Is It Possible to Love Window Glass?

Irwin Weiner ASID - Is it possible to love window glass? (Yesterday, I asked if it was possible to love shower doors, so I've been thinking lately about materials we use all the time in our home design projects.) Absolutely, positively YES! The folks at Bendheim offer their Architectural Glass lines, and these are widely used in commercial building projects - but I use their Sample Request system all the time for my residential clients. Bendheim features innovative EcoGlass and glass designed by starchitect Robert Stern, among others. 

I particularly love their Low-Iron Glass line because the glass doesn't have a greenish cast to it. My clients also love to see samples, and Bendheim's Sample Glass request system is wonderful. Note: designer glass isn't only for windows. I use them for glass panels serving as room dividers, interior wall glass inserts, inserts in front doors and French doors, and whole-wall treatments over painted wall surfaces; the texture of some of these architectural glasses is outstanding.

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New York City Luxury Apartment Tour - Charles Street with Amy Lau

Irwin Weiner ASID - There's no contest that interior designer Amy Lau is at the top of our profession. Her skills and design sense are unparalleled. And that's why I think it's wonderful that Corcoran Realty teamed up with 1stDibs and several top designers to videotape luxury property tours, showcasing reactions from top decorators like Amy.

It promotes the real estate inventory in the City - yes, that's a given - but it also gives us the guilty pleasure of walking through these hallowed, prestige spaces guided by designers who know what's good when they see it. Amy tells us what she loves about this apartment in the prestige Richard Meier complex at 165 Charles Street. This property has already sold, but who cares? Let's take the tour ... as if we were in the market for this primo pad.

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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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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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Click here to read Design2Share's photo essay on our last trip to Milan, home of Il Salone and so much that is beautiful in the world of fashion and design.

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