Grout Shout

Grout Shout

Most of the time, I specify the tile grout color to blend with the tile.  This ensures that the overall color of the tile is what your eye reads when it encounters the material.  It is almost always the safest design solution.  However, making the grout color...
Out Of Necessity

Out Of Necessity

Sometimes I get tickled when I think about how clever we think we are in the 21st century to recycle and upcycle. Our ancestors did it out of necessity! They used everything fully, and repurposed everything.  From an artist perspective, I enjoy how they made quilts...
Good For Plenty

Good For Plenty

The small house movement (also known as the “tiny house movement”[1]) is a famous description for the architectural and social movement that advocates living simply in small homes. I’m sorta kinda somewhat intrigued by the popular tiny house movement. It...
Quartzite Craze

Quartzite Craze

I wanted to share my latest experience with quartzite.  Why?  Because quartzite is all the rage!  The properties of quartzite give you the look of marble with the durability of granite in an authentic natural stone…or so it is marketed as such.  I do agree, it...
Gold Digger

Gold Digger

I am crazy for anything in a gold metal finish these days ranging from faucets, hardware, lighting, jewelry, and even my latest iPhone. I’ve always loved a “living” finish on metal.  The living finish refers to an unlacquered metal usually bronze or...