Architecture & Interiors With Meredith Swinehart
Congratulations to the 60 finalists in the third annual Remodelista + Gardenista Considered Design Awards!
In June, you sent us more than 800 projects, ranging from colorful kitchen overhauls to budget bathroom DIYs and even a remodeled schoolhouse. It's been by far the best work we've ever received. We've pored over 4,500-plus photos and, in partnership with our guest judges, have picked finalists—our five favorite projects—in each category. Without further ado, visit the Remodelista Finalists and Gardenista Finalists to see who's made it to our final round.
Now you decide who wins: Vote once per day in each of the six Remodelista and six Gardenista categories now through August 15. Set a daily reminder to vote once a day in all 12 categories.
Since winners will be chosen by public vote, the success of each finalist depends on your help. Share your favorite projects using the social sharing tools embedded during voting, and share the link to the voting page to encourage friends to make their own voices heard.
Note: We'll govern fair play to the best of our ability using IP addresses, but please be honest in your voting. One vote per person per category each day.
Congratulations to our finalists. Now go make your vote count!
Above: From designer Molly Madfis, an easy DIY: A Color-Blocked Wall Clock for $25.
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Domestic Science With Justine Hand
Used on a daily basis, our dishwashers are subjected to a near constant barrage of food, soap, and grease. Over time all this grime takes its toll in the form of mildew, hard water stains, soap scum buildup, and those mysterious bits of goo wedged in crannies and floating on the bottom. Yuck! When that happens, it's time to give this workhorse of a machine its own thorough cleaning.
Here's how.
Photography by Justine Hand for Remodelista.
Supplies
- White vinegar
- Baking soda or borax
- Small cleaning brush, such as a toothbrush
- Toothpick or wooden skewer
- Cloth rags
- Bowls large enough to soak dishwasher parts
- Screwdriver (only needed if you have parts with screws)
Instructions for Cleaning a Dishwasher
Step 1: Remove the trays and utensil holder, so that you can access all of the inner workings of the dishwasher. If necessary, use a screwdriver to take out parts that need cleaning.
Step 2: Clean all removable parts by soaking them and scrubbing as needed.
Above: Immerse removable pieces in a bath of soapy hot water.
Above: While other parts are soaking, give any areas that have extra mildew or hard water stains a vigorous scrub using baking soda and a toothbrush. For extra whitening power, you can mix in some hydrogen peroxide, which combines with baking soda without any harmful effects.
Step 3: Clean the interior.
Sprinkle more baking soda (or borax, see below) over the soap dispenser and other nonremovable parts. Scrub these areas with your toothbrush and for particularly tight areas, use a toothpick or wooden skewer. Be sure to check the water holes to make sure they're clear of debris. Also inspect and clean the bottom and drain area of the machine.
Note: In place of baking soda, you can use borax (sodium borate). A naturally occurring mineral powder commonly used in detergents— and sold on its own as a laundry booster—borax kills mold, deodorizes, and whitens.
Above: Rinse your toothbrush and apply vinegar to clean the rubber seal around the edges of your machine. Be sure to work the bristles in-between the lining to get at mildew and food deposits.
Above: Using a rag soaked in vinegar, gently clean the front and sides of the door, including the controls area.
Step 4: Replace the parts you removed and run your machine using nothing but vinegar.
Vinegar, or acetic acid, is an excellent cleaner useful for sanitizing, polishing metal and glass, killing mildew, and dissolving soap scum. To harness this power in your dishwasher, pour two cups of vinegar on the bottom of the machine.
Important note! Never mix vinegar with bleach when cleaning your machine—or anything else. Doing so will release toxic chlorine and chloramine vapors. Also never use bleach or any cleaner containing chlorine (hydrochloric acid) in a stainless steel machine. It can stain and corrode the metal.
Above: Run the machine on the sanitize or hot cycle.
Step 5: As a final polish, give your machine a baking soda cycle.
