Get Your Fill of Burnt Orange in This 1953 Time Capsule
Click here to view the full photogallery. Even in a city as laden with midcentury gems as Los Angeles, the hunger for cork floors, built-ins, glass walls, and period kitchens—that oven!—cannot be satisfied. So when homes like this untouched...
Curbed39 mins agoSoon This Futuristic 'Tree Building' Will Take Root in France
Rendering via Sploid Designed in a collaboration between Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto and French firms Nicolas Laisne Associates and Manal Rachdi Oxo architects, this 17-story tower is set to pop up like a futuristic tree in Montpellier, France—thanks to its...
Curbed39 mins agoBouli Bar in SF: Boulettes Larder Gets Brassy
The small restaurant in San Francisco's Ferry Building overlooking the Bay Bridge served breakfast, lunch, and the best private dinners around, and had become a Remodelista hang out. Boulettes Larder soon reopened, a smarter, reincarnated version of itself, with a larger, all-day dining offshoot,…
Remodelista39 mins agoAtlanta's 'Most Remarkable' Loft; Must-Sees at SXSW; More!
Photo via Apartment Therapy · Kelsey Grammer's Gold Coast Boss crashpad sells for $3.5M. · A chopped-up 1960s home gets modernized. · The 10 best lines from Time's World Trade Center mega-story. · Hanging hotel: Camp in a trunk-friendly...
CurbedThe Ankarsrum: Sweden's Iconic Kitchen Mixer
Designed in 1939 by Swedish inventor Alvar Lenning, the Ankarsrum Original Kitchen Mixer is a Rube Goldberg type of machine, capable of doing seemingly anything (with the right attachments). During WWII, it even came with a collection of "crisis recipes" for Swedish households feeling the pinch of…
RemodelistaArchitecture as Alchemy: A Cobble Hill Transformation
"You should totally come," began the invitation. Mollie Cohen and Andrew Berman's wedding was held in a historic brick warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn, on a freshly laid carpet of grass, where they celebrated by holding a giant picnic. They presented each guest with a pair of Vans, staged a…
RemodelistaThis Week's Table of Contents: Kitchen Composition
We'll be exploring kitchen layouts and presenting exemplary horseshoes, U-shapes, L-shapes, and galleys. We'll also be introducing you to a new concept: the sexy kitchen island (no kidding). Stay tuned, too, for a Rehab Diary with gasp-inducing Before and Afters, a roundup of precision-made…
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Quick Tip: Engineered I-Beams
To save time and money on your next building project, one option is to use engineered I-beams. Made from engineered ...
Bob Vila5 tips for surviving Daylight Saving Time
Some research suggests it translates into more car crashes and even heart attacks on Monday morning, thanks to worsened sleep deprivation. But a few simple steps might help smooth the transition.
ConsumerReports.orgCurrent Obsessions: Daylight Savings Edition
This week we reveled in all things posh: blue velvet sofas, splashy marble bathrooms, and handsome brass shelving. Next week, we're jumping into the kitchen and deconstructing the best layouts, appliances, and cookware. Until then, allow us to share a few other things we've been hung up on lately.
RemodelistaThe tax-deductible dog, and other surprises
If a psychiatrist prescribes it, it's tax deductible. According to Barbara Weltman, an attorney and contributing editor to J.K. Lasser's "Your Income Tax" book series, taxpayers often are not aware of all they can claim in medical expenses.
ConsumerReports.orgHow To: Make a Clapboard Sunburst
Here's an ornamental way to use clapboard. Create a sunburst on a gable end. Draw out your design on a template. Cut ...
Bob VilaSix Very Different, Very Fabulous NYC Houses of the '40s
Welcome back to Monochromes, a Friday mini-series wherein Curbed delves deep into the Library of Congress's photographic annals, resurfacing with an armful of old black-and-white photos of architecture and interior design of yesteryear. Have a find you want to share?...
CurbedInside Billionaire Richard Branson's Yacht, Now Up For Rent
Click here to view the full photogallery. The 105-foot-long yacht owned by Virgin—the, uh, UK company, that is—mogul Richard Branson is now available for personal charter trips. Necker Belle, as the sailing catamaran is called, is named after the...
CurbedWhy Short Sales Take So Long
Find out why many real estate agents call them “long-and-drawn-out sales.”
Zillow1938 Texas Bungalow Gets Sharpened With a 'Modern Edge'
Photos via Houzz Houzz today features a 1938 bungalow in Austin, Texas, that's been brightened and modernized inside and out. Out with the olive green walls and dark cabinetry, in with the stark whites and wood paneling. It uses...
CurbedDazzling Gold House Will Abuse Your Retinas Then Disappear
Photo via Apartment Therapy Looking like a set piece straight out of Goldfinger, this vacation house by architect Robert Stone looks simultaneously garish (in a cool, 1960s James Bond kind of way) and subtle, evoking something as commodified and glitzy...
CurbedFunky NoCal Rustic Modern on the Water Wants $2.25M
Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We'd love to see what you've got. Click here to view the full...
CurbedDrop Everything and Check Out This Charming $618K Eichler
Click here to view the full photogallery. A newcomer to the market for $618K, this utterly charming San Jose, Calif. listing was built by none other than the much-loved Joseph Eichler back in 1954. Like all of Eichler's coveted...
CurbedChina's Latest Bizarre Building is a Giant Ethereal Lotus Flower
Photo via Architizer From coin-shaped stock exchanges to light-up horseshoe hotels, Chinese developers cannot get enough of buildings that look like other things. The country's latest case of large-scale mimicry is a government center in the Wujin district of Changzhou...
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