Small Space Entertaining with Designer Jon Call
At Remodelista, we're obsessed with stealthy storage and savvy organization. Why? Because for most of us, space is at a premium—especially in our kitchens. It's a quandary designer Jon Call knows...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Slow Cookers
Really, a slow cooker is the Easy Bake Oven improved—or, at least, the grown-up version. And while it might appeal to those whose culinary talents begin and end with cooking cake batter by light, I...
View ArticleRace-Car-Style Appliances for Compact Kitchens
Here at Remodelista our obsession with tiny kitchens hits close to home. Many of us live with postage-stamp-size setups, but, surprisingly, we don’t long for more space. What we’re eternally searching...
View ArticleEveryday Luxury: Household Homespun from India
Khadi is not just any fabric. Made from hand-spun and hand-loomed cotton, wool, or silk, it has a deep history in India. Produced in the country for centuries before machine production took over, khadi...
View ArticleThe Royal Conrans, Kitchen Edition
"We understand that limited space and budget in the home means products that can be used for more than one function are particularly appealing"—that's Sebastian Conran (a man after our own hearts)...
View ArticleTimeless and Made to Last in London
Having supplied light fixtures and fittings to much of London over the years, Holloways of Ludlow know the value of classic, timeless design. They've applied this wisdom to Old School Electric, their...
View ArticleA Bar Cart Made from Pallets
When Scott Peveto, the owner of a fine arts management company, "noticed a glut of used crates being thrown away and clients with used crates cluttering their own homes, we thought that this was the...
View ArticleKitchen Confidential: 10 Ways to Achieve the Plain English Look
Plain English kitchens (and more recently the company's less-pricey offshoot, British Standard) have struck a chord with designs that have a modern-rustic, pared-down style that's at once simple and...
View ArticleIron Man, Jasper Morrison
Jasper Morrison's shop in London's Shoreditch is easy to miss. Hidden in a courtyard off a main road, it sits beside the British designer's studio and houses both his own designs as well as global...
View ArticleColorful Classic Chairs on a Budget
Finding a dining chair that is both appealing and within budget isn't always easy, which is why Serena & Lily's new Tucker Chair, in a full spectrum of colors, caught our eye this week. The design...
View ArticleLife-Changing Kitchen Linens
Banish the paper towels: Teroforma's towels, cloths, and aprons stand ready to do the work. Woven by Siulus Weavers, Lithuania's oldest linen mill, they're made of durable long-fiber flax that gets...
View ArticleSteal This Look: Muted Color in a Mod German Kitchen
If you had the time and resources to scour German flea markets, you could recreate this Berlin kitchen and its early sixties vibe. Or, you could source similar lighting, furniture, and tile from...
View ArticleUtensil Revival, Slovenian Edition
With their Leis kitchen tools, Ljubljana-based GigoDesign aims to revive the long-established Slovenian woodcraft tradition called "suha roba." For centuries, farm workers created wooden goods for...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Countertop Dish Drainers
When it comes to doing dishes, I'm a hand-washer through and through. While I admit that this isn't entirely by choice (no dishwasher), for me, attractive accessories go a long way to elevating the...
View ArticleFermentation Fever
Eastern Europeans have long been connoisseurs of pickles, sauerkraut, and other fermented vegetables. Now the kombucha-chugging crowd is catching on (self included). I'm already contemplating a batch...
View ArticleA Classic Vegetable Peeler from Germany
Quick: choose your five can't-live-without kitchen implements. Top of my list: the humble vegetable peeler. I use it to shave Parmesan over salads and create ribbons of raw zucchini for summer salads...
View Article10 Favorites: Black Kitchen Backsplashes
Ten years ago black kitchen back splashes were hard to come by, but lately we tend to run into them over and over (and we covet the look). Here are ten kitchen backdrops that have gone to the dark...
View ArticleRemodeling 101: The Intel on Black Marble Countertops
Ever wonder why you don’t see more black marble counters? A reader who is thinking of using black marble in her kitchen remodel challenged us to find some good examples. We turned to members of the...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: The White Mortar and Pestle
I've been taking a ceramics class at night for the past few months and the other day, while cleaning up the wheel at the end of the last session, it dawned on me: why didn't I make a mortar and pestle?...
View ArticleSteal This Look: Susie Tompkins Buell's San Francisco Kitchen
Yesterday we visited the San Francisco home of Esprit cofounder Susie Tompkins Buell whose retro kitchen is peppered in bright green. One thing we've learned from her setup: don't be afraid to mix and...
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