This heavyweight canvas duffel bag designed by Emily Sugihara for Baggu is a casual way to keep your essentials safe and secure. Suitable for weekend getaways and overhead bins, the Baggu Duffel Bag will quickly become your go-to travel bag.

When unfolded, the WorldBed measures 25-inches wide by 75-inches long by three-inches thick.

When compressed, a WorldBed measures 25-inches wide by 25-inches long by one-inch thick.

Bialetti's new Aeternum saute pans come in eight-inch, 10.25-inch, and 12-inch diameters. The 12-inch version comes with a lid.

This Duffel Bag is designed with the traveler in mind. Crafted from heavyweight canvas, the bag is roomy enough to accommodate a couple of days of clothing, but small enough that it is not too obtrusive. Simple and refined, this bag is an easy-going travel accessory.

Architect: YAMAMAR Design, Location: San Francisco, California

Tasked with creating a multi-use guest pavilion on a relatively small Northern California vineyard lot that could also host sit down dinners for up to 60 people, designers at Anderson Architects started by asking the key questions: “Where should it be within the property?” “How much floor area do we need for a 60 person dinner?” “How much volume do we need for a basketball court?” “We also always tell ourselves to look at the landscape first, let it dominate and lead it through. The building took the form of a large Napa Valley barn.

Seated on a George Nelson bench, feline resident Miu Miu gazes through the east picture window at the ongoing construction. Sharing the bench is a quarter-inch-to-one-inch-scale model of the house and addition.

Lisbet measures in at four-and-a-half inches in height and three inches in diameter.

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With the doors flung wide open, the Deams' outdoor space truly functions as an adjunct living room at the core of the home. The feeling of an outdoor room is reinforced by the linearity and evenness of the concrete patio surface, which was constructed with Stepstone's Narrow Modular Pavers. "I actually discovered them at Dwell on Design in 2006," Lara says. The three-inch-wide pavers are available in multiple lengths and in 12 different shades.

Designed with weekend trips in mind, the Baggu Duffel Bag has a classic silhouette made in heavyweight canvas to create a durable and sturdy bag. Available in solid black and striped versions, this unisex bag is an ideal gift for a friend or family member who likes to jet off at a moment’s notice.

The Wee Woolly is the smallest Woolly Pocket, measuring in at just 12 inches wide, six inches long, and six inches high.

24-inch-wide gas cooktop by Haier, $900 This scaled-down cooktop—which features four gas burners offering a range of BTU levels—is part of Haier’s collection of appliances focused on small spaces and urban living.

"24-inch electric cooktop and oven designed for micro-living from @boschappliances, available in April."

Ditch that old nylon duffel. This streamlined, heavy-duty canvas duffel bag is roomy, without being too bulky. It features handles and a shoulder strap, and is available in a sailor stripe pattern as well as a cool, solid black.

Reclaimed and recycled cypress beams measure 16 inches tall, six inches wide and are 36 feet long. Courtesy Architects and Artisans.

The pagoda-like Henrik is a skinny two-and-a-half inches in diameter but stands six inches tall.

Cabin at Longbranch | Olson Kundig

Noise-canceling headphones work by producing sound waves that are 180 degrees out of phase with ambient sound waves, like those coming from airplane engines or air conditioners. Basically, the sounds meet and cancel each other out to produce silence, so only the music can be heard.

The newest version is the QuietComfort 25. They’re a mix of the brand's classic aesthetic and new technology. Hardware updates to the preceding QC 15 including noise regulation that Bose says reduces the “hiss” sometimes associated with noise-canceling headphones.

With a minimal and understated look, this floating staircase and landing design evokes a less-is-more philosophy and architectural style. Architect Carlo Gaspari converted a former knife-making workshop in Abruzzo, Italy, into a sophisticated residential property. The design pays homage to the home’s name—Casa del Ferro (the Iron House)—by using iron within the interior design, such as the staircase.

The Robern 36-inch wall-mount vanity by Kohler

Requirements for licensed contractors depend on the scope of work and the location of the project.

Husk is no under-the-radar cafe: It was crowned Bon Appetit's best new restaurant in America in 2011 when it opened. Chef Sean Brock's other Charleston restaurant, McCrady's, skews slightly more towards molecular gastronomy while Husk serves up less challenging takes on Southern fare.

36-inch Majestic range by ILVE in zinc yellow, $8,670 With ILVE’s custom color program, the Italian brand’s hoods and ranges—including this model with griddle and rotisserie—are available in a palette of 200 hues.

The house sits on 1.25 acres of land and has a deck that connects the interiors with the outdoors throughout the property. Little points out, “Some of the old-growth redwood he used has up to 25 growth rings in a single inch!”

The surrounding green landscape transitions into the interiors

The legend behind the headphones' creation is that founder Amar Bose was dissatisfied with the airline-issue headphones provided on a flight he took in 1978. However apocryphal, he is said to have written down calculations before landing, and those plans led to the first noise-canceling headphones that came out years later.

The Bose QC 25s are “over-ear” headphones, which mean they entirely surround the ear with padding to block out as much noise as possible. Some people find them cumbersome when worn for extended periods, but the padding on the top band keeps them from feeling heavy.

Questions from your contractor mean that they have taken the time to review the construction documents or drawings and scope of work.