While a flood of new flooring options — laminates, engineered woods, vinyl, and tiles in both natural and man-made stone — has resulted in more choice than ever, it’s also …
Peeps messing with my blood pressure should CUT IT OUT!
If I seem of late testier than usual (I know, hard to imagine, right?) it’s partly I’ve been trying to quantify just how often and how much I get irritated, …
Custom draperies and upholstery, or, haute couture for home
Those old enough to recall — fondly or not — Martha Stewart’s heyday in the late nineties may also remember the fad she launched for DIY window treatments and slip …
Tile tales indeed
There are some very lovely, and very graphic, tiles appearing on both walls and floors these days that get Auntie Vicky’s Unqualified Approval (patent pending). I’ve seen lots of what designer/media mogul Lynda Reeves called earlier this year “disrupted” floors, in which wood – sometimes with a purposefully jagged edge – abuts very busy tilework. I’ve also seen many floors with complex Escher-like patterns that play with the mind. (See the floor in the piece I did on Tiffany Pratt’s kitchen.) And some of what I’ve seen on walls lately – so very beautiful. Lots and lots of stunning Art Deco and Byzantine flavours on view, but I also adore floral and nature-inspired patterns, especially when they turn up in smaller spaces – entryways, and bath, laundry and powder rooms. Here’s a gallery of tiles I think are simply divine. Works of art, no? Outside your budget? Mine too, probably. In a few weeks I’ll do a gallery of affordable go-to tiles. In the meantime, feast your eyes.
Tiles shown here from Ann Sacks, Walker Zanger, Lunada Bay Tiles, Clé Tile, New Ravenna
Dining room makeover – part 1
My well-used dining room has, over the years, done double duty as an office for the Man of the House. Which means that, at the very least, it’s always looked …
