Esta semana, con el ánimo de saborear hasta el último rincón de la estación, volvemos a repasar algunas de nuestras historias veraniegas favoritas, como ésta: Escondido a orillas del río Loiret se encuentra un chalet suizo de cuento construido en 1862 por la Delegación Suiza como representación de la carpintería tradicional. El edificio [...]
Antes y después: Renovación de una casa adosada de estilo francés en Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Cuando los parisinos Celia y Rodolphe compraron una casa adosada de 1910 en Williamsburg, Brooklyn, el plan era hacer una remodelación ligera: nuevo suelo en el sótano y el salón, una cocina en la planta principal y un baño reformado en el piso de arriba. Serían cuatro o cinco meses, como mucho. Consiguieron el permiso y empezaron a trabajar enseguida. Luego [...]
El caso de lo acogedor: La cabaña familiar de la diseñadora Lonika Chande en el oeste de Londres
La casa familiar de Queen's Park de la diseñadora de interiores londinense Lonika Chande había sido despojada de su historia cuando llegaron ella y su marido, Theo Hall. Situada en un enclave de viviendas victorianas asequibles que no todas sobrevivieron al bombardeo, la estructura de ladrillo de 1876 se construyó para un trabajador ferroviario. Muchos ocupantes después, [...]
Timber Cove, en la costa de Sonoma, una nueva versión del Ocean Lodge de los años 60
Cuando el arquitecto Richard Clements Jr. diseñó el Timber Cove Lodge en la costa del condado de Sonoma, California, en 1963, se inspiró en Frank Lloyd Wright: su hotel sería un alto edificio en forma de A, cuya altura optimizaría las vistas al océano, y cuyos materiales -madera oscura, piedra y cristal- harían que el edificio se sintiera como en casa en su entorno. Madera [...]
Objeto de deseo: mantas de mohair bordadas a mano de Jupe by Jackie
La diseñadora Jackie Villevoye lanzó Jupe by Jackie en 2010 para celebrar el arte del bordado a mano en Uttar Pradesh, India, una artesanía transmitida de generación en generación que puede llevar más de 15 años dominar. Tras el éxito en moda femenina, masculina e infantil, así como una colaboración de cuatro años con Comme des Garçons, Jupe by [...]
Silencio, por favor: Un elegante apartamento en el bullicioso Jackson Heights, Queens
Si paseas por Roosevelt Avenue, en el barrio de Jackson Heights, en Queens, te encontrarás con una Nueva York de película en todo su esplendor ruidoso y colorido: el estruendo de la línea de metro elevada, peatones que se apresuran a coger los trenes y grupos de camiones de comida que sirven platos baratos y deliciosos. Pero camina sólo un [...]
Visita al arquitecto: Nick Noyes en Sonoma
El arquitecto de San Francisco Nick Noyes se inspiró en graneros y granjas locales para diseñar este refugio de fin de semana en Healdsburg, California. Situada en un viñedo de 40 acres en West Dry Creek, la casa se compone de dos alas a dos aguas con tejado de cobre, conectadas en la entrada por un sistema de fachada de aluminio; la sombra la proporciona un [...]
Lecciones objetivas: La manta puntiaguda de Hudson's Bay
Por lo general, no se asocia a los nativos americanos con las ovejas, y menos aún con las ovejas que salpican los pueblos de piedra caliza de los Cotswolds ingleses. Sin embargo, la manta Hudson's Bay Point debe su existencia a ambos, ya que el puesto de comercio de pieles de Hudson's Bay, en Canadá, actuó como punto intermedio entre las dos culturas. Los indios de las llanuras del siglo XVIII valoraban [...]
La Rosa: Una singular posada junto al mar en la costa inglesa, edición en color
The Rose es una posada costera de ocho habitaciones que acaba de abrir sus puertas en East Kent, Inglaterra. Los propietarios -todos ellos con casas de vacaciones en la zona- llevaban años echándole el ojo a la vieja taberna de High Street antes de hacerse con el contrato de arrendamiento el verano pasado. Desde entonces han trabajado en colaboración con los diseñadores de interiores Harding & Read y la estilista Michelle Kelly [...]
