This chic porcelain teapot from Danish designers Ditte Reckweg and Jelena Schou Nordentoft offers a streamlined, minimalist design with clean black and white graphics.

Omaggio Coffee Press by Stilleben for Kähler, $125 from danishdesignstore.com Fresh brewed coffee served in a simple Scandinavian vessel. What more could one possibly want?

OIVA TEAPOT Make a pot of hot water...

This Staub teapot is a distinct aubergine color and modern Japanese design. The cast-iron construction of the pot ensures a quick boil for your water.

Suzanne and Brooks Kelley at the back of their 1,100-square-foot guest cottage.

The owners toured this home, which surrounds a mature tipu tipu tree, while visiting relatives for the day. The brick is original to the 1947 construction.

Sliding doors by Quantum were made to look like the original panes that couldn't be saved, and they lead to a fire pit outside.

Tea with Georg Line Kitchen and Household by Scholten & Baijings, produced by Georg Jensen.

Bulky Tea Set by Jonas WagellThis fat and happy tea set will encourage you to feel the same. $39 for a set of two teacups.

The Granit Teapot, a collaboration between Zeisel, Design Within Reach, and the Kispester-Granit factory in Budapest (where Zeisel was hired for her for job), matches Ziesel’s requirements for serving ware. “I like the way the very thin, hard edges of the plates change into a soft, inviting bellybutton,” she said. “All the pieces together make a very nice family.”

“A building can have far greater impact than the space it stands in.”—William Carpenter, architect and resident

New zoning allowed for a zero-lot-line structure, but required a public storefront, which Carpenter uses as an art gallery.

Large Yellow and White Omaggio Vase 19th-century Danish ceramic company Kahler combines sunny colors and graphic shapes to create this simple, summery vase. $98

Organization is critical in keeping the Tatami House’s minimalist vibe intact. Shoko keeps the kitchen drawers tidy.

Gae Aulenti, Teapot and creamer, 1980.

Crafted from Hasami’s custom blend of porcelain and clay, this teapot is softer to the touch than traditional porcelain, ensuring a positive tactile experience when pouring tea for friends—or for yourself. With a lovely matte finish, this teapot is beautiful enough to serve to a distinguished guest, and simple enough to use every day.

See Arch restored the exterior fireplace wall and painted it a deep blue hue to match the repainted blue timber cladding.

SWEETHEART TEAPOT Created for Gaia & Gino by renowned Parisian designer Christian Ghion, this porcelain teapot has a voluptuous, organic silhouette that infuses a modern aesthetic with Turkish sensibilities.

The bath’s Kohler Purist fixtures and Frederick Weinberg animal figures sit on a Corian countertop

The Airstream Haus’s interior is minimalist, but comfortable, boasting a fully functional kitchen and queen-size bed that doubles as a couch.

The Kelleys furnished the cottage with help from Suzanne’s daughter Betsy Burbank of Betsy Burbank Interiors. Classic modernist icons, such as a Saarinen Womb chair for Knoll, a Herman Miller Eames lounge chair, and an Eileen Grey E1027 side table look at home alongside present-day pieces such as an Encore sofa (which handily folds down into a sleeping surface) from Room & Board and a Doka rug designed and produced by Stephanie Odegard. The Wohlert pendant lights from Louis Poulsen were designed by Vilhelm Wohlert in 1959, but grouped as such, they appear distinctly contemporary.

The Airstream Haus, parked in Ojai, California. August says that when your dwelling is small, it’s important to make the most of outdoor space.

“I really believe buildings are part of a city as an organism.”—William Carpenter, architect and resident

The Japanese brandBeehouse offers an array of sizes, shapes and colors for teapots. We like this one in cobalt blue featuring a removable screen infuser and stainless steel lid.

Black and white kitchen tiles add visual interest to this stunning modern kitchen by IKEA.

Neutra's Kaufmann home was initially designed for living just two months out of the year. Yet after the original owner passed, future tenants attempted to retrofit the space for year-long use. An air conditioning unit was placed atop the roof, and square footage was added, enclosing this courtyard. To return it to its original state, the current owner underwent a five-year restoration and reopened this courtyard to honor the original design. Photo: Tim Street-Porter

The first step was to tear out the existing wall-to-wall carpeting and replace it with cabin-grade, oak flooring to give the house a classic feel and to help anchor the more modern walls and trim. They ordered the flooring from a large company and despite it being the cheapest option offered, the total expense came to $2,300 for materials, making the wood floors—according to Anderson—their biggest splurge.

The apartment is accessed via an old freight elevator. The cabinetry around the elevator entrance—including a massive bookshelf and storage space—is black, contrasting with the white brick walls and the white oak joinery.

Pleased with the pop-up they designed last summer, Frame approached i29 again this fall to construct a more long-term installation: a shop meant to evoke a 3-D walk through of an issue of their magazine.