Design for a Beautiful Life

Our new blog & video – Aging in Place Options!

We have a new blog that deals with universal design and aging in place options. We’ll be transitioning our blog “Universal Design for You” to this new blog eventually. Here’s the link: http://aginginplaceoptions.com/

And here’s our new video for why we believe that aging in place is so important!

Visiting Paris in my memories….

This wet & cold summer has me dreaming of my trip that I took to Paris back in 2008! So … since I can’t be there physically, I’ll be there in my memories. Here’s my post from that trip in case you missed it! ~

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.

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.

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Nutrition For Adults Only

  Join us this Tuesday at 5:30 PM (8:30 EST) for the start of  our new (& first) tele-series! Kristina Brown of Eating Skinny will be my guest as we discuss what it takes to Age Well. She’s sharing delicious recipes & wonderful cooking tips to make food incredible. Did you know that as we [...]

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.

Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day

I decided to try something new this year. I’ve had this cookbook for awhile now and have wanted to make my own bread. So when I saw this cookbook, I was intrigued. It sounded so easy but I was dubious. Could it really take 5 minutes to make the delicious-looking loaf on the cover?