I’m still stuck on Barcelona, with some inspiring “new meets old” kitchens. And just look at the floors – beautiful old cement tile is everywhere: All of the above are the work of interioristas Elina Vilá and Agnès Blanc. You can clearly see their design philosophy at work: • Pure Aesthetics: Designing solutions with great ...
I’ve been poking around on the web exploring Barcelona – I’m going there for the first time in just a couple of weeks, and I’m so excited! I’ve already downloaded the metro map to my phone, and done some serious(ish) research by watching Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Usually when I visit a new city for more ...
Wanna see my snaps of a completed kitchen project? I thought of this as the “watercolor” kitchen all through the design process: The island counter is Vetrazzo, a gorgeous earth-friendly material (more about Vetrazzo recycled counters in this earlier post), complimented by the honed absolute black granite around the perimeter of the kitchen. The backsplash ...
It made me very happy, flicking through Kitchen Trends magazine, when this bright and beautiful kitchen popped up amongst the pages and pages of tasteful neutrals: Not that there’s anything wrong with tasteful neutrals, of course. But this kitchen manages to reflect the individual style and taste of the owners, while remaining perfectly appropriate in ...
Spotted at the tile showroom yesterday, this glass tile is a new twist on the text as decor theme: To be quite honest, I can’t say if there are too many adjectives, verbs, or anything else. What does it all mean? It takes me right back to Latin class – where the main thing I ...
I think it’s generally agreed in kitchen design that the full counter-depth tile sidesplash is dead – it shuffled off this mortal coil a long time ago. I had to hunt down a picture for you because some of you are so youthful you’ve probably never even seen one: See, however beautifully the tile is ...
It was fun to see a few reports from some of my “blogger19″ colleagues, visiting the LivingKitchen exhibition at IMM Cologne last week – and I’m looking forward to reading their future detailed posts about the trip and what they discovered (hear that guys – no pressure!?). I’ve included links to the traveller’s blogs at ...