Creative tips

I never thought I’d spend a Saturday afternoon cutting leather into thin strips, but here we are. The thing about leather tassels is that they occupy

I used to think leather handles were something you’d only find in expensive Scandinavian catalogs, the kind where a drawer pull costs more than the

I used to think ceilings were just there to keep the rain out. Then I walked into a restaurant in Brooklyn—some farm-to-table place with exposed beams

I used to think charging stations in furniture were just about drilling a hole and shoving a USB port through. Turns out, the whole thing is way more complicated

I used to think sofa beds screamed “I’m hiding a mattress” the moment you walked into a room. Turns out, that’s not remotely true

I used to think window boxes were just—decorative, you know? Then I spent a summer in Vermont watching my neighbor’s cedar planters slowly warp and

The thing about Dominican interiors is that they refuse to whisper when they could shout. I spent three weeks in Santo Domingo last year, ostensibly researching

I used to think color drama was about throwing red and green together and calling it bold. Turns out, the real tension happens in places you wouldn’

I used to think Swiss chalets were just those tourist-trap things you see on postcards—timber beams, lace curtains, done. Turns out the whole aesthetic

I’ve spent way too much time thinking about Balinese interiors lately. The thing is, when you walk into a properly designed Balinese space, something