Jardines Jacky Winter: Un retiro artístico en las afueras de Melbourne
Como tantas otras personas que se topan con una casa de ensueño, Jeremy Wortsman buscó una razón de peso para comprar la casa de mediados de siglo que estaba a pocos minutos de la de su familia, en la exuberante cordillera de Dandenong, al este de Melbourne. Trasplantado de Estados Unidos, Wortsman, que creció en Nueva York, trafica con la creatividad y no tardó en dar con una respuesta. [...]
Una glamurosa granja de alquiler, edición belga
The small Belgian town of Wevelgem in West Flanders was once devoted to flax cultivation (weavers would soak their crop in the De Leie river running through town). Today, the area, within biking distance of the French border, is known for its old churches, WWI cemeteries, cycling and walking trails, and Heerlijkheid van Marrem, a historic […]
DIY: Wallpaper Headboard by Emma Cassi
London-based French jewelry designer and stylist Emma Cassi sees unusual things with her stylist eyes–things that might pass the rest of us by. When her grandmother passed away leaving boxes of antique lace, Cassi transformed the lace into what has become her signature line of handmade jewelry. (The blogosphere is full of admirers, from fashion designer Pearl […]
A Bespoke Parlor and Kitchen in Boerum Hill
Brooklyn-based Workstead’s latest project is what they call “a case study in addition and subtraction.” The house in question, which belongs to a young Boerum Hill family, had undergone a contractor-led renovation that gave it solid walls and new floors but no personality. “The home definitely lacked soul,” said design lead and project architect Ryan Mahoney. It […]
Roba este look: Habitación de lujo de mediados de siglo en el Hotel Sanders de Copenhague
When we first featured the new Hotel Sanders in Copenhagen with interiors by London-based Lind & Almond, a reader commented, “PLEASE do a Steal This Look for that guest room.” Here, our answer, with a list of sources kindly shared by the designers—including their new line of Hotel Sanders furniture available through Lind & Almond. […]
Panache de hotel: El poder del estilo Jolie Laide
Dorothée Meilichzon is an inventive Paris designer who dares to explore the concept of jolie laide, or unconventional beauty. “I’m not a gray-beige person,” she tells us. “I like layering colors, and finding—and setting—the limits of what is ‘too much.’” Trained as an industrial designer (who was an exchange student at RISD and received the Maison & Objet Designer of […]
Dormir y guardar de Father Rabbit, en Auckland
We’ve long admired the curatorial eye of Claudia Zinzan and Nick Hutchison of the Auckland, New Zealand, housewares store Father Rabbit Limited. The shop began online and expanded into a storefront next to the owners’ own home (see our post Shopper’s Diary: Father Rabbit Finds a New Home). Now the duo has taken curation a […]
La cocina de la semana: Un creativo hack de Ikea en blanco y negro de una pareja, con despensa alicatada incluida
The clock was ticking. Lena de Casparis and Scott O’Donnell had six months to overhaul their terrace house fixer-upper in East London. “We could only afford to rent somewhere for that time, and we have two young daughters, so living in a building site wasn’t practical; we had to make the project happen,” says Lena. […]
10 Easy Pieces: Bin Pulls in Brass
Looking for an easy, high impact way to transform your kitchen? Consider replacing old cabinet hardware with new. A can’t-go-wrong-choice for classic kitchens: brass bin pulls. Above: A kitchen in Stockholm via Interior Stockholm. Above: The Cal Crystal Solid Brass Cup Pull comes in eight finishes (shown here in polished brass); $6.30 from Pulls Direct. […]
Before & After: Remodelista Contributing Editor Izabella Simmons Shares Her Scandi-Inspired Remodel
The first time I walked into our home, I remember immediately shifting into remodeling mode: I saw the potential, while ignoring the downsides of an 80-year-old house that hadn’t been updated in decades. I recall trying to quiet my fussy newborn and telling my four-year-old not to touch a thing. The realtor gently suggested we […]
Hand-Hewn Cabins at Dunton Hot Springs in Colorado
