A Small (but Growing) Apartment Inspired by a Favorite Novel
Lots of people get lost in novels; architect Mariana de Delás’s client wanted to curl up and live in her favorite book. Italo Calvino’s The Baron in the Trees is a fable about an 18th…
Month: September 2024
Announcing the Winners of the 2013 Remodelista Considered Design Awards
We’re thrilled with the results of our first annual Considered Design Awards: you entered more than 500 projects, voted more than 40,000 times, and tweeted your favorites faithfully. Thanks to all who submitted; we’ll be…
Steal This Look: A Glamorous Shower and Ensuite Bath in London
London-based jewelry designer Rosh Mahtani joined forces with boyfriend Fred Rigby of Fred Rigby Studio to remodel her Clerkenwell apartment. The apartment occupies the two lower floors of a 19th-century terrace, the lower floor with…
Channeling 1970s California Style: Sun Ranch Resort in Byron Bay, Australia
Located in the hinterlands of Byron Bay, the Australian seaside hangout and surfing hub, Sun Ranch channels the area’s hang loose vibe. But it does so in surprising, inventive ways: the resort is set on…
A London Georgian, Artfully Restored and Updated
Tasked with renovating a derelict Georgian house in Marylebone, London, architects Luke McLaren and Robert Excell of McLaren Excell approached the job with respect for the history of the structure, without preserving it in aspic.…
Urban Indoor-Outdoor Living: A Young Couple’s Redesign of a “Charmless” Row House in Ghent
Architects are known for taking forever when it comes to finishing their own places. Not so Arthur Verraes of Atelier Avondzon. With his partner, Kelly Desmet, a corporate lawyer, he tackled a total makeover of…
Steal This Look: A Penny Tile Bath in Australia
In this project from Kennedy Nolan architects in Melbourne, Australia, the team initially set out to restore the midcentury house designed by designers Chancellor and Patrick, but structural issues meant a new build was in…
Fabrics & Linens: Josef Frank’s Green Birds
In this children’s bed and bath suite in Los Angeles, designer Molly Luetkemeyer of M. Design Interiors used a classic Josef Frank fabric for the custom shower curtain. Discovered via the consistently wonderful Roseland Greene.…
Trend Alert: Sunken Baths
Noted and admired of late: sunken baths. Below, seven alluring examples of bathtubs that skim the floor for a look that is at once modern and classic (think Roman baths). Some are deep cuts from…
Bath: Ty DIY Shower Curtain from Grain
Based on Bainbridge Island, WA, Grain is a collaboration of design thinkers from the Rhode Island School of Design who share a vision of a more sustainable future. The Ty is a Draw-It-Yourself (DIY) shower…