Martino di Napoli Rampolla opened Numeroventi, a guesthouse and residency in the center of Florence, after living among the creative class in Barcelona and noticing the “lack of a contemporary connected community in Florence” by comparison. Back in Barcelona, Rampolla met designer Andrew Trotter through his project called Openhouse (then a gallery and store, now a […]
Sale a la venta una emblemática casa moderna en Woodstock
Tuscon-based architect Rick Joy grew up in Maine, where he studied music and worked as a carpenter before going to architecture school at the University of Arizona. Joy has earned a reputation as a master of desert rammed-earth construction (Steven Holl calls his work “transcendent moments of space, light, and matter” in Rick Joy: Desert […]
El apartamento artesanal: Laura Aviva crea un escaparate en Ciudad de México para su colección de diseño
Laura Aviva collaborates with artisan workshops in Latin America to create L’Aviva Home’s lighting, textiles, and furniture. She approaches traditional craft as a springboard for sophisticated, entirely new designs and loves getting her collaborators to apply their skills in undreamed of ways. Her pieces land in impressive settings that are featured on the company website. […]
Cocinas de la Semana: 5 diseños Retrouvius compuestos de piezas recuperadas
“There’s an undeniable feel-good factor in reuse: something unloved becomes valuable again,” write Maria Speake and Adam Hills. The couple met in architecture school in Glasgow, where in the late 1980s, they watched in horror as many of the city’s Victorian tenements were razed. They’ve been neck deep in salvaged building materials ever since. Together […]
Una casa adosada en Notting Hill hecha a medida por Charles Mellersh
“By the time I arrived on the scene, the home had been fully renovated and reconfigured, and while it had been finished to a very high standard, it was somehow stillborn,” Charles Mellersh tells us of his latest townhouse rescue in Notting Hill. An architect/interior designer (and member of the founding editorial team at Wallpaper) who typically […]
Una casa rústica remodelada por los maestros del salvamento londinense
“Reuse is not a design trend; it’s an attitude, a mindset, and a behavioral approach that isn’t just relevant today— it’s vital,” says Maria Speake. Back in the early 1990s in Glasgow, she and fellow architecture student Adam Hills watched historic buildings being demolished. “The madness of this process wasn’t just about unnecessary waste, it […]
Cocina de la Semana: Estilo francés de mediados de siglo en Santa Mónica
We like to check in on Los Angeles-based Commune Design from time to time. The multidisciplinary design studio (it works on architecture, interior, graphic, and product design projects) always seems to have something interesting in its portfolio. On our latest visit, we were rewarded with this distinctive kitchen in Santa Monica. It belongs to Hollywood […]
Diario de rehabilitación: Almacenamiento en lugares inesperados
As architects who have a penchant for being organized (are there any who don’t?), my husband and I are on a never-ending quest for more storage space. After Living Small in London for ten years with our two sons, we Sleuthed for More Space last year and upgraded our kitchen, taking the opportunity to create […]
Washington State Four Square: Gracias a este proyecto, la clienta consiguió que su diseñador la contratara
Hillary and Jim Straatman weren’t planning to move—nor was Hillary looking for a career change. Three years ago, she was a cardiac nurse on leave with two young daughters when a real estate broker mentioned a well-preserved four square newly on the market in Bellingham, Washington. Jim had grown up in Seattle in a similar […]
Inigo: Una nueva agencia que poner en su lista de acecho inmobiliario
By now, our fondness for The Modern House, the UK real estate agency that seems to have no shortage of enviable listings, has been well-documented (for a sampling of recent posts we’ve written that originated from their site, go here, here, and here). So we were intrigued when their team sent word of a new […]
5 consejos de un maestro de Feng Shui para dormir mejor