Not too far from the groomed slopes of Telluride, over a mountain in a remote valley of Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, lies Dunton Hot Springs. This former ghost town has been painstakingly restored, with many original features preserved; in addition, several historic structures have been hauled in from other parts of Colorado. Many of the […]
The White Album: 27 Serene Bedrooms in Shades of Pale
Who doesn’t long for a bedroom that acts like a lullaby? If you’re sleep-challenged—isn’t everyone these days?—consider creating your own cloud chamber. Fans of all-white bedrooms use words like “tranquil,” “blank slate,” “no distractions,” and “Zen” to describe the appeal. There’s also an automatic tidy look that comes with opting for all white: a single […]
La casa de Christine: Vivir a pequeña escala en Londres
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 when there’s no more to be found, we create new opportunities. A little ingenuity and a great deal of flexibility means that over […]
Reinventar el colchón, edición Silicon Valley
What happens when programmer guys go shopping for mattresses? They toss and turn at night and dream up schemes for disrupting the industry. Two sleep startups are seeking to reinvent the way mattresses are made and sold, streamlining the options and cutting out the middlemen. Casper Above: “We looked at the hotel industry, where they […]
Un apartamento en Taipei: Una casa de la infancia actualizada para una pareja de recién casados
Homework, an upstart interior design firm in Taipei, Taiwan, specializes in using plaster finishes and vintage furnishings to create hushed, self-contained worlds. A year ago, we featured a Tea House Built from Sentimental Objects and Homework’s own Bohemian Photo Studio. Today, we’re spotlighting an apartment in a 1990s building in downtown Taipei that the firm […]
Cocina de la semana: Una vibrante cocina familiar en el norte de Londres
Another hard-to-ignore Uncommon Projects kitchen, this time in cheerful shades of coral and hot orange. This kitchen belongs to Rachel Kay, her husband, George, and their two daughters, Seren, nine, and Eira, six. It’s on the ground floor of a three-story Victorian terraced house in Stoke Newington, North London. They moved in just before the […]
El nuevo chico del barrio: Un apartahotel de lujo en el Lower East Side
The slender tower that spans the block between Allen and Orchard streets on NYC’s Lower East Side is a recent build designed to fit in, and, in typical New Yorker fashion, to make a style statement. The building is set on an in-fill lot with an extremely narrow footprint, and architects Matthew Grzywinski and Amador Pons of Grzywinski […]
Ikea Elevated: Frentes de armarios de cocina fabricados con un sorprendente material sostenible
Who knew bamboo could look this good? Of late, we’ve seen an array of cabinet fronts designed to elevate Ikea kitchens. Ask og Eng’s of Oslo, Norway, are our latest favorites—and among the only to approach the challenge with high-style green design in mind. Like so many small workshops, owners Kine Ask Stenersen and Kristoffer Eng tell […]
La modernidad de mediados de siglo se une a Medina
For Emma Wilson and Graham Carter it was love at first sight—with Morocco, that is. The result of their romance? Dar Beida, an 18th-century villa by the sea, where the couple offers visitors an original mix of 1960s retro and ethno/Moroccan architecture and design. Wilson and Carter visited this Northern African kingdom at different times […]
La bañera de hidromasaje más pequeña del mundo: Una suite de invitados inspirada en Grecia en Los Ángeles
In designer Michaela Scherrer‘s all-white Pasadena bungalow, the guest suite comes with the ultimate minimalist spa bath, ancient Greek-style sunken bathtub included. Michaela is a member of the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory, and we got to know her when we photographed her surpassingly calm quarters for the Remodelista book. Her style is meditative but far from monastic: She’s a master at using […]
Belleza silenciosa en Edimburgo: En casa y en el trabajo con Nina Plummer
When Nina and Craig Plummer left London for Edinburgh, they came seeking soulful living. The two met as psychology students at Dundee University and they take an analytical approach to interiors and the feelings rooms impart. Self-taught design aficionados, they share a love of antiques, quiet spaces, and applying care and intention to their quarters: […]
