This week, Julie and her Remodelista team dabble in the dark arts: tombstones as year-round decor, funerary urns for Belgian minimalists, and a home that's fit for the Addam's family. Enter only if you dare.
Above: Meet Claudia Schwartz, queen of Halloween tablescapes, and proprietor of Bell'occhio, a San Francisco ribbon shop that calls Martha Stewart a fan. We get her secrets to a gothic Victorian tablescape while admiring her chic headgear in this week's Expert Advice.
Above: Because style is eternal, Julie curates 5 Mantel Urns for the aesthetically inclined. And, more dark humor your way in Alexa's 5 Favorites: Tombstones as Art.
Above: In Remodeling 101, we're under the spell of shou sugi ban, a traditional Japanese technique of torching your building materials so "results are long-lived and hauntingly beautiful."
Above: He's a photographer and she's a stylist. Naturally, every room inside the home studio of Graham Atkins-Hughes and Jo Atkins-Hughes is ready for a closeup. Have a look around in A Moody London House (Fit for a the Addams Family).
Above: Unchained melodies: Izabella plays up the creepiness of well-worn objects with a roundup of antique upright pianos.
Searching for more chic in the moribund? Follow Remodelista to the dark side here.
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