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A Week in Review: 7 Great Reads You May Have Missed May 10, 2013

Each week Dwell.com delivers more than 50 original posts, articles, and interviews focused on the latest in modern design. We wouldn't want you to miss a thing, so we've pulled together our top stories of the week. Take a look and see what you might have missed.

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Toby Barlow and Keira Alexandra enjoy a leisurely Alpine morning in bed in their Detroit high-rise home.
Toby Barlow and Keira Alexandra enjoy a leisurely Alpine morning in bed in their Detroit high-rise home.
I work from home and was in need of more space for my art projects. I started out researching many prefab structures from Modern Shed, Modern Cabana, Studio-Shed, Kangaroom Systems, etc. Initial estimates from these manufacturers looked good initially. However, calculating total cost after adding concrete slab foundation, plumbing, half bath, and and electrical sub panel would have brought a prefab the cost closer to what I would spend having it custom built.
I work from home and was in need of more space for my art projects. I started out researching many prefab structures from Modern Shed, Modern Cabana, Studio-Shed, Kangaroom Systems, etc. Initial estimates from these manufacturers looked good initially. However, calculating total cost after adding concrete slab foundation, plumbing, half bath, and and electrical sub panel would have brought a prefab the cost closer to what I would spend having it custom built.
The couple snapped up a 2,600-square-foot late-18th-century flat, which they’ve since filled with vintage finds and Hayon’s own designs and prototypes.
The couple snapped up a 2,600-square-foot late-18th-century flat, which they’ve since filled with vintage finds and Hayon’s own designs and prototypes.
New doors and windows and a simplified palette lend the master bedroom—which retains the lines of the original mid-century modern house—a calm, unfussy elegance.
New doors and windows and a simplified palette lend the master bedroom—which retains the lines of the original mid-century modern house—a calm, unfussy elegance.
Bathroom A creative way of cutting costs is on display in son Nate’s bathroom, where the wall tiles are arranged in a whimsical, irregular pattern making use of slim sections of tile cut for transitions and corners. “We came up with a pattern that could incorporate random sizes so we were able to order the exact amount of tile that we needed,” Bischoff says. “It allowed us to get the most out of the tile price because there wasn’t that 20 percent that [would normally go] into the landfill.” The two-bowl sink is the Vitviken model from Ikea; it’s topped with a chrome Hansgrohe faucet and accented by Ikea’s Godmorgon medicine cabinets customized by MADE.
Bathroom A creative way of cutting costs is on display in son Nate’s bathroom, where the wall tiles are arranged in a whimsical, irregular pattern making use of slim sections of tile cut for transitions and corners. “We came up with a pattern that could incorporate random sizes so we were able to order the exact amount of tile that we needed,” Bischoff says. “It allowed us to get the most out of the tile price because there wasn’t that 20 percent that [would normally go] into the landfill.” The two-bowl sink is the Vitviken model from Ikea; it’s topped with a chrome Hansgrohe faucet and accented by Ikea’s Godmorgon medicine cabinets customized by MADE.
The late designer, resembling Rembrandt’s Self-Portrait, 1629. Photo by: Hendrik Kerstens.
The late designer, resembling Rembrandt’s Self-Portrait, 1629. Photo by: Hendrik Kerstens.