Some sunny kitchens to start the week. I’ve always been a fan of soft yellow for the kitchen – it can make you feel as if the sun is shining even on the dullest day: (via) (Ann Lansing Design) (auroracucine) Those colors certainly put me in the mood for springtime – how about you? Related ...
I’m so flattered that I’ve been asked to join the BLANCO Design Council – it’s an illustrious but entirely honorary network of industry professionals whose job is… well there’s no job really, we just lend our voices and experience, and occasionally, if the mood takes us, help get the word out about BLANCO’s products. That’s ...
Calling all interior designers and architects – fame and fortune er, fame can be yours, with the Baldwin Hardware Design Competiton. Your chance to design a line of luxury cabinet hardware – to be produced by Baldwin, and (get this) named after you (the winner, that is). Hmmm – I wonder just what the Kitchen ...
You might remember I took my first ever mosaic class a few weeks ago at Fireclay Tile in San Jose. At the end of the class we’d completed most of the mosiac, but the grouting remained to be done at home. Life has certainly been hectic since then, but I finally finished up, and it’s ...
Why waste an inch? A broom cupboard tucked under the staircase is commonplace – but in small spaces a little lateral thinking can really make a difference: (via) Not the ideal location for the dishwasher, I’ll agree – there’s no landing space above or beside it, and who knows where the sink might be. But ...
Are you ready for just a few more beautiful things from the show? The MADE section of the Architectural Digest Home Design Show was launched in 2008 to give individual artists and designers of limited edition and/or one-of-a-kind objects and furnishings an opportunity to promote themselves – and it was a real treat to walk ...
By the time you read this I’ll be heading home from NYC. There were so many treasures at the AD Home Design Show, I can’t possibly share them all – but I can give you a few beautiful examples to look at while I’m trapped in a metal tube crossing the continent. For me it ...