Design Tour: What's Underfoot at Country Floors

Faience tile from Country Floors

Kitchen by Country Floors

Janet Ramin - If you ever pictured yourself pattering barefoot across a stone floor, baking bread amidst a field of blue and white tile walls, and surrounded by old-world charm, then you need to take a look at the Country Floors showroom. Country Floors just recently opened their renovated showroom in NYC to highlight their spectacular collection of stone, ceramic, glass, and terra cotta tiles.

Golden Sienna stone by Country Floors Country Floors ShowroomDesigners at Country Floors offer many styles to suit a variety of tastes.  They include classic collections of blue and white French faience, Greek classical, Moroccan motifs, and old-world Spanish style.

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3 Cool Design Apps We Just Discovered

Irwin Weiner ASID - I can imagine a very special 12 Step program for me. Here's how one of my meetings would begin.

My name is Irwin.

Hello, Irwin.

I'm an Apple-holic. I admit to being completely obsessed with my iPhone and my iPad. I look at the bright screen in the dark, in bed, at stop lights when I'm driving, and during my client appointments - because there are so many great apps that help me with my interior design business. What did I do before Apple came along?

If you're an Apple-holic, too, you can relate. Or any other tablet and SmartPhone user as well (Android apps are great, and I admit I'm addicted to them when we use our Google TV). I ran across these three relatively new (to me) home design industry apps that continue to add to the growing functionality of mobile devices and their many uses in everyday business and residential life - including inspiration and generating great ideas.

Click on these links for more information on Edition29 ARCHITECTURE, the Schumacher App, and SnapShop Showroom.
 
 

 
 

 
 

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Great Designers and Their Products for Magis

Irwin Weiner ASID - When the stars align just so, you have a wonderful confluence of talented furniture and product designers working for a manufacturer whose vision and stewardship nurtures talented people to do their best work.

Magis is one such manufacturer, and they've amassed an impressive roster of who's who in design to create furnishings for them. In today's featured video, several of these talented people were interviewed at the Magis booth at the 2012 Salone del Mobile.

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6 Favorite Interior Design Lights from Luce Plan

Jay Johnson - Bright ideas in lighting spring up all the time from talented product designers. New lighting gives interior designers and homeowners cause to celebrate. Fresh, contemporary designs are great ways to enliven tired interiors and shine light into the darkest corners of rooms, creating pools of inviting warmth. Luce Plan, the international lighting company and showroom, has an amazing array of lamps and other lights that we're craving - and here are 6 of our favorite designs. Click on each photo for more information.

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