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modern zebrawood bath vanity with Bisazzo glass mosaic tile wall by WrightWorks, LLC

Zebrawood Master Bath

This striking material is at home in any room. Last week I featured a dramatic Zebrawood Kitchen in a historic townhouse and talked about using this exotic wood for countertops and accents.  Today, I want to share a contemporary master bath made from the same dense material.  The veneer was used to create a custom [...]

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Terra Green Kitchen

The murky but wonderful mix of green, brown and grey is an earthy natural. It’s not quite olive or khaki green and it’s somewhat dark. In the Victorian era this earthy color would quality as a “drab,” which are muted and sophisticated.  For me, this hue is a stunning alternative to either gray or natural-wood [...]

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carrara marble bathroom with white cabinetry

Classic Carrara Bathroom

Monochromatic rooms depend on details to entertain Carrara marble, classic white Victorian style cabinets and painted plank wainscot define this post-Millenium bathroom.  Stone takes several forms: subways and hex tiles in the shower, large square tiles on the floor and ogee-edge slabs on the vanity and tub deck. Given the monochrome color scheme, details such [...]

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Spinach Eurosplash Kitchen

Eurosplash  is our name for an English-style counter-to-ceiling tile backsplash The statement-maker spinach-green subway tile shows how transforming tile color can be. The edgy, mid-20th century hue pushes the lovely — but very traditional — white cabinets with Carrara marble counters, in a more modern direction in a very decisive, simple and effective way. (Source:  [...]

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Lavender subway tiles in a white Christopher Peacock kitchen

Lavender Subway Tile Kitchen

Unusual colors for tile and walls energize white cabinets and Carrara marble The amazing color of this bespoke kitchen is handled beautifully by designer Christopher Peacock. Pale gray-lavender subway tiles are fortified by the stronger lavender wall and window color, and then tied into Carrara marble counters which have an elegant ogee edge that also [...]

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