Whirlpool's Fireplace Tabletop Cooking Concept Makes Perfect Sense

Irwin Weiner ASID - This new futuristic appliance concept is brilliant, and I wholeheartedly support what Whirlpool would like to create around its new Fireplace product. A table that functions as a cooking, warming, and chilling surface in the center is below a smart light-hood combination that controls the air and humidity. You can bring any meal to the table and gather everyone around for conversation. At a party, drinks stay chilled or tea and coffee stays piping hot.

Click here for more information on Fireplace, and enjoy the concept video. This is a product that's been shown around the world for the past two years, and has now been introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show. It would be a gas to have one in our house, if Whirlpool ever decides to move beyond their futuristic concept and hit the production button. This is exactly the way contemporary families eat and entertain.

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Perfect Home Office Computer Table from Michael Bambino

Irwin Weiner ASID - It's often the case that a home office sacrifices good, clever furniture design for utility, but that's not the case with the Tambour Table, a computer table designed by Michael Bambino to hide the USB ports, laptop and mouse (when not in use), and power cords - note in the photo above how the power cord discretely pops out of the bottom right rear leg of the table! In our featured video, you'll see how the hidden storage underneath the tabletop operates. The design is lovely and functional.

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Craving Mid-century Modern, We Search for T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings

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Irwin Weiner ASID - Our Pennsylvania realtor friend told me recently that many of his buyers are craving mid-century modern homes. Intrigued, I asked for more specifics.

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He told me that mid-century design is hip and stylish, and a house filled with cleanly designed furnishings sells better than his homes that are filled with traditional or antique furnishings.

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Interesting tidbit, eh? It's true that you can go all Danish modern or Scandinavian barebones in your room makeovers to get that mid-century look for your home, but adding a stylish piece of good quality, well designed furniture can also do the trick.

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I suggest you start with a search for furnishings designed by Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings. He sought to design non-fussy American furniture, and was inspired by ancient Greek lines.

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Great combination. Below is a guide to the pieces shown in the photographs (look for the number underneath each image; click on either the link or the photo for more product information.

1. Constellation Table for Widdicomb
2. Brass Floor Lamp for Hansen
3. Walnut Mesa Table for Widdicomb
4. Sofa/Daybed for Widdicomb
5. Chaise Longue for Baker
6. Floor Lamp for Hansen
7. Cerused oak and brown leather webbing Klismos Chaise Longue
8. Webbed Chair with brass legs
9. Leather Lounge Chair for Widdicomb

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5 Italian Furniture Favorites from Gallotti&Radice

Irwin Weiner ASID - I'm having fun with the new Home catalog from contemporary Italian designers Gallotti&Radice. Their so-chic offerings are client pleasers, and I've been having fun proposing items for projects requiring high style, great design, and timeless modernity. Here are five current favorites from their catalog - but, believe me, there are more favorites to be had. Click on each photo for more product information.

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