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by Remodelista Team

Ahead: 19 things we’re noting this weekend, including design cues and garden sightings from Charleston to Melbourne, the UK to Ukraine.

P.S. Next week is our annual end-of-summer respite: We’ll be diving into the archives and highlighting favorite stories from years past; and we’ll be back with new content on Saturday, August 30. Enjoy each bit of summer meanwhile.

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Above: The dreamiest Italian villa—as toured by Margot in this week’s Villa Colucci: Two Danish Design Couples Resurrect a Palazzo in Puglia—feels like being inside a watercolor.

Spotted on Instagram: a Marseille flat that makes the case for putting everything on wheels.
Look who’s in AirMail! (See our story on this style-setter’s shop here.)
A simple swap that makes a difference? Switching out your switch plates—and Annie’s admiring this enamel option.
And on The Modern House, the kitchen of two restaurateurs, everything within reach.
Love the simple bed curtains at this newly opened hotel in Savannah spotted by Margot.
And a visual travelogue of the summer by none other than Beata Heuman.
Nothing like a sleep shirt—esp. one inspired by the classic button-down.
In Maine? Wild Seed Project’s annual plant sale is on the horizon. Tickets are free, but registration is required. (Hat tip: Laura.)
Another September event to consider? Deborah Needleman’s Willow Garden Trug Workshop, in which participants get to spend two days learning how to make baskets at her gorgeous home studio and garden.
Fan’s favorite news story from this week: “From the Ashes of the Eaton Fire, Roses Bloom.” (Speaking of which, read about Altadena’s free plant stand here.)
When naturalistic landscape design meets modern architecture, pure magic.
“Loved this video explaining the cultural history of front lawns,” writes in Laura.
“Gardening in Ukraine. Seed saving as survival. A story of beauty under siege.” (Hat tip: Annie.)
Need inspiration to go pesticide-free? See this gorgeous garden in Westchester, NY.
Captured: the life cycle of a garden, from early-spring cutback to summer glory to winter browns.
Trigger warning for those who have trypophobia: find otherworldly arrangements of seedheads here. (Hat tip: Kier.)
On the hunt for good-looking outdoor downlights? Look no further.
And the most artful (and most expensive!) tissue holder in the world goes to …