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Architect Visit: South London Mirror House
Architect Ian McChesney faced many challenges to constructing a house in south London's Sydenham Park conservation district, including stringent zoning requirements and no fewer than 68 objections from...
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The New It Girls: 7 Must-Shop Florists in London
Move over, Brooklyn florists. London is home to the new It Girls, who have followings as fanatic as their celebrity and society clients'. Exuberant and frilly or bespoke and minimalist, here are seven...
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DIY: Outdoor Kitchen Cart from Studiomama
Want the convenience of your kitchen when cooking outdoors, but lack space, or money? Make your own mobile kitchen cart using Studiomama's DIY plans. Making its debut earlier this fall at 100% Design...
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Designer Visit: The Black and Green Garden of Chris Moss
Designer Chris Moss has used his own garden in Stockwell, south London, as a mood board. A dark and bright combination works so well here that he shows clients round to persuade them of the logic of...
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Curb Appeal: Black-and-White Mosaic Tile, from London with Love
Along with Queen Victoria, we're longtime admirers of a black and white mosaic tile front path. It's a quintessentially English look, with as much curb appeal now as at the height of its popularity in...
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10 Easy Pieces: Umbrella Stands
Every climate has a rainiest month. And yet we found it surprisingly difficult to locate an attractive yet unobtrusive umbrella stand to tuck into a corner by the front door. We're happy to report that...
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Restaurant Visit: Skye Gyngell's Spring at Somerset House
If there is one chef who could turn a former government tax office into an atmospheric restaurant with indoor garden, it is Skye Gyngell. After all, she made her name cooking from a shed at a plant...
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Designer Visit: At Home with Miley Cyrus' Favorite Florist
Emma Weaver was at the top of her game as a prop designer, having launched her career working on videos with Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue. Then she had a change of heart, and went to a...
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Small Space DIY: Tiny Trees for a Winter Window Box
Sometimes I think it's really the hot cider I like most at Christmas tree farms. But there's also a chance of thin gingerbread cookies offered from inside a woodshed with an electric heater and a dusty...
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Good Mews: 10 Charming Carriage Houses
A mews is a row of stable houses along a cobbled street, common in cities where they once housed horses near the grandest homes in the most desirable neighborhoods. Nowadays? Mews often are the...
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Trend Alert: Terence Conran for Fermob
UK design guru Terence Conran has teamed up with Fermob furniture manufacturer with a new line of outdoor furniture, the Kintbury collection. It's hardly a surprising collaboration, seeing as Terence...
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A Garden Remembered: Cecil Beaton at Reddish House
In 1980 a grand house sale was held by Sotheby's, at the former home of Sir Cecil Beaton in Wiltshire. The hardworking polymath and bon viveur had recently died, and the contents of Reddish House were...
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Hardscaping 101: Hedges
Those of us with tiny urban gardens don't have many opportunities to ponder how to mark the boundaries of our properties...in most cases a trip to the local home improvement super store for a basic...
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British Invasion: 6 Black and White Botanical Wallpapers
As winter closes in, we're looking for a way to bring the garden indoors. Our friend Cindy Weil of San Francisco-based Wallpaper Collective had a suggestion: botanical and floral wallpaper. The kind...
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Shopper's Diary: Grace & Thorn in Hackney
Nik Southern is having a moment. Her shop, Grace & Thorn, is a favorite of London's fashion set, who seek out her original, innovative work with bouquets and arrangements. (Clients include JW...
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Outbuilding of the Week: A Cabin Hideaway in Central London
For most urbanites, escaping the crowds means getting out of town. Unless the retreat is in your own backyard. Enter a garden cabin designed by architectural-salvage specialists, Adam Hills and Maria...
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Thanksgiving Recipes: 5 Reasons to Be Grateful for Squash
In a withering landscape, the stout curves and painterly colors of winter squashes are a sight for sore eyes. My stockpile of international heirlooms, grown by a local farm, doubles as a gorgeous and...
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Secret London: The Bees of Buckingham Palace
On the roof of London's legendary shop Fortnum and Mason live four colonies of bees. The flat, noisy space, with air vents and cooking odors, is lacking in glamor. Do the bees like it? The ornate...
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Trending on Remodelista: Hello, London!
Julie and team are in London, ready for tomorrow's Remodelista Market at The New Craftsmen. How have they spent the week? Yes, there's been a little shopping. Plus a lot of sleuthing. Design dispatches...
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Current Obsessions: Family Time
Take a look at what's on our radar this week and then, if you're in London, head to the Remodelista Market today at The New Craftsmen. (We'll be there with more than 20 makers and artisans, from 10 am...
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