Going to the Dogs: The Magnificent Hound in London
Dog lovers, take note: London- and Wales-based start-up The Magnificent Hound is set on raising the sartorial stakes for pampered canines. Above: Magnificent Hound products are produced by craftsmen...
View ArticleLive Like a Londoner: 15 Short-Term Rentals, High to Low
An 18th-century house near Spitalfields or a bedsit in Camberwell Green? The Landmark Trust, One Fine Stay, or Airbnb? Everyone wants to see inside other people's houses; now you can not only look but...
View ArticleThe Family Home Away from Home: Kid & Coe's Rentals
Zoie Kingsbery Coe, founder of vacation rental site Kid & Coe, traveled the world with her deejay husband, managing his career (first as a couple, then with two kids in tow). Out of necessity, she...
View ArticleRemodelista Holiday Market in SF 2014
Design junkies, holiday shoppers, locavores, and habitual browsers, take note: We're back in San Francisco for our annual Remodelista Holiday Market at Heath Ceramics on Saturday, December 13. And this...
View ArticleEast Meets West at Pidgin in Vancouver, BC
The concept for new Vancouver restaurant Pidgin is East meets West. It's the latest from young star chef Makoto Ono, who was born to Japanese parents in Winnipeg (his father owned a celebrated sushi...
View Article10 Tips: How to Create a Laid-Back Thanksgiving, Northern-California Edition
Photographer Julia Spiess of the blog Dinners with Friends is German and, like me—a Northern California Brit—is not fully vested in the whole tradition of Thanksgiving. We make good guests and bring...
View ArticleGilded Decay in Paris: Anahi Restaurant
Anahi in Paris is a place of interesting juxtapositions: An Argentine chef serves Argentine food—with ingredients sourced entirely from France. It's owned by a man who's all about authenticity—but...
View ArticleSuper Whatnot: An Urban Hotspot That's an Extension of the Street
"Drink well" is the motto at Super Whatnot, a popular watering hole in Brisbane, Australia, set in a former loading dock and storage area. The establishment fronts a fully operational service alley and...
View ArticleWinter Cocktails and a $400 Gift Card Giveaway from Healdsburg SHED
To celebrate the season, we're teaming up with Healdsburg SHED—a market, cafe, and "modern grange" in Northern California—to give one Remodelista reader a $400 gift card to shop SHED's new Web store....
View ArticleA Swiss Chalet Reborn (with Rooms to Rent)
Brücke 49 Hotel Pension, a modern-rustic guest house in the alpine spa town of Vals, is exactly where we'd like to be right now. Located in a 1902 house with four guest rooms, the B&B is the work...
View ArticleChesa Wazzau: A Restored Farmhouse Near St. Moritz
After years of sneaking in visits to see Architecture on our family holidays, my sons are now onto us and wary of our ways. ("Do we really need to see another cathedral?)" Next trip, I’m going stealth...
View ArticleFor Rent: A Ski Cabin by a World-Renowned Swiss Architect
Care to stay in the home of internationally renowned Swiss architect (and Pritzker Prize winner) Peter Zumthor? Architectural enthusiasts are in luck: A few years ago, Zumthor started renting out...
View ArticlePoetry in Space: Vals Thermal Spa in Switzerland
The Romans had the Baths of Caracalla, we have Swiss architect Peter Zumthor’s Thermal Baths Vals. Built into the hillside of Graubünden, Switzerland, the quarry-like spa was named a national monument...
View ArticleA Weekend Guide with Petite Passport: Melbourne, Australia
If a quality cup of coffee is what you're after, you must visit Melbourne. Named the Coffee Capital of Australia, Melbourne, in our book, might just be the coffee capital of the world. Ever heard of...
View ArticleWeekend Guide with Petite Passport: Barcelona, Spain
If you ask me, Barcelona is one of the best cities in the world, but as a part-time resident, I'm admittedly biased. Like Sydney and Cape Town, Barcelona is a city by the beach with a laid-back...
View ArticleA Japanese Lighting Company Embraces the Dark Side
Japanese designer Kenichi Kandatsu would like to cast his country in a softer, kinder light. At Flame, his lighting company in rural Ashiya, Japan, he's helping to make that happen by presenting his...
View ArticleDown the Stairs: A Staff Canteen and Cafe in Tokyo
All of us at Remodelista are mildly (make that majorly) obsessed with the Japanese luxe utilitarian clothing and home line Arts & Science, so we took note when we read about the company's "staff...
View ArticlePosh Japanese Workwear by Way of Paris
I've been transfixed with designer Sonya Park's line, Arts & Science, for a while now, but since it is based in Tokyo and has only a few global stockists, I can only admire the pieces from afar. So...
View ArticleA Modern Spa Retreat in Norway
Here's a novel concept: an übermodern Scandi hotel whose proprietors are so fixated on reconnecting guests with nature that they lament having to charge a fee. (But, yes, you still have to pay for it.)...
View ArticleRedefining the Bakery, Glamour Edition
Located in the elegant lobby of Tribeca's 1900s Merchant's Square building at 220 Church Street, the newly opened Arcade Bakery elevates the bakery to an art form. Owner Roger Gural, a Staten Island...
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