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Sometimes it’s the simple things that make all the difference in accessorizing a space, a lounge area or a seating vignette.  Personally, I love those pieces that are highly functional but also finish a space. I’ve seen the ottoman-side table many times. However, to find one of high-performing quality is always a major score.  American [...]

While Leland International’s Cricket Bench may have debuted at NeoCon09 this past June in the windy city of Chicago, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing new under the sun—or Baltimore’s Convention Center— for this Michigan company aspires to “no more good products, only great products… our litmus test is to ask ourselves when a competitor sees [...]

There’s nothing that warms up a hard floor in the dead of winter like a new rug, full of color and texture to soothe the growing spirit of your child. That’s why we chose to focus on Inspiring Rugs for Kids for this week’s Top Ten list. After viewing thousands of different designs that were [...]

When was the last time you spent a meaningful moment with felt? Felt takes me back to kindergarten art projects with a variety of felt circles in crazy colors that we would glue onto construction paper. In design we see felt in a random assortment of products from >lamps to >tables, which take advantage of [...]

Screw narrow, rigid dining chairs. We want spacious, comfortable and the option to sit cross-legged, with an ankle tucked, or even with a dog on our lap. It’s a good thing the Brooklyn-based TOKEN designers, Will Kavesh and Emrys Berkower, get that a weight shift is mandatory when a dinner party grows blasé or a [...]

Whether its a temporary space, a room that won’t fit large furnishings easily, or a matter of sheer preference, there are plenty of reasons why floor cushions and ottomans are a great solution to educational and residential areas. Lounge or study using the durable ottomans and pillows of Thonet‘s new Chill line in many shapes, [...]

Vorwerk has recently come out with the FreeSCALE carpet-tile collection that comes in unconventional shapes and has no harsh right angles. That’s right people, it’s innovation for the floor that comes in the form of tiles butting up against walls in interesting shapes and without the hassle of fitting every edge perfectly. Designed by Hadi [...]

It’s nice to see that former construction grunt/journeyman carpenter and current design visionary Chris Rucker now has his very own website. > First presented to our readers last April as the ambitious and auspicious author of a collection of modern furnishings made from cast-off OSB, Rucker continues his explorations into and reclamations of common curbside [...]

If you’re at all in the orbit of the “functional fitness” craze—as I am, through mere bodily proximity, since my husband occasionally assails my senses with exercise I like to quantify simply as “jumping around”—than perhaps you’ve heard of the “posterior chain.” The term refers to the hypertrophic gluteal development found in athletes of sound [...]

Silk Road Weaves Loopy collection is the creative outlet of Barbara Jacobs, a colorist and longtime color consultant for architecture, interiors and surface designs. Silk Road Weaves rugs are made by weavers in Nepal, who produce hand-knotted designs with the finest Himalayan wool and Chinese silk in myriad vibrant and subtle colors. The rugs include [...]