where tea drinkers happily...
View ArticleKeeping It Cool: Liebherr's 5-Zone Refrigerator
Oenophiles take note: Liebherr's versatile five-zone refrigerator combines a fridge, a freezer, and a wine storage unit in one appliance. I've always envied kitchens with wine refrigerators, but since...
View ArticleHome for the Holidays: A Modern Farmhouse in Missouri
Located in the rolling countryside of Springfield, Missouri, this modern interpretation of a vernacular farmhouse by Hufft Projects combines historical influences with modern materials. This...
View Article5 Favorites: Table Trivets with Style
A holiday essential: the humble trivet, for protecting table surfaces and, ideally, adding a note of style to the holiday table. Here are five we like: Above: The Bagel Trivet is carved from Japanese...
View ArticleDesign Sleuth: Pop-Up Outlets
Here's a solution to eliminate electric socket eye sores in the kitchen: flush pop-up outlets. Above: A closed pop-up outlet (often used in labs and corporate office floors) is concealed within the...
View ArticleThanksgiving Dinner at Le Marché St. George
Our friends at Le Marché St. George in Vancouver celebrated their Thanksgiving in October. For the occasion (known as Le Jour de l'Action de Grâce in French Canadian), Le Marché owners Pascal Roy, his...
View ArticleHigh/Low Glass Candelabra: $650 vs. $20
Spotted (and admired) at a recent dinner party: the seemingly weightless Antoine Candelabra from Design Within Reach, which holds more than a dozen candles aloft. Made in Poland of hand-blown glass,...
View ArticleDIY: Foraged Foliage Decor from Design Skool
This Thanksgiving, keep the décor simple and devote your time and energy to the food and the wine. Autumn leaves are often used to add texture and color to fall arrangements, but they're especially...
View ArticleTurkey Prints at Thornback & Peel
Just in time for Thanksgiving: British duo Thornback & Peel has captured the appeal of the noble turkey with their new navy-on-white print, available in apron or napkin form (Benjamin Franklin,...
View ArticleInto the Woods: A Museum Cafeteria in Spain
With their tree-inspired dining tables in the Cidade da Cultura de Galicia, Spanish architects Estudio Nômada create a conceptual forest to evoke the communal spirit of local summer festivals, which...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide: For the Wine Lover
The wine world can take itself pretty seriously at times (or maybe I've lived in the Napa Valley too long). Here are five design savvy gifts for the design-savvy drinker that will pass muster with...
View ArticleArtisan Color, One Layer at a Time
Pedro da Costa Felgueiras, a lacquer and historic paint techniques specialist known as London’s “custodian of old techniques," explains the application of verdigris glaze; a slow and careful process...
View Article5 Favorites: Gold for the Table
Add a touch of glamor to the dinner table with golden-toned pieces. Here are a few of our favorites: Above: Gold-plated Flawed bowls by Studiomake, start at $64 from Gretel Home. Above: A Bottle...
View ArticleThe Viking Table Reimagined: Restaurant Höst in Copenhagen
Whenever Copenhagen-based Norm Architects makes a move, we take notice: their latest project is a restaurant designed as a showcase for new Nordic cuisine. In their design for Restaurant Höst, Norm...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Oven to Table Cookware
SPONSORED POST What's not to love about cookware that stands ready to leap from stove to centerpiece? Our favorites have a simple elegance that gives them another double use: they're equally at home on...
View ArticleA Holiday Table with Soul: Brad Ford's Picks
With Thanksgiving just past and Christmas looming, we're deep in the midst of holiday entertaining. For the next few weeks we'll be featuring holiday table setting ideas from members of the...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Beyond Black Friday
Here's a roundup of what's piquing our interest this week: Above: The ultimate hearth? We think so: Orchard House in Sebastopol, California.• The countdown begins; a DIY advent calendar from A Merry...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide: For the Literati
For the readers, writers, and iPad perusers on your list. N.B.: To make sure we've got everyone on your list covered, see all of our gift guides to date in our House Gifts section. Above: Designer...
View Article5 Favorites: Color-Saturated Yellow Lamp Shades
Summer is a distant memory, but these interiors featuring bright yellow lamp shades help us remember what the sun looks like. Above: A cheerful bedside lamp in an interior by LA-based Reath Design....
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