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Design Sleuth: The Red Bench
We spotted this red bench in the gift shop at Stockholm's Rosendals Trädgård via Elle Interior, but it would be equally at home in your garden (or ours), especially in a shady spot that could use a...
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String Lights with Precision: Konstellation by Peter Marigold
Those partial to string lights (is there anyone who isn't?) will enjoy the Konstellation System, an ingenious collaboration between Brit designer Peter Marigold and Danish designers Lindberg Eyewear,...
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Hipster Paradise: Hôtel du Temps in Montmartre
If this were Paris in 1969, you could bet that Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin would be staying at the Hôtel du Temps, the latest boutique hotel in Montmartre. A project of Lionel Benesmoun and Alix...
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Odorantes: A Chic Parisian Florist Where the Flowers Are Arranged by Scent
It's no wonder this discreet little florist in Saint-Germain-des-Prés is a favorite of Sofia Coppola. Walk inside the doorway, and prepare to be engulfed by a cloud storm of Paris' prettiest cut...
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10 Easy Pieces: Café-Style Outdoor Seating
Summer means outdoor entertaining, which means you'll be needing chairs that can stand up to the elements. Here's a roundup of our top 10 café-style chairs to fit the bill (they work equally well as...
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10 Well-Priced Essentials from Designer + Big Box Collaborations
It's such a welcome trend: designers ranging from icons like Terence Conran to subversive Scottish design outfit Timorous Beasties to US design star Nate Berkus working with larger retailers to bring...
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Californians in Paris: David Rager and Cheri Messerli
A couple of years ago, we posted on the apartment of David Rager and Cheri Messerli, who had just relocated from New York to the 9th arrondissement of Paris. I recently visited them at their...
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Bend It Like Nanda: A High/Low Wire Chair
Nothing is more discouraging to a product designer than seeing their work emulated by a large corporation. So you have to hand it to West Elm for their recent collaborations, where they work directly...
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Garden Visit: A Seaside Landscape in Northern France
In a small town in Brittany, on the northern coast of France about five hours' drive from Paris, the landscape design firm Cao-Perrot Studio designed a 4,500-square-foot garden of undulating perennial...
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Open, Free, and Ready: A Cutting-Edge Bookstore in the Marais
In 1995, brother-sister team Alexandre and Marie Thumerelle found it impossible to source all the books and magazines they wanted from just one shop. Back then, and as is typical Parisian fashion, you...
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French Industrial Lighting, Reimagined
Olivier Abry of Wo & Wé Collection calls himself a "creator-assembler"; from his atelier in Lyon he makes new lamps from vintage components. Abry accepts PayPal and ships his lights all over the...
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Le Mary Celeste: Coastal Cool in the Middle of the Marais
When I arrived in Paris last month, everyone immediately told me that I needed to visit the new oyster and cocktail bar, Le Mary Celeste, in the Marais. After a day spent wandering the angular streets...
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At Home with an Artful Couple in the South of Paris
In 1927, sculptor Alexander Calder welcomed Jean Cocteau and Joan Miro to his ground floor studio in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. After Calder, there was a German artist, and then an American...
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The World's Most Beautiful Light Switches, by Way of France
French company Meljac was founded by Andre Bousquet, an engineer by trade who noticed that electrical equipment was lacking in the aesthetics department. His solution? A line of of sockets, switches,...
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The Cows Come Home
Living the urban life but hankering for the rural idyll? Italian designer Marcantonio Raimondi Malerba has designed a set working farm animals that will continue to make themselves useful in your...
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5 Favorites: White Plates as Wall Decor
Noticed lately: appealing wall collages made with white porcelain plates and trays (our favorite plate hangers, by the way, are the Disc Adhesive Plate Hangers from England, which can support plates 8...
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High/Low: Cumulus Light
We've been admiring the floaty, ethereal Cumulus pendant light from Enoki for a while now. So we couldn't help but notice when a similar light surfaced at Restoration Hardware recently. Above: The...
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The Slow Life in Paris, Baby and Chien Included
Last summer, I spent two whole afternoons pouring over the blog of Jae-Hyun Cheong and Stéphane Froger, owners of Le Petit Atelier de Paris. Their picnics in Normandy, handmade porcelain pottery, and...
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A Romantic Garden at the Edge of the Sea in France
Located in Normandy near the seaside city of Cabourg, famous both for its mild winters and for being the real-life inspiration for Marcel Proust's fictional Balbec resort, is a romantic garden created...
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DIY: A Tres Elegant Dog Bed, Paris Edition
Pompom, the shop dog at Le Petit Atelier in Paris, spends his days dozing in his own minimalist dog bed, custom made by the shop's owners. Make your own thanks to step-by-step instructions from 101...
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