A Glamorous Farm for Rent, Belgian Edition

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 […]

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. […]

Kitchen of the Week: A Vibrant Family Kitchen in North London

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 […]

New Kid on the Block: A Skinny-Luxe Lower East Side Apartment Hotel

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 […]

Quiet Beauty in Edinburgh: At Home and Work with 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: […]

New for Summer: Hay’s Été Line of Striped Linens

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 […]

Kitchen of the Week: Commune of LA Designs a Culinary Space in Paris

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 […]

Kitchen of the Week: A Japanese-Style Upgrade for Ikea Kitchens

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 […]

Kitchen of the Week: An Ikea Kitchen, Elevated and Upgraded

We love a good Ikea-hack kitchen. This delightful one comes to us courtesy of London-based architects James Alder and Thom Brisco (formerly of Alder Brisco, now practicing as James Alder Architect and Brisco Loran). Tasked with building an extension to a 1930s townhouse in West London for a couple with young children, they came up […]

A Modest Home in Maebashi

In the heart of Maebashi, a residential district in Gunma, Japan, lies Tsuduri No Ie. The single-story home is built like a pinwheel, pivoting around a well-lit inner courtyard while casting shadows in narrow hallways. Built by Mikiya and Saori Ueki of Studio Synapse, Tsurdi No Ie plays off contrast, with white-washed walls, earthy wood […]

The Kin Collection: Cabinets for Compact Quarters

Mathias Hahn calls his Kin collection, “a family of cabinets.” And like most clans, his comes in a range of kindred shapes and sizes. Or, as he puts it, “Each has its own character and yet harmonizes perfectly with its siblings.” Hahn trained in industrial design in his native Germany before studying under Ron Arad at London’s […]

Steal This Look: A Summery Bedroom at Casa Privata in Italy

Last week in the office, we huddled around a laptop admiring the interiors (and gardens and surrounding cliffs) of Casa Privata, a restored villa in Praiano, a tiny town between Amalfi and Positano in Italy. Among the eight guest rooms at the restored fisherman’s ruin is the New York Room, with soulful interiors and floaty, romantic curtains, straight out […]

Trend Alert: 21st Century Scalloping

Prissy, preppy, the doily school of decorating—for years now, there’s been a lot not to like about scalloped detailing. But recently, a brighter, bolder version has emerged that we’ve been admiring—label it late-pandemic buoyancy (or the fact that we’re all in need of a bit of fun). Here, 15 notable interiors and designs with scalloping. […]

Sea Me: Linens in Shades of Blue and Green

Sea Me was started by two women in search of the perfect bed linen, in hues of blues, greens, and sand, made in Ukraine. “We are a small team from Odessa, a city by the Black Sea,” they say. “Breathing the sea every day we are inspired by its colors, shades, and energy.” N.B.: We […]

Kitchen of the Week: A Modern Space with a Timeless Spirit

While writing about creative atelier Dora Daar a while back, we came across the work of interior design firm Conti, Cert (the two studios partnered on a project). Founded by Andrea Conti and Isabel Cert, the Barcelona-based agency is known for its simple yet refined style. Every project is distinctive, but a through-line of modern […]

The LA Rental, Upgraded: Designer Paige Geffen’s 500-Square-Foot Challenge

When interior designer Paige Geffen moved into a one-bedroom rental in Echo Park, Los Angeles, she faced a common design challenge: a challenging layout. The one-bedroom 500-square-foot bungalow, built in 1965, has a kitchen, living, and dining room all in one space. “There was a lot of problem solving involved,” Paige says. “The placement of […]

An Architect’s Narrow Townhouse in Montreal, Design Studio Included

The ask was formidable: update the Victorian-era townhouse; restore some of the period details that had been removed in an ill-conceived 1980s renovation; bring more light into the building, which had just two exposures (at the front and back); carve out a functional, client-ready office space that would feel separate from the rest of the […]

Marvila House: A New Modern Extension for an Old Charming Townhome in Lisbon

In an old, industrial area of Lisbon, Portugal, architect José Andrade Rocha (of Atelier José Andrade Rocha) has reimagined a modest townhouse, transforming it into a minimalist home that is as considered as it is unpretentious. From the street, the home blends in with its neighbors: Other than a paint refresh, the facade remains largely […]