A feng shui master who hails from North Carolina, Katherine Anne Lewis studied under three grand masters and has had her LA-based global consultancy for more than a decade, specializing in the intersection of feng shui, design, and well-being. Feng shui, Lewis explains, is the 4,000-year-old Chinese art of placement, aimed at creating rooms that impart […]
Good Neighbors: In Ohio, an Architect Turns a Cottage Next Door Into the Family Guesthouse
This last week of August, we’re revisiting summery stories from the archives, like this one: Architect Greg Dutton came to our attention a few years ago, when he designed and built a 600-square-foot Scandi-Inspired Off-the-Grid Hut on his parents’ sprawling cattle farm in eastern Ohio. Recently, we discovered he’s helped them add another 600-square-feet guesthouse […]
Hotel Esencia: Esplendor aislado en la Riviera Maya
Located on a secluded beach off Xpu-Ha Bay (half an hour from Tulum, Mexico), Hotel Esencia is a 29-room boutique hotel that’s making a name for itself as a tastemakers’ haven (the hotel recently hosted the wedding of fashion designer Jason Wu). In 2014, entrepreneur Kevin Wendle bought the 50-acre estate (once a residence and hotel belonging to an Italian duchess) and […]
Good in Bed: 8 Tips for a Better Bedroom, from Designer Pernille Lind
We first became fans of Pernille Lind back in 2017, when we covered the opening of Hotel Sanders, an intimate Copenhagen property she designed with her Lind + Almond co-founder Richy Almond. Of all the warm Scandinavian furnishings the duo used to transform three late-1800s houses into a cozy hotel, one stood out in particular: […]
Kitchen of the Week: A Plain English Kitchen in a Brooklyn Brownstone, Space-Gaining Bay Window Included
After 11 years of living in their Brooklyn brownstone, architect Anat Soudry’s friends were ready: they wanted to replace the Ikea shoebox kitchen that came with their otherwise well-preserved 1889 townhouse. John and Danielle—he’s a magazine journalist; she’s an early education teacher and former fashion designer—are aesthetes who love to cook and have three young […]
Archival-Quality Danish Design: Hotel Petra from &Tradition in Copenhagen
When I was last in Copenhagen, I found myself picking up a daily coffee at Lille Petra, a cafe designed and operated by &Tradition and tucked into the courtyard of the brand’s showroom. Now, &Tradition extends its offering with Hotel Petra, a 40-room boutique hotel in a landmark building meticulously restored by the brand. Like […]
Earthly and Ethereal: An Apartment Makeover by Studio Oink
This apartment belongs to a fashion designer and a priest (you can chew on that, but the owners insist on anonymity). Here’s what we know: They live in a historic mill building on the outskirts of Mainz, in Western Germany, and they have very good taste. When they signed the lease on their flat—a single-story, 150-square-meter (1,614-square-foot) space—it was “cluttered […]
Block Shop in Bed: Lily and Hopie Stockman’s New Linens Collection
Last week we toured Block Shop’s Mod LA Headquarters. Today, we’re taking a look at the company’s just-launched bedding designs. Sisters Lily and Hopie Stockman, the company founders and in-house designers, spent two years working with master printers and dyers in Jaipur, India, to get every detail, down to the duvet corner ties, exactly as […]
Una cocina para el pueblo, cortesía del Príncipe Carlos
When Prince Charles collaborated with UK-based kitchen makers Plain English on a model house, he wanted to know: “How can we get this to the people?” The answer is the beloved kitchen company’s lower-priced British Standard Cupboard line, offered at “sensible prices for discerning folk of modest means.” A longtime campaigner for sustainable living, Prince […]
Adding Energy Efficiency and Revived Style to 1860s Quarters in Brooklyn
The 1860s brick row house in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill had a lot going for it: tall ceilings, lacy moldings, marble mantels, and a gracious floor plan that had served its residents untouched. The HVAC system was also more or less original. It presented the longstanding owners—an eco-minded couple who had raised their children here—with an […]
A Classic English Country House Receives a Mood-Lifting Injection of Color
