Monday, June 1, 2015
Announcing the 2015 Remodelista Considered Design Awards
Today we're thrilled to be launching the third annual Remodelista Considered Design Awards, in which we honor our readers' design prowess and remodeling ingenuity. Read on to learn more about the contest, how to enter, and what each winner stands to win.
You finally overhauled your kitchen. You've been reinventing your bathroom every weekend for months. Now is the time to flaunt your work. All year long, we show you the spaces we love, now it's your turn to share.
Our awards program is open to all readers—professionals and novices alike—and we're hoping to see projects that run the gamut: micro powder rooms, grand living room/dining rooms, and everything in between. Remodels, rentals, and new builds are all welcome, and we have separate categories for amateur designers and professional work.
Above: The six winning projects will each be profiled in a post on Remodelista, and this year's prize is a $200 gift card from contest sponsor Kaufmann Mercantile. Winners will be announced on August 8.
Contest Categories
We will run a separate contest for amateur and professional designers in each of these categories:
Best Kitchen Space
Best Living/Dining Space
Best Bath Space
Outdoor enthusiasts, take note: The Gardenista Considered Design Awards has six categories this year for home gardeners, both indoors and out, and for architects and spatial designers—Best Hardscape and Best Outdoor Living Space included. Head over to Gardenista for details.
Important 2015 Dates
Submission deadline: Monday, June 22, by Midnight PT
Finalists announced and reader voting begins: Wednesday, July 8
Reader voting ends: Friday, August 7
Winners announced: Saturday, August 8
How to Enter
Our Entry Form is simpler than ever. Submit up to six photos of your space along with a descriptive caption for each photo and a design statement explaining your overall project. You can submit one project in each category for which you qualify. All projects will be published live on our Awards Hub Page within minutes of submitting.
Remodelista editors will review all entries, and our judges will choose up to five finalists in each category. When we announce our finalists on July 8, Remodelista readers will be invited to vote.
See our Official Rules and FAQ for more information, and Enter the Contest here.
Readers, don't forget to come back and weigh in during the voting period.
Good luck!
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12 Summery Spaces, Horseshoe Crab Decor Included
Last summer I admired a shellacked horseshoe crab installation in a friend's Little Compton, RI, cottage—so much so that I went on a hunt for more examples of horseshoe crab as decor.
For step-by-step instructions on how to clean and dry a horseshoe crab shell, go to Horseshoe Crab Shell Preservation.
Above: A washed, dried, and lacquered horseshoe crab in my friend Keith Crudgington's Little Compton, RI, kitchen.
Above L: A framed horseshoe crab in a gallery wall via Duo Ventures. Above R: The Resin Limule Sconce from Atelier Gary Lee at the Chicago Merchandise Mart; see companion in bronze below.
Above: South Carolina-based Etsy seller Local Cluster sells molted Horseshoe Crab Wall Decor; $40 each.
Above L: The Bronze Limule Sconce from Atelier Gary Lee; inquire about pricing. Above R: A horseshoe crab installation in the Hamptons house of Schappacher White Architecture.
Above: A horseshoe crab in a Los Feliz home designed by Christos Prevezanao. Photograph by Jonn Coolidge via My Domaine.
Above L: Wall-mounted horseshoe crabs in a project by Parker Sims Interiors. Above R: A Bronze Limule Sconce by Bernard Figueroa Light Sculptures, available from Atelier Gary Lee.
Above: A collection of sea treasures via Karen Bell Photo.
Above L: The Horseshoe Crab Door Knocker (10 by 5 inches) from Swansea, MA-based Colby Smith is made of sand-cast yellow or red brass with a nickel plate or oiled bronze finish; $150. Above R: Vermont blacksmith Steven Bronstein of Blackthorne Forge makes a hand-forged steel Horseshoe Crab Garden Sculpture (8 by 16 inches); it's $120 directly from Blackthorne Forge.
Looking for more summer house ideas? Consider Oars as Decor and DIY: Pressed Seaweed Prints. See our Beach Style archive for more.
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The Brewsters at Home in Little Compton, RI
Dara and Dan Brewster share a serious wanderlust: Both longtime media veterans, they’ve cumulatively logged visits to more than 100 countries over the years. And most of that travel of late has been on behalf of Dara Artisans, the online emporium they launched nine months ago to showcase the work of unsung craftspeople the world over.
Company headquarters are in New York, but the place that's the Brewster's true anchor is their ongoing renovation project, their shingled enclave in Little Compton, RI, an old New England farm and fishing village that's been described as "cows by the sea." Dan, Dara, and family and friends (including Dara's stepfather, J. Gregory Crozier, a New York architect, Dan's son, Graham, 26, and local fishing captain and carpenter Joe Aiello) have spent the last decade shoring up the 1930s summer cottage while preserving its no-nonsense Yankee charms. There’s a pot of lobster chowder on the stove. Come on in.
