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Rock-Solid Décor with Marble & Granite Light Switches

Dec 21, 2006

Luxury Home Décor: When the mission is to totally upgrade home decor, is there any part of a house where it is okay to simply leave as-is? Carbonated mineral water with a slice of lemon should liberally be poured over my head to wash away the... Read More

Harrods' Krug Trunk: The $54,000 Question

Dec 6, 2006

Luxury Gifts: Harrods' Krug Trunk is a very limited-edition item, as there are only 30 available. Although it is attractive and sturdy, this trunk may be just a tad ostentatious priced at over $54,000. The Krug ensemble consists of a trunk,... Read More

Branch: Where Conservation & Luxury Meet

Dec 1, 2006

Luxury Shopping: San-Francisco-based e-tailer, Branch, strongly believes that while products should be manufactured in the most environmentally responsible way possible, there is no reason to sacrifice style in the name of being "green." ... Read More

Plasma Elegance by Nusa Furniture

Nov 27, 2006

Luxury Home Décor: Nusa Furniture makes artistically endearing, well-crafted furniture for both the residential and the hospitality markets. The outfit's highly acclaimed furnishings are favorites of both interior designers and... Read More

How to transform a first house or apartment into a home: New window fashions from Hunter Douglas help

Nov 1, 2006

Whether it is a starter house in the suburbs or a loft in the city... Read More

Great Nordic Design Presents a Touch of Gotland

Oct 19, 2006

Luxury Home Décor: Great Nordic Design offers innovative home décor that is uniquely artistic and made from only the finest natural materials found in the Baltic States, Sweden, and New Zealand. G.A. D is the firm's furniture maker.... Read More

Horchow Hits on Service & Style

Oct 18, 2006

Luxury Home Décor: In 1971 Roger Horchow launched the Horchow Collection. It was the first mail-order catalog business that specialized in luxury home décor and furniture. It was truly a pioneering effort that chartered innovative... Read More

Amdega Conservatories Are Real Value Add-ons

Oct 9, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: Amdega has been building conservatories since 1874. The firm assists in adding on to an existing dwelling or incorporating a conservatory into a newly constructed house. Various designs of conservatories are... Read More

Fall into Design with style guru Jonathan Adler now at W Hotels

Oct 5, 2006

Luxury Interiors: W Hotels Worldwide adds style and sophistication to weekend travel this fall with the launch of its exclusive Fall Into Design package, featuring New York's most celebrated ceramicist and style guru, Jonathan Adler. Now... Read More

Troy Adams Design: Here a TAD, There a TAD

Sep 27, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: Troy Adams Design is an award-winning design firm with numerous accolades and awards for its unique approach toward kitchens, bathrooms, wardrobe, and living areas throughout a home. The firm does both residential work and... Read More

Armani/Casa: Out of the Closet and Beyond

Sep 23, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: The haute empire of Giorgio Armani is a worldwide phenomenon. Today the Armani Group has nearly 5,000 direct employees, 13 factories, and 300 plus retail stores. Armani/Casa's unique niche is luxury home décor. A/C just... Read More

It's Inkerman to the Rescue!

Sep 21, 2006

Luxury Gifts: With the holidays on the horizon, the frenetic gift-buying season is once again upon us. Pre-season shopping lasts through Thanksgiving Day, with Black Friday marking the opening of the official season. And like it or not,... Read More

Neo Metro's Soho Bath Is a 'Steel'!

Sep 20, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: The Soho Bath is constructed of heavy stainless steel. It can be recessed into a deck or left free-standing. It also can be installed indoors. There is an optional air-jet system that can be hooked up to the Soho Bath,... Read More

The Fireorb Gets Glowing Reviews

Sep 19, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: Fireorb offers a new, fresh perspective on the use of fireplaces as a design element and as a source of heat. Traditional fireplaces are metal boxes covered up by marble and drywall. The concealed metal box is attached to a... Read More

Elixir of Life; the Creekbed Wall Fountain

Sep 19, 2006

Water makes up more than two thirds of the weight of the human body. Our brains are even made up mostly of water; without it our hearts stop beating and our lungs give out. Given that our bodies are largely comprised of water, it is not surprising... Read More

