Refrigerators and freezers can look like furniture. Over the past few years, integrated refrigerators and freezers have progressed from those which take panels to custom, full-blown furniture statements, especially in high end kitchens. The trend toward paneling has been encouraged by open-floor-plan houses where the kitchen is not completely separate and needs to coordinate with [...]
Archive | June, 2011
Quartzite Slab Drama
Don’t miss out on an opportunity to create a sensation. Some stones are too special to end up horizontal on the kitchen counter. Fusion quartzite is certainly one of them. This metamorphic rock was once sandstone. Quartz sand grains and silica cement were fused into one through natural heating and pressure. Varying amounts of iron [...]
Dream to Reality Kitchen Floor
A main purpose of our blog is to present inspire-to-desire photos and commentary. Back in March I received an email from Sandi and Charlie, a couple in Omaha who had fallen in love with the floor in our Bistro Tile Floor Kitchen [top]. They were planning to remodel the kitchen in their 1948 house and [...]
Boho Sofas
Prints put some fun into sofas which often can be a little… stuffy. High end seating is flashing a bohemian attitude with mixed upholstery-fabric patterns that look especially great in ultra-modern rooms. Donna Wilson’s Mabel sofa for SCP [above] combines two prints of the same custom linen fabric – light-on-dark on the feather-filled button cushions [...]
Eco-Friendly Geometric Rugs
Floor coverings with contemporary patterns and vibrant colors for active households. If you are in the market for a sturdy (but attractive) rug or runner, today is your lucky day! Plastic foil and polyester are woven into organic floor coverings by Brita Sweden. They are perfect for high traffic areas, food spaces, wet places and [...]
