Buying a Home in Today’s Market: What Smart Homebuyers Do Differently

Today’s real estate market is evolving fast — and so are the strategies of successful homebuyers. From prioritizing lifestyle fit to partnering with expert advisors, smart buyers are adapting, asking better questions, and staying ahead of the curve. Discover what sets them apart and how you can make
Read MoreDIY: A Simple, Fresh Headboard Hack

Recently in our inbox: the new spring collection from Morrow Soft Goods. Besides the heirloom-like textiles for bed and bath, something else also caught our eye: a simple, ad-hoc yet impactful “headboard” that can be switched out whenever you please.Have a look at the idea, styled four ways—to be fi
Read MoreSteal This Look: A Hudson Valley DIY Kitchen by a Stealth Design Star

Designer Deborah Ehrlich favors deconstruction over renovation and reduction over decoration. Her 1722 Hudson Valley farmhouse is proof: Ehrlich opened up the floor plan, exposed beams and plaster walls, sanded the floor, relocated the kitchen to a room originally used to store wood, and then, she s
Read MorePractical-Yet-Sexy Home Upgrades: Accessories and Hardware from Fittes

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Read MoreCreative Reuse: A Former Electrical Building Converted into a Summer House

The electrical building sat unused for years. Part of QuadroDesign’s small industrial campus–with palm trees and fanciful 1960s architecture—the structure was singled out by the company owners as a prime opportunity for reinvention. The kitchen and bathroom faucet brand is located in San Maurizio d’
Read MoreCreative Reuse: An Electrical Building Converted into a Summer “Cabin”

The electrical building sat unused for years. Part of QuadroDesign’s small industrial campus–with palm trees and fanciful 1960s architecture—the structure was singled out by the company owners as a prime opportunity for reinvention. The kitchen and bathroom faucet brand is located in San Maurizio d’
Read MoreQuick Takes With: Junior Schouten

We are such unabashed fans of Brooklyn Grange and what they do: promoting, designing, building, and maintaining sustainable urban green spaces. If you want to visit their projects, you’ll likely have to look up, though—their forte is creating thriving rooftop gardens. Founded in 2010, the firm has s
Read MoreCurrent Obsessions: The Long Weekend

Here’s to the long weekend—and game nights for a cause, a new series to stream, the best sales, and more. Read on: Above: Wish we were here. Photograph by Gaëlle Tronquit from Le Moulin: Architect-Designed Lodgings in Provence.Who’s recently back from Brimfield? Tag us with your finds on Instagram @
Read MoreAn Enchanting NYC Jewel Box Showroom from UK Designers Pinch

We first posted on UK-based Pinch Design back in 2009, in the early days of Remodelista, and our admiration continues unabated. The London furniture company has flourished under the leadership of founders Russell Pinch and Oona Bannon, partners in life and commerce, and celebrates refined details, n
Read MoreFrom the Editors’ Desks: 15 Memorial Day Sales to Know About This Weekend

Welcome to the long weekend—and the unofficial summer kick-off. Between cookouts, ice cream jaunts, gardening, and whatever else is on your holiday weekend wishlist, here are 15 sales to browse, courtesy of our editors. Above: Spring/summer table inspiration, courtesy of Hawkins New York (and the Bl
Read MoreCurrently Coveting: A Color-Blocked Dining Table

Swantje Hinrichsen is a graphic designer and illustrator with a flair for interior design: see her Artful Kitchen Built from Reclaimed Ikea Parts, Extreme Budget Edition. She and her family have since moved to a bright space in Münster, Germany, that we’ve been admiring on Instagram. We’re not the o
Read More17 Italian Kitchens, Dolce Vita Edition

From the country that taught us how to make ourselves fully at home in the kitchen, here are 17 memorable designs—rustic, clean-lined, and effortless-looking combinations of the two. Above: This luxe kitchen in a Vipp pop-up features modern, modular, and unfitted Vipp components (and a locally glaze
Read MoreMeanwhile, on Gardenista: Utilitarian Chic

Welcome to Meanwhile, on Gardenista, in which we take a look at the goings-on over on our sibling site.In this week’s edition: We love gardening, sure, but truthfully we might love the accoutrements even more. At the garden world’s version of the Met Gala (AKA the Chelsea Flower Show) and elsewhere,
Read More10 Easy Pieces: Grown-Up Guest Beds

I moved from New York to a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco a while back, and the list of friends that I’ve said “come and stay!” to has been growing and growing. The problem is I don’t like sleeper sofas—and while an air mattress is perfectly fine, there’s something very dorm-like about them.
Read MoreThe Top Five Home Improvements That Add Value Before Selling Your Home

Engel & Völkers advisors share their top five home improvements that add real value — without draining your wallet. Discover how strategic updates in curb appeal, cleaning, painting, and more can help you sell faster and for a higher price. Want to sell your home faster and for more money — without
Read MoreShopper’s Diary: Portuguese Craft, Contemporary and Traditional, at Depozito in Lisbon

“We believe objects can tell extraordinary and revealing stories. About a people and its particular taste, about a society and its context, about a history which is, after all, a common identity,” writes Catarina Portas. A Vida Portuguesa, the Lisbon and Puerto emporium she founded, showcases “genui
Read MoreSteal This Look: A Shades-of-White Kitchen in Gothenburg, Sweden

A covetous country kitchen, Scandi style: Located in the home of Sandra Guerrero, founder of Swedish brokerage firm Alvhem, this kitchen is designed with bespoke cabinets by Nordiska Kök in pale shades of green-gray and a single row of wooden peg rail for storage. Here, we dissect the key elements t
Read MoreBioclimatique: An Arles Farmhouse-Turned-Artist Residency with Sustainability in Mind

Architects Caroline Weill and Letitia Paradis of the Paris-based practice Pareil focus on housing in all forms, aiming to “enhance existing properties with a modest and responsible approach to architectural intervention and application,” as they explain. One such property is Mas Baudran, an artist r
Read MoreQuick Takes With: Sarah Watson

Think bathroom fittings are boilerplate? You haven’t been to Balineum.The bath-focused brand is just about the opposite of the boring plumbing-aisle purgatory of big-box stores. (We once called the showroom a Sweet Shop for Designers.) Started in 2007, it reportedly all started when founder Sarah Wa
Read MoreWhere Design Elevates Function: Shower Drains from Infinity Drain

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