Categoría: Renovación del hogar

El artista e ilustrador Russell Loughlan es un remodelador de casas en serie que califica su último proyecto de “compra totalmente impulsiva”. Situada en Dolphin Street, en la ciudad costera de Deal, en Kent (Inglaterra), esta casa georgiana adosada de 1768 llevaba intacta desde los años sesenta. Y al ver ahora cómo la arregló, se entiende por qué se enamoró de ella. [...]

Una estancia en Arco dei Tolomei incluye muebles de terciopelo transmitidos de generación en generación, encantadoras habitaciones empapeladas con flores y un elegante hotelero italiano. Al menos eso es lo que dijo Meghan McEwen, de Design Tripper, cuando se alojó en esta casa de huéspedes hace un tiempo. Marco y Gianna, propietarios desde hace tiempo, remodelaron su antigua casa familiar para convertirla en un B&B [...]

Descubierta en The Modern House: St. Francis House, un retiro monástico transformado en “una casa moderna excepcionalmente chic”. Situada en Cambridgeshire, a 45 minutos en tren de Londres, esta estructura de finales del periodo georgiano se construyó como una finca. Fue en la década de 1950 cuando una orden religiosa se trasladó y reconstruyó el lugar como un retiro de silencio, [...].

Hace poco presentamos un loft reformado en una antigua fábrica de tapicería de Hoxton Square, en el East End de Londres. El proyecto, de Mark Lewis Interior Design, tiene docenas de detalles de diseño para robar. Para empezar, el dormitorio azul brillante; aquí tienes una lista de fuentes para crear el look (algunas directamente de Mark Lewis). Para saber más sobre [...]

La empresa Commune Design, con sede en Los Ángeles, era la pareja perfecta para un cliente que buscaba aprovechar los detalles y la energía del modernismo francés y adaptarlos a un apartamento de Santa Mónica. Ese era precisamente el caso cuando la gestora de talentos de Hollywood Evelyn O'Neill (productora de Lady Bird y Mujercitas, de Greta Gerwig) llamó a Roman Alonso y [...]

Aunque hemos disfrutado muchas veces de un bocadillo de atún y un arbusto de vinagre en el patio de Gjusta, hace poco que conocimos Vitorrja, el primer hotel del Grupo Gjelina, detrás de Gjusta y Gjelina, en Los Ángeles. A pesar de su ubicación a una manzana del paseo marítimo y la playa de Venice, [...]

La diseñadora de interiores Hollie Velten-Lattrell, de SPACES by Hollie Velten, tiene por costumbre conocer a sus clientes. Reparte una baraja de cartas con frases como “Dejé mi corazón en...” y “Lo primero que hago en este espacio es...”. " y "Lo primero que hago en este espacio es. . . " para averiguar qué [...]

El estudio de diseño alemán Studio Oink sabe cómo utilizar los tonos pastel. Un ejemplo: el dormitorio principal de una casa adosada de Brooklyn, en un tono rubor intenso y acentuado con tonos marrón rosado, desde la pintura hasta la ropa de cama y las cortinas. Aquí presentamos las principales características de este espacio sencillo pero romántico. Arriba: Suelo de abeto Douglas [...]

Anki Spets lleva desde 1990 intentando mejorar el sueño de los estadounidenses. Por aquel entonces, era una diseñadora de moda sueca recién llegada a Nueva York y consternada por las sábanas de mezcla antiarrugas que dominaban el mercado estadounidense. Años antes de que Ikea y el estilo escandinavo llegaran al frente doméstico, mucho antes de que los disruptores de ropa de cama entraran en escena, su negocio, [...]

La mesilla de noche tradicional es un devorador de espacio que ofrece poco almacenamiento a cambio. Para espacios pequeños, considera una mejor compañera de cabecera: la estantería de pared. Arriba: La consola de pared Bedside Console está fabricada en arce macizo por PELLE, un estudio de Brooklyn dirigido por dos arquitectos formados en Yale. Pensada para guardar lo esencial, su diseño compacto tiene un [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

¿Qué pasa cuando los programadores van a comprar colchones? Dan vueltas en la cama por la noche e idean planes para trastornar el sector. Dos nuevas empresas del sector del sueño pretenden reinventar la fabricación y venta de colchones, simplificando las opciones y eliminando a los intermediarios. Casper Above: “Nos fijamos en el sector hotelero, donde [...]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

