Current Obsessions: In the Studio

Here’s a look at what’s on our radar this week.

• Ceramic artist Brit McDaniel of Paper & Clay shows photographer Alice Gao around her Memphis, Tennessee, studio.
• This weekend is Open House London, a chance to take a tour of some of the city’s architecturally significant buildings.
• We’re checking out the latest offerings from Artisan Connect, a social commerce venture that sells global goods for the home and aims to help craftspeople from Guatemala to Swaziland make a living.
• California-born beauty expert Josie Maran takes Lonny through her Pennsylvania farmhouse.
• The moral of this home tour? The fewer electrical outlets the better.
• We’re losing count of all the artful Ikea hacks we’ve seen, but this DIY basement bar is a new favorite.
• Add a touch of nature (plus more secrets for a happier home).
• Ikea Malaysia challenged shoppers to dress up like their favorite Ikea products—the resemblances are uncanny.
• A bright new collaboration between a small lighting company and Pigeon Toe ceramics.

• Are you following your kids to boarding school? These parents are.
• A shot of the Flatiron Building in New York City going up in 1902.
• Instagram and Pinterest favorites: This week we’re admiring Minneapolis fashion and textile designer Martha McQuade’s Instagram feed and her Black and White Interiors board on Pinterest.
• Meet the most expensive houses currently for sale in America, including a $139 million palace in South Florida spread across 60,000 square feet.
• Actress Kirsten Dunst is renting her one-bedroom SoHo loft for $12,500 a month.

Take a look at this week’s Style on a Budget issue, and don’t miss Gardenista’s week of Cost-Conscious Gardening.