A surprise star at the recent Chelsea Flower Show in London: a kitchen oriented to the garden. Set in an energy-efficient Passive House conservatory, the design intrigued us thanks not only to its cabinet doors of patinated copper but also its exotic pedigree: It was created by UK kitchen titans Charlie Smallbone (formerly of Smallbone […]
Voor & Na: Een Brooklyn appartement van voor de oorlog opent zich door de keuken te verplaatsen
Eastern Parkway in Prospect Heights, door de New York Times “Brooklyn's Champs-Élysées” genoemd, is een grootse doorgangsweg die onder andere het Grand Army Plaza, de Brooklyn Public Library en het Brooklyn Museum tot haar architectonische juweeltjes rekent - allemaal binnen een halve mijl van elkaar. Tussen deze monumenten staan elegante vooroorlogse appartementsgebouwen, zoals Turner Towers, de eerste [...]
Steel deze look: Een met hout beklede Scandinavische gastenkamer in Londen
In samenwerking met het Londense bedrijf Mike Tuck Studio heeft het Deens-Amerikaanse echtpaar Catherine en Toke Nygaard hun Victoriaanse herenhuis met vier slaapkamers in South Hackney verbouwd met een uitgesproken Scandinavische inslag. Voorbeeld? Hun logeerkamer op de bovenverdieping, bekleed met Dinesen hout en Scandinavisch meubilair, heeft meer weg van een zomerhuis aan een fjord dan van een kleine stadsslaapkamer. Hier geven we een profiel van de [...]
Voorheen een garage: Een éénkamerwoning van 400 vierkante meter in LA
We brake for grottages: garages converted into cottages (our own Michelle Slatalla invented the term for her own place). This one is the work of LA house flipper-turned designer-builder Shanty Wijaya of Allprace. Wijaya replaced the crumbling dwelling on the property with a spec construction, and rebuilt the remains of its one-car garage as this […]
Past Future: The Drei Berge Hotel from Ramdane Touhami in Mürren, Switzerland
Suspending time in a cinematic atmosphere, the Drei Berge Hotel in the Bernese Oberland Alps of Mürren, Switzerland, can only be the creation of Ramdane Touhami. The French Moroccan creative polymath is an expert of reinvention, responsible for Cire Trudon and the historic beauty brand L’Officine Universelle Buly, which he co-founded with wife and partner […]
Is It Worth It? Luxury Starter Sheets from Sferra’s Alma Line
Over the four years I’ve lived in my apartment, I’ve steadily—slowly—swapped my lesser-quality essentials for better, more lasting versions. Glassware, under-bed storage, even my plastic clothes hangers: They all got upgrades. Somehow, though, it took me years to invest in quality bedding—I’m not sure why, given how much attention I pay to my bed and how […]
Steal This Look: A Warm, Traditional English Kitchen in Hampshire
Interior designer Tamsin Saunders refreshed a Grade II listed Arts & Crafts home in Hampshire, England for a family with a light touch, an updated traditional aesthetic. She worked with the family’s inherited antiques while sourcing others, added an AGA range, customized cabinetry, and refitted fixtures. Here, we present a list of similar sources to […]
The New Road Residence: A Curated London House from Hostem
James Brown, the 28-year-old owner of always edgy London fashion boutique Hostem, had a yearning to move into art and furnishings. But rather than simply expand his inventory, he took on an entire townhouse, an elegant Georgian specimen in Whitechapel, a 20-minute stroll from Hostem’s Spring Store and in-progress updated headquarters, both in Shoreditch. With the company’s artistic director, Christie Fels, who has a background in interior […]
Camptown: De nieuwe chique hut in de Catskills
Rivertown Lodge in Hudson, New York, debuteerde in 2015 en zette een nieuwe standaard voor lokaal ingekochte, inventief ontworpen hotels in de Hudson Valley en Catskills ten noorden van NYC. Rivertown, ontworpen door Workstead, was het eerste project van Ramshackle Properties, het boetiekhotelbedrijf van Ray Pirkle en Kim Bucci, en is een favoriet Remodelista-retraite-en bron [...]
Villa Lena: Een nieuwe creatieve hub (en hotel) in Toscane
Last summer I met up with French designer Clarisse Demory in her Paris apartment during the only two days of the year that she happened to be in the city. Clarisse had been living deep in the flowery hills of Tuscany for the past year (she brought bunches of dried flora back with her), working on […]
Keuken van de week: Een lichte Berlijnse keuken met een ingetogen palet
Lea Korzeczek en Matthias Hiller van Studio Oink, experts in Europees luxe minimalisme, werden gevraagd om het tuinappartement van een gebouw in Wilhelminische stijl in de Berlijnse wijk Prenzlauer Berg te renoveren voor een jong gezin van vier personen. De opdracht omvatte een op maat gemaakte keuken van 200 vierkante meter op de begane grond en de eerste verdieping. [...]
Ses Sucreres en Hevresac, twee subtiel stijlvolle hotels in Menorca, Spanje
Last summer, our friends Jonathan Hokklo and Ashley Helvey were traveling around the Spanish island Menorca. Around that time, Ashley was sending me photos of sinks, mini refrigerators, and light fixtures at one of the hotels where they stayed called Hevresac. The hotel is one of a few from owners Ignasi, a Spaniard, and Stéphanie, […]
LA Herfstig: Een huis uit 1920 gerenoveerd in juweeltinten
Floral velvet has never crossed the threshold of any architect I know. Ditto leafy Victorian wallpaper. I’ve visited a lot of architects at home, and most are highly allergic to color and pattern. Sherry McKuin says she herself was a committed member of that cohort. That was until her family moved from a mid-century house […]
Steel deze look: De keuken met weinig impact
The cover of our newest book, Remodelista: The Low-Impact Home, features the kitchen of architects Ruth Mandl and Bobby Johnston of CO Adaptive. Their firm specializes in retrofitting existing buildings to make them energy efficient, and the couple transformed their own historic Brooklyn brownstone into an ultra-efficient passive house. Their monthly energy bill is zero—and […]
Voor estheten en surfers: Een nieuw Vipp Guest House in het “koude Hawaï” van Denemarken”
The latest Vipp guest house sits on its own in a coastal stretch of Denmark known as Cold Hawaii. Vipp is the family-owned Danish design company that gots its start in 1939 with the invention of a pedal-operated steel trashcan. Its design offerings have grown to include modular metal kitchen systems, bathroom vanities, furniture, lighting, […]
Steel deze look: Een moderne landelijke keuken in Hudson, New York
This past long weekend, I took the train out to Hudson, New York, to check out the Rivertown Lodge, by Brooklyn firm Workstead (it’s been on my design visit to-do list for a while now). A standout feature of the hotel lobby? The communal eat-in kitchen with turmeric-colored cabinets and a mix of high and low fixtures. […]
Een subtiel gedetailleerde keuken in roestvrij staal en hout voor een kunstenaar uit DC en haar gezin
When artist Roxana Alger Geffen and her family moved into a Victorian-era townhouse in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, DC., the house had an awkward configuration, but they tried to make it work. Specifically, the kitchen and living room were located on the second floor, so although the artist was able to set up her studio […]