End results: The project we almost passed up!

Just a quick post to put up some photos of a bath we just completed. This was the home we had a call on over a year ago that prompted the post on “When should you walk away?”. It turned out to be a nice job and an even nicer client.  We completed the powder...

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Gotta love a Truffle!!

Everyone knows I love Blanco! And now here is another reason why.. The introduction of another gorgeous color I first saw in Germany: Truffle! Truffle is a soft taupe that will work in almost any application. I predict it will be the new ‘white’ in the coming months.. It will definitely be on my spec...

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Can we take the simplicity design concept too far?

Ok, so really I know that many of my blog-o-buddies may cry foul here but I simply do not think this is good design. Not now, not ever. I keep thinking there surely is a guy strapped to a chair underneath these hanging “pendants” waiting for Igor to finish him off with the nipple clamps…....

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If the designer isn’t Mick Jagger, do not show up in leather pants!

Ok, I know I am a little late to the party on this one as the ad has been out and about for awhile ( truthfully think the ad was designed and created in the 1990′s and then sat on the shelf for the past two decades but maybe that is wishful thinking on my...

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What’s next for kitchen design?

What a question! A few weeks ago I returned from a whirlwind trip to Germany for the IMM Cologne International design fair. My role as a designer on the Blanco America design council team landed me the trip and it was a fabulous opportunity to see first hand European design trends in furnishing designs as...

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