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Architectural Detail: Owl Hole Heating Vent
What a genius idea: forget dreary (and depressing) hardware store heating vent covers. Think like Lisa Collins of Studio One|San Francisco Interiors & Design, who based her design for these...
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Custom Dyed Linens in Farrow & Ball Colors
Here at Remodelista we all love the Farrow & Ball color wheel. If you could dye your bed linens in any of their 132 colors, which shade would you pick? Elodie Laleous is the designer and mastermind...
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The Oyster Inn in Auckland, New Zealand
Andrew Glenn and Jonathan Rutherfurd Best are two Brits who, fed up with their careers in marketing and event management, escaped to Waiheke Island in New Zealand to open a boutique hotel. Glenn and...
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Domestic Science: Andrée Jardin in France
An exciting bulletin for lovers of household supplies from French company Andrée Jardin: Select pieces from the line are now available in the US from Alder & Co. in Portland, OR. Based in Nantes,...
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Steal This Look: A Modern Bathroom in Sonoma
At the start of my architectural career, I worked for an architect from the old school who believed that bathrooms should be tiled white, from floor to ceiling—end of story. San Francisco-based...
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Crate & Barrel's Clean Slate Line
When we first began Remodelista, one of our earliest discoveries was Labour and Wait, a small British shop that sells sensible utilitarian goods for the home. Established in 2000, the shop was one of...
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Design Sleuth: Recessed Toilet Roll Holder from a Surprising Source
After spotting this recessed toilet roll holder at Bouchon Bakery in Napa, San Francisco-based architect Neal Schwartz convinced himself that it must have been a utensil holder set into the wall....
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7 Favorites: Hardworking Scrubbers with Style
Two things really help me get through life's most grueling tasks—you know, like scouring the baked-on-caked-on scum off a pan. First, I imagine all the calories I'm burning as I scrub away. Second, I...
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Cleaning Tips from a Hollywood Star? Strange but True
"I’m not a vegan, I don’t live off the grid, and I don’t wear hemp every day." That's Jessica Alba speaking, perhaps not the first person that pops to mind as the next guru of green living. But in her...
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Shine Bright Like a Diamond, Window Cleaning Edition
When it comes to cleaning, I like to take as natural an approach as possible. In my ideal world, the process of making my own cleaning products would always look more like whipping up something for...
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10 Easy Pieces: Clothing Irons
With features like precision tips, steam bursts, auto shut-off, anti drip, and easy-glide surfaces, a new wave of clothing irons has us wondering if it is time to consider an appliance upgrade in the...
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5 Favorites: Entertaining in Unexpected Settings
For a while now, we've been embracing a modern approach to entertaining that isn't laden with formality. To that end, we've been collecting dining ideas in offbeat settings (from greenhouses to...
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A Modern Grange Opens in Healdsburg, Kombucha Bar Included
I've been hearing talk of Shed—downtown Healdsburg's just-opened culinary emporium—for a while now. Four years in the making, the modern grange is owned by Cindy Daniels and Doug Lipton, a civic-minded...
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World's Most Beautiful Porch Light
Spotted in last Thursday's NY Times House & Home section: a new porch light from Accord, NY-based Deborah Ehrlich. “The idea was a jelly jar,” she told the Times. But this is no ordinary jelly jar...
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Join Gardenista for a DIY Workshop at Anthropologie
A bouquet of cut flowers is lovely, but how long does it last? Instead make a Living Bouquet for your mom that will last all year. Think of it as the grownup version of your kindergarten hand print....
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Rehab Diaries: A Pristine Laundry Room Remodel
Our friend Timothy Dahl of Charles & Hudson is a DIY demon. One of his greatest triumphs was the transformation of a dingy utility room into a dazzling white laundry space, finished just in time...
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My Secret Fantasy: Warning, It Involves a Laundry Room Workhorse
If I did not have a job, I would spend at least eight hours a day ironing (and spraying liberal amounts of starch). I would smooth out all my problems—and possibly even my finances—as I patiently...
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Architectural Detail: Concealed Hinges
Consider the door hinge. Probably not the most aesthetically pleasing feature in the home. But wait—there's hope. Tectus 3D Concealed Hinges from German-based Simonswerk, a producer of premium hinge...
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7 Life-Changing Reasons to Dry Laundry Outdoors
On visiting the house of a gardening friend for the first time, I was ooh-ing and aah-ing over the planting around the terrace. There was no grass, just tall, wavy flowers. Beyond the post and rail...
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DIY: Instant Laundry Drying Room
Four wall-mounted drying racks in a mudroom create an instant indoor drying room; recreate the look with four wall-mounted racks from Ikea. For something similar, consider Ikea's wall-mounted Grundtal...
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