Table of Contents: Spring Forward

A fresh start, no resolutions required. We’re celebrating the new season with a salute to  light-filled rooms, bright colors, inspiring new designs, and the satisfactions of cleaning. Here’s a preview.

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• At the end of the day, you’ll find us in downtown LA at the Ace Hotel’s new rooftop lounge inventively built from concrete. Swimming optional.
• Go Big or Go Home–or so says Alexa, who is forecasting crazy color patterns ahead.
• It’s time to weed out the wardrobe, and perhaps consider a chic new freestanding clothes rack. This example, one of several Leigh will be presenting, is a simple built-it-yourself project.
• Actor/designers Amanda Pays and Corbin Bernsen have three boys and a lot of laundry–which is what inspired them to create their own British-style laundry room, ventilated shelving, included. Stay tuned for a full airing of the details.
• Alexa leads the way to the perfect Friday spot: a restaurant on the harbor in Reykjavik, Iceland, that takes a high-style approach to seaside design.