Month in Review: February in Design

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Blame it on the final stretch of winter, but February had us yearning for warmer places and outdoor settings at Remodelista. Some stories took us around the world: we obsessed over an eco-friendly retreat in the high desert of California and longed to visit the summer in a quiet fishing village in Brazil. With the new season approaching, we also had our eye on clean spaces and spring colors. We found inspiration from a minimal and open box house featured on Design Boom, as well as from a light-filled New York loft documented on An Afternoon With by Michael Mundy. In terms of what's new and next, Yatzer took us to the world of color, giving readers a look inside the studio of designer Phil Cuttance and his FACETURE project, while Gwyneth Paltrow blogged about her day at the biannual home décor and furniture trade show Maison & Objet in Paris.

Like it or not, February marks the celebration of romance, and we enjoyed Valentine's Day stories across the blogging world; from the SF Girl By Bay's post on bold uses of the color pink to Design Sponge's tips on creating a romantic tablescape using vintage glass. Remodelista visited a retro workshop in Los Angeles that brought us back to our school days of creating our own handmade valentines.

Lastly, February brought the kickoff to the world calendar of fall fashion shows with New York Fashion Week. Designers, models, bloggers, editors, and the rest of the sartorially inspired gathered to show and take in all the new innovations in style. The week delivered a range of stories; from the "thrill ride" of Proenza Schouler as described by the LA Times blog, to the bronzed cheeks of the Rodarte models. And with the launch of Remodelista's Style Counsel earlier this year, our editors are also engaging in the dialogue of fashion, and will be divulging the "sartorial secrets of our friends in the design world" all throughout the year.

Guest post from the editors at Remodelista, the sourcebook for the considered home.

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