Weekly Wrap-Up: Tropical Medicine

The best way to beat the heat? Join it—and slow down (way down). This week Remodelista decided to hone in on hot designs from the tropics. Here’s a sampling.

tropical-print-botany-wall-a-er-lemon-gardenista — Above: The next best thing to a tropical vacation—lush botanical wallpaper in your home to encourage a lazier pace. See 9 Favorites: Rooms with a Touch of the Tropical, Wallpaper Edition.

Above: Wellfleet, Massachusetts, is nowhere near the tropics, but Julie’s summer home also inspires a mental shift into a slower gear. She recently transformed her guest bedroom just by giving it a fresh coat of paint. See Before & After: A Low-Cost Summer Guest Room Makeover, Cape Cod Edition for details and paint colors. Photograph by Justine Hand for Remodelista.

Felipe Hess Apartamento Av Paulista in São Paulo — Above: We like this single, long floating shelf used to display small objects, sculpture, and framed art in a Brazilian apartment. See A Minimalist Tropical Apartment for an Art Collector in São Paulo, Brazil. Photograph by Ruy Teixeira, courtesy of Felipe Hess.

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This greenhouse-inspired kitchen, an addition to a stone cottage in England, is flooded with light and charm. See Kitchen of the Week: An English Glasshouse Addition with a deVol Kitchen for an Aesthete and a Chef.
Here’s another swoon-y destination from Coqui Coqui’s tastemakers. See To the Wonder: Casa de los Santos by Coqui Coqui in Izamal, Mexico.
Ceiling fans are de rigueur in the tropics if you want to survive the heat. Alexa rounds up 10 stylish wood models. See 10 Easy Pieces: Wood Ceiling Fans.
Calling all DIY gardeners: Here’s a list of top landscape design software programs. See 10 Best Landscape Design Software Programs of 2018.
Justine stops by an enviable New England garden, complete with fieldstone walls, a meandering meadow, and native plants. See Garden Visit: A Revolutionary Landscape in Concord, MA.