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Day Trip: Barcelona's Best Beaches Are Out of Town
We had heard that the best beaches in Barcelona weren't actually in Barcelona, and our suspicions deepened after we walked down to the sand one day and couldn't see it. Every square inch was covered by...
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Guilt Free: Salvaged Patio Furniture with Style
Founded by Gloria Margenat in Barcelona in 2008, Arxe is a design studio focused on creating furniture and one-of-a-kind textiles for the home from salvaged industrial materials. The principals "search...
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Hike of the Week: Camino de Cavalls, Menorca
When we first went to the Mediterranean island of Menorca in the early 70s, no one had heard of it. They knew about its close neighbors Mallorca and Ibiza, but Menorca had no profile and is still...
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10 Ways to Make Sure Summer Never Ends
Just as Michelle returned from her Catalonian adventure, Erin skipped out for the Oregon coast. Want to come over and see our vacation slide shows? Above: A visit to an abandoned leather factory was...
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In the News: Top 5 Posts of the Week
We posted our 10 Foolproof Tips for Avoiding Other Tourists (especially if you are one, too). Photograph by Michelle Slatalla. On Remodelista, Julie discovered stylish Rental Apartments to stay in...
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An Unexpected Spanish Castle, on the South Carolina Coast
Atalaya Castle fits one stereotype of antebellum mansions in the American South—the bigger and grander, the better. But in its Moorish Revival style and rather severe architecture, it bucks tradition....
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A Seaside Garden on an Aegean Island
On the Aegean island of Paros, off the coast of Greece, garden designer Carolyn Chadwick created a coastal garden with waves of plantings to emulate the blue waves below. To capitalize on sea views...
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Chapman at Sea Surfboard Covers
I'm lucky that the 8-foot surfboard that makes its home in my 240-square-foot Brooklyn apartment (when it's not taking the A train to Rockaway) is actually kind of cute. If you can ignore the dirty wax...
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DIY: Beach Stone Gate Clasp
A project for beachcombers: stones collected from the shore, strung together to form a simple gate clasp. Above: A set of five hand-drilled stones collected on the beach is $8.80 from Up North Stones...
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Required Reading: Kitchen Memories by Lucy Boyd
Lucy Boyd, head gardener at Petersham Nurseries near Richmond (just outside London), has written a cookbook. Kitchen Memories ($20.61 from Amazon) combines her garden experience with childhood...
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Must-Have Markdown: A Stylish Beach Chair
By our calendar, there's still six more weeks left of summer, plenty of time to get good use out of an outdoor chair. If we were beach bound, we'd jump on Serena & Lily's sale: Above: With a...
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Floating Islands: Garden Beds of Rare Lettuces
The French expression, "raconter des salades," might translate roughly as "to spin a yarn," but we promise we're not making anything up when we tell you about this installation by French landscape...
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10 Easy Pieces: Shade Umbrellas
Don't let the date on the calendar fool you, there's still plenty of time for lounging on the beach. Extend your time on the sand with one of these classic shade umbrellas. Above: A Frankford Wood Pole...
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DIY: A Perfect Take-Along Sandwich for the Beach
Something about going to the beach makes me instantly hungry. Is it the fresh air, the sunshine—or the knowledge that out on the sand I don't have immediate access to my refrigerator? For years I have...
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10 Favorites: Seaside Gardens
Daydream worthy. Here are ten of our favorite seaside gardens: simple, minimalist spaces perfect for lounging in the sun and finishing the final chapters of a summer beach read. Above: A beach, or...
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Fishing Float Marine Lamps
We've admired the work of Fleet Objects' Zoe Garred before; but we are particularly taken with her Mariner lamps. Garred got her inspiration for the design from local fishing floats and casts the...
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Water from A Stone
Finally, a solution for keeping houseplants hydrated that doesn't involve stuffing upside down plastic water bottles into the soil. These handblown glass vessels from Kikkerland are designed to allow a...
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Wonders of the World: Hanging Seashell Gardens
Spotted via Urban Gardens Web, floral designer Marissa Pretorius' Opus Studio in Cape Town has a way with seashells we couldn't resist. Photographs via Opus. Above: Pretorius, a refuge from the...
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All Considered Design Awards Entries Now Published in Our Photo Gallery
Now that you've chosen the winners, come see what they were up against. We received more than 500 entries to our inaugural Considered Design Awards, and choosing the finalists was a tough task. Take a...
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DIY Outdoor Planter: Pretty Enough to Eat
Fresh herbs are key ingredients in some of my favorite summertime dishes. But with leaves that are deep, dark purple, multicolored, or reminiscent of thin blades of grass, many herb varieties are just...
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