Lella and Julio’s apartment, located in São Paulo, Brazil, is the first apartment the couple have lived in together. As is often the case for young couples starting out, they had a lot of ideas for their space, but not a lot of money to buy most of the things they liked. Lella knew exactly…
Anna-Wili Highfield is an artist who creates graceful sculptures of animals using cotton paper. She says that her goal is to represent animal life in an immediate and authentic way that conveys the energy, movement and physical character of different creatures. Her work is elegantly displayed throughout this 19th century cottage, located in the Marrickville…
Leah Goren is an illustrator and surface pattern designer who runs an online shop that sells products printed with her whimsical, nature-inspired illustrations. (Her Red Cat tank is on Amy’s wish list). She shares this Brooklyn apartment with her boyfriend, graphic designer Dylan Ousley, who runs his own branding and design shop, named Home Ec….
When asked to describe their home, married wedding photographer team Travis and Maike McNeill say they are inspired by the beautiful lines of the Mid-Century Modern era and the simplicity and warmth of Scandinavian living. They have combined with those inspirations with a mix and match of things handed down to Maike by her German…
I’ve been obsessed with teeny, tiny jewelry lately — pieces you can wear all the time and never take off. At the top of my wish list is Iwona Ludyga’s tiny skully bracelet. While I save my pennies for a splurge purchase, I thought the second best thing to new bling would be a peek…
Arran Russell and Jacqui Lewis live in Five Ways, Paddington in Sydney, Australia. Arran is co-partner in the clothing brand Vanishing Elephant along with Huw Bennett and Felix Chan. He also partners with his wife, Jacqui, and her agency, FOLKE, working on creative and art direction. I suspect working together professionally is great practice for their…
Five months ago, Sasha Ritter relocated from California to New York and moved in with her friend and collaborator, Kristin Morrison. Having worked together on many design projects in California, their new Brooklyn apartment became the perfect opportunity for their first New York-based collaboration. Working within a tight budget, they pooled their resources, scavenged thrift stores…
Margaux and Walter make things. Mostly, they devote their making hours to Peg and Awl, creating objects for the home, body and garden, all from reclaimed materials. The couple lives in Fishtown, Philadelphia, in an historic area close to the river. It’s a pretty full house; in addition to Margaux and Walter, there are their…
Three years ago, brothers Evan and Oliver Haslegrave moved into a raw space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The brothers had founded a building and design company called hOmE, an anagram of their names and those of their sisters, Hadley and Morgan. They’ve designed and built commercial spaces in New York City such as the restaurants Goat…
I’ve been awaiting this peek for quite a while. Ever since we saw a little of the spectacular transformations that Tara Mangini & Percy Bright accomplished on this 1915 Philadelphia row house (See Before & After: Percy’s Home Transformation Part 1 and Part 2), I was anxious to see the entire home. The couple has exquisite…
Native New Yorker and textile designer Shelley Goldberg started working in fashion houses before moving into the realm of home design. While she often considers her work “art for the floor,” today’s peek into her Clinton Hill, Brooklyn home demonstrates how the space becomes a palette for larger design experiments. Overall, Shelley considers her aesthetic…
Grace and I just returned yesterday from our West Coast adventure in San Francisco and Portland. It was my first time in Portland, which I found to be an easy city to fall in love with. So I’m thrilled to have a Portland home in today’s sneak peek roundup. Greg and Grey of Antler&Co. moved…
About this time last year, we peeked into the Brooklyn home that prop stylist, set designer and painter Heather Chontos shared with her two daughters. Since then, Heather has packed everyone up and moved to Missoula, Montana, to join boyfriend Herb Thornby. The drive from Brooklyn to Montana took three days and lots of ice…
Benjamin Luddy and Makoto Mizutani run their multitasking design studio, Scout Regalia, out of their home in Los Angeles’ Echo Park. Their home is their design laboratory — they have an unclad teepee in their backyard, and their new line of garden products and outdoor furniture was inspired by what they wanted to see and…
Morgane Sezalory is the founder and art director of Les Composantes, a French fashion brand that offers a new creation each month, as well as an exclusive selection of hundreds of vintage items. Morgane’s intention is to offer clothes and accessories that women have always wanted but have never found, such as the essentials: the perfect…
Chilean illustrator Judy Kaufmann now calls Barcelona home. After experimenting in several styles of illustration and working in different design studios, she decided that freelancing from home was the way to go. The home she shares with French sculptor and boyfriend, Marc, is located in a modernist architecture neighborhood called Eixample in a building built…
Brothers Andrew and Matt McCracken, the duo behind Doublenaut, have shared this house in west Toronto for the past 4.5 years. Their home also became their studio when the company shrank by a partner. Since they were already living together, it made sense to forgo a studio and set up shop at home. Making the…
Jen Jafarzadeh L’Italien and husband Dan moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, only a year ago. The couple outgrew their last apartment and while this 825-sq. ft. loft isn’t technically more space, the high ceilings and unique layout make it work. Jen spent eight years working as a magazine editor covering the home market for Real Simple…
today’s first sneak peek is actually a mini peek into the home of artist/illustrator courtney wotherspoon. amy and i spoke with courtney back in january about doing a peek of her current home, but sadly i fell so behind with book work that i wasn’t able to coordinate things before courtney moved in to her…
i’ve been a fan of caitlin mociun for quite a while – it was her tie-front dresses that first caught my eye – so easy and comfortable made with fantastically cool textiles. caitlin graduated from risd with a bfa in textiles and it’s no suprise that she brings that love for pattern, color and texture…
