Archive for February, 2009
Following our Kitchen Countertop Ideas list that was published last week here are more options:
Wood: Giving a beautiful and warm look, wood is available in a wide range of colors and finishes. While other woods are often seen, the most common are hardwoods such as maple and oak.
Pros: Easy to clean, smooth, can re-sand and re-seal should you have to.
Cons: All that re-sanding and re-smoothing! It stains and scratches easily, plus you’ve got to seal it according to the manufacturer.
Stainless steel – It screams industrial and contemporary! It’s resistant to heat and tres durable. Because they are often design to spec, you can even have a seamless countertop fitted.
Pros: It can take the heat and makes cleaning a breeze.
Cons: It can be pricey, it can be noisy, it can dent, and forget about cutting on it.
Marble – Because of its cost, marble is the luxury darling of countertops, that why you often see it used in one locale (like the kitchen island) as opposed to the whole kitchen itself.
Pros: It’s waterproof and can withstand great temperatures, it’s also beautiful!
Cons: It’s expensive, it’s porous and it requires much maintenance.
Syndecrete composite – Eco friendly! Made of recycled materials like plastic bottles!
Pros: You are viewed as Earth Mama supreme by all your friends!
Cons: While not hideous, there are prettier substances out there.
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Posted by admin at 27 February, 2009
These gorgeous lighting fixtures are manufactured by Lumen Center Italia, a company that founded in France in 1976 and moved to Milan Italy in 1987. For more information go to their website www.lumencenteritalia.it
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Posted by admin at 27 February, 2009
At ChicTip.com we passionately believe that all human beings have the right to own art. Which is why when we find a site like Canvas Lounge Art we bust our butts to bring it to you as soon as possible. Lacking the funds needed to begin your snooty collection in earnest? Would you gladly settle for a picture you love, for a price you’d love? This is the site for you. Their prices are always low, but as an added incentive they’ve typically got pieces on sale. Don’t find an image in their extensive gallery that appeals to you? Try their on-site software and create your own! From pop art odes to Marlon Brando, to contemporary masters, they’ve got what you want.
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Posted by admin at 26 February, 2009
This beautiful modern table lamp with cantilevered structure in polished coloured aluminum has a full rotational diffuser in matt anodised aluminum.
You can get the Tolomeo Table Lamp at DesignShop UK
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Posted by admin at 26 February, 2009
What better place to employ an artistic flare than on your walls? Don’t let drab wallpapers or tired prints bring you down – get the best of the artistic world and the design universe with this wild wallpaper by SuM Design.
Posted by admin at 25 February, 2009
Like the song says, sometimes it isn’t easy being green, especially when going green doesn’t exactly mean going stylish. That’s what makes Michelle Kaufmann designs such a rare jewel. They are a full service architectural firm that specializes in “Sustainable, innovative, high quality homes.” Their website is living proof of this philosophy. You type in their address expecting another boring display of plain modular homes, but instead you are presented with personalized retreats worth coveting. From design to construction, their goal is to work with each client making the whole concept of going green, easier. I mean, they literally sit down with you, plan your home, one on one, and in under 14 months your new home arrives on a truck, 90% ready to go! Going green never looked so good.
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Posted by admin at 25 February, 2009
CB2 just published their new catalog. Great modern design at affordable prices.
Have a look ..
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Posted by admin at 25 February, 2009
There is something I love about every site I report on here at chictip – be it a color, a writer, a designer taking a risk, I fall in love a little each time I meet something new. It is rare however, that I fall so in love that I find myself having purchased something before I even manage to spread the love vis a vis a particular site’s awesomeness. In fact, it’s never happened. Until today. Bookhou, bookhou, bookhou – they’re absolutely number one in my heart right now. From bags, to home décor, to furnishings, to sculpture – if left to my own devices (and someone else’s wallet) these folks would be responsible for designing my life. As it stands now, I’ve already purchased their linen tea cosy, linen and cotton batting with a delicate spring pattern in white upon it! And I seldom make a pot of tea! Don’t believe me? Don’t want to check out their site? That’s fine. More for me.
Check out Bookhou Website
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Posted by admin at 24 February, 2009
This brand new hotel is putting some of Manhattan’s ritziest joints to shame. Opened in July 2008, NU Hotel offers well, a new experience to its patrons! Design fiend? You’re in luck, this concept is smart, clean, and fresh. Just looking for a great place to stay? It’s hard to say which is better – their design or their service. I’m a huge fan of any building that respects the landscape already in place and this hotel fits seamlessly. Plus you have easy access to some of Brooklyn’s most exciting neighborhoods!
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Posted by admin at 24 February, 2009
The Buro Fur Form design studio was founded in 1998 by Benjamin Hopf and Constantin Wortmann.
Both designers graduated with Master degrees in Industrial Design from The University of Design in Munich.
Here are some examples of their designs:
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Posted by admin at 23 February, 2009
