Will blue-and-white Delft tile always endure? I keep expecting to read that it’s passé. Instead, iconic cobalt blue-and-white Dutch tiles continue to be chosen for kitchens whether the ceramics are made in Morocco, Texas, France or The Netherlands. While the look screams ‘traditional’ it always feels fresh. Plus, there are so many variations in the [...]
Inspired Design Showhouse
by Jane F on October 27, 2009 in Showhouses
Tour a NYC luxury apartment dedicated to some extraordinary women Move over Kip’s Bay. A group of 15 premier New York interior designers combined talents in a unique showhouse event to launch a new condominium building on West End Avenue, a street that hasn’t changed so much in 30 years or perhaps longer. As it [...]
Black-and-White Smallbone Kitchen
by Jane F on August 31, 2009 in Blk&Wht Kitchen
In London, a 19th Century house with a 21st Century kitchen Modernizing a kitchen in a Victorian house in England is no small accomplishment, even for a designer as celebrated as Robert Couturier. When a longtime client moved from New York to London, Couturier chose the classic black-and-white color scheme using white Smallbone cabinetry with [...]
Butter and Cream Kitchen
by Jane F on November 20, 2008 in Yellow Kitchen
A refined, old-world furniture look currently known as Belgian style. First, there’s a hutch-like arrangement of an upper cabinet with glass doors and sides set over a Siematic Clermont sink base cabinet so that it looks like a hutch. This also is the first instance I’ve seen of a stainless farm sink set into a [...]
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Informal Picture Wall
January 16, 2011
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Eclectic Gender-Neutral Nursery
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Sophisticated Safari Nursery
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Serious Cook’s Kitchen
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My Daughter’s Dining Room Redo
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High Tea
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Modern Designer Rugs
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Bathroom Murals
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Modern Mountain Kitchen
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Bookcase Pinboard and Laptop Niches
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