Categorie: Doe-het-zelf projecten

Last week we toured Block Shop’s Mod LA Headquarters. Today, we’re taking a look at the company’s just-launched bedding designs. Sisters Lily and Hopie Stockman, the company founders and in-house designers, spent two years working with master printers and dyers in Jaipur, India, to get every detail, down to the duvet corner ties, exactly as […]

When Prince Charles collaborated with UK-based kitchen makers Plain English on a model house, he wanted to know: “How can we get this to the people?” The answer is the beloved kitchen company’s lower-priced British Standard Cupboard line, offered at “sensible prices for discerning folk of modest means.” A longtime campaigner for sustainable living, Prince […]

The 1860s brick row house in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill had a lot going for it: tall ceilings, lacy moldings, marble mantels, and a gracious floor plan that had served its residents untouched. The HVAC system was also more or less original. It presented the longstanding owners—an eco-minded couple who had raised their children here—with an […]

Brittany Alberts’s lament is a familiar one: “If budget hadn’t been a consideration, we would have loved to expand the footprint of our kitchen. And we would have loved to put in new cabinets and appliances. Instead, we had to stick with—and enhance what—was already in place.” The wrinkle? Brittany is a stylist who works […]

With any luck, a new baby will spend the majority of his or her first year sleeping. So it makes sense that expecting parents start feathering the nest by choosing a crib.  For me, I knew that my husband and I would be welcoming a baby into a small New York City apartment without a […]

Every page we tear out, every image we pin, we fantasize about the way we want to live. And if your personal fantasy is not available in print or online, then Los Angeles architect and designer Alexandra Loew can probably help you out. With a view that “fantasy is a critical dimension of contemporary life […]

Do you dream of a colorful bedroom? Thanks to architect Jess Thomas we do. Her Brooklyn townhouse is filled with a lot of good ideas—see our post, the Sentimental Minimalist—but it was her pale pink-on-pink guest room that really piqued our interest. As her place demonstrates, a monochromatic bedroom telegraphs an inviting completeness and calmness. […]

Lucky is the home that calls Nina and Craig Plummer its owners. The two are the founders of Ellei Home (formerly called Ingredients LDN), an inspiring online store based in Edinburgh, and the grand apartment they share is a testing ground for the beautiful products sold on their site. Only items that fit their philosophy […]

Dani Brubaker spotted artist Patricia Larsen’s handmade interiors here on Remodelista and on Instagram, and recognized a kindred spirit. Patricia specializes in using salvaged materials: she creates rather than buys what she needs and likes her rooms to have a welcomingly unbuttoned look. “Her work is very raw, it’s emotional, and she has this tendency to […]

What happens when two young architects get to be their own clients? Budget constraints are, of course, a given—so things like learning how to hang wallpaper come into play. So does treating the house as a treasure hunt, and finding out what’s hiding under the carpets and painted mantels. And, of course, experimenting with the […]

“Every once in a while, you’re lucky enough to pair up with a client who’s on the same aesthetic wavelength,” says Kevin Greenberg, principal of NYC design firm Space Exploration, about a recent prewar apartment remodel fronting Brooklyn’s Sunset Park. The clients—a photographer and a solar engineer—exuded a “relaxed intelligence” throughout the design process. When […]

This week, in the spirit of savoring every last bit of the season, we’re revisiting some of our favorite summery stories, like this one: Noticed and admired of late: bright-spot kitchens in shades of turmeric, mustard, and marigold. Here are 10 standouts ranging in style from urban contemporary to vintage beach cottage, all accented in […]

Architect Elizabeth Roberts’s 1866 Italianate townhouse remodel—from SRO to charmingly orderly family quarters in a black-and-white palette—was the first project we photographed for Remodelista: A Manual for the Considered Home. During the long process of working on our first book, we returned to Roberts’ place in Brooklyn so many times that it became something like […]

At Remodelista, we pride ourselves on sharing not just the pretty images of projects we admire, but also the intel on where to source all the products that go into their designs. That’s our usual M.O. anyway. This time, our only advice for those who want to replicate the look of this handsome London townhouse […]