If you count all the hours we allot to plumping pillows, smoothing sheets, straightening shams, and fussing over how the whole thing looks, we spend as much time on our beds as in them. Yet the results never look as good as pictures in magazines. Enough already. I am a busy person and so are you. Here’s a foolproof […]

After a friend took part in the artist residency program at the Château de la Haute Borde a few summers back, I’ve admired the interiors and images of artists and guests gathered around long dinner tables in the tall grasses of the surrounding grounds. Located in Rilly-sur-Loire, the chateau was initially built in 1876 before […]

Maria Ibañez de Sendadiano and Todd Rouhe met at work back when they were both young architects at Smith-Miller + Hawkinson. That was a while ago: the couple have been running their own NYC firm, IdS/R Architecture, since 2000, have two daughters who are now teenagers, and recently found themselves in the happy position of […]

Here at Remodelista, we are eternally on the hunt for thoughtfully designed kitchens stocked with fresh ideas. The spaces that meet those qualifications tend to fall under three categories: entirely personalized and custom-built; supplied by a European specialty firm, such as Reform, deVol, and Plain English (all of which now have showrooms in the US); […]

When it comes to architectural and interior styles, we’re pretty omnivorous: we can admire a dressed-to-the-nines formal home (like this one) and, in the same breadth, applaud a rustic DIY cabin with no running water (like this one). Sometimes, though, we happen upon projects that make us want to pack up and move right in. […]

Why do hotel sheets feel so much better than the sheets at home? Well, to begin with, hotel sheets are freshly washed, crisply ironed, and perfectly tucked–all by someone who is not you. These fine points go a long way to making hotel bedding a thing of desire. And beyond that, they’re all white–according to […]

Does anyone else feel like turning their bedroom into a hibernation cave? This layered blue boudoir, highlighted by Fan in Double Drenching: Should You Try the Latest Paint Trend?, makes the case for a dark yet somehow uplifting sleeping space. Here’s a closer look, complete with similar sources to recreate the style at home. Above: […]

Jannah Field and Rik Vannevel found their house on the real estate equivalent of the discount rack. Located in the Belgian city of Kortrijk in West Flanders, it dates from 1936 and has a well-preserved Art Deco façade and “bushy garden” that they love. The interior, however, had been stripped of its historic detailing in […]

Makié Yahagi’s two-bedroom SoHo loft is akin to the charm-filled interiors of her nearby shop on Thompson Street, Makié. A cult favorite since its opening in 1999, Makié sells children’s clothing and home goods with a handmade feel. At home, Makié lives with her two now-teenage sons who occupy the main bedrooms; Makié makes her […]

In San Francisco, they’re known as Painted Ladies. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, there isn’t a name for the preferred—and, if you ask us, far more compelling—Victorian house palette: exteriors in severe blacks, charcoals, and grays offset by front doors in wild lipstick shades like Lilac and Vixen Red. LA architect Barbara Bestor of Bestor Architecture knows […]

Katrin Arens has been designing furniture out of reclaimed, “abused wood” since 1998 out of her home, a converted 15th century mill in Bergamo, Italy. We recently noticed her handmade wood slatted bed frame and a mattress filled with virgin wool and cotton. Arens, originally from Germany, has spent the last 15 years in Northern […]

London-based designers Lone and Chris McCourt, had long fallen in love with the the small town of Uzès, France, and in fact had bought a summer house on the outskirts. When a medieval building (built in 1200!) right in the heart of the village came on the market, they realized that while they enjoyed rural […]

Stockholm-based textile company Magniberg, founded in 2016 by Bengt Thornefors (a former designer at Saint Laurent and Acne Studios) and Nina Norgren (a former florist and graphic designer), takes a fashion-forward approach to bed linens. As they say, “Dress your bed just as you dress yourself.” Their latest bedding collection was inspired by “the excitement […]

Designed by Ilse Crawford, the Das Kranzbach spa hotel in the Bavarian Alps features an unlikely mix of elements (Tyrolean chairs with George Nelson bubble lamps?). Somehow it all works. Crawford has revamped the interiors using her signature mix of unexpected color combinations and daring furniture mashups. Suddenly George Nelson bubble lamps look new again […]