Chilling with the Perlick Clear Ice Maker

Sep 19, 2006

Luxury Home Appliances: Parties can melt down pretty fast when there is no more ice left. It is one of those miscellaneous details that sometimes slips through the cracks and sends hosts of parties scampering and scurrying to keep the party... Read More

The Flair & Quality of Bentwood Kitchens

Sep 12, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: Bentwood Kitchens fuses craftsmanship and design seamlessly with a synergism that integrates the best from both. Unlike women's fashionable footwear, a kitchen area has to do more than look great for a couple of hours.... Read More

Chou down

Sep 10, 2006

Luxury Pet Products: If we told you about a thousand dollar dog bed, you probably wouldn't bat an eyelash (after all, if you'll take your four-legged friend to a doggie bakery, pay for canine acupuncture or buy a diamond-studded collar or... Read More

Creating the perfect outdoors

Sep 6, 2006

Luxury Outdoor Furniture: If you live in a warm climate, the impending cooler months don't send bone chilling shivers down your spine. It means your outdoor living furniture gets much more mileage than for cold weather dwellers. Four season... Read More

LuxéMont: Editor's Choice for Top Designers

Aug 25, 2006

In what turned to be a very challenging project, we've gathered a list of remarkable designers who...... Read More

Wet N' Wild

Aug 23, 2006

Luxury Bathrooms: Sometimes a bathtub is just a bathtub. On the other hand, it can also be a demonstration of innovative design and invention. It can also be art. Yes, a bathtub can be art. If a few scribbles on a handmade canvas are... Read More

CONRAD Hand-woven Window Coverings bring the outside in

Aug 14, 2006

Luxury Interiors: Of course you enjoy every minute of driving your Saleen S7; couldn't live without your Moto Q and iPod. No matter how advanced your technology, you still long for natural scenery and traditional craftsmanship and attention... Read More

A good night's sleep

Aug 6, 2006

Luxury Bedding: Other than chocolate, clothes and cash, what does a girl cherish? Luxury bedding, anything in pink, anything couture and last but definitely not least, contributing to a good cause. Who wouldn't sleep peacefully after helping... Read More

Creature comforts

Aug 1, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: After another hard day (so what if it was shopping, that's hard work too-your shoes don't walk themselves to all those stores), you sink into your custom designed California style couch, with matching Pompeii side chair,... Read More

Artwork without the work

Jul 19, 2006

Luxury Home Decor You've painted every room in your house . . . twice. Wallpaper brings back bad memories of your grandparent's house in the 70's - orange shag and all. It seems you're out of options... or are you? Imagine every room in your... Read More

Kohler: I Want My DTV!

Jul 8, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: Kohler's DTV Custom Showering Experience transforms a simple daily task into a pleasurable, sensory-tingling everyday event. This is a fantastic way to start the morning, rejuvenate after an invigorating workout, or lather... Read More

Neorest 600 Is a Hit at K/BIS

Jul 5, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: TOTO left 60,000 industry insiders flushed with excitement at the 2006 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show(K/BIS) with the Neorest 600. The fixture is without... Read More

Water World

Jun 13, 2006

Luxury Decor: If you can't fit your lanky legs into your own bathtub, listen up. First of all, stop complaining, you're tall. Secondly, do something about it. The aquatic geniuses at Waterworks have the perfect solution.

Waterworks... Read More

It's Meritalia 'Four' Luxury Home Décor

May 30, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: Meritalia began its business focused on providing the finest upholstered furniture from the most acclaimed designers worldwide. However, as the enterprise evolved, it was apparent that there was more to luxury home décor... Read More

In your space

May 25, 2006

Luxury Decor: Have you ever wanted to turn your suburban oasis into a medieval castle or your urban retreat into an Italian estate? Think you can't get authentic looking murals, frescos and facades? Imagine having a team of artists invited... Read More

Feng Shui Design for the Garden

May 25, 2006

Luxury Decor: So you decided to cut down on TV time. A noble New Year's Resolution-you planned to turn off the Tube and pick a book, maybe do a little gardening. Then the new season of The Sopranos hit the airwaves and you were right back on... Read More

Righting a wrong

May 24, 2006

Luxury Homegoods: So maybe you did go a little overboard when you threw every single plate in the cupboard out the window - you made your point but now you don't have any dishes. Think about it this way, now you can get what you really want.... Read More

Simply Silver?

