Now admiring: good-looking bars of all sizes—for loo rolls, paper towels, bath sheets, and more—from Philadelphia-based Lostine. Plus, some handy hooks. (And everything’s made right there in Philly.) Have a look: Above: The full suite of Roland hardware. The versatile Roland Hook down the bottom is available in three sizes: small, large, and jumbo...

Maleeha and Ian and their two daughters decamped from Brooklyn to Westchester County, just north of the city, for familiar reasons. In need of breathing room, the family—she’s a UX designer, he’s a doctor—settled on a 1910 Mediterranean-style fixer-upper in Pelham, New York, with an elegant terracotta-tiled roof and lots of windows. They took the time...

Noticed lately: the return of humble (and inexpensive) seagrass matting, popular in the 1970s and available by the square, allowing you to create custom sizes. Then it seemed sisal rugs took over, and seagrass fell off our radar (too hippyish?). So we’re happy to see it’s back: it’s renewable, biodegradable, and non-toxic, and it’s well-priced and...

After nearly two decades living in a 1908 shingle and stone house in a charming Pittsburgh suburb, engineer and interior designer Heather Wildman finally renovated her kitchen. It took years for the Wildman Chalmers Design co-founder to save up for the project, then even longer to figure out exactly what she wanted. Only once she accepted that she would...

Amongst New Orleans’ many design destinations with storied histories (a restaurant in a 186-year-old cottage, a hotel in the former headquarters of a Scandinavian furniture importer), one distinctive spot may have the most interesting former life. Hotel Peter & Paul, on an unassuming residential block in the Marigny neighborhood, is housed in four...