• A Provençal Bastide in Tourtour, France, Restored by Pareil Architecture

    A Provençal Bastide in Tourtour, France, Restored by Pareil Architecture,Alexa Hotz

    In the hill town of Tourtour, France, Caroline Weill and Letitia Paradis of Pareil architecture have renovated a 320-square-meter Provençal bastide into a more cohesive home. The project brings together a main house, a studio outbuilding, and a small dovecote with an integrated garage—elements that

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  • Quick Takes With: Sean W. Spellman

    Quick Takes With: Sean W. Spellman,Remodelista Team

    “I consider myself more of an artist,” Sean Spellman told us a few months back, when we chatted with him about building his one-time wine bar/gathering space, Dawnlands, and everything in it from scratch. But the Rhode Island-based musician and maker is truly a multi-hyphenate, and he applies his ar

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  • Current Obsessions: Inner Life

    Current Obsessions: Inner Life,Remodelista Team

    Ahead this first weekend in May: art in the kitchen, cuttings from the High Line, and an Ikea museum in the works. Read on: Above: Currently coveting: a new collection from Field Studies Flora (see below for more). Above: A selection from Darcy Cyr Ceramics that will be available at Lost & Found in

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  • Orchard House: A Flexible Family Compound in New Zealand, by Fearon Hay and Katie Lockhart

    Orchard House: A Flexible Family Compound in New Zealand, by Fearon Hay and Katie Lockhart,Alexa Hotz

    For a new house set among a mature chestnut orchard near Queenstown, New Zealand, Auckland-based firm Fearon Hay and interior designer Katie Lockhart approached the project as both a family home and a place of work. Designed for a couple with three adult children living abroad, the focus was on the

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  • From Churchill Downs to Your Own Backyard: A Kentucky Derby Inspired Way of Living

    From Churchill Downs to Your Own Backyard: A Kentucky Derby Inspired Way of Living,

    The Kentucky Derby represents more than a race, it reflects a lifestyle rooted in tradition, excellence, and equestrian heritage. Explore premier equestrian properties and communities, from Maryland to Florida, where homes are designed for both world-class sport and everyday living. Discover how the

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  • Wooden Accordion Wall Lights: Vintage/New/High/Low

    Wooden Accordion Wall Lights: Vintage/New/High/Low,Margot Guralnick

    In need of more direct light? Accordion sconces, also known as scissor lights, are a great midcentury option to consider because they’re adjustable. There are notable metal versions that have an industrial style, but today we’re highlighting the cottage-y charm of the many options, vintage and new,

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  • Kitchen of the Week: A Cost-Conscious Plywood Design, Homemade Backsplash and Moveable Island Included

    Kitchen of the Week: A Cost-Conscious Plywood Design, Homemade Backsplash and Moveable Island Included,Margot Guralnick

    Jannah Field and Rik Vannevel found their house on the real estate equivalent of the discount rack. Located in the Belgian city of Kortrijk in West Flanders, it dates from 1936 and has a well-preserved Art Deco façade and “bushy garden” that they love. The interior, however, had been stripped of its

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  • Meanwhile, On Gardenista: A Moveable Garden

    Meanwhile, On Gardenista: A Moveable Garden,Remodelista Team

    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: How to create a lush hideaway? With potted plants aplenty—the more, the merrier. The best part? You can move them all you need. Here, three examples: Above: Groupings of po

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  • 10 Easy Pieces: Total Blackout Shades

    10 Easy Pieces: Total Blackout Shades,Alexa Hotz

    Ever since having a young child, there’s one day I dread each year: spring Daylight Saving Time. Our sacred bedtime hour is undone by beaming light through the cracks in our roller shades. This past spring—five years in—I ‘d had enough. I finally ordered blackout shades. Bedtime was reinstated; harm

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  • High/Low: A Peppy Multicolor Rug, Two Ways

    High/Low: A Peppy Multicolor Rug, Two Ways,Annie Quigley

    Spied recently: a rug of many colors that looks uncannily similar to a designer option. Take a look: Low Above: The dupe: the Fringed Indoor/Outdoor Rug from Anthropologie. It’s available in three bright colorways: pink (shown), blue, and neutral. It’s made from a blend of polyester, cotton, and ray

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  • Steal This Look: The Low-Impact Kitchen