May 8, 2006

Luxury Decor: You couldn't wait to grow up. You had it all planned out: staying up late, eating chips in bed, using the "fancy" silverware and dishes to eat spaghetti and meatballs. Okay, so now that you're out in the real world, you... Read More

Click on luxury furnishings by Accurato.com!

May 3, 2006

Luxury Decor: Accurato.com has great furniture online! The majority of items are from highly acclaimed and renowned designers. Accurato offers cotemporary furniture, modern lighting, and home décor by Virta Design, Cherner Chair, Spazia,... Read More

Luxury bathroom du jour

May 2, 2006

Have you ever been at a party or an upscale restaurant and notice the cool bathroom accessories ,you know, the kind you can't find at Home Depot? Even if you don't have the resources or time to convert your washroom into a luxury showcase, a few... Read More

Luxury bedding-changing the way you sleep

May 1, 2006

After a long day there's nothing better than slipping under the covers and letting the sheets envelope your body. If you're sleeping on 150 threadcount sheets from Wal-mart; however, you won't get the same effect. When it comes to getting a good... Read More

The Right Shui

Apr 28, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: Want to change careers or ensure good health and restful sleep? How about enhance your wealth or reduce stress? You could try posting a resume on Monster.com, stock up on Ambien, search for that long-lost rich uncle or get... Read More

Champagne Wishes

Apr 25, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: What better way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon than looking at magnificent mansions? You know the ones-fit for royalty with intimidating facades and perfectly manicured grounds. You can only imagine the grand foyers and... Read More

Apr 24, 2006

Luxury Brief: Brighten your room with the latest one-of-a-kind newGROWTH lighting fixtures. CPLIGHTING provides you unique, fine, hand crafted designs for architectural, commercial interiors, and home use. Christopher Poehlmann states about... Read More

The Snaidero Group: Supervisori del disegno della cucina!

Apr 21, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: The Snaidero Group is among the top five firms in designs and kitchen ensembles throughout Europe. This extraordinary group has a twofold mission in its business philosophy. It seeks to offer only the finest quality and... Read More

Stress-free you and me

Apr 20, 2006

Everyone has stress-even kids' schedules are jam-packed with activities and pressure. We've come to accept it as a fact of life. While you might not be able to eliminate some stressors (i.e., your job or family responsibilities), David Phipp can... Read More

Don't forget to recycle

Apr 19, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: Sure, you're concerned about the environment like (almost) everyone else but you're not quite ready to trade in your car for a bicycle. You use recycled paper and take your bottles and cans to the recycling center on a... Read More

Charles Gaylord & Company Adds Warmth to Decorum

Apr 18, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: For nearly one-half century, Charles Gaylord & Company has specialized in providing 18th and 19th century French marble-mantels, fireplace accessories and European period furniture to distinguished households and... Read More

The Alpha Kitchen

Apr 14, 2006

Luxury Decor: Clive Christian's debuts in classic kitchen designs were built out of frustration, not desire. He took the path of investing in the process, from the tree brought from the mill to monitor its quality, through installation to... Read More

Divided we stand

Apr 10, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: Sometimes togetherness is not such a good thing. Peanut butter and mustard, flip flops and an evening gown, Two Buck Chuck and filet mignon--except for random eccentric, these things simply do not belong together. The same... Read More

Get organized

Apr 4, 2006  |  1 Comment

You're a grown-up now; it's time to keep those undies and wet towels off the floor. Furthermore, being a pack-rat is not a quality most find appealing. That doesn't mean you should change, just hide it better. And while it may not bother you that... Read More

Chip off the old block

Mar 29, 2006

Luxury Decor: As things get more and more homogenous, you find yourself struggling for originality. You scour antique and thrift stores in hopes of finding one-of-a-kind housewares and vintage clothing-all in an attempt to avoid succumbing to... Read More

Arclinea Boston Shows an Award-Fetchin' Kitchen

Mar 23, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: Arclinea Boston recently received the Gold Award for Best Remodeling of a Kitchen Over $100,000 at the 2005 Builders Association of Greater Boston PRISM Awards. Arclinea Boston's project manager Mercedes... Read More

