Family’s are living in multi-residences under one roof – this means that the demands on our households have changed dramatically. Working with a variety of ages, heights, abilities, and needs requires careful planning and considerations.

Simple isn't boring

There’s a new wave of designing with a return to understated elegance. No need for the over the top, elaborately decorative rooms, just spaces that are authentic, historic, and artful. Simple is just as beautiful.

Farm-to-table

It isn’t what we use our kitchen for that’s changed, but rather how we use them. We’re focused on farm freshness and natural products that are safe and healthy. That means that our planning centres are different that out-of-the-box kitchens.

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Off to San Diego t’mo, for a night of debauchery with a bunch of Kitchen & Bath industry folk.

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Jason Wu’s 2011 Spring RTW is splashed with not-so-recession-proof colours.

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It’s taken me a long time to percolate through this. I have really been thinking about where the true essence of design lives. I don’t mean the creativity of the designer, or the co-ordination of materials and finishes. I mean, what makes each person receptive to one particular design or another?

I recently had [...]

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Re-creation of exclusivity: Brizo

On September 11, 2010 By

NEW YORK, NY – In this age of connection and re-connection, which ironically divides us socially but bridges us professionally, anyone can buy anything online. I once bought computer memory for a no-longer-made laptop that I actually ended up returning. I have friends who have bought Modern Revival furniture by special order, something that [...]

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Garç & me decided that it was time for a much needed separation from our laptops, work, and city life. Things at work were really wearing us both down, he with his students and me with my recent influx of clients and retainers. I worked right thru a bout of the flu and I just [...]

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Give Design to Haiti

On January 16, 2010 By

There are so many ways to help when disaster strikes and the quickest and easiest way is to send money. It seems to be a knee-jerk reaction for all of us but it left me thinking about the hard work of re-building and who was going to do that in Haiti. I know that search [...]

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