When couple Paul West and Michelle Bower began renovating their 1717 East London townhouse, they took on a full transformation of a basement kitchen. The kitchen they started with “wasn’t in good working order,” Paul describes, so they enlisted UK kitchen design…
| Published on Oct 16, 2023
Interior design space planning is the process of organizing and arranging a space for maximum functionality, flow, and aesthetics. This procedure entails taking a strategic look at the available space to accommodate furniture, people, equipment, decor,…
Christèle and Hubert moved from Paris to the small town of Lectoure in southwestern France, taking on the restoration of an 18th-century royal tannery. Now operating as the Manufacture Royale de Lectoure, a spacious bed and breakfast, it includes a garden suite…
| Published on Oct 13, 2023
Paint is one of the easiest and least expensive ways to change the look and feel of any room. The hard part is picking the color, sheen, and paint brand.
With so many interior paint brands…
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…
How to make a doorless closet look good? For those of us with neo-sixties leanings, Bay Area cult fashion designer Erica Tanov has an easy, inexpensive answer.
Erica has been creating inspired rooms for years: her book, Design By Nature: Creating…
This just in—literally, as of yesterday: a new collection of cabinets by the French designer Inga Sempé for Reform. Called Column, the designs are elegant and sophisticated—with some “original details that break with the conventions of the kitchen,” according to Reform.
“Industrial…
| Published on Oct 12, 2023
Yellow is a combination of red and green. The color yellow is associated with warmth, energy, and positivity. It’s a versatile color in graphic design, painting, and interior decor. The principles of color theory help in understanding…
The business of storing blankets is a risky one. If not stored properly, what was a beautiful wool throw last spring will be a moth-hole riddled rag in the fall. Enter the blanket chest (also called the “hope chest” in the American tradition),…
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Vintage Glass Fishing Floats // Similar Clam Shell // Pleated Lampshade // Lamp was Walmart, here are two similar: One / Two
I thought today it would be fun to share…