Earlier this week I was writing an article for Designer Monthly about reclaiming and recycling. Part of my reaserch delved into the very good works of Build it Green! NYC, a warehouse store that sells reclaimed and surplus building materials at a mere fraction of their original cost. I am a fan of old things [...]

Has your morning routine become a snooze?  Does washing up at your old sink leave you all dried up?  Well, take a look at these beauties…sinks and vanities all dolled up and ready to command your attention.
Neo Metro takes the conical form and transforms it to this  steel beauty called the Metropolis.

What do you get [...]

You know how, sometimes, you’re standing around in the shower and don’t really need the water on? Especially if you’re becoming more aware of just how precious that water is. And yet, turning the water off and back on again is sometimes just more than you’re willing to do.

Here is the coolest water-saving device we’ve [...]

It occurs to me that I could spruce up the little white cabinet by putting on nice drawer pulls. I mean, look, the pull on one drawer is missing entirely, and the one on the door is gone; I’ve been using a piece of string for longer than I want to admit.
Also I need to [...]

This is a submission for our I Want One contest, from a reader, Kristinn. Oooh, we like it a lot. And the cat who drinks from our bathroom sink definitely approves.

You can see it at http://freshome.com/2009/04/18/a-washbasin-like-youve-never-saw-before-abisko-washbasin/

How about this? This bathroom is to be found at the Jentel Arists’ Residency in Banner, Wyoming. It was designed by Neltje, the founder and benefactor of Jentel, and is part of a gorgeous, open-plan house with six bedrooms, built to house artists and writers for a month at a time.

All the rooms in the [...]

The Stylehound is one luck hound indeed, to have such friends as will email reports from dinners out that aren’t just about the food or the company but that include detailed descriptions of the decor of the hosts’ house. This just in from our Vermont correspondent:
“What a gorgeous house, right on the lake. And the [...]

I’ve got tile on my mind.

I know, many people may have more pressing concerns—global climate change, the presidential elections, what to do on Saturday night. And it isn’t like tile has been on my mind long. I mean, this isn’t a life-long obsession.
Here’s what happened. I went to an Open House on Sunday. That was [...]