’70s Redux: A Barcelona Apartment Finds Its Groove

The ’70s look has re-infiltrated the design world, and we’re not always onboard with it. This project, though, by Barcelona-based Conti Cert successfully (and subtly) channels the era by giving it a minimalist twist. It helped that Andrea Conti and Isa Cert, the principal architects, essentially had
Read MoreThe Editors’ Cut: 9 Finds for a Portable Summer

Welcome to The Editors’ Cut, our monthly column dedicated to beautiful and useful finds for all over the house. In this installment: In summer, we’re big proponents of keeping a beach chair in the trunk and a swimsuit in our tote bags, just in case the moment presents itself. In that spirit, here ar
Read MoreMini Is Big: Welcome to the Dawn of Downsizing, 10 Favorites

Look closely or you might miss them: of late mini facsimiles of familiar household things keep surfacing. Small enough to be heartwarmingly cute, they’re also just big enough to be useful: a winning combination. Here are 10 favorites, each sized to fit in the palm of your hand. Above: Japanese brand
Read MoreIn Search of Poetry: A Historic House in Béziers by Doux Août and Architect Maria Masgård

After several years living and working between Paris and the South of France, Araceli Villar and Pierre Négrier founded Doux Août in 2019, a Béziers-based creative studio working across interiors, art direction, and object sourcing. Their projects tend toward what they describe as poetry: spaces tha
Read More10 Easy Pieces: Our Budget Lighting Favorites, All Under $200

From table lamps to sconces and simple pendants, here are our favorite picks for budget lighting, from table lamps to sconces and pendants, each ringing in under $200. Above: The Frama E27 Table Light, shown here in White, is $89 at Lightology. Above: The OneFortyThree Solid Color Shaded Sconce, sho
Read MoreTrend Alert: 8 Domino Sets to Play and Display

It may have been a while since you last played a round of dominoes. It has for us, but the latest versions are so display-worthy—and fun to arrange on their own—that we’re reconsidering the game. Here are eight sets that look good on coffee tables and shelves; some are also conversation pieces. Fun
Read MoreHouse of the Earth: A Rammed-Earth Country House in Wiltshire by Tuckey Design Studio

On the site of a former brickworks in rural Wiltshire, London-based Tuckey Design Studio has completed a new country house built from the ground beneath it. The project, a rammed earth house, uses excavated clay and demolition aggregate from the existing site to form its thick monolithic walls—an an
Read MoreExtra, Extra: Two Exclusive Discounts from Brands We Love, May Edition

Yes, there are a slew of Memorial Day sales going on this weekend, with discounts that are tough to beat. Unless, of course, you use these two codes from two R/G favorites, the Quiet Botanist and Evangeline Linens, exclusively available to our subscribers. Treat yourself to a sale on top of a sale:
Read MoreCurrent Obsessions: Long, Long Weekend

For your unofficial-start-of-summer perusing pleasure: Here are 19 things we’ve bookmarked lately: Above: We’re calling it: stained glass is making a comeback. For further evidence, see Pale Fire: The Renewed Appeal of Stained Glass. Photograph via Inigo. “I’m excited to see this exhibit of bedding
Read MoreThe City Cottage: A 19th-Century Home in New Orleans Keeps Its Cool

A cottage has a soul, a sense of history: So say Nell Card and Rachel Vere in their new book, Life Inside a Cottage, and it’s a definition that fits this yellow cottage in New Orleans to a tee. In fact, this small house has quietly witnessed the key moments of New Orleans’ history for the better par
Read MoreMeanwhile, On Gardenista: Pocket Gardens

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: Start to look for pocket gardens and you’ll notice them everywhere: climbing up urban facades, in tucked-away niches, and in secluded backyards. Here, three sightings: Abov
Read MoreSummer Is Served: 23 of the Best Memorial Day Sales Going On Now

We can hardly believe it, but Memorial Day is here, and with it a slew of unbeatable sales. If you’ve been waiting—as we have—to freshen up the bedroom or treat yourself to a truly serene outdoor space for the summer months, now’s the time: There are steep discounts to be had on linen bedding, table
Read MoreKitchen of the Week: Sunshine and Storage Aplenty in a Tiny Vancouver Remodel

When it came time for Gillian Stevens to remodel her dated Vancouver kitchen (“let’s just say it needed some help,” she summarizes), she did what her training as a photographer had always taught her to do: look for light. In this case, there wasn’t much. “The previous owners had installed a cupboard
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We don’t often cover workplace projects, but when we do, it’s generally because the office has been designed in such a thoughtful and appealing way that we wouldn’t mind having long meetings or working lunches or late nights in the space (at least not as much). The cozy New York headquarters of prod
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We don’t often cover workplace projects, but when we do, it’s generally because the office has been designed in such a thoughtful and appealing way that we wouldn’t mind having long meetings or working lunches or late nights in the space (at least not as much). The cozy New York headquarters of prod
Read More 10 Easy Pieces: Lightweight Cotton Blankets

Warmer nights call for lighter blankets. We’ve rounded up our all-time favorite lightweight cotton blankets for the warmer temperatures. N.B.: Bonus: Most of these are currently on sale for Memorial Day. Above: The Serena & Lily Eastham Bed Blanket in White is $358 for a full/queen size. Above: The
Read MorePale Fire: The Renewed Appeal of Stained Glass

It’s been percolating for a while now (design editors everywhere have been swearing “it’s about to happen”); i.e. a stained glass revival. We’re finally seeing it: Some of our longtime favorite designers and architects—London designer Rose Uniacke, SF interior designer Lauren Geremia, LA designer Fr
Read MoreRemodelista Reconnaissance: A Ghostly Cloth Pendant Light

Were you as taken with the cloth pendant lights hanging in Pocketbook Hudson as we were? (See our recent write-up on Upstate New York’s newest hotel here.) Monastic-like and minimalist, the pendants appear to be just panels of lightweight fabric draped over metal rods, creating a soft filtered glow
Read MoreModern Design Meets the Center-Hall Colonial: A Washington D.C. House Gets a Bright New Guise

It was a case of strange bedfellows: an Italian couple based in Washington D.C. approached local architecture firm Fowlkes Studio with a 1980s brick Colonial and an impressive collection of pedigreed European modernist furniture. How to combine the two into a family home? Fowlkes, which is run by hu
Read More“This Beauty Will Cost Us Nothing”: The Flowering of Kettle’s Yard

I recently went on a magazine assignment covering a British landowner whose large, private walled garden provided flowers for the local inn, which he also owned. Having heard all about the virtues of this system, I had dinner in the restaurant and remember nothing about the meal except for the tiny
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