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A Hose Factory Transformed: West Bridge Restaurant in Boston
When you enter the portals of West Bridge, a new restaurant in the hipster neighborhood of Kendall Square, Cambridge, you're struck by the notion that this is something new—and at the same time very...
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A Shared Work Space for Portland Makers
Take a neglected 7,000-square-foot industrial building in North Portland, introduce nine creatives looking to elevate craft in the modern era, and what you might get is something like Beam &...
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Splendor by the Bay: A Julia Morgan Restoration
A Remodelista exclusive: Looking for adventure, some friends of ours recently sold their house in London, moved with three young daughters to Northern California, and stumbled upon Mr. Blanding's...
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Tea with the Queen of Homemade
Sania Pell, the UK queen of the homemade, invited us for tea recently. Here's the story:Pell started posting on DIY matters about a year ago; ever since, we've been checking in on her creative genius....
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DIY: Koushi Lamp by Mark Eden Schooley
Lately, I've been obsessing over Paris-based Mark Eden Schooley's Koushi lamp (and the €240 price tag). After gathering up a few lengths of cotton voile and making a quick dash to the hardware store,...
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South Pacific Exotica Comes to London
Tucked away in tony Knightsbridge, a new shop introduces London to the exotica of the South Pacific. Native New Zealander Laura Myers spent her childhood summers in Tahiti; her shop, Atea Oceanie,...
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Christine's House: Living Small in London
Whenever my architect husband and I embark on a remodeling project in our modern London terraced house, we morph into truffle pigs, sniffing out storage opportunities in the most unlikely places. And...
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House Call: Christine's Best Remodeling Decision
Can a kitchen island ever be too long? This year we extended our ten-foot-long kitchen island to 14 feet, and it was the best remodeling decision we ever made. Every summer we decamp from London to...
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Style Counsel: The Bicycle Commute
The Dutch have the urban cycling life down: no sartorial compromises necessary. Women peddle to work in heels, clogs, skirts, and dresses, and men are perfectly happy to sail along the street in...
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Rehab Diaries: Michelle's Mill Valley Kitchen Redo
I suppose you could describe us as optimists—or me, at least—because when my husband and I were crab-walking around in six inches of water in the low-ceilinged cellar of the "vintage" house we'd...
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Style Counsel: Lauren McIntosh, the Artist Doyenne of Berkeley
Sometimes it’s a small detail that gives you a glimpse into a person’s life; in the case of Lauren McIntosh, it was a loaf of brown bread displayed like a still life under an elegant glass cloche on...
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DIY Video: Wooden Bead Trivet
I love the idea of making gifts for the holidays, but I usually end up taking on more than I can handle: "I'll just weave a quick rug for my sister, pickle cauliflower for my stepdad, and knit socks...
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Joinery in Williamsburg
The Williamsburg boutique Joinery started with a woman and a blowtorch: The blowtorch was used to char the ceiling to the perfect shade of aged brown. Joinery is owned by Angela Silva and though not a...
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Clean Slate Living with Johannes Norlander
Some people go on diets; I declutter. Every New Year, I go on a mad rampage to rid my home of what I refer to as the detritus of life and fantasize about living clutter free. I typically get about two...
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Beyond Dry Cleaning: A Next-Wave Washing Machine from Miele
Maybe it's because I dread the Saturday morning visit to the dry cleaners the way some people dread the dentist, but I'm considering Miele's new W3033 washing machine (its most gentle cycle allows you...
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10 Easy Pieces: Laundry Hampers
An old-fashioned laundry chute is the ultimate household convenience; however, if you lack such a luxury, here's a roundup of laundry hampers that will do the trick. Above: The Steele Square Carry...
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Swept Away: New Utilitarian Products from Hay in Copenhagen
Our favorite Danish design outfit, Hay, has come out with a line of utilitarian products for the home; we're coveting them all. Above: The new utilitarian collection from Hay. Above: Fly Away Moth...
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An SF General Store Opens in Venice Beach
When proprietors Serena Mitnik-Miller and Mason St. Peter of San Francisco's General Store opened shop, they put the Outer Sunset on the map. Now Hannah Henderson spiffs up Lincoln Boulevard with a...
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Minimal Wood Bicycle Hook
The simplest (and cleverest) bike storage system we've seen yet: wooden bike hooks from Fluoshop in Hamburg, Germany. Designed by Sandra Thomson, the minimal wooden bike hooks are made of natural oak...
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5 Favorites: Clever Room Dividers
Here's a roundup of clever room dividers, New Year edition: Above: For a meeting space for a creative agency in Shoreditch, East London, Richard Shed and An Michiels devised a patchwork white oak...
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