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Cabinets: If you are looking for the best kitchen cabinet deals, check out Greentea Design and find out more.

 Baltimore apartmentsThese Baltimore apartments will satisfy your lust for urban living and high-end design. 

Mission Viejo apartmentsAfter work, imagine yourself steps away from a refreshing swim at these Mission Viejo apartments.

 

 

 

Explore the savings and stylish finds available from one of the UK's leading ready-made and custom providers of curtains and blinds.


Wickes Fire & Surrounds

Buy fire suites from Wickes, available in matching styles and colours.

 

Bedroom Tip

Paying close attention to detail while redecorating your bedroom is very important. Make sure the stain and material of your headboard, dresser, and side tables are compatible.

 

 

 

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Friday
Jan302009

D2S Editor Favorites for February

Shag-tastic, Baby!

 

This 1970s heart-shaped bed would be the perfect way to end a memorable Valentine's Day celebration. It even comes complete with an 8-track tape deck in the headboard. Groovy.


What's Cooking in France?

 

 

We recommend exploring these workhorses for your next kitchen remodeling or renovation.

  • The Diva 365 (top) is a new Diva de Provence stainless steel 36-inch induction range that combes all-electric, convection, and self-cleaning elements with a 5-burner induction cooktop. There are 5 cooking zones on the cooktop, including a large 3,600-watt center burner, and all-touch controls.
  • Lacanache French ranges (bottom photo) have been handmade in Burgundy for decades, and can be custom-designed with your special cooking needs in mind.


A New Shipment

 

We love it when new shipments come in to our favorite antique and home goods stores. We recently drove to lovely Lambertville, New Jersey to check out the latest traditional English furnishings and country pine at James Curran Antiques.

 

The Design2Share Mailbag

 

 

We had many reader submissions for this month. Don't you love the Barina Craft marine-inspired bars pictured above! We found them totally yar, all highly polished and beautifully executed.

And here's a Valentine-with-an-edge arts event in the Twin Cities you should catch:

Aren't these furniture samples fantastic? They're all custom pieces from master high-end furnituremakers Boca Do Lobo:


Tuesday
Dec302008

D2S Editor Favorites for January

Favorite New York Shops


Shopping for high-end furniture and accessories is not a contact sport. It's an art. And the way to master this art is to go out to great stores and soak in their merchandise. Go often into these stores, take notes, talk to people there who know their product lines well, and make an informed buying decision.

We don't think it's difficult to decorate your apartment or home, but it does take time and you can make the process fun and enjoyable. Whether you need large pieces of furniture to anchor a room or lots of accessories (the jewelry in the room) to add layers of interest, or you're looking for tabletop items, antiques, throws, or home gadgets, there are stores aplenty in New York City. We recently focused on three shopping meccas -- Moss, Jonathan Adler, and Mecox Gardens -- and came up with a holiday and New Year's shopping wish list. Watch our window-shopping video, and let us know what you think!

 

Favorite Design Book

 

Defining Luxury: The Qualities of Life at Home (Rizzoli, 2008) is old-fashioned glamorous, and we love it. Master designer Jeffrey Bilhuber's book is divided into chapters by quality: discovery, passion, history, ornament, grace, comfort, and delight. "Luxury," however, is the lightning rod that organizes Bilhuber's witty text and Trel Brock's stunning photographs. Bilhuber's is a mature, rational view of luxury, particularly in these economic times when spending on furniture and luxury goods has fallen by double digits from last year. He writes,

My understanding of luxury has evolved over the years. I still believe that luxury is about achievement and expression, but now I find it in a variety of different riches. I think there's a kind of full, complex, deep luxury that comes with experience: as we learn and develop, our ability to discern and appreciate expands. As we broaden our experiences, we understand more profoundly what comfort can and should be. Thus, for me, appreciation, experience, education, and comfort are among life's greatest luxuries -- and yes, so are beautiful furniture, glorious objects, and ravishing rooms.

 


Favorite Sweet Tooth Obsessions

 


Lollyphile produces a grand trio of lollipop confections that must be tasted to be believed. These are not the sweets you remember from your childhood, sticky and gooey and predictable. Here is a true adult lollipop in flavors like maple bacon, absinthe, and wasabi-ginger. Lollyphile has just started a Candyphile candy-of-the-month club, too, showcasing boutique candymakers and marvelous discoveries from around the world. Get on board this luxe San Francisco candy company's sweet tooth train today!