Apricity is defined by Merriam Webster as “the warmth of the sun in winter.” We hope you’re able to experience it this weekend—even if it’s just a sliver, for just a minute. Below, some recommendations to help you get by until spring.
Above: Bright spot: as seen in A Historic Haven in London Refurbished for a Curator and Art Historian. Photograph by Nick Dearden for Architecture for London.
- Wave Hill’s annual spring luncheon lecture with Ngoc Minh Ngo, Frances Palmer, and Brenna Estrada is on March 19. “Tickets tend to sell out quickly,” says Melissa.
- A cute, new-to-us hanging rechargeable lamp, suitable for indoors and out.
- Need more reasons to garden? Kier suggests checking out Kathy Willis’ Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, and Touching Plants is Good for Our Health.
- Opening this month in Mill Valley, CA: Space Theory’s new showroom in a former warehouse (right next door to sister co. Henrybuilt, a longtime Remodelista fave).
- On our reading list, thanks to a tip from Laura: Crafted With Pride: A Directory of Made in USA Gear.
- “My first apartment was on the top floor of a brownstone on the fringes of Brooklyn Heights,” writes Fan in this week’s house tour. “It was tiny, maybe 500 square feet on a good day, but I adored it. It felt special—a small, calm haven in the middle of a loud, crowded city.”
- Stockholm Design Week is on. (Are you going? Let us know in the comments.)
- Also in Stockholm, Svenskt Tenn is premiering a collection of colorful rag rugs–woven from Josef Frank fabric offcuts by Ukrainian weavers.
- World’s most popular towels? These keep selling out.
- “You don’t have to have a home sauna to use a sauna bucket,” writes Alexa; have a look at her picks.
- A favorite sconce gets two new wintery, limited-edition colors: mulberry and Aegean.
- This sweet wallpaper takes its cues from an historic American pattern uncovered in an old New England house.
- Some hot springs “feel like a party, others like a prayer”: a favorite book, worth revisiting.
