Kategorie: Hausrenovierung

A few years ago, we spotted and fell for UK interior stylist Twig Hutchinson’s summerhouse at the back of her London garden. So we were interested when she emailed us recently about some changes she’s made to her early Victorian house at the front of her garden. As an interior and prop stylist, Hutchinson’s design skills […]

This 1961 ranch-style home in Mandeville Canyon, Los Angeles, was last renovated in the 1990s and, unfortunately, that makeover left much to be desired: “heavy chocolate laminate floors, partition glass, sandstone veneer on the walls/fireplaces,” says architect Patrick Bernatz, of the offending interventions. “Can lighting everywhere!” Brought on to update the home, Bernatz came up […]

It was time for Amanda Pays and Corbin Bernsen to move—again. After years of living in LA, the multi-talented actors—Amanda is now a full-time designer and Corbin has serious carpentry skills—were newly settled in their upstate New York farmhouse (see Hollywood in the Hudson Valley) when they decided they liked the scenery but needed more […]

Quilts—particularly of the vintage American variety—are having a moment, as Margot noted back in February (see Trend Alert: The Great American Patchwork Quilt Comeback). As it turns out, it’s not just antique versions that are having a resurgence: The quilt is also getting a minimalist, modern makeover for the 2021 era. Or so we’ve come […]

Berlin-based artist Anne Schwalbe was studying photography at the Ostkreuzschule school when a class trip brought her to a 1,000-year-old village along the river Elbe in Sachsen-Anhalt between Berlin and Hamburg. Anne, who takes photographs of nature, fell in love with the village, and a decade later, bought a small cottage (970 square feet) with […]

We stand by the concept of fair-trade goods, but the products often leave something to be desired design-wise. Here’s a trove of fair-trade bed covers that retain the spirit of the place in which they were made, but also look at home just about anywhere.  Above: New York designers Roman & Williams use a Temoayan […]

Situated in the Antwerp fashion district, just a street away from the Mode Museum, Sleep in the City is a trio of “shopping apartments” available for short-term rentals. Owners Bert Verschueren and Vincent Defontainers have created stylish interiors using a collection of vintage furniture painted matte black against a backdrop of pure white walls and […]

What room would you be willing to sacrifice to create your dream kitchen? For Emmanuelle and David Cadji-Newby, it was clear their dining area, with its original moldings and garden views, ought to be turned into the hub of the house. The couple—she’s a psychotherapist in training, he’s a founder of personalized kids’ books publisher […]

Founded in early 2020 by Mia and Marcus Sahlin, the owners of high-end kitchen company Kitchen & Beyond, Cupboards & Goods is a more affordable line of handmade preassembled cabinetry for the kitchen. Based in Gothenburg, in the tiny village of Hyssna, located on Sweden’s west coast, Cupboards & Goods recently worked with the family trust […]

The family wanted to stay together—literally. Bretaigne Walliser and Thom Dalmas’s clients asked the architects to reconfigure an 1899 Brooklyn townhouse for three generations—grandparents and their daughter, her wife, and their two children—to cohabitate and have space for creative pursuits. Thom and Bretaigne run TBo, one of our favorite NYC design studios: see A One-Room […]

Suspending time in a cinematic atmosphere, the Drei Berge Hotel in the Bernese Oberland Alps of Mürren, Switzerland, can only be the creation of Ramdane Touhami. The French Moroccan creative polymath is an expert of reinvention, responsible for Cire Trudon and the historic beauty brand L’Officine Universelle Buly, which he co-founded with wife and partner […]

Interior designer Tamsin Saunders refreshed a Grade II listed Arts & Crafts home in Hampshire, England for a family with a light touch, an updated traditional aesthetic. She worked with the family’s inherited antiques while sourcing others, added an AGA range, customized cabinetry, and refitted fixtures. Here, we present a list of similar sources to […]

Floral velvet has never crossed the threshold of any architect I know. Ditto leafy Victorian wallpaper. I’ve visited a lot of architects at home, and most are highly allergic to color and pattern. Sherry McKuin says she herself was a committed member of that cohort. That was until her family moved from a mid-century house […]

When artist Roxana Alger Geffen and her family moved into a Victorian-era townhouse in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, DC., the house had an awkward configuration, but they tried to make it work. Specifically, the kitchen and living room were located on the second floor, so although the artist was able to set up her studio […]

In a kitchen designed for her mother’s Hampstead flat, designer Lonika Chande created a bold U-shaped Shaker-style kitchen in deep Indian yellow. The cabinets, bought through her builder, contain integrated appliances (refrigerator, pantry, washing machine, and dishwasher) and are offset with warm brass and cool stone countertops. Here we profile the key elements that complete […]