Cesar at Pioneer Realty

05/21/2024

Just launched: Blēo in Copenhagen, a a color house “operating at the intersection of surfaces, spaces, and objects,” as they says. We collaborate internationally with visionaries in the overlapping fields of art, architecture, and design on developing essential colors and textures.” Blēo’s colours are available in six types of paint finishes. All are 100% water-based, […]

Just launched: Blēo in Copenhagen, a a color house "operating at the intersection of surfaces, spaces, and objects," as they says. We collaborate internati

05/20/2024

File under: Why didn’t we think of that? Lately Julie and I have been admiring folding screens and room dividers made from pegboard, for when you need movable dividers and extra storage. Use them for extra privacy in apartments and small spaces or to create extra zones in large ones. Here are five freestanding options […]

File under: Why didn't we think of that? Lately Julie and I have been admiring folding screens and room dividers made from pegboard, for when you need mova

05/20/2024

At Remodelista we love acting as a design dating service. Here’s a recent NYC example: “We found Anshu and Bill during the depths of Covid through a Remodelista post,” Adrienne Totoro tells us of Anshu Bangia and Bill Agostinho, the couple who together run Bangia Agostinho Architecture. “We were drawn to their old-world-yet-modern aesthetic—every project […]

Architects Bangia Agostinho performed a restrained, modernist, top-to-bottom remodel of an 1861 Fort Greene brownstone for a stylish young couple.

05/19/2024

We’ve shied away from covering coffee makers for years. There just weren’t enough good-looking options available, but recently that’s changed: there are now more well-designed classic brewers worthy of our countertops. While we like an espresso machine or a simple ceramic pour-over filter, a multi-cup brewer is often required for properly caffeinating families, guests, and […]

05/19/2024

Tucked away on the banks of the Loiret river sits a storybook Swiss chalet that was built in 1862 by the Swiss Delegation as a representation of traditional carpentry. The building was presented at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1889 where it was bought by a wealthy merchant who dismantled the chalet and reassembled it […]

Tucked away on the banks of the Loiret river sits a storybook Swiss chalet that was built in 1862 by the Swiss Delegation as a representation of traditiona

05/19/2024

The Platonic ideal of a French country house? That would be A Design Couple’s Soulful, Rustic Holiday Home in Duras, France, which Fan profiled a few years back (and which I’ve returned to—for important armchair traveling purposes—on more than one occasion). Today we’re taking a closer look at the kitchen, done by author designer Karen […]

The Platonic ideal of a French country house? That would be A Design Couple’s Soulful, Rustic Holiday Home in Duras, France, which Fan profiled a few years

05/19/2024

Anne and Simon Ashe moved with their two kids to Fernwood, a lakeside property in Connemara, Ireland, with big plans: in addition to becoming self-sufficient farmers and conscientious stewards of their land, they wanted to build inventive, eco-conscious structures sized for two, so that they could entice vacationers to visit. Just over 10 years later, […]

Fernwood is a lakeside organic farm with five guest retreats each designed for two. The latest, Stilt House, is a modern eco cabin in the trees.

05/19/2024

With the rise in online rental sites such as Airbnb and VRBO, it’s easier than ever to snap a few photos, create a listing, and rent out your house or apartment. The tricky part comes after the tenants arrive and the questions start rolling in: Where does the trash go? How do you work the TV […]

Consult our simple checklist to keep renters happy when you're letting out your house or apartment—and to protect your things and ensure all goes smoothly.

05/19/2024

Wrapping up our Holiday Rental issue, here are a few things on our radar: Good news: Studio Oink is now offering one-on-one interior consultations. (Take a look at a favorite project of theirs here.) Admiring the bright glassware by Phoebe Stubbs of Gather, one of three three glass-blowing studios left in London. (They offer classes, […]

Wrapping up our Holiday Rental issue, here are a few things on our radar: Good news: Studio Oink is now offering one-on-one interior consultations. (Take a

05/19/2024

Hollister and Porter Hovey are not your average house stagers: You’ll find no faux topiaries or generic art once they’ve come through. When Porter worked as a real estate agent in New York City, she found the usual staged interiors woefully lacking in personality and looking, as the duo now says, like “monolithic furniture showrooms.” […]

Hollister and Porter Hovey are not your average house stagers: You'll find no faux topiaries or generic art once they've come through. When Porter worked a

05/13/2024

Do we have an unnatural obsession with brooms at Remodelista? Possibly, but the marriage of functionality and beauty in a well-made aesthetically pleasing broom adds a note of beauty to domestic life. Our latest discovery, Lower Valley Brooms, has us intrigued. “My name is Kelly and I make each broom by hand in Brooklyn, NY,” […]

Do we have an unnatural obsession with brooms at Remodelista? Possibly, but the marriage of functionality and beauty in a well-made aesthetically pleasing

05/13/2024

Eilidh Izat and Jack Arundell met at the Edinburgh Jazz Festival in July 2014. She was an ambitious young architect newly back home in Scotland after training at firms in Tokyo and Oslo. He was an out-of-work recent college grad from Yorkshire with a degree in civil engineering. When Eilidh mentioned she was about to […]

Eilidh Izat and Jack Arundell of Izat Arundell designed and built their eco-friendly house themselves in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. Rent it this summer.