The Art of Dining in the South of France: La Colombe d'Or
The next time you find yourself wading through the crowds at a museum, think about staying at La Colombe d’Or in the French village of Saint-Paul de Vence and enjoy the art of the modern masters in the...
View ArticleEditors' Picks: 15 Favorite Vacation Rental Resources
Once July comes along, it seems as though everyone you know is running off to a fantastic rental that they lucked upon via a friend of a friend. You want in. But with all the online clutter, it's hard...
View ArticleThe Urban Rental: A Modern Houseboat in Berlin
Chris and Oliver Laugsch, the design-minded brothers behind boutique rental agency Welcome Beyond, are the masterminds of Berlin's most aquatic accommodation. Located on Lake Rummelsburg, a small inlet...
View ArticleThe Country Rental: A Floating Farmhouse in Upstate New York
New York architectural designer and builder Tom Givone is on a mission to explore "the contrast between historic and modern and play these extreme elements against one another." Case in point: Givone's...
View ArticleThe Pond-Front Rental: The Cape Cod Modern House Trust
Designed by prolific Cape Cod architect Charles Zehnder in 1970, the Kugel Gips House—once slated for demolition—is the first in a series of restoration projects by the Cape Cod Modern House Trust, a...
View ArticleGreatest Hits: 32 Top Rental Houses Featured on Remodelista
Over the years, we've featured dozens of design-worthy rental houses on Remodelista. Here's our roundup of our greatest hits. (You might want to bookmark this post.) Australia Above: Ellis House in...
View ArticleVilla Lena: A New Creative Hub (and Hotel) in Tuscany
Last summer I met up with French designer Clarisse Demory in her Paris apartment during the only two days of the year that she happened to be in the city. Clarisse had been living deep in the flowery...
View ArticleInto the Wild: An Urban Campground in Berlin
In Berlin's artsy Neuköllna neighborhood, an über-cute hostel awaits the adventuresome. Huettenpalast owners Silke Lorenzen and Sarah Vollmer set out to create a business where they could fully...
View ArticleMarrakech Modern: A Remodeled Riad for Rent
Designers Martin Raffone and Bill McIntosh's house, Dar Mahjouba, is like hundreds of other riads jammed cheek by jowl in the dense quarters of Marrakech’s medina: a traditional Moroccan house with...
View ArticleLaid-Back Lodging on Byron Bay
Imagine a Scandinavian seaside fishing village in cool and casual Byron Bay, the historical and spiritual home of surfing in Australia. You'd want to linger in a place like that. And if you did, you’d...
View ArticleUK Getaway: The Shepherd's Hut for Two
Small-space-living aficionados, take note of the versatility of the shepherd's hut, the UK's rustic answer to the Airstream. Last week we presented a vintage version converted into a traveling kitchen....
View ArticleUrban Cowboy: A Williamsburg Clubhouse for Nomads
Lyon Porter, the mastermind behind Williamsburg, Brooklyn's first B&B (by day he's a managing director of Town Residential, a Manhattan real estate company), calls Urban Cowboy "the definition of a...
View ArticleA Woodsy Cabin in a Happening LA Neighborhood—$115 a Night
Discovered on The Common Pursuit: A rustic cabin in Echo Park worthy of Henry Thoreau (and available for $115 a night). Photographer Brian Ferry of The Blue Hour spent a week there and says: "I had my...
View ArticleBed and Beer: The Dogfish Inn on the Delaware Coast
The perfect summer chaser: Brew master Sam Calagione's new boutique hotel, the Dogfish Inn, is set in a former motel on the harbor in Lewes, Delaware, not far from beaches, pretty coastal towns, and...
View ArticleA Clubhouse for Creatives: The Rose Hotel in Venice
Brooklyn-based British fashion photographer Glen Luchford first visited Venice Beach in 1993 to photograph Dennis Hopper and fell in love with the grittiness of the neighborhood (it reminded him of...
View ArticleVenice Beach: Surf and Sleep in Style at Casa Shelter Half
If you've ever eyed the houses on Abbot Kinney Boulevard, in Venice, California, and fancied moving in, now is your chance. The just-finished Casa Shelter Half, a two-bedroom bungalow, stands ready to...
View ArticleOn Top of the World: A Belgian Antiquarian Designs a Penthouse in NYC
Robert De Niro fell under the spell of Belgian design impresario Axel Vervoordt after discovering his work at the NYC Winter Antiques Show (others who have succumbed include Sting and Kanye West, as...
View ArticleHigh Road House in London Gets a Revamp
We've been longtime fans of High Road House, a London hotel and member's club (it's part of the Soho House group), so when we noticed that it had recently been overhauled by Alexander Waterworth...
View ArticleFontevraud Abbey in France: The Ultimate Haunted Hotel
One of the Loire Valley's great landmarks, the 12th-century Fontevraud Abbey, burial place of Richard the Lionhart and Eleanor of Aquitaine, has played many roles over the years, from monastery to...
View ArticleThe Dean Hotel: Providence's Answer to the Ace
A first in a city packed with corporate chain hotels, The Dean, in Providence, Rhode Island, is an Ace-inspired gathering place with a playful vibe and a flair for applying a fresh spin to old New...
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