Novedad para el verano: La línea Été de linos a rayas de Hay
Made of 100 percent cotton, with wide, sun-bleached stripes, Copenhagen-based Hay’s Été bedlinen, designed by Amanda Borberg, adds a nautical note to the summer bedroom. For dealer information, go to Hay. Here’s a look: Above: The Ete Collection in warm yellow; the bed cover is the Crinkled Bedspread in cream. Above: A detail of the warm yellow […]
La cocina de la semana: Componentes independientes de Frama fabricados por el ebanista sueco Kvänum
A decade or so ago, when Niels Strøyer Christophersen founded his celebrated Copenhagen design firm, Frama, he used his living quarters in a restored 1905 watchmaker’s shop as a showcase for his studio’s work. Extolling natural, unpretentious materials, ease of use, and reverence for the old, Christophersen went on to created refreshingly simple elements for […]
La cocina de la semana: Commune of LA diseña un espacio culinario en París
Edgy Southern California style meets French luxe in a Paris artist’s garret remodeled by Commune of LA. The commission came from Paula Nataf and her two sons, Franck and Alexis, who together founded Exquisite Surfaces, the LA-based tile and flooring company that offers several Commune-designed collections. The transcontinental family (Paula grew up in Tunisia and raised her kids in Paris before […]
Retreat for Two: A Lakeside Rental Cabin at Settle in Norfolk, England
Guests at Settle, a vacation enclave in Norfolk, on the east coast of England, are invited to make themselves at home in a range of accommodations, including canvas safari tents, converted railway carriage (see our recent feature Getaway Cars), and a lake cabin. All are the result of the combined talents of owners Jo and […]
Copenhagen Clubhouse The Audo: A New Creative Hub with Hotel Rooms Under the Rafters
Set in a shipping merchant’s quarters in Copenhagen’s waterfront district, The Audo is an ambitious new multi-use gathering place. It was dreamed up by the founder of furniture company Menu, Bjarne Hansen, to serve as the brand’s new headquarters, and also to showcase its designs put to use—in a concept store, restaurant and cafe, co-working […]
Kitchen of the Week: A Flemish-Inspired Contemporary Farmhouse Kitchen
The client grew up in the area riding ponies in the fields that surround his Georgian house near Belfast, Ireland. He returned after many years in London and purchased a farmstead in disrepair. Wanting to turn his place into “a tribute to craftsmanship,” he worked with Artichoke, a UK design-build firm specializing in bespoke, top-drawer […]
Cocina: Encimeras y armarios de bambú Teragren
Founded in 1994 by Ann and David Knight, self-described “avid environmentalists,” Teragren is one of North America’s largest manufacturers of environmentally friendly bamboo flooring, stair parts, trim, panels, veneer, and butcher block countertops. “We control production from harvest to distribution of all Teragren products,” the couple says, “specifying only materials and processes that meet stringent […]
La cocina de la semana: Una actualización de estilo japonés para las cocinas de Ikea
Taking inspiration from traditional Japanese architecture as well as her own Nordic roots, 39-year-old Danish furniture maker Chris Liljenberg Halstrøm detailed her new kitchen design with intersecting bands of solid ash: The shoji screen meets Danish minimalism. The goal, she says, was to create cabinetry that can be “perceived as a piece of furniture.” Surprisingly […]
‘El ingenio como principio de diseño’: Una remodelación única de dos artistas con poco presupuesto
Amy Dennis studied painting at Edinburgh College of Art and then went on to work in curatorial roles before returning to painting full time. Her husband, Neville Rae, has a degree in environmental art from Glasgow School of Art and worked as an artist and technician before launching Old School Fabrications, a metalwork, carpentry, and […]
Kitchen of the Week: A Modular Kitchen in Stockholm with a Seasonal (and Swappable) Palette
Designed by Perniclas Bedow of Bedow Design Studio, this small modular kitchen is designed to change colors with the seasons and is located in a 1909 house in a leafy neighborhood in Stockholm, on Bjorkvagen Street (which translates to Birch Street). “Instead of imitating a hundred-year-old style, I wanted to contrast the house’s history with […]