Oh I love an orange accent wall – it’s a color that is guaranteed to lift my spirits and make me smile. Isn’t that exaclty what you need every morning in your kitchen? (via Art&Decoration) It’s even better in close-up, or at least I think so: As if creating a Maine home out of old ...
These kitchens have a little something different going on – curvy corners and distinctly out-of-the-box thinking: (via) A thoroughly contemporary mix of materials and forms and colors – isn’t the seating bar in the center of a large island a great idea? It makes for a much more open and spacious feeling than a large ...
I’m loving the lively scene on these medieval encaustic tiles – from Neath Abbey in South Wales, now on display in the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff: The hounds are my favorites – don’t they look as though they are just out for a glorious romp? Until they catch up with their prey, at ...
It just seems to be the right time of year for some fresh green kitchens – at least in the Northern Hemisphere: (via) Is it contemporary with touches of tradition, or the other way around? Green and white is certainly refreshing, either way. (via) (via) Bricault Design via Remodelista Color psychology tells us that green ...
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 ...