18 Jul 2011

NHow Hotel Berlin by NPS Tchoban Voss

Extreme cantilever alert! A four-storey block with a mirrored underside juts out from the top of a Berlin hotel, 25 metres above the ground

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3 Dec 2010

What Colors Will Be Big in 2011?

According to Mythic Paint, next year’s palette will offer warmth and an ethnic influence. While no one can truly foretell the future, the company’s insights will surely provide inspiration in your projects for months to come.

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22 Apr 2010

Designer Spotlight: Carolyn Quartermaine

She was the designer of the year in 2008, Maison et Objets. As an artist, textile designer and decorator she works from her several studios in France, London & Belgium. What I love her work for is her incredible textile patterns. I love the light airy look of her latest designs.

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16 Apr 2010

Would you love to get a free ticket to see HGTV Color Splash Host David Bromstad at the Seattle Design Center?

“If “YES” is your answer, tell us why you’d like to meet him in person on Saturday, April 24 at Eye on Design 2010, and you could win a free ticket to attend! Better yet, share a design question about how best to use color and art to transform your home and your question could be among those to be answered “live” on event day.

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5 Apr 2010

Surfaces Series – Beautiful New Surfaces for Your Bath and Kitchen

In our last post we featured Eldorado Stone for your interior and exterior spaces. In this post, we feature new surface materials that are wonderful in the bath and kitchen.

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1 Apr 2010

Surfaces Series – Eldorado Stone Surfaces for Your Home

Here’s Eldorado’s latest video showing how their stone can transform the look of your home indoors and out. I especially love the wine cellar and the niches in the stone wall for candles in the spa bathroom. So tell me – which is your favorite application of their beautiful stone? Here’s a few examples from their site of different ways to enhance your home with stone. Gorgeous!

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4 Mar 2010

In Long Island, a Home for All Generations – NY Times.com

EARLY this month, three generations of the Delfino family moved into the 3,400-square-foot stone and stucco home they designed for themselves in Port Jefferson Station.
Mike Delfino Jr., 52, and his wife, Maria, 49, took the master suite on the right side of the first floor. Their sons, ages 16 and 20, have bedrooms upstairs and a large game room that could be a living room if they decided to boomerang back home as adults.

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30 Jan 2010

Kitchen and Bath Design Trends for 2010

  The National Kitchen & Bath Association Unveils Kitchen and Bath Trends for 2010   This week, the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) revealed its key kitchen and bath design trends for the new year. Culled from a survey of designers that was conducted by the association, they indicate a continuation of a number [...]

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26 Jan 2010

The New Color of the Year

  2010 Color of the Year Unveiled Feel swept away in 2010. Pantone announced its 15-5519 Turquoise as the color of the upcoming year. The hue was chosen for its combination of serene blue and invigorating green, as well as its ability to evoke thoughts of soothing, tropical waters and an escape from the everyday [...]

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15 Jan 2010

John Saladino brings Vermeer’s artistry to life

Based on the movie Girl with a Pearl Earring, design legend John Saladino transforms this Soho apartment. “As one of the great Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, Johannes Vermeer transformed scenes of everyday life into masterpieces revered for their silent intensity, purity of light and form.” Saladino used a gorgeous palette of colors inspired from the girl’s headdress of luminescent blues, rich taupes and dreamy whites.

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