Just spotted: ceramic lamps by Bret Williams, the product designer behind Huey Lightshop. “A response to the Canadian-made lighting gap, Huey offers an artful approach to lighting—meeting customers at an accessible price point without compromising quality or sustainability.” Have a look at a few fav

In the summer bedroom, less is more. Take it from this simple setup, as seen in Reighton Road in London: A Calm, Contemporary Revival of a Victorian Apartment. Here, we uncover matching (and similar) sources: Above: The intentionally simple London bedroom of property developer Pete Monaghan and film

Designers Christine Sofie Johansen and Rasmus Robert are among their own best clients. In addition to running Studio Force Majeure, their Copenhagen interiors firm, the couple have spent the last seven years rehabbing and flipping vacation houses on Denmark’s north coast, just a hop and skip from Co

When Stephanie Betesh, an interior and furniture designer, and Nicholas Steigmann, a designer and researcher, moved into a small Brooklyn apartment together, they brought with them a wealth of design knowledge and a strong aesthetic viewpoint. Outfitting their new home and blending contemporary furn

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The go-to florist for some of the chicest design shops around (e.g, Roman and Williams, Shop Quarters, Somerset House), Alex Crowder is known for crafting arrangements that feel more poetic than pretty (though they certainly are that, too). She grew up “in the Ozark mountains in Missouri building fa

On our minds lately? Impromptu gatherings, just because. Nothing fancy. Just bring yourself—and maybe a bottle to share or a cloth to picnic on.Ahead, shell arrangements in lieu of flowers, a themed dinner party in Georgia, and more. Read on: Above: For all your weekend just-stop-by-and-bring-yourse

Byró Architekti’s smallest project to date is its biggest scene stealer. Located in a garden enclave just 20 minutes from Prague’s city center, the shed was built on the foundation of a dilapidated cottage. The owners use the property as a retreat and wanted a small hangout to use as a library, gath

Byró Architekti’s smallest project to date is its biggest scene stealer. Located in a garden enclave just 20 minutes from Prague’s city center, the shed was built on the foundation of a dilapidated cottage. The owners use the property as a retreat and wanted an outbuilding to use as a library, gathe

Heather Chontos paints exuberantly in an abstract language all her own. Raised in upstate New York, she’s a self-taught artist, a mother of two, and a citizen of the world: Heather and her daughters have lived everywhere from London to Maine, with stops in Tanzania and New Zealand, too.We met not so

A while back, Annie discovered a charming rehabbed house in Reims, a city in the Champagne region of France—more resuscitation than renovation. We’re revisiting it again, this time focusing on the singular kitchen. (You can see the whole house tour here.)The kitchen belongs to antique store owners A

Five years ago, Anthony Watson and Benoît Rauzy bought a grand 18th-century townhouse overlooking the Rhone River in the village of Vallabrègues in Provence. During the course of an extensive historic renovation, the couple discovered that their place had once been the headquarters for a rattan busi

We’re perpetually on a hunt for the perfect French market basket. Here are 10 we’ve noticed lately with subtle variations that make them distinctive in their own right. Above: The classic French Market Basket is trimmed in leather; €65 from The Cook’s Atelier. Photograph by Abbie Mellé. Above: “Hand

Staying informed about real estate trends certainly is important. But basing your home-buying or home-selling decisions exclusively, or even primarily, on headlines about the real estate market can result in costly mistakes. If you’re considering a move, it’s essential instead to keep your long-term

In the redesign of a colonial house in Bellport, New York, by French designer C. S. Valentin, the interiors have a distinct look balancing the colonial architecture with midcentury furniture, modern textiles, and nervy color. Case in point? The upstairs bedroom. Here we take a closer look at Valenti

It would be silly to deny that we love living with electricity—we appreciate cold food storage, air conditioning, and reading light as much as the next person. But living with unsightly plastic electrical components? Not so much. Somehow there’s never a plug where you need one—and when you do find o

In 1932 Saint-Tropez, French Rationalist architect Georges-Henri Pingusson conceived Latitude 43, a grand hotel erected in the spirit of radical modernism, set against what was then a modest fishing port. Once described as “a stranded ocean liner,” the building’s design endures in nautical form: cir

OG fans of Brooklyn-based textile and home goods line Dusen Dusen know that it first launched as a womenswear label in 2010. Five years later, founder Ellen Van Dusen pivoted the brand’s direction to the boldly patterned bedding, throws, pillows, and towels it’s known for now. But Dusen Dusen still

Happy weekend, dear reader, and hope you’re keeping cool. Speaking of cool: This week we celebrated the non-linear in our Curve Appeal issue (do you need a rounded kitchen counter? we think so). Next week we’ll be onto all things France and French design. In the meantime, here are 18 other things on

Guests at Quinta do Pinheiro stay in white-washed cottages within touching distance of a swimming pool created from the farm’s water tank. Located on the grounds of a still-working 19th-century agricultural estate, the retreat is set within Parque Natural da Ria Formosa, a protected reserve of beach