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Steal This Look: A Plaster Pink Kitchen in Bath, England
It’s hard not to be seduced by the all-white kitchen, but for those willing to make permanent decisions, think colorful ranges and painted cabinets, the payoff can be huge. Take this pastel kitchen designed by Nicola Harding for a couple living in a renovated Georgian manse. On color, Harding explains: “We used dark colors to make large or shady spaces feel more intimate, and warm, uplifting tones to make grand spaces feel more relaxed.” With Plain English cabinets, factory lights, antiques, and the children’s artwork, the result is a gentle elegance. Here is our list of sources to match the...
Expert Advice: 7 Oft-Neglected Storage Needs to Consider Before Remodeling Your Kitchen
A couple weeks ago, Margot wrote about the joys of visiting her old friend Laura Jones in her beautifully renovated home in England. (See Kitchen of the Week: A ‘Dreamiest Dream Kitchen’ in Yorkshire, England for the must-read.) Laura’s Regency-style house is large—and fittingly, so is the kitchen she and her husband, Richard, designed for their family. But despite the generous size (the kitchen alone could quite possibly fit the entirety of the NYC apartment Margot and Laura once shared as twentysomethings), the couple still had to be clever and thoughtful in planning their kitchen storage needs. Above: When you...
Problem-solving unique features that do double duty as inspiring design
Function and fashion are two major factors to consider while planning for a home renovation. While we want our homes to be aesthetically pleasing, we also need them to be more efficient, organized and less cluttered. The solution? Integrating unique features into your home renovation designs can solve organizational challenges while looking beautiful and distinct. Sweeten, a free renovation platform that matches homeowners with licensed general contractors and tracks their projects, shows how Sweeten homeowners have used unique features in their renovations to inject beauty-and function-into their homes. Jewelry wall: A major upgrade from boxes and bowls Tina + Andrew's jewelry...
Kitchen of the Week: Two Young Paris Architects Completely Redo Their Kitchen for Under $4,300
It’s been a heady few years for architect couple Hélène Pinaud and Julien Schwartzmann. The two, both 27, met as students at the Strasbourg National School of Architecture. After graduation in 2014, they moved to Paris and launched their firm, Heju, an abbreviation of their first names. They hit the ground running, designing apartments, boutiques, events, and a slew of clever DIYs: see, for instance, their Homemade Terrazzo Table, Metal Wall Organizer, and Tiled Plywood Side Table-Plant Stand with colored grout. All the while, they’ve been living and working out of their own small apartment, a 538-square-foot garret near Place...