Artist Christopher Florentino’s Ghost Loft is a delightful mix of midcentury treasures, Pop art, and Japanese design.
Benjamin Moore’s 2021 color of the year is Aegean Teal, a hue meant to bring comfort into our homes.
O’Donnell anticipates green being a popular shade for kitchen cabinetry and living spaces in 2021.
In this library, a Grant sleeper sofa by Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams is paired with a Cigar wall sconce by George Nelson.
The custom Bulthaup kitchen is outfitted with Gaggenau appliances and Caesarstone countertops.
The Eeyo 1s (left) is made completely from carbon fiber, costs $4,599, and comes in warm white. The Eeyo 1, which features alloy wheels, seat posts, and handlebars, is $3,899 and comes in cloud blue and lobster orange.
Top designers give their advice about how to choose a stylish, functional faucet and what it will cost. Hint: it’s more than you may think.
Renovating your kitchen? We used and abused seven eco-friendly countertops to investigate if they could stand the heat of Dwell's kitchen.
A detail of the travertine wrap on the peninsula.
This contemporary kitchen with clean lines, hidden appliances, and ceramic stone countertops are a chef's dream.
In the kitchen, the countertops and backsplash are Pietra Cardosa stone and the cabinetry is whitened maple and an ebony-stained charcoal oak, to sync with the rest of the case goods throughout the home.
In this kitchen, three globe pendants with brass details and burgundy cords match the hood tube hanging above the kitchen island.
Waterfall island in Pietra Cardosa
A subdued and simple textured wall finish of plaster with Portola Lime Wash in Blonde decorates the exterior wall of the kitchen. For cabinet hardware, Sarah had her own collection The Half Moon made in wood. She worked with a local fabricator to make the prototypes and from there, a new wood hardware line was born.
Hilton Carter designed his own propagation vessel, called the Cradle.
The home’s walls are clad in Oregon white oak reclaimed from a dismantled barn on the property. Jessica Helgerson chose to paint them white to create a bright, airy look, but she left the kitchen wall au naturel for a visual pop. With storage at a premium, the kitchen needed ample cabinetry as well as some ingenious solutions—including a pull-out cabinet hidden in one half of the range hood. A vintage cabinet on the left wall provides open storage for everyday dishes.
Door hardware is a small design detail, but as with all decor choices, a wise one can effortlessly elevate the overall aesthetic. From hardware style to finish and form, that doorknob you put your hands on every day can really make a statement.
This Blue Dot Paramount 95” sofa is covered in Stanford Ceramic fabric with stainless steel legs. A larger chaise-style version of the sofa is opposite it, with a Feather Collection Drum Coffee Table from Anthropologie between them and an Eames Lounge Chair overlooked by a Restoration Hardware Arc floor lamp round out the space in this Pacific Heights home.
“The green kitchen is like the hybrid car was 20 years ago. There are people who are willing to spend a little bit extra and get out of their comfort zones to have what they see as a positive impact on the earth,” explains Michael Wolf, founder of Smart Kitchen Summit.
The ultimate question for us each to ask ourselves as we hurtle toward the connected home is, "Is the exchange of my personal data worth the convenience the smart home offers?" If it’s not, proceed with caution.
Wireless weather stations, robot lawn mowers, smart outdoor lighting, connected sprinkler controllers— with a suite of smart tech installed, you can manage nearly all the needs of your garden and yard easily and from anywhere, with a simple tap on a smartphone or a voice command. (Planting, seeding, and weeding not included . . . at least for now.)
“The way people experience sound at home has evolved signifcantly since our doors opened 90 years ago."—Tue Mantoni, CEO of Bang & Olufsen
On a site adjacent to a greenbelt, architects Yen Ong and Paul Merrill of 5G Studio envisioned “a solid black mass within an enclosed garden,” says Ong. A geothermal heat pump, solar panels, and rainwater harvesting helped the project achieve LEED Platinum status.
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