Blue and white kitchen backsplash tile style varies from flowers and folk figures to geometrics. These days, blue and white backsplash chic is geometric. That makes it versatile since geometrics can go in most any direction. One road leads to patchwork [top] wonderfully expressed in the Novecento tile collection from Made a Mano, a tile house located in Copenhagen, London and … [Read more...]
Mantel Jars and Vases
Sets of ceramics, known as garniture, have been timeless fireplace mantel decoration for centuries. It’s always fascinating to see the creativity people bring to the decorating a fireplace mantel. Inevitably, the fireplace becomes a focal point in a room. Because fireplace walls tend to be symmetrical (and problematic if not) the starting point, in my mind, is a quick look at … [Read more...]
Giverny Kitchen
Giverny offers more than Monet's gardens -- his kitchen makes an impression, too. Giverny, 45 miles west of Paris, is a historic home with legendary gardens known worldwide through the paintings of its owner, the Impression master Claude Monet. The house is a marvel as well, particularly the Giverny kitchen -- a work of art in traditional blue-and-white faïence tile with a … [Read more...]