All it took for us was one hot day last weekend where we were all trying to find shade from the sweltering sun! With summer 2015 officially here its time to talk umbrellas - for docks, decks, patios and yards alike. While local stores are likely facing depleted inventory, especially in the color department we're thrilled to introduce a new line that stocks -wait for it - [...]
Hot Off the Furniture Press This Week Crate & Barrel is CLOSING its flagship Madison Ave Manhattan store due to rising rent. Having occupied their Midtown East location for 20+ years it's a sign of the times. CB lovers will either have to visit the SOHO store or do the more convenient order online option and forget slugging awkwardly sized items through the subway! Our [...]
From the moment we first walked into this old firehall in Highpoint, North Carolina we loved what we saw. What was so special about it? We can't quite recall the year (too many markets ago!) but it looked like this. ....and every which way we turned there was more eclectic goodness. Have you fallen in love yet? This we would discover was GJ Styles and it [...]
So this happened and I bet its happened to you too! I was lazing away this winter oceanside, between St Lucia's majestic Pitons on Sugar Beach ... when my husband said I'm hungry. With the restaurant a mere 50 steps behind us, we made our way up the beach then past this spectacular pool... and into this gorgeous open-air restaurant for a bite. The beach bag [...]
So our biggest pet peeve about selling furniture is the photography, and by that we mean never having great pictures of the products to share with our clients! Lets discuss the above photo. It's a GREAT photo but its in a PAPER catalog, that's then been loaded online and and we have had to click 12 times to get there. What part of it's 2015 don't these [...]
It's Travel Tuesday and today we land in Zichron Ya'akov. Where? Yeah we had to look at the map too! This small town in Israel, just north of Tel Aviv is at the rim of Mount Carmel’s ridge. Housed in a building originally designed as a sanitarium in 1968 by the late Israeli architect Jacob Rechter, Elma (an acronym for Elstein Music & Art) embodies [...]
Often the smallest spaces in your house and ones that are used to maximum capacity. Do you know which room we're talking about? Window Area Before That's right - a bathroom! It's Makeover Monday and today we head to Houston, Texas to see what Sophia Vassiliou did to this standard space. Shower Stall Before This Texas native and formally trained fine artist was [...]
It's a beautiful thing when a wacky mix of finishes and styles come together to create beauty. For today's Wacky Wednesday pick we look at Nuevo's new lighting line, new at the Spring 2015 market. Check out these insanely beautiful pendant lights Maia Stunning right?! We're note only obsessed with the finishes (they just wouldn't be the same in typical standards like gold, [...]
Erected in Toronto in 1956 as a warehouse, 90 Sumach became the design centre for the beginning of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's television era. For decades the CBC's archives, studios, rehearsal spaces and workshops thrived here. Respected artists such as Glenn Gould, Jim Henson and Lorne Michaels once worked within these walls! The building, also known as the "Brewery Lofts", was originally part [...]
Tis the season to take it outdoors indeed, but when that sun goes down there seems to be a more noticeable temperature drop than decades previously no?! To compensate we're all about turning up the heat - from patio heaters to fire pits or features we carry them all. Today, however, we look at a few more interesting faux flame features. The "Pipes" A perfect [...]