It’s January and we are outwardly back to work. Inwardly, though, we are all dreaming of hunkering down in one of these cozy, considered, far-from-the-city nests, featured on Remodelista this week.
Above: “For New Yorkers Don Howell, an artisan furniture maker, and his partner, Ray Camano, the home’s “oxidation and decay” were part its charm,” writes Justine in Saved from Abandonment: A Historic Hudson Valley Farmhouse Receives the Ultimate Makeunder. Photograph by Justine Hand for Remodelista.
Above: “We were longing for a rural Little House on the Prairie kind of experience for our children,” say the owners of this exquisite farmhouse near Lake Ontario. Photograph by Juli Baker, from An Antique Stone House Revived, from John and Juli Baker of Mjolk in Toronto.
Above: Justine revisits artist Dunja Von Stoddard’s lovely 1880s farmhouse in Rhinebeck, New York in Kitchen of the Week: Hudson Valley Farmhouse Kitchen Reborn. Photograph by Justine Hand for Remodelista.
Plus:
- The Canadian Ikea: Good-Looking, Neutral Rugs from EQ3
- The Germantown Laundromat: An Eco-Minded Gathering Spot in the Hudson Valley, Mending Services Included
- 10 Easy Pieces: A New Wave of Organic Laundry Soaps
- By Candlelight: How to Survive the Winter (Plus Five Tapers to Buy)
- Expert Advice: Strategies for Successful Decluttering, from the Authors of ‘New Minimalism’