    Steal This Look: The Low-Impact Kitchen,Alexa Hotz

    The cover of our book Remodelista: The Low-Impact Home features the kitchen of architects Ruth Mandl and Bobby Johnston of CO Adaptive. Their firm specializes in retrofitting existing buildings to make them energy efficient, and the couple transformed their own historic Brooklyn brownstone into an u

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  • Between the Forest and the Sea: A Steel-Framed, Tiled Vacation Rental in the Bruges Countryside

    Between the Forest and the Sea: A Steel-Framed, Tiled Vacation Rental in the Bruges Countryside,Margot Guralnick

    Not so long ago, fashion designer Eva Maria Bogaert, her husband, Pieter Van Hoestenberghe, a notary, traded city living for the countryside on the outskirts of Bruges. They have two young children and were delighted to be surrounded by woods a bike ride away from the North Sea. But there was someth

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  • Between the Forest and the Sea: A Tiled Vacation Rental in the Bruges Countryside

    Between the Forest and the Sea: A Tiled Vacation Rental in the Bruges Countryside,Margot Guralnick

    Not so long ago, fashion designer Eva Maria Bogaert, her husband, Pieter Van Hoestenberghe, a notary, traded city living for the countryside on the outskirts of Bruges. They have two young children and were delighted to be surrounded by woods a bike ride away from the North Sea. But there was someth

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  • Psst…What We Loved In April

    Psst…What We Loved In April,Remodelista Team

    Welcome to Psst, where each month the Remodelista and Gardenista editors share an inside look at what we’ve been reading, watching, coveting, pinning, visiting, and otherwise loving lately. Without further ado, a glimpse of what we’ve been up to in March: Photographs by editors, except where noted.

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  • Current Obsessions: The Freshen-Up

    Current Obsessions: The Freshen-Up,Remodelista Team

    Ahead this weekend: a new-to-us shop, Ikea finds, and two before-and-afters we can scarcely believe. Plus, more! Read on: Above: Spring freshness, courtesy of Retail, Reconsidered: William White Emporium on Canal Street in NYC. Photograph by Brett Wood. At last: a peek at Maira Kalman’s Shaker-inspi

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  • The Editors’ Cut: Our Tried and True Ikea Finds, Budget Edition

    The Editors’ Cut: Our Tried and True Ikea Finds, Budget Edition,Remodelista Team

    Welcome to The Editors’ Cut, our monthly column dedicated to beautiful and useful finds for all over the house. In this installment: French-style flatware, an all-cotton Scandinavian rug, a use-everywhere stool that’s a dupe for an iconic design: Here are the Ikea finds our editors love and use in o

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  • Required Reading: Life Inside a Cottage, from the UK to Japan

    Required Reading: Life Inside a Cottage, from the UK to Japan,Annie Quigley

    What makes a cottage? The definition is hard to pin down, but for Nell Card and Rachel Vere, co-creators of Life Inside a Cottage: Interior Inspiration From Today’s Cottage Dwellers, out in the UK this week, it has to do with a feeling—of snugness, of nostalgia, of “things having happened.” Anyone w

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  • Meanwhile, On Gardenista: The Messy Garden

    Meanwhile, On Gardenista: The Messy Garden,Remodelista Team

    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: Have you heard about the merits of the messy garden? Lush, overflowing, and just a little unruly, they’re havens for pollinators and have the look of a wild meadow. Here, t

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  • Why More People Are Falling for the Balearic Islands as a Place to Call Home

    Why More People Are Falling for the Balearic Islands as a Place to Call Home,

    More homebuyers are turning to Spain’s Balearic Islands for their unique blend of Mediterranean lifestyle, market stability, and long-term real estate value. Destinations like Mallorca, Ibiza, and Menorca are gaining global attention, driven by strong demand, limited supply, and growing accessibilit

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  • Eco, Aha!: Terrazzo Made from Wood Waste for Counters, Floors, and More

    Eco, Aha!: Terrazzo Made from Wood Waste for Counters, Floors, and More,Margot Guralnick

    Terrazzo, the speckled, indestructible flooring of airports and old apartment lobbies, is a creative reuse star: it was developed in the 15th century by Venetian marble workers who embedded stone remnants in clay to pave terraces—hence terrazzo. In 20th century America, the finish was made of stone

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