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Welcome to our new column, The Brass Tacks, in which we highlight the tiniest but mightiest details in the house: good-looking hardware, hinges, and fixtures. For our first installment, we’re featuring an attractive alternative to…
We recently featured An Undulating Wood Kitchen that Kim Kneipp designed for two sisters whose Victorian house in the Melbourne suburb of Kensington had been slated to be torn down. When the planned freeway ended…
New from Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen and Kasper Rí¸nn of Copenhagen-based NORM Architects: the streamlined Norm Bath Collection for Menu. The collection is comprised of five pieces (pedal trash can, toilet brush, soap dispenser, toothbrush cup and…
The Victorian townhouse in London’s Primrose Hill had been “nailed by contractors,” says project manager Emily Girling. This was not intended as a compliment. Girling is a member of the small team at Mark Lewis…
Olivier, the incognito journalist-owner of this Paris apartment, describes his newly overhauled digs as “an unexpected synthesis of Oscar Niemeyer’s French Communist Party headquarters and my late grandparents’ house.” The 70-square meter (approximately 753-square-foot) space…
Admired at Drummonds of England: the classic roll-top cast iron Spey Tub with dark green painted exterior. Drummonds, a 20-year-old architectural salvage and bath company, operates out of a showroom in Chelsea (among other locations)…
Earlier this week we featured a London loft by designer Mark Lewis that channels the past and improves on it (see the whole project at A Modern Victorian Loft by Mark Lewis); today we’re zeroing…
Gifts for the style-conscious children in your life. Above: Felt Wall-Mounted Unicorn; $20 from Planet Fur via Etsy. Above: New at Gretel Home: the Bear Face Mirror measures 6.5 inches in diameter, is made of…
Ever since we featured The Rose, a new hotel in the seaside town of Deal in East Kent, England, we’ve been thinking of the boldly colorful rooms and baths designed by Harding & Read and…
We first noticed the appeal of chalky gray towels when Los Angeles-based Matteo Home came out with a line in a range of neutral shades. For lower-priced alternatives, see below. Above: Riviera Sheet Towel in 100 percent…