Admiring, in the category of Perfect/Imperfect: a collection of artfully frayed linens inspired by the English landscape’s “earthy palette of rich browns, grassy greens and chalky whites” by UK designer (and longtime Remodelista favorite) Faye Toogood for London-based Once Milano. Here’s a look at some of our favorites from the collection (also available via Garde […]

Architects Andrea Fisk and Jess Thomas of Shapeless Studio are modernists with beating hearts. Their love of workmanship, new and old, and attention to life’s daily details is on display in all of their residential work, including their own Brooklyn quarters: see The Sentimental Minimalist and A Rising Star Architect’s Townhouse in Pinks, Grays, and […]

Meet the yours, mine, and ours remodel. Scarlett Shao and Joseph Casper are a couple who share a passion for modern design, and specifically for a look they describe as “minimal but lived in.” Wanting to take a European approach to their Greenpoint, Brooklyn, remodel, they decided to assemble a far-flung team—and had the vision […]

When designers Michael Roché and Jackson Butler were asked to renovate a small Napa Valley house, the mandate was to stay within a tight budget. Built as a cabin in the 1920s, it had been added onto over the years, and when purchased was half renovated and in a state of disarray. Its selling point: the structure is set […]

When designer Mark Lewis remodeled his family home in Highgate, he kitted out his daughter’s cottage-style room with adult-size bunk beds to accommodate visiting grandparents. From the trim and bed frame paint colors to the classic British prints and wooden toys, it’s a look we’d like to replicate. Here are sources for the key elements. […]

A while back, Margot wrote about Charlie and Kevin Dumais’s modern-rustic kitchen in their Litchfield, CT, home. Today, we’re going to show you exactly how they designed their characterful kitchen without breaking the bank. Hint: Start with Ikea. Featured photograph by Eric Piasecki, from Kitchen of the Week: A Design Couple’s Ikea-with-a-Twist Kitchen in Connecticut. […]

The cabin dates from 1979, but its newly shored-up kitchen has the sepia warmth of a much earlier era. Located in the Poconos, in Bushkill, Pennsylvania, a hike from the famous Bushkill Falls, the hideaway was purchased by a group of four friends for use as a retreat and word-of-mouth rental. The new owners include […]

So many kitchen designers of late bypass above-the-counter cabinets to avoid an overly kitchen-y, old-fashioned look. But Workstead’s solution for a Brooklyn family of five makes masterful use of floor-to-(nearly)-ceiling millwork. And there’s nothing Betty Crocker about it. In fact, the cabinetry is so elegant, it works equally well in the dining area. Photography by Matthew Williams. Above: Situated on the parlor […]

Ten years ago, when we first met Takaaki and Christina Kawabata, they had just fled Brooklyn with their two young kids to live in an entirely open-plan cabin in upstate New York. The couple—he’s an architect, she’s an interior designer—transformed their modest 1960s retreat into a Japanese-style, minimalist farmhouse: see The New Pioneers: A One-Room […]

Het is moeilijk om niet verleid te worden door een volledig witte keuken, maar voor wie bereid is om permanente keuzes te maken, denk aan kleurrijke fornuizen en geverfde kasten, kan het resultaat enorm zijn. Neem deze pastelkleurige keuken die Nicola Harding ontwierp voor een stel dat in een gerenoveerd Georgiaans herenhuis woont. Over kleur legt Harding uit: “We hebben donkere kleuren gebruikt om [...]

Als het op beddengoed aankomt, kies ik altijd voor wit: het is tijdloos, gemakkelijk schoon te maken en laat het bed er fris en fris uitzien. Maar iedereen die wel eens in witte verf heeft gekeken, weet dat er bijna oneindig veel tinten en kleurschakeringen zijn, met subtiele verschillen die een heel andere toon kunnen zetten. Met dat in gedachten [...]

De minimalistische oase Galerie Sofie Lachaert in Tielrode, België, staat al sinds 2009 op onze radar en biedt een steeds wisselende tentoonstelling van vintage en moderne stukken, samengesteld door sieraden- en productontwerpster Sofie Lachaert. Met twee gastenkamers die Lachaert als bed & breakfast beheert, kom je misschien wel in de verleiding om er permanent te gaan wonen. Fotografie door Danica O. [...]

