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 ...
Is it very geeky of me to say I can’t wait ’til I get my update to the new release of autokitchen? autokitchen 10 is rolling out this month, and it sounds like there are some really practical improvements over the previous version – things that will definitely make my life easier. But what I ...
So finally, on Saturday, after threatening to do it forever, I finally took my first baby steps in the art of mosaic – in the form of a pet portraiture class with the lovely and extremely talented Delaine Hackney: First of all, what better place for a class than in the “boneyard” at San Jose’s ...
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 ...
I’ve been working with a graphic designer on a “proper” logo for Kitchen Clarity – you can see the current iteration just over there (points to side bar, house right). It makes me wonder, if I’d known what an aggravating collection of characters my company name contained, would I have picked a different name? Wouldn’t ...
Susan Serra, at the Kitchen Designer, shared a post about kitchen design software this weekend. She didn’t say which industry approved package she has used up until now, but I think I can guess. I was happy to read that Susan really likes AutoKitchen, I’ve used it quite a lot and I’d love to see ...
If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you probably know I have a bit of a bee in my bonnet about focal points in kitchen design. I know for many (both?) of you readers this is old hat, but with new clients the question of whether it makes sense to make the dishwasher disappear ...