Update your summer house—or make your regular house feel more like a summer retreat—with a few well-placed upgrades. This week the Remodelista editors discovered design ideas to create a summer palette. Here are a few of their favorites:
Japanese Glassware
Above: Fresco’s Large Kasumi Plate in pink-inflected purple can be used either as a plate or a shallow bowl; it measures 11.75 inches around and is 1.5 inches deep; $140 each.
Above: Hanging over a dining table in Hackney, London are two Louis Poulsen Ph5 Pendant Lights in pink; $996 each at Design Within Reach.
We deconstruct a polychromatic dream kitchen in England in this week’s Steal This Look post.
Rattan Daybed
Above: Made in Indonesia, the Honey Rattan Daybed is $549.99 from World Market; twin mattress not included.
“Rattan daybeds are the ultimate for napping. And they’re so emblematic of easy, breezy living that they qualify as stress reducers,” writes Margot. She rounds up her favorites in 7 Favorites: The New Rattan Daybed.
Midcentury Scandi Rug
Above: Another design from Oyyo, the Östra dhurrie rug is €2,590 for the 6.6-by-9.8-foot size at Oyyo.
“Modern area rugs with graphic designs channel the great Scandinavian weavers of the 1960s and Seventies,” writes Meredith. She rounds up her favorites in this week’s 10 Easy Pieces.
Big Green Egg
Above: A London food writer’s outdoor space features a German biergarten table and a Big Green Egg barbecue mounted in a built-in counter. Photograph courtesy of The Modern House.
Writes Alexa: “Writer Mina Holland and musician Freddie Denham-Webb were looking to buy their first house in London earlier this year. When offer after offer fell through, ‘invariably because someone else gazumped us,’ says Mina, they went south of the river and bought a 750-square-foot maisonette in Crofton Park.”
