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Live & Work Loft in Minneapolis
The New York Times 9.4.08

Graphic Designers Will Hopkins and Mary K. Baumann gave up their apartment in the Apthorp building on the Upper West Side and moved into a converted flour mill in downtown Minneapolis. The New York ...

Industrial Modern in Montreal
The New York Times 9.2.08

We only feature International Real Estate listings from The New York Times when they truly blow us away...this penthouse apartment in Montreal fits the bill. Located in the Paper Mill District, the ...

IKEA 2009 Catalog: MANDEL Series of Plant Pots

We first spied these attractive MANDEL planters when we took our tour of IKEA Brooklyn. The greyish brown neutral is a great alternative to terracotta and you can't argue with IKEA prices... ...

Most Popular Posts: Industrial Sources, Tiny Beach Houses, Painted Stair Runners, and Famous Bedspreads - 07.24.08
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Click on any of the images above to view these Most Popular Posts! This week's Hot Posts drew you in and inspired great discussion. Thanks for getting involved, and staying...

The Best Industrial Furnishings & Sources

We love incorporating industrial elements into our home. Whether its by using sturdy metal office furniture in the living room or celebrating the beauty of materials like unfinished plywood and stee...

Edison Chandelier from Pottery Barn

The new Edison Chandelier caught our eye immediately. The unique form of draping cords and vintage-styled bulbs combines the popularity of Edison Bulbs with a modern chandelier — like a relaxed ve...

Best of Three: Pendant Lamps

We're somewhat fascinated by Cecile Manz's series of Caravaggio Pendant Lights. We've spotted them in Shawn Henderson's office and at Wildwood BBQ in the past few weeks. With the newest offerings fr...

HurlyBurly Kitchen Fume Extractor Hood

We're smitten with HurlyBurly! It's a concept for a small, adjustable fume hood for your stove top. HurlyBurly mounts to the wall and plugs in — it doesn't require a vent. The design uses a carbon...

Metal & Concrete Minimalist Home
The New York Times 6.19.08

Mircea Marinescu and his wife, Silvia, built a modern home of metal, concrete and glass in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The New York Times shares pictures of the stark, clean-lined design and tells the Mar...

Light-filled California Home
The New York Times Magazine 6.15.08

This angular home, perched on a hilltop in Southern California, was designed by architect Tom Kundig to take advantage of its unique position and embrace the indoor-outdoor life. Pilar Viladas of Th...

Solids of Revolution: Concrete and Felt Stools by Max Lamb

Remember the chair that Brad Pitt purchased at Design Miami /Basel? The Bronze Poly Chair is by British designer Max Lamb. Lamb's Solids of Revolution collection was also shown at the festival in Ba...

Cold-Storage Warehouse Turned Tribeca Home
New York Magazine 6.1.08

Wendy Goodman of New York Magazine has found another amazing home. Architect Diana Kellogg transformed a cold-storage warehouse in Tribeca into a home for her family. By using salvaged materials (in...

C&H Distributors: Industrial Storage & Supply

By some odd chance, we recently received a massive, 770-page catalog in the mail from C&H Distributors. "The Storage and Handling Leader" sells heavy duty equipment and industrial supplies. Metro-sh...

J. Morgan Puett's Artists' Colony: Romantic Decay
The New York Times 5.29.08

The New York Times loves to profile some kooky homes. In the past year they've shown us a Funhouse in East Hampton, Arizona's Eliphante & Hippodome and Pearl Lam's Shanghai Loft. This week, they're ...

BKLYN Designs: Pb-R Surface by Wüd Furniture Design

There's been a lot of focus on counter tops lately, as designers try to guess what will follow granite as the "must have" material. ...

Pandelier: Frying Pan Chandelier

This one-of-a-kind chandelier graces the entrance to San Antonio's new branch of the Culinary Institute of America. The new Center for Foods of the Americas (that's what the CFA stands for) was foun...

Railroad Tie Bookshelves and Console from VivaTerra

Though the origin of the recycled railroad ties was discussed extensively on our Los Angeles site (with a direct response from someone at VivaTerra in the comments), we had to share the Railroad Tie...

NY Most Popular Posts: Danish and Industrial House Tours, Best Small Toilets & an Amazing Door - 03.07.08

Danish House Tour: Julie and Soeren's Life on the Water This week's Hot Posts drew you in and inspired great discussion. Thanks for getting involved, and staying involved, in our community! Click ...

Look! Candy-Making Kitchen at PapaBubble

We love the look of Lab Glass at Home. Last week we stumbled across this amazing artisan candy shop in NoLITA — PapaBubble — that uses lab glass in their open and minimalistic candy-making kitc...

House Tour: Industrial Work / Live Space
NYT 3.2.08

Reinventing space takes great vision. Sometimes the simplicity of raw materials like cement, concrete block, white subway tiles and even rusting metal panels can be used to elevate a space. A former...

Two Jakes: Furniture For the Office and Home

It's been nearly four years since we posted Williamsburg's Two Jakes. Two Jakes has a large inventory of used office furniture (much of it is suitable for home use). Vintage pieces like Saarinen ch...

Naked Chair from Alberto Colzani

The Naked Chair from designer Alberto Colzani makes a good alternative to a classic Bertoia wire chair. In addition to being visually light and extremely sturdy, the Naked Chair is also stackable......

House Tour: Handmade House in Williamsburg
NYT House & Home Roundup 2.14.08

Last week, we posted the new collection from Canadian housewares giant Umbra. Today, The New York Times takes us on a tour of designer William Harvey's house in Williamsburg. Harvey designed the Sha...

City Foundry: Antique and Fine Objects

If you like vintage industrial, you'll love City Foundry. Recently expanded to two store fronts along the northern side of Atlantic, CF is filled from floor to ceiling with metal everything from li...

OneLessDesk by Heckler Design

This sleek and slim stainless steel desk is Dean Heckler's response to the bulky desks of our recent past (and even present). Heckler believes that with flat screen monitors and wireless keyboards, th...