No guts, no glory or is too much of a good thing bad? Goth taste, disco nostalgia, a need for intimate drama, or an overabundance of natural light would be reasons for creating a black bathroom. The effect is stunning but using an all-black bath is an experience you don’t forget. Recently, black rooms have [...]
Archive | February, 2009
Confessions of a Garden-Challenged Decorista
Searching for the perfect plant stand hasn’t been easy Gardens and plants always look brilliant to me, especially views from my 12th Floor apartment window of beautifully landscaped terraces or photos of amazing gardenscapes online. For many years, I lived on 20, with south and eastern exposures, and managed to keep an orchid plant alive [...]
Antique to Modern Kitchen Shelves
Know how it is when you’re clearing out piles of old magazines and suddenly something looks so familiar it stops you cold? That’s what happened when I spotted the charming, jade-green shelving unit over the sink of Laura Robinson’s “back kitchen” a wall housing a sink, dishwasher, dish cabinets, refrigerator drawers, and trash bin located [...]
Hand-Block Prints Go Modern
Hand block printed organic designs created by a Philadelphia husband and wife team The gifted artists within Galbraith & Paul’s Philadelphia studio workshop must ooze with creativity when designing their bold graphic patterns. Their organic designs are transferred onto textiles using the ancient technique of hand block printing. The simplest, but slowest, method of textile [...]
Roseville Pottery
Untitled from Atticmag on Vimeo. Art pottery was made throughout the U.S. but the state of Ohio is known for ceramics Magazine editor Sue Millar Perry shows us her collection of Roseville pottery, ceramics made in Ohio beginning around the turn of the 20th century. This pottery was utilitarian and collectible and celebrated floral and [...]
