I’m really liking striated travertine lately (see it in this post, and here). Today I want to give a big thank you to Steph, who writes the Granite Gurus blog, for setting me on the hunt for silver travertine. Here’s a gorgeous example, all the way from Brazil: Clearly, silver travertine is not always very ...
Just a few classic green and white bathrooms for you today. Green is, according to theories of color psychology, the most relaxing color – with gray and white in this spare and elegant bathroom, it certainly works for me: Here’s a simple green and white cottagey bathroom, from (dare I say it) Pottery Barn. Just ...
Did you see this at Granite Gurus this week? A beautiful block of travertine – destined to become an even more beautiful bathtub: As they say in Italy Eccola in tutto il suo splendore! I’m liking travertine cut to reveal the layers more and more these days – remember this backsplash? Thanks, for sharing these ...
The Corian booth at KBIS2010 had some great new demonstrations of what can be done with this frequently disparaged material, like this curved drawer front: Check-out Cheryl at Kitchen Details and Design for her entertaining Corian write-up from Chicago, with many more great pictures, here. Great though it was, the Chicago booth was totally tame ...
How about this for a bathtub? Despite the modern plumbing, it could be the least inviting tub I’ve seen in a long time: I absolutely adore the tiny window in the massive wall – the idea of sitting in the tub throwing what, lavender bubble bath, down on invaders is quite appealing. But I imagine ...
Thank you, Contemporist, for posting this gallery of contemporary kitchens from EuroCucine – great for all of us who couldn’t attend. I don’t really see anything extraordinary and new in the pictures, perhaps it was different if you were actually there. Rectangular cut-outs or niches in walls of cabinets seem to be quite a feature: ...
Tomorrow KBIS2010 begins in Chicago. I’ll be trudging the vast halls of the McCormick Center, diligently seeking out all the latest and greatest that the Kitchen and Bath Industry has to offer. My courage will need quite a lot of gard ing if I’m to make it through the weekend. Assuming I manage to crawl ...