London interior designer Nicola Harding was the right person to turn to. Her clients, a couple with two young boys, were leaving London for rural Berkshire and life in a Georgian brick manse. They appreciated the grandeur of their house—8,600 square feet, seven bedrooms—but how to downplay the stuffy formality and lend the spaces the […]
Lecturas obligatorias: Rituales cotidianos
Does everyone long to find a daily ritual that unleashes new powers of invention, efficiency, focus–and hours of free time? As a habitual night worker (and morning sleeper), I certainly do. Which makes reading Mason Currey’s Daily Rituals a great pleasure, if only to find that none of us are alone in our oddball routines […]
La cocina de la semana: La estilista Brittany Albert actualiza su cocina cosmética, secretos de fabricación incluidos
Brittany Alberts’s lament is a familiar one: “If budget hadn’t been a consideration, we would have loved to expand the footprint of our kitchen. And we would have loved to put in new cabinets and appliances. Instead, we had to stick with—and enhance what—was already in place.” The wrinkle? Brittany is a stylist who works […]
Una pareja de diseñadores transforma una casa de 1630 en Amberes: Una pareja de diseñadores transforma con mimo una casa de Amberes de 1630
Architect Thomas Maria and designer Ann Butaye are a Belgian husband-and-wife team who have recently dedicated their practice to historic house flipping. In their designs, the two use only natural, eco-friendly materials and focus on restoration and renewal. After Ann had a serious health scare a few years ago, creating healing environments also became their […]
10 Easy Pieces: Best Cribs for Babies
With any luck, a new baby will spend the majority of his or her first year sleeping. So it makes sense that expecting parents start feathering the nest by choosing a crib. For me, I knew that my husband and I would be welcoming a baby into a small New York City apartment without a […]
La elección de los arquitectos: Hix Island House en Vieques, Puerto Rico
Our architect friend Elizabeth Roberts clued us in a while back to her (and many fellow designers’) favorite winter escape: Hix Island House, a wabi-sabi, eco-friendly hotel in Vieques. Here’s her account. “Designed by Toronto-based architect John Hix, Hix Island House is a perfect blank slate for viewing the surrounding nature; the contrast of the rugged, […]
A Glamorous Hollywood Dressing Room from Alexandra Loew
Every page we tear out, every image we pin, we fantasize about the way we want to live. And if your personal fantasy is not available in print or online, then Los Angeles architect and designer Alexandra Loew can probably help you out. With a view that “fantasy is a critical dimension of contemporary life […]
10 cosas que nadie te cuenta sobre los beneficios de la lana
In addition to linen and cotton, wool is one of our tried-and-true, go-to textiles for all over the house. It’s both hardy (as in a dependable wool rug) and luxurious (as in soft sheepskin blankets), and we love the way it looks in all its forms. But wool has other benefits, too: It’s eco-friendly, water-resistant, […]
Kitchen of the Week: ‘Rustic Modernism’ in the Berkshires From the Team Behind Tourists Welcome
Five years ago, we wrote about the arrival of TOURISTS Welcome: The Hip Berkshires Escape Everyone’s Talking About. This summer, the TOURISTS team added to its growing compound, with two newly remodeled vacation home rentals (just a 10-minute walk “through the woods and across the river” from the lodge in North Adams, MA). Both homes […]
Kitchen of the Week: A Japanophile’s Handcrafted Kitchen on the Sussex Coast
Brothers Hugh and Howard Miller trained as architects before turning their attention, as the duo H Miller Bros, to kitchens, furniture, products and sometimes even gardens (they won a silver gilt medal for their Urban Foraging Station design for at the Chelsea Flower Show earlier this year). Their work is people-centered and their latest kitchen, […]
Soñar en color: 10 sexys dormitorios monocromáticos
¿Sueñas con un dormitorio lleno de color? Gracias a la arquitecta Jess Thomas, sí. Su casa de Brooklyn está llena de buenas ideas -vea nuestro post, El minimalista sentimental-, pero fue su habitación de invitados rosa pálido sobre rosa lo que realmente despertó nuestro interés. Como demuestra su casa, un dormitorio monocromático telegrafía una plenitud y una calma acogedoras. [...]