Photography by Nathan Fried Lipski of Nate Photography, except as noted.
Above: The house sits on the coast of Sakonnet Point overlooking Newport. "It was built as a summer cottage, with exposed rafters, no insulation, and no basement, which is still the case" says Dara, adding that when they purchased it in 2000, there was wisteria growing through the roof and a contaminated well "to name just a few of the things that required tending to." Photograph by Nicole Franzen.
See more of the Brewsters' garden at Rhode Island Roses: A Seaside Summer Garden in New England on Gardenista.
Above L: Roses climb on the porticoed main entrance, which opens into the kitchen and offers views clear out to the ocean. Of the classic shutters, Dara says, "I wish they were original. The salt air is so hard on wood that we have to replace them every five to seven years." Above R: Place markers from the couple's wedding made from ocean-tumbled rocks collected in front of the house and hand labeled by Dara.
Above: The living room has its original wood paneling and floor. Dara and Dan bought the wall-mounted candleholders at a flea market. The sofa is upholstered in a pale blue Nicky Haslam fabric that Dara admired at the Charlotte Street Hotel in London and tracked down, only to discover the hazards of country living: "Mice ate through it one winter and we had to upholster it all over again."
Above L: Dried hydrangeas from the rows of bushes that border the driveway. Above R: A painting by Syrian artist Hasko Hasko, purchased on Dan and Dara's 2011 trip to Syria, which coincided with the war breaking out—and inspired them to help preserve endangered cultural patrimonies. The black-and-white ceramics are Acoma Pottery from New Mexico, a Dara Artisans specialty; the black on black pot is from the San Ildefonso Pueblo.
Above: Over the course of a winter, Dan, Graham, and Joe converted what had been a dog kennel/shed into a 600-square-foot winterized guest cottage (where Dan and Dara spend weekends in the off season). Designed in collaboration with Greg Crozier, the compact kitchen, shown here, has a Sub Zero glass-doored fridge, Fisher Pakel dishwasher drawers, and floorboards made from beams that came out of a nearby Fall River textile mill. The cabinets—leftovers from the main house—were milled in South Carolina and the counters are soapstone.
Above: The master bedroom in the airy attic has its original exposed rafters, beadboard paneling, and built-in drawers. Like much of the house, the walls are painted Benjamin Moore Linen White (read our advice on How to Choose the Perfect White Paint).
Above: The windows offer a prime ocean view. The exposed insulation visible here has since been camouflaged by Joe with wood panels.
Above: All of the bed linens are from Matouk, a third-generation family-owned company in Fall River, Massachusetts, and a Remodelista favorite.
Above: The master bedroom's paneled door has Shaker peg rail hung with scarves from Gautemala and India. (Read about how Shaker Peg Rails Saved Christine's Summer Sanity.) The Shaker nightstand's lamp was custom made
Above: The remodeled second-floor bathroom has a refurbished clawfoot tub and new paneling (that came from elsewhere in the house, buried under a layer of plastic paneling). The tasseled towel is a Turkish Aponch Bath Towel from Dara Artisans. The pale green-blue walls are Benjamin Moore Sea Foam. Photograph by Nicole Franzen.
Above L: A local metal worker made the chrome shower curtain frame. The floor was milled from the house's salvaged joists, and the main ceiling beam came out of a fire-damaged church in Bristol, Rhode Island. Above R: An antique subway light (from a since-closed architectural findings shop in New York) hangs over a Kohler sink. In lieu of a medicine cabinet, Dara hung a ledged mirror.
Above: Wooden fish from one of the Brewster's trips to Guatemala decorate the space. The table and chairs are from Smith & Hawken. Note the weathered brick floor.
Above L: Dara with just-picked corn from their local produce place, Walker's. Above R: Dan fishing for stripers and blue fish. Browse the couple's handmade finds at Dara Artisans.
Looking for your own summer getaway? Take a look at Editors' Picks: 15 Favorite Vacation Rental Resources and Greatest Hits: 33 Top Vacation Houses Featured on Remodelista.
On Gardenista, go to Beach Style for design ideas and inspiration.
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Table of Contents: Summer Refresh
Time to throw open the windows, air out the house, put away the winter woolens.
Above: Nothing says summer like white billowy white sheets.
Monday
Above: Horseshoe crab as decor? We're on board.
Tuesday
Above: A roundup of easy DIY projects using painter's drop cloths.
Wednesday
Above: In Design Travel news, a recently renovated inn in Provincetown to hang your hat (or swimsuit).
Thursday
Above: A freshened up culinary space in the East Bay is our Kitchen of the Week.
Friday
Above: The S hook reinvented, solving the fiddly-ness problem.
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