10 Things Nobody Tells You About Renovating Your Kitchen

In our new weekly series called 10 Things Nobody Tells You, we unpack remodeling basics that first-timers might not know… and reveal a few things even seasoned renovators might find surprising. In this week’s installment, we’re tackling one of the biggest projects homeowners might face: the kitchen remodel. Here are 10 things to consider, down […]

A Gio Ponti Masterpiece on the Amalfi Coast

Ponti lovers, put this on your must-visit list. Designed in 1961 by iconic Italian architect Gio Ponti, the Hotel Parco dei Principi in Sorrento, overlooking the Gulf of Naples, is an essential stop for architecture and design afficionados, who come to experience the all-encompassing Ponti aesthetic. Born in Milan and trained as an architect, the […]

Small-Space Solutions: 17 Affordable Tips from an NYC Creative Couple

Renata Bokalo and Roman Luba were in a bit of a renter’s rut. After 15 years of leasing their one-bedroom in New York’s Meatpacking District, they had hit an impasse. Renata, who is the director of sales at Aesthetic Movement, wanted to update and finally make the place their own: “It felt like we were still living in our […]

Kitchen of the Week: The Updatable Kitchen from Stilleben Kitchen in Copenhagen

Designing a kitchen is like deciding on a tattoo: What if you change your mind down the line? Founders of Copenhagen shop Stilleben, Ditte Reckweg and Jelena Schou, were obsessed with the idea of creating an updatable kitchen “to survive many styles and color trends.” They teamed up with architect Trine Hjorth and cabinetmaker Ditlev […]

Steal This Look: A Warm, Minimal Guest Bedroom in LA

Los Angeles–based costume designer Gordana Golubovic used her sourcing skills and eye for fabric and layout in designing her Spanish-style home in Los Feliz. The result? A quiet, personal space with tinted concrete, bleached wood, reupholstered Ikea furniture, and everything else sourced from favorite RM LA shops such as Lost & Found, Lawson Fenning, and County Ltd. […]

Hotels & Lodging: Kasbah Bab Ourika in Morocco

On a recent trip to Morocco, I spent several nights at the 15-room Kasbah Bab Ourika in Morocco. Perched on a hilltop at the edge of the Ourika Valley, just outside Marrakech, the hotel (opened in 2009 by owner Steven Skinner) was built in the traditional Berber style using Pise (rammed earth) and is one […]

At Home with C. S. Valentin: French Eclecticism in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn

French designer C. S. Valentin’s home base is in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, but he splits his time among clients in New York, Mexico, and Los Angeles. His NYC outpost—a rental in a prewar building—is more like a test kitchen than a full-time residence. Valentin calls it a “mid-mod wunderkammer” (cabinet of curiosities). “It’s a collage […]

Kitchen of the Week: A New Kitchen Designed to Harmonize with a Vintage Pantry

The house came with sun-washed rooms, original windows and wainscotting—and a recent history of being nearly condemned. What made Jacque Ivory and her husband, Chris, want to move in was a backroom relic: a preserved walk-in pantry with floor-to-ceiling fir shelves and cabinets. “It felt like a miracle that nobody had every painted all that […]

Best Amateur-Designed Bedroom Space: Anne S. Holtermann

The winner of the Remodelista Considered Design Awards Best Amateur-Designed Bedroom is Anne S. Holtermann of South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Holtermann’s project was chosen as a finalist by guest judge Gael Towey, who said that she likes “the overall summery feeling of the room–the tile floor and bright informal accessories, and the large windows that let in lots […]

Best Professionally Designed Bedroom: Hyde Evans Design

The winner of the Remodelista Considered Design Awards Best Professionally Designed Bedroom Space is Hyde Evans Design of Seattle. The firm’s project was chosen as a finalist by Remodelista editor in chief Julie Carlson, who said, “This aerie corner retreat overlooking the sea manages to channel a nautical vibe without veering into twee territory; I like […]

The DIY Dishwasher-Disguising Door Panel, via The Merrythought

Disguising appliances behind cabinet panels is a unifying trick, one that we often feature in our Kitchen of the Week. But integrated appliances are pricier than their traditional counterparts and they don’t always come in the desired sizes. We were happy to see that the creative thinkers behind the website The Merrythought have come up […]