A Return to Pretty
Spring fever is in full swing, and we’ve caught the bug with a deep rooted desire to be surrounded by nature, both indoors and out. Think bathrooms clad in all...
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Historic Houses
Historic houses are enjoying quite a renaissance these days. While their revival has roots in the V&A’s groundbreaking 1975 exhibition, Destruction of the Country House, followed by decades of preservation...
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Spa Day
In 2021, UNESCO added The Great Spa Towns of Europe to its World Heritage List as a collective site encompassing eleven spa-centric towns across seven European countries. These include places like Bath in...
The New French Look
There’s something to be said for staying true to the bones of a historic house, using it as veritable guard rails to keep a renovation from veering off the stylistic...
Scallop Tiles
Think of scallop tiles and visions of tropical locales likely come to mind. One look at the undulating sea green wall at hotspot Hotel San Cristobal in Todos Santos, Mexico...
Small Splashbacks
It’s the start of a new year and often that means new projects are on the horizon, but they needn’t be grand renovations to make an impact. Sometimes a small...
Tiled Swedish Stoves
There’s something magical about being in Sweden at this time of the year. When the sun rises in the morning it bathes the snow-covered landscape in a pink light that...
A Fresh Look at Glass
As we launch our new collection of glass tiles this month, we wanted to celebrate a group of bathrooms that exemplify the beauty of this sleek modernist material. In developing the collection, we...
Essential Reading
Fall is upon us and we’re spending more time indoors now and that means more time in the kitchen as the heart of the home. That also means we’re likely...
British Ceramics Biennale
Mention “The Potteries” and ceramics lovers will instantly know you’re talking about Stoke-on-Trent, that beloved Staffordshire city where Britain’s ceramics industry was born. Join them there later this month, when...
Handwoven Baskets
If you made it over to Somerset House during the London Design Biennale earlier this summer, you undoubtedly saw the ceramic-like objects designed and 3D printed by a human-looking robot...
Malene Barnett
The fireplace surround in artist Malene Djenaba Barnett’s Brooklyn home tells a deeply personal story. What began with making ceramic tiles, while perusing a Master in Fine Arts at...
Dumais Made
From Deco Off in Paris to Salone in Milan, and now the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York, the talent at this year’s design shows is on fire....
Fantini
If you were in Milan for Salone del Mobile a few weeks ago, you likely found yourself popping into the showrooms along Via Solferino in the Brera design district—named the...
Travel by Design
Summer is just around the corner and if you’re anything like us, you’re considering how to work a little design into your holiday. Recently, some American friends (editors from Veranda...
Ceramic Murals
Earlier this year, at Atelier Vime’s exhibition during Paris Déco Off, artist Wayne Pate showed samples of ceramic murals that he’s able to custom create for our clients. It got...
Kitchen Camouflage
How to deal with ventilation in the kitchen has been a challenge for cooks since fire moved indoors, but no need to go back that far. The development of modern...