Sodium hydrogen carbonate, or baking soda, is also a good cleaning agent, useful for getting rid of odors, removing grease, and whitening stains. (But don't mix it with vinegar! As a base, baking soda will neutralize this acid and visa-versa, canceling out the positive effects of both.)
If your machine is still not clean after the vinegar cycle, add one cup of baking soda to the bottom and run again. I like to alternate between a vinegar bath one month and baking soda the next. For machines that suffer from mineral deposits and stains due to well water, it may be necessary to use a dishwasher-safe stain and rust remover.
You can also use borax to clean your machine. The beauty of borax is that it can be applied while there are dishes in the machine. Simply load your dishwasher as usual, add 1/4 cup of borax to the bottom, add normal detergent to the dispenser, and run as usual. Your glasses will sparkle.
Above: A clean machine ready for work.
Above: Maintain a clean dishwasher by repeating this process once a month.
Get your whole house gleaming with these easy care tips:
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Home Inspiration With Margot Guralnick
A self-taught ceramic artist, Justine Lacoste has a degree in anthropology, which, she says, trained her to pay attention to the tiniest details. Inspired by things such as pastry wrapper folds and the weave of a dish towel, her pieces have a poetry about them that has us enchanted.
Photography by Epure-Justine Lacoste, unless otherwise noted.
Above: Did someone say idyllic? After working for a series of potters and mold makers, Lacoste established her own studio, Epure, in a centuries-old barn on a farm in Brittany, where she lives and works with her husband, Jean: "I focus on the creative side and Jean on the production. We do everything: the ceramics, photography, website, selling, cooking, and not sleeping."
Above: Porcelain wares and molds—made from an old English milk bottle (see below)—on a much-used old workbench in the studio.
Above: Lacoste's designs are available directly from Epure. Though the online shop only gets updated every few months (stay tuned for new pieces in September), the couple takes orders on request and Lacoste posts her latest work on Instagram (@epurejustinelacoste). Shown here, her signature Canelé collection of hand-shaped porcelain serving dishes, which are also available from French online shop Le Repère des Belettes, starting at €12.50 ($13.66) for a Mini Starry Pot. All are dishwasher and microwave safe.
Above: The Canelé Light, €155 ($169.41), in a matte or glazed finish, hangs from a cloth-covered twisted cord.
Above: Porcelain serving boards in an array of impressed patterns are ideal for hanging.
Above: Lacoste's bottle-shaped Point Vases, some with subtle gold detailing, are priced from €23 to €37 ($25.14 to $40.44).
Above: Canelé Bowls (L) are available on request from Epure, and Star Plates (R) are in stock at Le Repère des Belettes, starting at €27.50 ($30). Photograph via Le Repère des Belettes.
Above: Handmade Limoges porcelain Plats Trame Lin are textured with old linen, €38 ($41.53) and €45 ($49.18).
Above: Milk Bottles for serving drinks or displaying flowers are €26 ($28.42) each. Photograph via Le Repère des Belettes.
We found Lacoste's work by chance, but it turns out it's a small world: Her neighbor Mathilde Labrouche of Pierre Coté makes Painterly Porcelain Plates, and her friends Isabelle Dubois-Dumee and Hubert Bettan run Les Petites Emplettes, A Housewares Shop in a Chateau.
Go to Ceramics to see more of our favorites, including Janaki Larsen's Pottery at Le Marche St. George in Vancouver and Rustic Italian Planters by Flò.
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Kitchens With Julie Carlson
New from French company Andrée Jardin: a line of kitchen essentials for pristinely prepped vegetables. "These daily utensils encourage us to prepare fruits and vegetables in a healthful way," the company says.
Above: Designed by Ionna Vautrin (an alumna of the Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec office), the beechwood Cutting Board has a sleek profile. The smaller size (30 by 19 by 3.6 centimeters) is €40 ($43.75) and the larger (37 by 23.5 by 3.6 centimeters) size is €50 ($54.69).
