Intended for a much bigger room in the family’s previous home, the bed was designed by Hill and is covered in Maharam fabric in a doily print called Intricate 001 Charcoal. The side tables are from West Elm, and the AJ table lamp is by Arne Jacobsen for Louis Poulsen.

The stairs are made of iron, which was coated with white paint from San Marco.

A view from above of the iron staircase, which faces one of the textural béton brut cement walls. Its treads slant at opposing angles, creating their own minimal pattern.

Atop the spiral staircase, a custom iron bench is festooned with Turkish throw pillows from SophiesBazaar.

Jessica Helgerson Interior Design, with project manager and lead designer Emily Kudsen Leland at the helm, remade a Portland abode with a crisp paint palette: Benjamin Moore’s Wrought Iron for the cladding and Venetian Gold for the front door. The home was originally designed by Saul Zaik in Southwest Portland, complete with a wood-clad exterior, in 1956. As part of the renovation, landscape design was completed by Lilyvilla Gardens.

Trust the Danish to design a minimalist speaker upholstered in Kvadrat fabric.

New York Times tech writer Nick Bilton and artist Simon Denny took a light-hearted approach to Big Data, creating DrawTheNewsFor.Me, a website that allows you to source out individuals via TaskRabbit and hire them to translate today's headlines into drawings. Responses ranged from pie charts, to napkin sketches, to this emojicon translation. Photo courtesy Rhizome.

We queried Perelman about her essential kitchen tools and one of the most versatile for her is a cast iron skillet. Lodge manufactures its wares in the USA and they're easy on the wallet. This 12-inch option is $37. "You can use it as a roasting pan and you can use it as a frying pan to cook anything on the stove," she says. "Mine cost $20 full price. If you take care of it, you could hand it to your grandkids. Cast iron pans are great, especially if you're feeling broke and it's your first kitchen."

Iron Street Farm Located on seven acres in the city's Southside Bridgeport neighborhood, Iron Street Farm, on the street of the same name, has turned an industrial site into a community center and agricultural hotbed producing greens for some of the city's top chefs. Growing Power, a Milwaukee nonprofit founded by a former Procter & Gamble exec, led the reclaimation project.

Magazine rack, $400.

Fabric Bound Planner Keeping on task need not be drudgery with the cheery Fabric Bound Planner by J. Han for Paperways. Open-dated for customizable entry, the smartly-designed interior pages feature yellow and white page stripes to keep you on track and extra graph, lined and blank pages to jot down notes, lists and any other essential information.

The fabric took Kettal three-and-a-half years to develop.

Tennessee. Lodge Cast Iron has been manufacturing its classic, durable cooking tools in South Pittsburg, Tennessee since 1896.

Di Ioia and Bédard designed the wrought-iron spiral staircase that leads to the rooftop terrace and sauna as a visual nod to Montreal’s signature outdoor stairways.

The garage studio shares a space for the owners’ car with a multitude of functions ranging from gym to playroom. It complements the home's addition with shared materials: stained western red cedar and the same Iron Mountain shade by Benjamin Moore.

Fabric-clad wardrobe doors custom designed by INTERIOR-iD, along with Joseph Giles leather pulls, add texture to the master bedroom.

Bo Bardi’s Bowl chair, designed in 1951 of iron and aluminum, with orange fabric.

Handle Me, a collection of cast iron cookware, by Angel Wyller Aarseth.

@carnegiefabrics: Be a part of #ASID "Scrollathon" at #DODNY with sibling artists Steven & William @dwellmagazine @asid_hq #design #collaboration

Perfect for keeping track of daily appointments and long-term scheduling, this Fabric Bound Planner is a Dwell Store best seller. It includes lined, graph, and blank sections to accommodate your note-taking needs.

The iconic Penguin chair by Theo Ruth is upholstered with a minimal take on the postal stamp by Dutch graphic designer Julius Vermeulen.

The centerpiece of the addition is a new anthracite “iron lace” staircase, which was loosely inspired by wooden circle motifs found in the house’s original entryway.

The whole exterior of the home, including the trim, is painted Wrought Iron by Benjamin Moore for a monochromic, quiet look.

A modern take on the traditional Hannukah light piece, this cast iron menorah by Josh Owen is simple, strong, and stunning. This product can be found here

"I think a dutch oven is a great thing to have, somewhere between five and seven quarts," Perelman says. This six-quart cast-iron pot, also from Lodge, is $59. "An eight-quart dutch oven is good if you feel like you want to cook for crowds. Five quarts is great for like everyday meals for 4-6 people, but a bigger one will cover more things on the big side. I'm not saying you have to buy a Le Creuset; you'll be fine with whatever brand is in your budget. I would say that, though, if you have loving and adorable family members, for Christmas gifts it's a great time to ask for one. They're not usually break the bank on the gift scale. If a couple of people can get together it's a great present. With a skillet and a dutch oven, you can do a whole lot. After that, for me, the next essential tool is a good wooden spoon."

The Watch Me Wall Clock is an unmistakably vibrant addition to any room. Designed by Rasmus Gottliebsen for Normann Copenhagen, its powder-coated aluminum pieces feature rich saturated colors in bold rectangles along with black and white hands.

Sir Norman Foster goes high-tech at the ME by Melia, which debuted in early 2013 with 157 sound-proofed rooms, some stocked with play stations, personalized iPads, and terrace fire pits, and others swaddled in luxurious Egyptian linens and marquina marble. Rooms from $390.

Canal, Moraine and Gravel textiles by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Kvadrat were on display at Milan Furniture Week.

Industry partner ASID is hosting a live "Scrollathon" during the show. Run by artist brothers Steven and William Ladd, participants will be invited to use scraps of fabric provided by Carnegie Fabrics to create a custom wall installation.

Sunbrella impressed with its new materials and patterns for its indoor/outdoor contract fabrics. It's hard to believe such soft, textured, and vibrantly-colored upholstery textiles can hold up to the elements so well, but word on the street is that they last for years.

@sunbrella: "The new Icon collection on display at Dwell in Design. #dod2014 #nofilter"

A fabric-shaped bowl, made by hand in just 20 minutes and cured for two days, shows one of ShapeCrete’s many applications.

Next, Marimekko’s quality inspectors, some who have worked at the company for more than 30 years, hand-inspect and grade the fabric. Theirs is a meticulous task: There can be only four small errors over 16 yards of fabric.

Terrain, a new series of fabrics by Doshi Levien for Kettal, debuts at Hall 20 Stand E24 at Rho.