Look at a room through new eyes, and who knows what you’ll see? This week the Remodelista editors discovered new creative designs to make a home feel brand-new.
Your First Sofa
![Founded by Nidhi Kapur, Maiden Home offers nontoxic furniture handmade in North Carolina. Cutting out the middleman, Maiden Home’s four sofas start around \$\2,000 (shown here is The Ludlow).](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/maiden-home-ludlow-sofa-733x451.jpg)
Compact Refrigerators
![Big Chill of Boulder, Colorado, creates modern appliances with retro appeal. The Under Counter Mini Fridge comes in eight colors—and more than \200 custom shades.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/big-chill-under-counter-mini-refrigerator-white-733x489.jpg)
Stacey rounds up her favorite energy- and space-saving compact refrigerators for tight budgets and small kitchens in this week’s 10 Easy Pieces post.
The Cuban Mop
![Meet \2\20;the Cuban mop. Its genius lies in the simplicity of its design—no bells and whistles, just two sticks that screw together into a T. It’s inexpensive, lightweight, easy to use, and a cinch to clean,\2\2\1; writes Justine. Photograph by Justine Hand.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cuban-mop-diy-use-733x1100.jpg)
Read more in The Cuban Mop: The Near Perfect Cleaning Tool You’ve Never Heard Of.
Colored Glass Pendants
![Handblown glass pendant lights (also shown in the top photo of this post) are designed by August and made by Andrew O. Hughes in rosaline colored glass. See more of the project, with photographs by Devon Banks courtesy of Yun Architecture at Layers of History—and Color—in an Artist Couple’s \18\28 Manhattan Townhouse.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/andrew-o-hughes-meredith-flushmount-glass-light-733x489.jpg)
In this week’s Steal This Look: Kitchen post, “a colorful palette has plenty of genius ideas to replicate,” writes Alexa.
Chef-Made Ceramics
![Cracked Black Plates by Dan Cox.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dan-cox-cracked-black-plates-733x475.jpg)
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