A Midcentury-Style 1980s House: The Takatina Take on an Upstate Hideaway
Ten years ago, when we first met Takaaki and Christina Kawabata, they had just fled Brooklyn with their two young kids to live in an entirely open-plan cabin in upstate New York. The couple—he’s an architect, she’s an interior designer—transformed their modest 1960s retreat into a Japanese-style, minimalist farmhouse: see The New Pioneers: A One-Room Family House. The four continue...
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. The hamlet in question is...
Weekend Spotlight: Indoor/Outdoor Living with Chambers + Chambers Architects
When Chambers + Chambers Architects, members of the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory, won the Remodelista Considered Design Award 2013 for Best Professional Bath Space, we made a note to see more of the 2,800-square-foot house in Mill Valley, California. We were pleased to discover an indoor/outdoor design where space flows freely. Photography by John Merkl for Chambers + Chambers Architects. Above: In...
Steal This Look: A Penny Tile Bath in Australia
In this project from Kennedy Nolan architects in Melbourne, Australia, the team initially set out to restore the midcentury house designed by designers Chancellor and Patrick, but structural issues meant a new build was in order instead. But the architects still honored the original midcentury design—as seen in the main bathroom, complete with penny round wall tiles, quality fixtures, and...
Manufacture Royale de Lectoure: An Abandoned Tannery Turned Retreat in Southwest France
French interior design journalist, stylist, and set designer Christèle Ageorges and her husband Hubert Derlance fell in love with the small town of Lectoure, in the Gers, while walking a stretch of the ancient Way of St James in 2017. Long-time Parisians on holiday, the couple had no real plans to move until serendipity knocked on their door, eventually leading...
10 Easy Pieces: Traditional Toilet Paper Holders
We believe in investing in high-quality fixtures and fittings that will stand up over time, and toilet roll holders are no exception. Here’s our roundup of ten traditionally styled options; some are expensive, but think how often they will be used over the course of a lifetime. Above: The Waterworks Highgate Wall Mounted Swing Arm Paper Holder is $130 at...
Remodelista Reconnaissance: A Boldly Monochrome Clawfoot Bathtub
This week in Remodelista Reconnaissance, our quest concerns a clawfoot bath in the London home of designer Lonika Chande. True to her joyful way with color, the bath makes a statement in all-over rust red, quite literally down to its feet. What’s its story? Read on. Photography by Milo Brown, courtesy of Lonika Chande. The Sighting Above: The monochrome bath...
A Madcap Apartment in Paris for a Creative Couple (Plus Kids)
How many patterned tiles is too many? Anki Linde and Pierre Saalburg of Paris-based LSL Architects say to each his own limit—and that the couple who own this rambling Paris apartment happen to have a higher threshold than most. These clients—she’s a film director/writer, he’s a writer, and they have two kids—approached the remodel of their Paris quarters with a...
Best Amateur Bathroom: Juliet Feehan’s Hudson Valley Farmhouse Bath
The winner of the 2017 Remodelista Considered Design Awards Best Amateur Bath space is Juliet Feehan for her Hudson Valley Farmhouse Bathroom Remodel in Accord, New York. Her project was chosen as a finalist by guest judge Sheila Bridges, who said, “I like the warmth of this traditional country bathroom—particularly the brass details. I love that they kept the hardwood floors and...
10 Favorites: The Best of Black Soap
Essential for the noirish bath: black bar soap: Here are 10 favorites, ranging from Seattle-made Blackbird soap inspired by the Mount St. Helens eruption to a soap evoking “the feeling of drinking a fine scotch in a wood-paneled den.” Above: Maria Evora Black Cameo Soap is $11.74 from Small Flower on Amazon. Above: The Binu Binu Shaman Black Charcoal Soap is made...