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Britain's Can-Do Garden Guru
The basic (and compelling) idea underscoring British journalist Alys Fowler's can-do gardening philosophy is that you can pretty much plant a garden anywhere—in boxes, or rusty tin cans even, if you...
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Required Reading: The New Safari
Essential reading for admirers of contemporary African design: "The New Safari" offers a look at landscapes, lodge architecture, and interior designs of more than a dozen safari camps that fuse...
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Cleaning Tips from a Hollywood Star? Strange but True
"I’m not a vegan, I don’t live off the grid, and I don’t wear hemp every day." That's Jessica Alba speaking, perhaps not the first person that pops to mind as the next guru of green living. But in her...
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Required Reading: Building with Cob and Using Natural Finishes
My greatest architectural pet peeve? Buildings (newer ones, in my observations) that don’t breathe. And by this, I mean interiors that are stuffy and feature a distinct lack of circulating air, which...
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Required Reading: New York City of Trees by Benjamin Swett
Just as pets resemble their owners, the 5.2 million trees that manage to survive in Manhattan and its boroughs closely echo the mad mix of humanity that calls the metropolis home. Some are young and...
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Open, Free, and Ready: A Cutting-Edge Bookstore in the Marais
In 1995, brother-sister team Alexandre and Marie Thumerelle found it impossible to source all the books and magazines they wanted from just one shop. Back then, and as is typical Parisian fashion, you...
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Required Reading: The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart
It doesn't take us much convincing that the botanical world is an intoxicating one. But in case there are any non-believers out there, let us introduce you to Amy Stewart's latest book, The Drunken...
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Gift Guide for the Architect
Architects are a discerning bunch and that can make it tricky when it comes to buying them gifts (I know, I have two in my family). Here are six ideas that should pass muster. Above: "The ubiquitous...
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Required Reading: Artists' Handmade Houses
In his book Artists' Handmade Houses, writer Michael Gotkin takes us into the homes of thirteen artists and craftspeople in America (from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century), showing the...
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Required Reading: Rock the Shack
In Rock the Shack: The Architecture of Cabins, Cocoons, and Hide-Outs, Sofia Borges and Sven Ehmann describe how for the first time, city dwellers outnumber people living in rural areas. The antidote...
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The New Bookstore Model: Book/Shop in Oakland, California
When you ask book enthusiast Erik Heywood about his new shop in Oakland's Temescal Alley, he'll first tell you: "We are not a bookstore, that's not really what we're doing. We're here to encourage...
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Announcing Our First Remodelista Book
Remodelista began as a group of design-obsessed friends with a mission to create a new resource, a digital guide devoted to demystifying the home design experience. Now, with our first foray into...
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Required Reading: The Architecture of Happiness
A while back I heard Swiss-Brit philosopher and writer, Alain de Botton give a talk and he proved to be a delightful mix of cerebral and witty. I've just finished his book The Architecture of Happiness...
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Required Reading: Daily Rituals
Does everyone long to find a daily ritual that unleashes new powers of invention, efficiency, focus—and hours of free time? As a habitual night worker (and morning sleeper), I certainly do. Which makes...
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Required Reading: From the Land
Have you dined at French Blue, lodged at Meadowwood, or taken a tipple at Harlan Estate? If so, you're probably a Howard Backen fan without knowing it. Delve into the architect's oeuvre in the recently...
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Gift Guide: For the Literati
I live with a book lover who, if he could, would spend his entire day reading about and researching the history of fly fishing. I myself have my own obsession: clean-lined design old and new. Here,...
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Required Reading: The Inspired Home, Nests of Creatives
Rizzoli’s newly released The Inspired Home: Nests of Creatives by Kim Ficaro and Todd Nickey is one of our favorite interiors books of late (the Remodelista book notwithstanding). It's a refreshing...
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Glasgow's Coolest Concept Store (and Coffee Bar)
If we lived in Glasgow, you would likely find us typing away on our laptops and slyly inserting ourselves into the meetings and workshops held by local artists and designers at All That Is Solid, a...
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Required Reading: Pretty Pastel Style
“Hear the word ‘pastel’ and you may instantly imagine the sugary pink of a little girl’s bedroom or the cheerful, springtime shades found on retro floral fabrics. Today, these saccharine visions are...
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Required Reading: Modern Originals: At Home with Midcentury European...
In 2005, San Francisco-based photographer Leslie Williamson decided to make a list of the houses of her favorite architects and designers with the idea of visiting them all in her lifetime. As she was...
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