LA Story: A West Coast Outpost of the Apartment by the Line
Stylist Vanessa Traina Snow specializes in conjuring fantasy worlds; in New York, she made her mark by masterminding online lifestyle shop The Line and its offline counterpart, The Apartment, a fully...
View ArticleNew Nordic Design at Boro Hotel in Long Island City, New York
Located in the Dutch Kills area of Long Island City (across the East River from New York City's Midtown), the newly opened Boro Hotel is the kind of hotel we can get behind, with just the right mix of...
View ArticleA Hotel with a Sense of Place: Rivertown Lodge in Hudson, NY
On a quick trip upstate a couple of weeks ago, we dropped in on the newly opened Rivertown Lodge on Warren Street in Hudson, NY. Located in a 1920s movie house, the hotel (and soon to be dining spot)...
View ArticleRequired Reading: A Cookbook from London's Most Artful Restaurant
Over the past eight years, Londoners have watched Fernandez & Wells grow from a small, heroic coffee shop with quality simple fare to an established family of eateries across the city. Throughout...
View ArticleShopper's Diary: Picture Room in Nolita
Last year independent bookstore McNally Jackson launched its latest venture: a shop devoted to rare prints, posters, framed original vintage book covers (Miss Lonely Hearts by Nathaniel West, for...
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 ArticleTalk of Texas: San Antonio's New Emma Hotel by Roman and Williams
The Pearl, an old San Antonio brewery deftly transformed into an entire neighborhood of restaurants, shops, and an outpost of the Culinary Institute of America, has just opened a place to stay. The...
View ArticleSmoke and Mirrors: A Glittery New Cocktail Bar in SF
In SF's most hipster neighborhood, the Mission District, a new bar aims to avoid design clichés. It's called ABV (Alcohol by Volume) and was opened by three restaurateurs with serious Bay Area cocktail...
View ArticleA Happiness-Inducing Guesthouse in Brussels
When Sophie Mattiussi, owner of the Happy Guesthouse in Brussels, was converting a 1902 townhouse in the center of Brussels into her four-room bed-and-breakfast, she made the smart move of teaming up...
View ArticleVelvet Goldmine: Maximalist Glamour at Hôtel Providence in Paris
We like the idea of spending the holidays at a world-class hotel (you deserve it when everything is going to pieces). We're obsessed with the Hôtel Providence in Paris's theater district; a newly...
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 ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Let There Be Light
Here are a few things we love this week. Above: We're eyeing the home of Elle Decoration blogger Kristin Lagerqvist. 5 architect experiences we'd love to receive. This West Kirby home makes a good...
View ArticleDesign Travel
Remodelista’s guide to noteworthy home design shops and top choices for hotels, lodging, restaurants and other design-oriented sights around the world.
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