Questa settimana, nello spirito di assaporare fino all'ultimo pezzo della stagione, rivisitiamo alcune delle nostre storie estive preferite, come questa: Nascosto sulle rive del fiume Loiret si trova uno chalet svizzero da favola, costruito nel 1862 dalla Delegazione svizzera come rappresentazione della falegnameria tradizionale. L'edificio [...]
Prima e dopo: Ristrutturazione di una villetta a schiera in stile francese a Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Quando i parigini Celia e Rodolphe hanno acquistato una villetta a schiera del 1910 a Williamsburg, Brooklyn, il piano prevedeva una ristrutturazione leggera: nuovi pavimenti nel seminterrato e nel salone, una cucina al piano principale e un bagno ristrutturato al piano superiore. Ci sarebbero voluti quattro o cinque mesi al massimo. Ottennero il permesso e iniziarono subito i lavori. Poi [...]
Il caso dell'accogliente: Il cottage di famiglia della designer Lonika Chande a West London
La casa di famiglia di Queen's Park di Lonika Chande, designer d'interni londinese, era stata spogliata della sua storia quando lei e suo marito, Theo Hall, sono arrivati. Situata in un'enclave di case vittoriane a prezzi accessibili, non tutte sopravvissute al Blitz, la struttura in mattoni del 1876 fu costruita per un operaio delle ferrovie. Molti occupanti più tardi, [...]
Un Ocean Lodge Redux degli anni ’60: Timber Cove sulla costa di Sonoma
Quando nel 1963 l'architetto Richard Clements Jr. progettò il Timber Cove Lodge sulla costa della contea di Sonoma, in California, si ispirò a Frank Lloyd Wright: il suo hotel sarebbe stato un'alta struttura ad A, la cui altezza avrebbe ottimizzato la vista sull'oceano e i cui materiali - legno scuro, pietra e vetro - avrebbero fatto sì che l'edificio si inserisse perfettamente nell'ambiente circostante. Il legno [...]
Oggetto del desiderio: coperte in mohair ricamate a mano da Jupe by Jackie
La stilista Jackie Villevoye ha lanciato Jupe by Jackie nel 2010 per celebrare l'arte del ricamo a mano nell'Uttar Pradesh, in India, un mestiere tramandato di generazione in generazione che può richiedere fino a 15 anni per essere imparato. Dopo il successo nella moda donna, uomo e bambino, e una collaborazione di quattro anni con Comme des Garçons, Jupe by [...]
Silenzio, per favore: Un appartamento elegante nella frenetica Jackson Heights, nel Queens
Passeggiando su Roosevelt Avenue, nel quartiere di Jackson Heights, nel Queens, ci si imbatte in una New York da film, in tutta la sua rumorosa e colorata gloria: il frastuono della linea della metropolitana sopraelevata, i pedoni che si affrettano a prendere i treni e i gruppi di food truck che servono cibi economici e deliziosi. Ma basta camminare un [...]
Visita all'architetto: Nick Noyes a Sonoma
L'architetto di San Francisco Nick Noyes si è ispirato ai fienili e alle fattorie locali per progettare questo rifugio per il fine settimana a Healdsburg, in California. Situata su un vigneto di 40 acri a West Dry Creek, la casa è composta da due ali a timpano con tetto in rame, collegate all'ingresso da un sistema di vetrine in alluminio; l'ombra è fornita da schermi solari [...]
Lezioni di oggetti: La coperta a punta di Hudson's Bay
I nativi americani non sono generalmente associati alle pecore, soprattutto non a quelle disseminate nei villaggi calcarei delle Cotswolds inglesi. Eppure la coperta di Hudson's Bay Point deve la sua esistenza a entrambi, con la stazione di commercio di pellicce di Hudson's Bay in Canada che funge da punto di incontro tra le due culture. Gli indiani delle pianure del XVIII secolo apprezzavano [...]
La Rosa: Una singolare locanda sulla costa inglese, edizione a colori
The Rose è una locanda sul mare appena inaugurata, con otto camere da letto, nel Kent orientale, in Inghilterra. I proprietari, che hanno tutti una casa per le vacanze nella zona, hanno puntato gli occhi su questo locale fatiscente di High Street per anni prima di rilevarne il contratto di locazione l'estate scorsa. Da allora hanno lavorato in collaborazione con gli interior designer Harding & Read e la stylist Michelle Kelly [...]
Giardini d'inverno Jacky: Un rifugio artistico fuori Melbourne
Come molte persone che si imbattono in una casa da sogno da ristrutturare, Jeremy Wortsman ha cercato un motivo convincente per acquistare la casa di metà secolo che si trovava a pochi minuti dalla casa della sua famiglia nei lussureggianti Dandenong Ranges, a est di Melbourne. Trapiantato in America, Wortsman, che è cresciuto a New York, si occupa di creatività e ha trovato subito una risposta. [...]
Una fattoria in affitto, edizione 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 […]
FAI DA TE: Testiera in carta da parati di 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 […]
Un salotto e una cucina su misura a 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 […]
Rubate questo look: Camera d'albergo di lusso in stile Midcentury-Modern all'Hotel Sanders di Copenhagen
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. […]
Hotel Panache: Il potere dello stile di 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 […]
Dormire e conservare da Father Rabbit, ad 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 cucina della settimana: Una coppia creativa che ha modificato l'Ikea in bianco e nero, con dispensa piastrellata inclusa
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 pezzi facili: Cassonetti in ottone
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. […]
Prima e dopo: Izabella Simmons, redattrice di Remodelista, condivide la sua ristrutturazione ispirata al mondo dello scandalismo.
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 […]
L'album bianco: 27 camere da letto serene in tonalità pallide
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 […]
Christine’s House: Living Small in London
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 […]
Reinventare il materasso, edizione 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 […]
An Apartment in Taipei: A Childhood Home, Updated for a Newlywed Couple
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 […]
La cucina della settimana: Una vivace cucina familiare a nord di Londra
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 […]
Il nuovo arrivato: Un appartamento-albergo di lusso nel 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: Kitchen Cabinet Fronts Made of a Surprise Sustainable Material
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 […]
Il Midcentury Modern incontra 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 […]
Il bagno termale più piccolo del mondo: Una suite per gli ospiti di ispirazione greca a Los Angeles
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 […]
Bellezza tranquilla a Edimburgo: A casa e al lavoro 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: […]
Novità dell'estate: La linea Été di Hay di lini a righe
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 cucina della settimana: I componenti freestanding di Frama realizzati dall'ebanista svedese di alto livello 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 cucina della settimana: Commune of LA progetta uno spazio culinario a Parigi
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 […]
Ritiro per due: una cabina in affitto sul lago a Settle, nel Norfolk, Inghilterra
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 […]
Clubhouse di Copenaghen The Audo: un nuovo hub creativo con camere d'albergo sotto le travi
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 […]
La cucina della settimana: Una cucina contemporanea d'ispirazione fiamminga
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 […]
Cucina: Controsoffitti e armadi in bambù 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 cucina della settimana: Un aggiornamento in stile giapponese per le cucine 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 […]
‘Resourcefulness as a Design Principle’: A One-of-a-Kind Remodel by Two Artists on a Budget
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 […]