Above: "Water and a vegetable brush are your best friends," the Andrée Jardin team says. "Instead of peeling, submerge your vegetables in water and scrub with the appropriate brush to remove bacteria, pesticides, and any traces of residual soil."
Above: The Small Soft Brush, €10 ($10.94), is designed for cleaning mushrooms, tomatoes, peaches, apricots, and more.
Above: The Medium Brush, €11 ($12), is for zucchini, eggplant, cucumbers, and apples.
Above: The Hard Brush, €12 ($13.13), is for potatoes, radishes, carrots, turnips, and other root vegetables.
Andrée Jardin makes equally nice cleaning accessories—see our Domestic Science and Design-Worthy Dustpans and Brooms posts.
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Domestic Science With Julie Carlson
Louise Jourdan-Gassin, a Paris designer and flea market habitué, recently launched a line of stonewashed kitchen linens printed with vintage photos. Future heirlooms? We think so.
Above: The Marcel Tea Towel, available in white, natural, or mouse gray, is €24 ($26.23) from Serie Limitee Louise.
Above: The coral Flower Tea Towel is $35 from Alder & Co. in Portland, Oregon.
Above: The Fisherman Tea Towel, available in white, natural, or mouse gray, is €24 ($26.23) from Serie Limitee Louise.
Above: The Omar Tea Towel comes in yellow curry, white, natural, and mouse gray; €24 ($26.23).
Above: The Lobster Apron is $60 from Alder & Co.
Share our weakness for new-old kitchen linens? Take a look at Sir/Madam's Mash Note Napkins and Nostalgia Now from Falconware.
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Architecture & Interiors With Margot Guralnick
Last touched in the 1970s, this apartment in Paris's 19th Arrondissement was, according to architect Lina Lagerstrom, of Septembre, "divided into a lot of small rooms and in very bad shape." The owners, a young family of four, called in the Septembre team to create an open kitchen/living room in Scandinavian style with birch plywood, white paint, and a hint of mint.
Photography by David Foessel.
Above: The remodel was done for a creative couple, Sabine and Alexis—she's a graphic designer, he's a writer/comedian—who wanted a combination of "bright, lively, and cozy." Birch ply cabinetry defines the kitchen from the rest of the room, and the walls, ceiling, and floor are white ("painted floors are unusual; Parisians are used to their oak parquet," says Sabine).
Above: The carpentry is the work of Fred de Gasquet of FredFabric. The tall cupboards (which hide the fridge) surround the door to the bathroom.
Above: The low perch dividing the kitchen and living area is a storage space with a removable wooden top for bottles of wine and water. Mint subway tiles and red light cords provide the requested color. See our posts on the Color Cord Company and Wrk-Shp for similar pendant lights.
Above: A trio of mismatched chairs surround the marble-topped table. The white column was a surprise during construction: "We found a bearing post in one of the walls we planned to demolish," explains Sabine. "It was a big deal at first, but we got used to it—we even like it."
Above: The double-exposure windows overlook the rooftops of the Right Bank. Sabine's final word: "It's a great place to cook while watching the kids—well-conceived and functional. And from the sofa, it offers a great view."
Above: Septembre's plans show the bedrooms and bath off the kitchen and the spiral stairs to the roof.
For kitchens with a similar palette, mint tiles included, see Steal This Look: A Mint Green Kitchen from a Scandinavian Stylist and Steal This Look: A Kitchen in Gothenburg, Sweden. Also check out 5 Favorites: Minty Bathrooms, Retro Edition.
Thinking of building your own plywood kitchen? Read Remodeling 101: The Ins and Outs of Plywood. (And take a look at blue plywood here.)
For more inspiration, browse the Kitchens in our photo gallery. (Search by color and materials to find the look you're after.)
This post is an update; the original ran on February 27, 2015, as part of our Clean Living issue.
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