This year, ceramic tile manufacturer Vives celebrates half a century of constant growth, a philosophy of innovation and a commitment to offer the best in high quality ceramic products. A vast range of ceramic tiles of the highest quality allow Vives to offer products with high aesthetic value for any ...

Barcelona-based Tres Tintas believes we should put wallpaper at the heart of our interiors. To live with wall-to-wall plain colour is to deprive the senses, whereas to have some walls covered with a vibrant paper stimulates us. And the designs of Tres Tintas are most definitely stimulating. ...

The studio Stone Designs has taken inspiration from wooden storage palettes to create a sofa bed which rests in a wooden drawer. A modular design, all of its components can be combined and rearranged in different ways. With this new piece, Stone Designs has sought out a new concept for ...

The centuries-old French crystalware factory Baccarat have hooked up with the designer Jaime Hayón to launch its new collection called Crystal Candy, which has seen its Madrid-born designer find inspiration in the richness of tropical fruits, like pineapples or pomegranates. Hayón’s collaboration with Baccarat has allowed him to ...

Sagenceramics is a young, Valencia-based company making ceramic objects. It emerged with a clear calling to create innovative, experimental ceramics in collaboration with young designers. Since it was established, Sagenceramics’ aim has been to create contemporary-looking pieces using the tried-and-tested manufacturing traditions of the area where ...

Eddadesign, the Barcelona-based design studio set up by Jordi Milà, has just launched a new design edition, Jordi Milà . With this brand within a brand, Milá is making a firm commitment to innovative, out of the ordinary design. The company’s first commercial product will be the Wisdom Tree bookcase, ...

When Polly Wilson first learned the 1930s ranch near Bartlesville, Okla., was for sale, she felt as if she'd struck oil. The ranch's limestone walls evoked everything she loved about the West - well-worn boots, old saddles, and twilight. After searching for a place to relocate their Colorado cattle operation, she knew this ...

An antiques-filled landmark near Toronto transports enchanted visitors to a faraway destination: the English countryside. Built in the 1850s by John Maus, Maus Park House utilizes stones from local Canadian quarries. The dwelling is a splendid example of Scottish Baronial architecture. Porch Even now that the job is ...

A rich autumnal palette of earthy shades - creamy ivory, golden tan, deep russet, and warm brown - harmonize to transform a Connecticut home into a lovely tone poem. Autumn Hues The earthy warmth of wood is too often lost when a home undergoes a renovation: Floors are covered by ...

An 1894 house in Texas welcomes with a colour scheme inspired by early America Living Room When John and Melinda McCurdy moved from Houston to the tiny town of Comfort in the Texas Hill Country in 1990, it took them two years to find a house, and another year to ...

Kirby Ellis, self-professed army brat and seeker of beautiful objects, celebrates her gypsy lifestyle by picking up artefacts along the way. She's been cultivating her treasure-hunting skills since age five, when her mother started taking her to flea markets. Through Germany, Washington, and Pennsylvania they traipsed, until they discovered North Carolina. That's been ...

A desire to downsize inspired Ann Nicholson to help a neglected North Carolina bungalow on Sunset Drive live up to its glowing name. See how a vivid imagination and pails of yellow paint made this house shine. Bright Living Room Walls had been removed and windows had been added to brighten ...

Architectural designer Nancy Fishelson beautifully balances old and new to reinvent a 1795 Connecticut house in perfect harmony. Kitchen Entry She ripped out the dropped ceilings, stripped plaster and lathe down to the posts and beams, and opened up many of the rooms with wider doorways and additional windows. Nancy ...

A neglected Federal-style schoolhouse in the Catskills was transformed into a glamorous and chic home. Funky Kitchen In a house without a dining room, the kitchen does double duty. To distinguish the room, homeowner John Loecke chose bold black cabinetry and white marble counters. In lieu of upper cabinets, ...

Virtually everything in the century-old Illinois farmhouse Pat King shares with her husband shows her expert hand — at sewing, painting, restoring, and reinventing. "I like old things and figuring out how to make them work," says Pat King. "Then everyone pitches in." "Everyone" means her husband, Ike, four children, their ...

Designer Hillary Wallace uses country charm to soften the hard edges of a contemporary New York City loft. Hillary offers techniques on working with large open spaces. Cosy Chaise She may be a partner in a prestigious New York City law firm, just in her thirties, who's earned the prize ...

When a collector of valuable blue-and-white Cornish ware came upon a stone former schoolhouse in Pennsylvania, he had the interiors designed to accommodate the colours he had long coveted. Renovated Schoolhouse Decorator Bennett Weinstock was antiquing in New Hope, Pa., with an old friend from Philadelphia's Main Line, when they ...

Holiday House While just 10 years old, this home is modelled after one of the 100-year-old "Holiday houses" sprinkled throughout the Texas Hill Country. Built by German-American farmers and ranchers who came to town on Saturday for supplies and spent the night for church the next day, Sunday houses were ...

It was the imperfections of an old house that sold a couple on buying it. Their goal then was to fill it with period furnishings. Antique Cupboard Even though Lucia Ginesin likes every style from "Biedermeier to Bauhaus," she is happy to live in a house without "a single straight line ...

Judi Boisson spent five years thinking about what she really wanted and needed in an addition to her 1880 Victorian home in Southampton, N.Y. She has owned the house since 1984, and lived in it full-time since 1990, when she switched occupations, from running her beloved antiques shop to designing her own line ...

Tom Pryor's century-old house in Kansas City, Mo., was one of many built for liverymen who delivered the city's newspapers. Tom Pryor's century-old house in Kansas City, Mo., was one of many built for liverymen who delivered the city's newspapers. Upon purchasing his house in a historic neighbourhood of Kansas City, ...

Theresa Smith has honed her distinctively elegant salvage style through years of antiques shows — and it all comes together in her Glendale, mobile home. A double-wide mobile home on two acres of land offers a home base for Theresa and Craig Smith, who travel nearly half the year for their antiques ...

Susan Oostdyk has a knack for salvaging old things. When she started her vintage textile business some years ago, it was a way to marry her love of old fabric with frequent trips to flea markets in France. She bought American quilts and textiles, too, and soon expanded into a shop and upholstery business. ...

Sophisticated, serene, yet kid-friendly, the weekend home of interior designer Victoria Hagan doesn't sacrifice a bit of style. Exterior of Hamptons Home The well-manicured homes and sparkling beaches of the Hampton's make it the summer community of choice for many New York City dwellers. It's also where Victoria Hagan met ...

In Southwest Harbor, Maine, a 19th-century family house is opened up as a stylish destination for travellers. Diane and Jay Speakman are fairly new to the Maine lodging scene, but Rice Cottage has been part of the Southwest Harbor landscape since 1874. Jay's great-grandfather, who ran the town's general store, once ...