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This Miami beach townhouse with its very chic unfussy decor by Magdalena Keck is the perfect example of minimalist decorating, sensitive to the modernist architecture of the town house. The sense of the big blue sky above and the beach nearby is echoed by the ample white pillows scattered throughout the outdoor decks, almost like [...]

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Eek! Not Fake Wood Again! (Wait: Piet Hein Eek Does it Right)

Didn’t you just hate all that horrible fake wood wall covering from the ’70s? Oh, you weren’t around? Well, take it from me: it was bad. But, not so fast. Take a look at this fake reclaimed-wood wallpaper from Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek. Really gorgeous. Wow! This gorgeous photo-realist wallpaper might just change your [...]

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Glassdecor Makes Trompe l’oeil Mosaic Tiles

Here’s an interesting technology from Spanish company Glass Decor – used to create trompe l’oeil glass mosaic bathroom tiles using photography. The tiles apparently are hardy enough so they can be used to make both floors for showers or bathrooms, as well as walls.

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A Concrete and Wood Table is a Work of Art

For Keelin Kennedy of Barefoot Design, her artisanal pieces are all about connecting with something that is real and has weight; that she can feel and form with her bare hands. “There is a dance between what I can do and what the materials I use naturally do”, she says. “It makes each piece, each [...]

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Pine-Beetle-Killed Forest Must be Harvested Quickly: Furniture?

Premier Gordon Campbell’s new coffee table by Canada’s Straight Line Design is made of wood from destroyed and dying pine forests of his province in Canada. This is a material that is now in abundant oversupply. As climate change has warmed winters across a wide swathe of the US and Canada, the pine bark beetle’s [...]

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