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Kusaki-zome is a Japanese technique that extracts pastel pigments from plants; in the case of Viva Terra's new Kusaki Puff Towels: chamomile, larkspur, and olive leaves. The towels come in soft organic Japanese cotton and…
Our judges have selected the finalists, now you choose the winners. Vote for the finalists in each of 12 Considered Design Awards categories, on both In the Best Amateur Bath Space category, our five finalists…
When we first discovered the new linens line Deck Towel (see Fabrics & Linens: Deck Towel in New York), several of our favorite colors were already sold out, so we were pleased to get word…
Located on a hilltop overlooking the Maremma valley in Italy, Castello di Vicarello is a 12th-century castle painstakingly restored by owners Carlo and Aurora Baccheschi. The property is run as a private mini-resort, complete with…
Is it really September? We’ve got our sights set on delaying the fall reentry with a trip to Ibiza. Not the ear-plugs-required, clubby side of the island, thank you; we’re heading inland, straight to La Granja,…
Côte de Folk founder Sophie Rowell moonlights as a campanologist. Let me save you from having to Google the term and tell you now that a campanologist is one who rings church bells. It may…
Stephen O’Sullivan felt ready for a better bath. The dual Irish-French citizen had been living in his apartment in Paris’s 9th for almost 20 years when he gave architect Suleïma Ben Achour a shout. The…
The space under my bathroom sink was a chaotic mess and a source of longstanding guilt for me. But every time I set out to conquer it, I felt overwhelmed and would quit before any progress…
Designed by Jérôme Vinçon of Lode Architecture, this small pitched-roof house near Honfleur might echo other Normandy cottages on the exterior, but the comparison ends there. The structure, which the architects call a “deluxe shed,”…
Arguably the most nicknamed piece of plumbing in domestic history–and certainly one of the most life improving–the flush toilet was invented by John Harrington, poet and godson of Queen Elizabeth I, in 1597. His creation…