Current Obsessions: The Joy of Color

by Remodelista Team

We have color and joy on the brain this weekend: pretty palettes, rose arbors, cherry-topped cakes, pattern plays galore. And, of course, blue and orange, too. (Let’s go, Knicks!)

cecilie nachman copenhagen apartment photo by caroline parkel 0 Above: Photograph by Caroline Parkel, from A Textile Collector’s Colorful Family Apartment in Copenhagen: At Home with Cecilie Stöger Nachman.

This week we’ve been eyeing all things Scandinavian design…including this newly opened housewares store in Stonington, CT (hat tip: Julie).

Annie traveled to Copenhagen for 3daysofdesign! Check out her visual diary here, here, and here.

“Wish I had a tiny sink to make over,” says Fan after seeing this mini tile upgrade.

“Don’t judge me by my messiness,” says chef Yotam Ottolenghi of his colorful home kitchen.

On our dream destinations list: this holiday rental in the round in Todos Santos, Mexico.

The prettiest wedding cakes we’ve seen in a long while.

Very cool makeshift kitchen drawers composed of colorful crates.

Save the date: Heath is bringing back The Good Flea vintage market on June 27 and 28, at its San Francisco tile factory. Details here.

Um, why do we not have this in the U.S.? Genius.

In honor of Pride Month, Ikea is donating all proceeds from sales of its Storstomma rainbow totes to The Trevor Project.

Can’t wait for this collab: Block Shop x Hancock Shaker Village.

Bouquet jacket, anyone? (Hat tip: Annie.)

It’s British Flowers Week and the Garden Museum will be the site of incredible immersive floral installations, all inspired by the garden at Benton End, from June 17 through June 21.

Isaac Mizrahi’s tour of his terrace garden is classic Isaac Mizrahi. (Hat tip: Margot.)

Find out what all the cool gardeners wear. (We spy quite a few Quick Takes alum, including Nick Spain, Rebecca McMackin, and Deborah Needleman, among those interviewed.)

What happens when you replace the front lawn with something more wild and biodiverse? Pure dreaminess.

Bold color in two very different gardens over on Gardenista: Artist Robert Dash’s sweeping landscape and Marie’s tiny terrace.

Psst: In need of a Father’s Day gift? We asked our go-to dad for his picks, here.