Current Obsessions: Slow Pursuits

Happy weekend! Ahead: stationery stores, a wallpaper-in-film watch list, slow stitching, and more cozy pursuits. Read on:

Above: ICYMI: Longtime Remodelista friends and prolific house flippers Amanda Pays and Corbin Bernsen know how to design a kitchen—and set up a stellar bar. For evidence, take a look at 6 Favorite Country Kitchens by Amanda and Corbin. Photograph by Tim Beddow from Open House by Amanda Pays and Corbin Bernsen, by permission of Gibbs Smith.

• Looking for something to watch this weekend? Might we suggest working your way through this iconic-wallpaper-in-film list?
• Love the sink setup in this wildly angular 1967 row house.
• Ooh, Marimekko comes to Le Marais.
• Smitten by this tile collaboration, with “speckles, splatters, and brush strokes” inspired by 18th century tile stoves (hat tip: Margot).
• Doesn’t get much better than Alice Waters and Christina Kim of Dosa: “Stop by, shop, enjoy a glass of wine,” and get a copy of Alice’s new book: October 23 at The Gardener in Berkeley, CA; 4-6 p.m.
• The only NYC itinerary we need.
• Love the sounds of this textile workshop at Tatter: “Through the gentle, meditative practice of slow stitching, participants will discover the peace and community that can be found through crafting as a group.” (Can’t make the event? This book looks pretty wonderful, too.)
• Rejuvenation’s got a sale going on: Get up to 40 percent off furniture, lighting, and more, now through November 3.
• Julie would love to stop into two London exhibits: “Peter Collingwood Macrogauze Wall Hangings”, on view through November 2 at Margarett Howell, and “Electric Kiln”, up now through November 16 at Rajan Bijlani.
• Saving the date for this free, ticketed, sure-to-be-excellent archive furniture sale at House of Toogood, October 30-Nov. 1, also in London.
• New Yorkers, heads-up: Hollywood icon Pamela Anderson’s garden-inspired skincare brand, Sonsie, is having a popup this weekend in Soho. Details here. (P.S. We heartily cosign her “rules of the garden.”)
• Would love to see this artist’s exquisite foliage + crochet artwork in person. (Hat tip: Kier.)
• Floret has bred a new dahlia—and it’s out-of-this-world beautiful.
• “I thought this was A.I.-generated,” says Fan. (It’s not.)
• This incredible biophilic house in Japan is pure poetry.
• A botanical workshop we’d love to go to in Concord, CA.
• Jeremy Allen White is at it again. (You’re welcome.)
• And ICYMI, check out this gorgeous Santa Monica backyard over on Gardenista.