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Expert Advice: 13 Perfect Details for the Summer House from Hotelier Ray Pirkle of Camptown
Ray Pirkle is a full-time host in upstate New York: he co-owns Hudson’s Rivertown Lodge and the cabin colony Camptown in Leeds, both of which have made several Remodelista appearances. With his business partner, Kim Bucci, Ray runs the boutique hotel group Ramshackle Properties and Ramshackle Studio, their creative firm. The two are not only […]
10 Easy Pieces: Linear Wall Sconces
Luxe but industrial, the linear wall light punctuates hallways and entryways just as well as in living spaces, by the bedside, and as a bathroom sconce. Here are our 10 picks: For more wall lights see our posts: 10 Easy Pieces: French Industrial Wall Lights 10 Easy Pieces: Wall-Mounted Stone Sconces 10 Easy Pieces: Plug-In […]
Remodelista Reconnaissance: Michaela Scherrer’s Go-To Budget Ceiling Lights—for Less than $5
There was so much to admire about Michaela Scherrer’s extreme makeover of her cousins’ 1970s ranch house kitchen that we neglected to look up at the ceiling lights. The project—completed 15 years ago—introduced restaurant appliances; a vast, marble-topped work island; and exposed wooden rafters to what had been, in Michaela’s words, a “confined and suffocating […]
10 Easy Pieces: French Industrial Wall Lights
The French have been expertly refining industrial-style lighting since the 1920s, playing with scale, rotation, weight, and balance. From Charlotte Perriand and Bernard-Albin Gras to Olivier Abry of Wo & Wé, here are our favorites: For more lighting ideas, see our posts: 10 Easy Pieces: Good-Looking Pendant Lights Under $200 High/Low: Modern Tiered Suspension Pendant […]
10 Easy Pieces: Wall-Mounted Stone Sconces
We like the unexpected quality of a stone light fixture. A bulb housed in marble, alabaster, or travertine offers an element of permanence while channeling historic architecture. Here we profile our favorite wall sconces with shades cut from stone. For more wall sconces see our posts: 10 Easy Pieces: Classic Reading Sconces 10 Easy Pieces: […]
Shopper’s Diary: 16 of Our Go-To Online Design Shops Now Have Vintage Departments
Secondhand takes priority around here: keeping goods in circulation is the ideal way to recycle. Old things are also better made and typically more affordable than their contemporary counterparts. And they contain the mysteries of past times and people. In our latest book, Remodelista: The Low-Impact Home, we devoted a chapter to our 75 favorite […]
High/Low: A Modern Ceramic Sconce, Two Ways
Browsing West Elm’s offerings recently, we spied a familiar-looking wall-mounted sconce. Here’s a look at the original version and its low-budget doppelgänger: High Low More high/lows: High/Low: Summery Eyelet Tablecloths High/Low: Chic Portable Lighting, Indoor/Outdoor Edition High/Low: A Liberty-Esque Duvet, Two Ways
For Aesthetes and Surfers: A New Vipp Guest House in Denmark’s “Cold Hawaii”
The latest Vipp guest house sits on its own in a coastal stretch of Denmark known as Cold Hawaii. Vipp is the family-owned Danish design company that gots its start in 1939 with the invention of a pedal-operated steel trashcan. Its design offerings have grown to include modular metal kitchen systems, bathroom vanities, furniture, lighting, […]
10 Easy Pieces: Portable Cordless Lamps
What if your table lamp was portable? You could move it from the desk to the kitchen to the outdoor dining table. You could place it in the center of a round dining table without a trailing cord across the surface. And with it fully charged, you could utilize it as an emergency back-up when […]
10 Easy Pieces: Good-Looking Pendant Lights Under $200
It isn’t as easy to find lighting on a budget as it once was. Fixtures that once rang in around $200 or $300 have doubled in just a few years time, it seems. Below is our selection of favorite good-looking pendant lights—all with a price tag under $200. For more high design on a mindful […]
Atelier Vime in Brittany: An 18th-Century Childhood Home Lovingly Updated
Our story begins in the early 1960s with a hot tip in a doctor’s office: “My father was a dentist in Paris and a patient told him to have a look at this little hamlet lost in the valley—he had heard from his Breton family that the farmer wanted to sell,” Benoît Rauzy tells us. […]
High/Low: Chic Portable Lighting, Indoor/Outdoor Edition
Last week we found ourselves admiring Spanish design company Santa & Cole’s portable Cordless Básica Mínima Batería lamp, available at Ponytail in Charleston, SC, our new favorite interiors shop. Here’s a roundup of high/medium/low options: For more lighting ideas, see all our picks here.
10 Easy Pieces: Minimalist Disc Pendant Lights
We’ve long admired the modern look of the pendant fitted with a disc-shaped shade. Here are our 10 favorites with decidedly minimalist appeal in a range of prices. For more pendant lights, see our posts: 10 Easy Pieces: Metal Pendant Lights 10 Easy Pieces: Silver Pendant Lights 10 Easy Pieces: Black Pendant Lights 10 Easy […]
Sustainable, Stylish Lighting from Gantri in California
Craftsmanship meets luminosity in Gantri lighting, founded by Ian Yang, an SF-based entrepreneur who’s on a mission to bring smart, sophisticated, well-priced lighting to design-forward customers by working with international design studios. “We believe good design and great lighting enhance our everyday lived experience,” he says. Gantri offers table lighting (“From top creators to the […]
Currently Coveting: Festive Smocked Lampshades from London
Handkerchief-draped lamps. Burlap-shaded lamps. Lamps shrouded by napkins. Since we presented our Trend Alert on The Draped Cloth Light, we’ve seen all manner of fixtures with nonchalant fabric shades. The latest to delight us: lamps that look like they’re wearing old-fashioned little girl party frocks. These new designs are a collaboration between UK design emporium […]