When the owner of a New York City flat enlisted architect Evan Erlebacher, of Also Office, for renovation help, his request boiled down to a few key asks: “Reveal the original ceiling, create a living area that spanned two windows, include a dedicated workspace, and fit a dining table for six,” says

There’s a modern version of sleep that appeals to me in theory: fully optimized, distinctly 21st century. Wearable tech tracking REM cycles. A smart mattress cover fine-tuning cooling and heat throughout the night. Electric blackout blinds. A blue-blocking sleep mask. And yet, most of me leans in th

What are you up to this weekend? Ahead, wintery inspiration, a bedding sale, a palette we’re admiring, and more small things we’ve noted this week. Above: This week we took a peek inside the atelier of embroidery-studio-of-the-moment Oeuvres Sensibles—which also happens to be having a sale! Browse h

Architects Suleïma Ben Achour and Antoine Lallement build joie-de-vivre into all of their designs. The two became collaborators as students at École Nationale d’Architecture de Paris la Villette and we have been avidly following their projects since graduation: see A Spirited Paris Apartment Remodel

Welcome to The Editors’ Cut, our monthly column dedicated to beautiful and useful finds for all over the house. In this installment: our roundup of the coziest, most comforting things we’re coveting to get us through the dark and cold months.— The R/G Editors  Wool Neck Wrap Above: The cashmere neck

Arles-born artist Sarah Espeute learned embroidery as a child but did not return to the practice until decades later. After studying graphic design in Paris, working in Riso printing, founding a publishing house, and painting, she took up embroidery again for a one-off exhibition. The response was i

At Hotel Massé, the interiors tell a collective story. Housed in a Haussmannian building near Place Pigalle, the 40-room hotel—spread over six floors—was imaged by siblings Éole and Corto Peyron as a deliberately collaborative project. Rather than collapsing ideas into a blueprint executed in house,

A few summers ago I spent a month in France unearthing all sorts of French secrets: What region makes the best butter? Where do the Provencal buy their pétanque sets? What do the Parisian’s use to clean their parquet floors? Where is everyone getting their shoes? Some questions were left unanswered;

French architect Sabine Bell and British designer Lauren Jennings took on the update of a 1927 historic carved concrete dwelling originally built by Jacques Couëlle. While preserving the identity of the original structure, the team built out a kitchen extension, extending the slate floors of the liv

Whenever we ask architects if we can see where they live, the response is invariably: “My place? Let’s just say it’s a work in progress.” Followed by: “You know the expression about the shoemaker having no shoes?” Paris architect Camille Hermand is one of the brave few to open her doors to us. Herma

On a recent birthday weekend in Mexico City, I made a beeline for Utilitario Mexicano, a shop that celebrates well-made, everyday goods made in Mexico: take a look. Beyond the artful displays, a humble detail caught my eye: in lieu of a door, a screen of rope strands divide the store’s public and pr

We’ve never met Nate Berkus. Yet we feel, a little, like we know him. You too? Maybe you’ve streamed all of The Nate and Jeremiah Home Project, the show he co-created with his husband, the designer Jeremiah Brent (of Queer Eye fame). Or maybe you’ve cracked into Nate’s new book, Foundations, just ou

MLK Day isn’t until next weekend, but this week his quote feels right: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.” Wishing you warmth this weekend, wherever you are. Ahead, 15 things of note. Above: Winter stillness. Photograph from Kitchen of the Week: The Curtained Kitchen, Dutch

Russell Pinch was in bed on a Sunday morning perusing The Modern House real estate listings when he came across a small group of semi-derelict farm buildings in seaside Devon that came with cleared permission to build on the property as well as starter plans by award-winning architect David Kohn. It

Raisa Sandstrom’s initial plans for her kitchen were entirely in shades of neutral: “I was thinking of resale value and permanence, and trying to be safe,” she says. Then she shared the plans with her boss, Sybil Urmston, of Boston design firm sirTank, who suggested Raisa rethink her approach: “Sybi

Until recently pastel bathroom fixtures fell under the same to-be-avoided category as plastic sofa covers and Hummel figurines. But it turns out that in the right context, a beaming yellow bathtub and bright blue sink can be uplifting rather than fusty. Here, 12 bathrooms that make playful and even

This past fall, designer William Cooper opened William White Emporium on Canal Street as a physical extension of his clothing and interiors brand, William White. An alum of Ralph Lauren and former creative director of ASH NYC, Cooper approaches the emporium less as a conventional store than as a pro

This just in: Ikea has released a lookalike to a classic long-handled French dustpan and brush—both in shades of green, both long-handled, both ideal for making a clean sweep while being gentle on the back. Have a gander: High Above: The original: The Mr and Mrs Clynk Natural Long-Handled Brush & Du

In reconfiguring an 1899 Brooklyn townhouse for a family of three generations, design studio TBo were tasked with building out both separate and communal spaces for people to gather. The parlor floor is designed for the young family and the garden level for the grandparents, and an extension on the

New year, new shapes. Fish motifs were the unlikely trend of the past few years, and we’re still spotting new examples. But! Lately we’ve noted something new taking flight: simple, graphic, linocut-like silhouettes of birds, swallows, swans, and doves—the latter certainly the symbol we’d like for 20