by The Organized Home Team - November 16, 2018

Weekly Wrap-Up: Simplicity in the City

Remodelista editors turned their gaze to urban interiors this week and what they found in their review of big-city apartments and townhouses were small moments of simplicity. Here’s a sampling:

Paderno World Cuisine Fresh Mayonnaise Maker — Above: Alexa asked editors for their favorite manual kitchen tool—and, boy, did they deliver the goods. See this mayonnaise maker and more ingenious recommendations in 10 Easy Pieces: Editors’ Favorite Hand-Operated Kitchen Tools.

Plain English kitchen in a Brooklyn Heights townhouse remodel by Elizabeth Roberts Architecture & Design. — Above: We love this highly organized (and Instagrammable) pantry in a NYC townhome that Margot discovered. See Plain English in Brooklyn Heights: A Very Proper Elizabeth Roberts Townhouse Remodel. Photograph courtesy of Elizabeth Roberts Architecture & Design.

Julie rounded up sturdy and well-made Ikea pieces that are also editor-approved. See Editors’ Picks: 9 Enduring Ikea Furniture Classics for the Long Haul, Tried and Tested Edition. — Above: Julie rounded up sturdy and well-made Ikea pieces that are also editor-approved. See Editors’ Picks: 9 Enduring Ikea Furniture Classics for the Long Haul, Tried and Tested Edition.

Plus:

Another inspired townhouse, this one in the Beltway. See Ben Bradlee Slept Here: The Legendary Journalist’s Georgetown House Changes with the Times.
Annie found a striking knockoff of a French-made wall lamp—for hundreds less. See High/Low: The Industrial-Style Articulated Wall Light, French vs. Urban Outfitters Edition.
In time for Thanksgiving, learn how to shine up your grandmother’s silverware. See Domestic Science: How to Polish and Clean Silver.
It can take up to two years to make compost—and nine other things nobody tells you about composting. See Michelle’s eye-opening post here.
A whimsical accessory for your houseplant that will also help keep it alive. See A Glass Watering Bulb That Can Change Your Life.

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