Roba este look: Un dormitorio tranquilo en colores calmantes
Lucky es el hogar que tiene como propietarios a Nina y Craig Plummer. Los dos son los fundadores de Ellei Home (antes llamada Ingredients LDN), una inspiradora tienda online con sede en Edimburgo, y el gran apartamento que comparten es un campo de pruebas para los hermosos productos que se venden en su sitio. Sólo los artículos que encajan con su filosofía [...]
Roba este look: Una habitación de invitados sencilla y sobria en Dinamarca
Uno de nuestros espacios escandinavos favoritos de los últimos años es la casa familiar de Johanne Landbo y Lukas Filip Fernandes en Copenhague. Su reforma consistió en “no arreglar mucho salvo las cosas estéticas divertidas”, lo que dio como resultado una serie de habitaciones con piezas hechas a mano o vintage. El ático de la casa adosada sirve de [...]
Roba este look: Una cocina tranquila en la Costa Azul
La arquitecta francesa Sabine Bell y la diseñadora británica Lauren Jennings se encargaron de actualizar una vivienda histórica de hormigón tallado de 1927 construida originalmente por Jacques Couëlle. Conservando la identidad de la estructura original, el equipo amplió la cocina, extendió los suelos de pizarra del salón, construyó armarios tipo Shaker pintados a mano y equipó [...].
La cocina de la semana: Una cocina moderna y elegante con corazón hippie
En Remodelista todos intentamos tomar decisiones que tengan un menor impacto ambiental, así que nos hizo especial ilusión descubrir recientemente Sustainable Kitchens, una empresa de diseño y fabricación de cocinas con sede en Bristol (Inglaterra) que da prioridad a los materiales éticos. Sus principios básicos son la confianza en la madera maciza de origen responsable y los materiales no tóxicos, [...]
Antes y después: Una cocina reinventada
El director creativo Jakob Daschek es sueco y la estilista de moda Barbara Abbatemaggio es italiana, y su renovada cocina neoyorquina, diseñada por la arquitecta Lauren Wegel, protegida de Annabelle Selldorf, responde a las sensibilidades de ambos. “La estética de Jakob es moderna, mientras que Barbara suele preferir espacios rústicos y románticos con mucha calidez y confort”, dice Wegel, “así que [...]
Diario de Rehabilitación: Una cocina anticuada se moderniza en Maplewood, Nueva Jersey
Después de 15 años alquilando apartamentos en Brooklyn y viviendo con las decisiones de diseño de otras personas, fue un sueño hecho realidad cuando mi marido y yo compramos una casa de 1.000 pies cuadrados en Maplewood, Nueva Jersey, un suburbio a treinta millas de la ciudad de Nueva York. Nuestra casa, decimos en broma, es la más pequeña de Maplewood -puede que [...]
Estilo inglés en Seattle: La casa de una pareja se renueva en estilo anglosajón
Pasar tanto tiempo en nuestra propia casa nos lleva a pensar con inquietud en hacer reformas o en mudarnos, quizá a otro planeta. Hoy nos centramos en la casa familiar de una pareja con hijos mayores que se sentía preparada para un cambio, pero que decidió quedarse. Su casa, una encantadora pero compacta [...]
Bajo el alero: La reinvención de una casa de ladrillo en el sur de Londres por Simon Astridge
El arquitecto Simon Astridge es conocido sobre todo por su Plywood House, una casa adosada del sur de Londres que resucitó entretejiendo tres añadidos en el armazón existente (véase Raw Materials in a Cost-Conscious Victorian Remodel). Justo enfrente, él y su equipo han dejado su impronta en otra vivienda. Ésta, una humilde casa de una sola [...]
Remodelación 101: La cocina en forma de L
¿Busca una distribución de cocina con espacio para varios cocineros y curiosos? Considere la versátil forma en L, una configuración de dos paredes que se encaja perfectamente en una esquina sin dejar de estar abierta al espacio circundante. La cocina en L funciona especialmente bien en lofts y salones abiertos, donde suele estar rodeada por una isla o una mesa de comedor. He aquí una [...]