We salute the arrival of the New Year! The three of us wish you and your families a healthy, happy and prosperous 2011. May your fears be banished and all your dreams come true. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxJane F, Allison and Jane T
Archive | December, 2010
Dishware Display Love
For me, having a lot of dishes in the house means I’m always ready for the holidays. And since I’m an out-of-sight-out-of-mind type, I love to have them easy to reach and on display. I’m not much for closed cabinets, which always seem forbidding. That makes me an old-fashioned dish-dresser person. Nothing shows off dishes [...]
Manned-Up Bedrooms
Décor can reflect gender in very direct ways. As one of the most intimate rooms in the house, bedrooms say a lot about comfort and who’s in charge. Color, style, window treatments and accessories play key roles in creating a specific mood. In these three bedrooms there’s a real guy-thing going — which I don’t [...]
Oriental Rugs in Bathrooms
Handmade carpets add a luxurious finishing touch Atticmag’s bathrooms are packed with inspiration. While the sinks, fixtures, tubs and taps may catch most people’s attention, we rug-obsessed folks naturally zero in on the floors. If you haven’t ventured past the standard fare bath mat then take a gander at these rooms to see how a [...]
Library Ladder Kitchens
Borrowing a luxe feature from another room adds a wow factor and solves a practical problem, for a price. High ceilings in old houses pose upper cabinet problems for kitchen renovations. Often, kitchen designers recommend two tiers of cabinets with the shorter ones (called soffit cabinets) stacked on top of the regular “uppers.” This is [...]
