Inspired by springtime, the Remodelista editors threw open the windows and doors this week. Here are five of their favorite ways to refresh the interior design of a home:
Checkerboard Floors
![Solid oak drawers and open storage complement a traditional checked kitchen floor. Photograph by Romain Richard.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gesa-hansen-and-charles-compagnon-country-french-kitchen-courances-france-6-733x1099.jpg)
See more of this kitchen (and the rest of the house) in Gesa Hansen’s Country Style: The Scandinavian-German Designer’s Family Quarters Outside of Paris.
Industrial Floor Lamps
![The Grasshopper Floor Lamp by Swedish architect Greta Grossman for Gubi comes in nine colors; \$\1,030 at Design Within Reach.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gubi-grasshopper-floor-lamp-greta-grossman-733x489.jpg)
See more in this week’s 10 Easy Pieces post.
Hand-Tinted Textiles
![Dublin-based designer Kathryn Davey experiments with natural ingredients, such as tea, avocado pits, and onion skins, to create dyes for limited-edition tea towels, string bags, and other textiles.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/kathyrn-davey-natural-dye-sample-colors-dublin-7-733x733.jpg)
Read more in Dyed in Dublin: Kathryn Davey’s Naturally Tinted Textiles.
Plywood Wall Clocks
![A Bi-Color Plywood Clock from Yuichi Nara has a wood face with die-cut numbers; \$95 at the MoMA Store.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/bi-color-plywood-yuichi-nara-remodelista-733x496.jpg)
See more design ideas from the sunny Ikea kitchen of Parisian stylist/blogger Lucille Gauthier-Braud in this week’s Steal This Look post.
Whitewashed Paneling
![Photograph by Nathalie Mohadjer ourtesy of Gesa Hansen (@GesaHansen).](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gesa-hansen-designed-bathroom-courances-france-10b-733x489.jpg)
In her 19th-century country house south of Paris, designer Gesa Hansen whitewashed the dark wood paneling in the master bath, brightening the space.
See more in Gesa Hansen’s Country Style: The Scandinavian-German Designer’s Family Quarters Outside of Paris.
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