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Keeping things generally picked up and uncluttered doesn’t have quite the same impact in the bathroom as it does in other living spaces. Bathrooms require real elbow grease. But the feeling of bleach against skin...
In the high-stakes world of speculative real estate, it’s not surprising that so many people stick to familiar and unimposing design choices. But what made us take note of this Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, townhouse fixer-upper...
Several months ago, my close friends Serena Cameirano and Ron Keizer bought their first place together, a two-story 1930s row house in San Francisco. The structure is in great shape–I’m more than a little jealous–but...
Currently surfacing all over, the checkerboard is the motif of the moment: see Trend Alert and Checks, Please. We’ve been admiring the many ways the design classic is being put to fresh use. Case in...
Earlier this week we featured the new Ace Hotel in Shoreditch; here’s another project from the same design team, the newly imagined One Leicester Street. Formerly the St. John Hotel (we covered it back in...
Ruth Mandl and Bobby Johnston’s Brooklyn architecture firm, CO Adaptive, specializes in environmentally responsible, future-resilient retrofits, including their own 1889 Bed-Stuy brownstone that they converted into a passive house. The gut renovation followed a set...
Earlier today, we featured the Coachman Hotel in South Lake Tahoe, California—what we think is the first (and only) good-looking hotel in the area. Its remodel by Brooklyn-based Studio Tack was a budget project, relatively speaking, that...
Set within a forested enclave along the coastline of Northern Zealand, Denmark, Guest House No.16 was built in 1934 as an annex to an Italianate guesthouse. Recently reimagined by Copenhagen firm Norm Architects, the villa...
“We hebben er bijna twintig jaar over nagedacht hoe we wilden dat de kamers zouden functioneren”, zegt Jennifer Parker-Stanton over het kantoor en de aangrenzende badkamer in haar huis uit 1958 in South Pasadena. “De ruimtes vloeien van...
PM Custom is a self-described "one-man operation" featuring the work of Paul McClelland. We especially like his weighty, substantial Wauli powder-coated plate steel coat hooks, available in a range of colors. Above: The powder-coated Wauli...