Around the world

Mar 20, 2006

Luxury Home Decor:If you had it your way you'd travel around the globe to furnish your house. A wicker ottoman from Bali, a carved wooden door from Thailand. Sure you could go to your local imports store but you want a wider selection and you... Read More

So Sumi

Mar 12, 2006

New York City is hands-down America's melting pot. Where else can you find a Tibetan restaurant, a Jewish deli and a chilidog stand within a few feet of each other? New York is also America's fashion hub and pioneer in many other... Read More

Living in a Glass House

Mar 10, 2006

Luxury Decor: When I have had enough and just want to escape and find solitude my garden room fits the bill. The next thing I know I'm relaxed and reading a great book. Marston & Langinger's approach to glass Conservatories, Orangeries,... Read More

Teak your horizons

Mar 8, 2006

Luxury Decor: I love putting my feet in the warm sand, the scent of salty air bringing back memories, letting the days' stress melt from my soul while listening to the rhythmic ocean lapping upon the shore. What I don't like is sand going up... Read More

Diamond Spas

Mar 6, 2006

Luxury Decor:Custom-designed stainless steel and copper soaking baths, hot tubs, whirlpools, and Japanese baths invite you to indulge in luxury. Diamond Spas cultivates your bathing experience from functional to fabulous with a choice of... Read More

The New Multi-tasker

Mar 1, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: Some people relegate their television set to the main living area, thinking that they may fall victim to every reality show and twenty-something sitcom the networks dare to broadcast. I don't happen to be one of these... Read More

Eye Candy

Feb 28, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: We've all seen them ...those sickeningly beautiful people you love to hate. We like to think they're hiding some embarrassing flaw (like webbed feet or a third nipple) underneath their perfectly pressed designer clothes and... Read More

Taylor & Taylor

Feb 24, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: You know yourself better than anyone else but why can't you seem to get your ideas to correlate to your home decor? Picking out furniture and decorations is a job many people (mistakenly) assume they can handle on their... Read More

Out with the old?

Feb 20, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: Now that the kids are out of the house (or, if you're a bit younger, now that you have a regular paycheck and don't call the dorm room home) isn't it time you got rid of all that ratty furniture you like to call shabby... Read More

Seeds of Imagination

Feb 20, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: As a kid I made my fair share of mud pies and volcanoes made out of mounds of dirt. But, alas, I did not grow up to be a chef or volcanologist. While many of us contemplated entrepreneurship and shared big dreams with our... Read More

3 Doors Down

Feb 20, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: There aren't too many things in life as universal and long standing, yet as taken for granted, as a door. They let us into our homes and places of learning and employment. They grant us access to entertainment and... Read More

And the winner is?

Feb 17, 2006

In every industry there are awards-it's no secret that celebrities pack themselves on the back but if you think about it, most industries have an award for the best... something. The hardworking designers in the bathroom industry are no exception.... Read More

In Harmony

Feb 15, 2006

We all know someone with a special talent or passionate hobby. The mailroom guy with a knack for woodworking or the systems analyst with a voice that would knock any American Idol contestant out of the running. But how often to you meet someone who... Read More

Breakaway Career - DEDON Creations

Feb 15, 2006  |  1 Comment

Luxury Home Decor: After playing professional soccer it seems perfectly natural to get into the furniture making business. Well, not really. But for Bobby Dekeyse, whose family owned a plastic manufacturing plant, the quest to build... Read More

Redefining routine

Feb 8, 2006

Luxury Home Decor: No one disputes the utilitarian function of the bathroom. But there is a school of thought that bathrooms are not just rooms where you go through your morning routine. Some people view their "powder rooms" as sanctuaries,... Read More

Beyond room service

Jan 31, 2006

We've all stayed at a hotel where we wanted to take everything home with us-the impossibly soft sheets that smell and feel better than any in your linen closet at home. That plush robe and fuzzy towels. Yep, you'd take those too. But what about that... Read More

Sweet and sour

Jan 19, 2006

Granny Smith Apples, Sweet Tarts, Lemons. You get the picture. So you'd think Tart, the hip LA boutique, sells Jolly Ranchers-or maybe sassy women's fashions. Wrong. Tart, which sports an awning on trendy Melrose Avenue is short for Table Art, and... Read More

 
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