Camping Comes Indoors: New Furniture from Copenhagen

A first look at the renovated cottage of John and Juli Baker, the owners of Mjolk in Toronto, one of our favorite sources for under-the-radar Scandinavian design.

The ultimate luxury: a screened in sleeping porch; here's a roundup of five we love.

On a recent family camping trip in Cornwall, Karen Boatwright was less than impressed with the sleeping conditions: the traditional sleeping bags were too hot or too snug. Believing that necessity is indeed the mother of invention, this London-based interior designer decided to take matters into her own hands.

Yet another contribution to the "Only in Europe" file: an architect-designed family cabin sited in the middle of a public park.

For a few days each June, my family takes up residence in a tented cabin at Yosemite's Tuolumne Meadows. In a throwback to simpler times, the canvas tented cabins are heated by small wood-burning stoves, which invariably makes me dream about bringing one back to my own cabin, tent, or backyard gathering.

Our 10 favorite folding chairs—in canvas, wood, aluminum, and steel—from high to low priced.

On Salt Spring Island in British Columbia lies a tiny one-room cabin, a finely detailed retreat from Seattle-based Olson Kundig Architects. Its sleek design and kinship with nature make an elegant case for simple living—that, plus the most uncontrived outdoor shower we've seen.

Fifty years ago, Åke Nordin was designing wood-framed backpacks from a small cellar in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. Today, Fjällräven (which translates to arctic fox) is an up-and-coming outdoor lifestyle brand—from Stockholm to Brooklyn you can find urbanites adorned in their colorful Kanken backpacks.

More than cabin worthy, here's proof that some lengths of salvaged wood and brackets mounts can make great shelving displays.

Known for their axes handmade in the Appalachian mountains, Best Made Co. has designed an all-purpose first aid kit specifically for lumberjacks.

We've long admired artist and designer Michelle de la Vega's low-cost kitchen. Situated in a 250-square-foot converted garage in Seattle, de la Vega used a mix of new elements and reclaimed materials from local salvage yards.

One of our favorite versatile pieces: folding wood camp cots. Here are three options:

Every so often, there comes a movie so otherworldly that it transports you to a place you’ve never been—while enveloping you in a strong sense of nostalgia. Case in point: Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom. We've got the inside line from the movie's set directors; to learn how they worked their alchemy, read on.