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Duncan Nielsen

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News Editor at Dwell Magazine

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  • My DIY Outdoor Shower Cost $1,000 and Makes Me Feel Like a Million Bucks-Year-Round

    Dec 5, 2024 | msn.com | Duncan Nielsen

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  • My DIY Outdoor Shower Cost $1,000 and Makes Me Feel Like a Million Bucks-Year-Round

    Dec 5, 2024 | dwell.com | Duncan Nielsen

    Setting aside matters of taste, there are things in this life that are beyond reach: I’ll never own a superyacht, say, or a collection of cashmere Loro Piana sweaters, fastidiously folded and laid side-by-side in a cavernous mahogany walk-in with alcove lighting. But there are a few luxuries we little people can afford, if we really want them: Good ice cubes, fresh flowers around the house, and, at the upper limits of unadulterated opulence, an outdoor shower.

  • My DIY Outdoor Shower Cost $1,000 and Makes Me Feel Like a Million Bucks-Year-Round

    Dec 5, 2024 | yahoo.com | Duncan Nielsen

    Generate Key TakeawaysWith just a few days’ work and materials (mostly) from the local hardware store, my backyard’s newest addition is a real upgrade. Setting aside matters of taste, there are things in this life that are beyond reach: I’ll never own a superyacht, say, or a collection of cashmere Loro Piana sweaters, fastidiously folded and laid side-by-side in a cavernous mahogany walk-in with alcove lighting.

  • The Dwell 24: BMDO

    Sep 10, 2024 | dwell.com | Duncan Nielsen

    View 2 PhotosWhere most people see trash, Fletcher Barns and James L. Marshall see potential—and they’ve made repurposing scraps into an art. View 2 Photos"A lot of this stuff has no future, basically," Fletcher Barns tells me over a Zoom call. The "stuff" he’s referring to isn’t the chairs, sconces, and trash cans he and his partner, James L. Marshall, produce with their design studio, BMDO, but the detritus that they begin with: a beat-up headlight, a discarded table, scraps of carpet.

  • The Dwell 24: Leo Kaspar

    Sep 10, 2024 | dwell.com | Duncan Nielsen

    View 2 PhotosThe Devon, England, artist’s glass sconces, lamps, and candleholders reinvigorate aging traditions for a younger generation. View 2 PhotosLeo Kaspar is the first to admit that the craft tradition he works in doesn’t have a store of appeal for his generation. "Glass fusing is usually like people making tea coasters or Christmas-tree decorations," he tells me over a video call from his studio in Devon in South West England.

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