Onze vriend, fotograaf Ye Rin Mok uit Los Angeles, heeft onlangs een gerenoveerd huis uit 1947 gefotografeerd in Altadena, een buurt net ten noorden van Pasadena aan de voet van de Verdugo Mountains. Het project is van Katrina Rumford van Slow Dust Studio, een ontwerpster die relatief nieuw is op dit gebied nadat de renovatie van haar eigen huis leidde tot [...]

Zelfs Arianna Huffington leest in bed. Vandaag richten we ons op een cruciaal detail in de slaapkamer met veel opties: bedlampjes. Hierboven: Mix-en-match bedlampjes doen de truc. Zie Deze look stelen: Een kunstzinnige zolderslaapkamer in Londen voor meer. Waarom bedlampjes? Onlangs schreven we over het belang van [...]

“Wat we nog niet bezitten, maken we zelf.” Remodelista leden Dale Saylor en Joe Williamson van ontwerpbureau Hollymount gaven zichzelf deze uitdaging toen ze met hun jonge zoon verhuisden naar een karakterloze huurwoning met twee slaapkamers in Chelsea in New York. We gingen niet zo lang geleden bij hen langs - zie de DIY New York Apartment - en waren vooral onder de indruk van hun [...]

Toen architect Kristina Wachtmeister en haar man vier jaar geleden een landgoed erfden buiten het dorp Knislinge, bouwden ze de 18e-eeuwse boerderij om tot een hotel met 11 kamers. Het hotel, Wanås (spreek uit va-noos) genoemd naar het landgoed, is gerenoveerd met duurzaam eikenhout (afkomstig uit het bos van het landgoed) en kalkstenen vloeren, vintage tegels en op maat [...]

Het huis van de Londense interieurontwerpster Lonika Chande in Queen's Park was ontdaan van zijn geschiedenis tegen de tijd dat zij en haar man Theo Hall langskwamen. De bakstenen woning uit 1876, gelegen in een enclave van Victoriaanse betaalbare woningen die de Blitz niet allemaal overleefden, werd gebouwd voor een spoorwegarbeider. Vele bewoners later [...]

Toen architect Richard Clements Jr. in 1963 Timber Cove Lodge ontwierp aan de kust van Sonoma County, Californië, liet hij zich inspireren door Frank Lloyd Wright: zijn hotel zou een hoog A-frame worden, waarvan de hoogte het uitzicht op de oceaan zou optimaliseren en waarvan de materialen - donker hout, steen en glas - ervoor zouden zorgen dat het gebouw zich thuis zou voelen in de omgeving. Hout [...]

Ontwerpster Jackie Villevoye lanceerde Jupe by Jackie in 2010 om de handborduurkunst in Uttar Pradesh, India te vieren, een ambacht dat van generatie op generatie wordt doorgegeven en waarvan het meer dan 15 jaar kan duren om het onder de knie te krijgen. Na succes in dames-, heren- en kindermode en een vier jaar durende samenwerking met Comme des Garçons, [...]

Architect Nick Noyes uit San Francisco liet zich inspireren door plaatselijke schuren en boerderijen bij het ontwerp van dit weekendverblijf in Healdsburg, Californië. Het huis ligt op een wijngaard van 40 hectare in West Dry Creek en bestaat uit twee vleugels met koperen daken die bij de ingang verbonden zijn door een aluminium pui; schaduw wordt geboden door zonneschermen [...]

Inheemse Amerikanen worden over het algemeen niet geassocieerd met schapen, zeker niet met schapen die verspreid liggen over de kalkstenen dorpjes van de Engelse Cotswolds. Toch dankt de Hudson's Bay Point deken zijn bestaan aan beide, met de Hudson's Bay bonthandelspost in Canada die fungeerde als halverwege tussen de twee culturen. De 18e-eeuwse Plains indianen waardeerden de [...]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]