Guaranteed to lift your heart, the kitchen in this 17th century Mexican home. The almost matching gas stoves flanking the tiled range and alcove are an ingenious way to a bring a semblance of modern practicality to an ancient design: I know, a big shiny range would be more efficient – but sometimes form just ...
I’m taking a mini break for the next few days, and I’ll see you all in 2011. Thank you for reading, for your comments and emails – it has been a great peasure to share a little piece of 2010 with you all. I hope the New Year brings you just the right amount of ...
1. Fish splash 2. Fish trap 3. Fish tank Should the occupants of number 3 be concerned, lest we use number 2 to turn them into number 1? My family’s favorite Thai restaurant used to have many tropical fish in tanks as part of the decor. The fish are all gone now, but the menu ...
I learned a new word today – muratura. Well, OK, muratura is Italian for masonry, so if I was fluent in Italian, it would not be nearly so new. Such a lovely word to describe this traditional kitchen style, where the cupboards, drawers and shelves are set into masonry elements, sometimes decorated with ceramic tile, ...
And I mean, really country French. Be careful what you wish for – it’s really more squalid than romantic. As I have to accept that I am a bit of a voyeur by nature, I was delighted to come across a copy of Marie-France Boyer’s Really Rural: Authentic French Country Interiors. The author and journalist ...
The kitchen in this London home (via 1st Option) is a little out of the ordinary, in more ways than one. It was the lack of a backsplash at the range that first caught my attention. Logically, as long as the art is behind glass, it should be no harder to clean than tile or ...