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steel french doors used in luxury bathroom Madeline Stuart

Interior Window Walls

by on October 31, 2010 in Home Decor

Interior window walls create intimacy within a space A pair of french doors provide entry into a dining area kept separate by an interior window wall.  The divided glass allows natural light into the adjoining living room and creates cozy areas within the home.  We considered this solution to divide the kitchen from the great [...]

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Martha Stewart's marble farm sink, backsplash and counters

Sally Wheat-Martha Stewart Sampler

by on October 31, 2010 in Gray Kitchen

How a Houston decorator sampled the kitchen that took gray from dreary to dreamy In the music biz, producers and composers often use clips and bits of well known songs in new compositions. The practice, called “sampling,” is widespread and artists acknowledge it. In the design world, the same process is called inspiration. We bloggers [...]

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robins egg blue matte ceramic mosaic floor tile by trikoni tileworks

Bold Kelly-Green Bathroom

by on October 31, 2010 in Modern Bath

The vivid vanity color helps create a very special spa for children Bright colors in small doses can make a big impact.  Only the front of this modern Shaker bathroom vanity is painted a carefree green  but the color repeats on the medicine cabinet frame.  Vanity sides are faced with the same marble found on [...]

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shaker style kitchen with dove-gray painted island and several hutches

Dove Gray Shaker Kitchen

by on October 30, 2010 in Gray Kitchen

An unfitted kitchen based on uncommonly lovely Shaker-style hutches and tables I always marvel at this amazing kitchen, which reminds me of historic New England as it leaves aside the usual notion of how a kitchen looks and adapts furniture forms instead. There are four different dressers or hutches, each in a different color and [...]

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all-gray traditional kitchen with black-glazed cabinets

Driftwood Kitchen

by on October 30, 2010 in Gray Kitchen

This subdued gray feels masculine — like the kitchen equivalent of a flannel suit Gray-washed cabinets with a black glaze, a neutral mosaic tile backsplash, and stainless steel appliances create a monochromatic tone throughout this otherwise traditional kitchen.   While someone might think ‘why gray with this style?’ it makes sense on a bright day when [...]

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