Current Obsessions: Apricity

There’s no denying it: Where most of our editors live, we’re in the depths of winter. But in the stillness and cold, there’s still beauty to be found. In this week’s Midwinter issue, we’ve been thinking about the glimmers that can come from leaning into it: quieter palettes, spaces both personal and simple, and also slower practices. (A moment of appreciation for good old-fashioned handicrafts!)

Hope you’re able to find a little calm yourself this weekend—and for some of the week’s highlights and more, read on.

• “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.”
• 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 Gardenista contrib. Laura Fenton: Crafted With Pride: A Directory of Made in USA Gear.
• 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.
• 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, so hurry!
• A cute, new-to-us hanging rechargeable lamp suitable for indoors and out.
• Some hot springs “feel like a party, others like a prayer”: a favorite book, worth revisiting.