5 Favorites: Porch Swing Roundup

With their new undertaking, Sir and Star, Chefs Margaret Grade and Daniel DeLong have taken a simple roadhouse and created something sophisticated and quirky yet accessible to all (with a subtle nod to Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds," which was filmed in nearby Bodega Bay).

Every few years design gurus Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan either move house or latch onto a new one. They call it the upward mobility syndrome, but if their latest move is any indication, the potter-turned-style guru and the window dresser-turned-author just like change, and a design challenge they haven't met before.

Three appealing woven wicker pendant lights—ranging in price from $800 to $195.

We've partnered with the chic girls of Of A Kind on this iPad cover giveaway. Tell us your favorite summer essentials in the Comments section for a chance to win!

This week, architect Devin O’Neill and Faith Rose from the New York firm O’Neill Rose talk about rescuing an 18th century Connecticut long house from a 1970's renovation while giving it a new lease on life. They are available for the next 48 hours to answer and any and all questions. Ask away!

Inspired by the white waves and blue skies of Cornwall, T.G. Green & Col. Cornishware is still made in the same pottery where it was first produced in the 1920s.

Recreate this refreshingly crisp bedroom at the Hotel Tresanton with the following elements.

Located in the coastal village of St. Mawes, the Hotel Tresanton is a converted yacht club overlooking the Fal Estuary, which is notable for a pair of matching castles built by Henry VIII on either shore.

This summer, take a bit of the beach home with you with DIY seaweed prints.

So I have this notebook where I keep a list of DIY ideas for future execution. The other day, I realized that more than half of them are incredibly involved; some require renting power tools, using potentially harmful chemicals, or at least three weekends worth of work. I have to remind myself that I can only do so much.

Shed 5 opened last year as a modern Greek restaurant located in Melbourne's newly renovated docklands on the Yarra river: Loop Creative chose a contemporary industrial look for the interior using steel and wood in keeping with the history of the 19th century heritage listed docklands.