Styleture

Quixote Winery

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Fine wine and architecture make for a nice pairing. Where to find it? Quixote Winery in Napa Valley, California. I recently had the opportunity to attend a tasting here and truly enjoyed their signature “screw cap” Petite Syrah. It seems most everyone does, including the staff at Food and Wine magazine who rated Quixote one of the twenty best new wineries in[...]

MGS Designs Recycled Stainless Steel Faucets

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MGS Designs is a high-end luxury manufacturer of kitchen faucets, bath faucets and also designs and manufacturers luxury hardware for the bath. As with many of their products, their latest kitchen faucet, the ANTARES kitchen faucet, is made from recycled solid stainless steel which cuts down on waste and carbon emissions. The ANTARES faucet pictured is ava[...]

Aging in Place

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A New Generation in Universal Design According to an ASID survey of U.S. homeowners, most Americans (82%) want to remain in their homes as they age, even if they should require assistance and care. Furthermore, it has been documented that more than half (52%) of American homeowners age 45 and older are interested in receiving information about remaining [...]

Haute Uses of Fire

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Fire is a hot topic these days – especially when it comes to design. But the real question is: should you go for faux or the real thing? And with artists like Ann Wood creating custom hearth paintings starting at $1,500, which are incredibly realistic and also very cool, it comes down to personal preference. With Woods you can customize the color of the fl[...]

Top Architectural Destinations of 2009

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Many tourists use their summer and winter vacations to travel around the world to view some of the most spectacular, newest and most interesting buildings built by man. Here we are highlighting a few of our own suggestions of architectural destinations for you to consider in the coming months due to their newness, restoration completion and limited engagemen[...]

Featured Design - Sonia SX3

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Sonia's New SX3 Design Bringing style, simplicity and minimalism to today’s most exclusive bathrooms, Sonia has announced the introduction of SX3. SX3 is their most recent fireclay sink line to date, handcrafted at Sonia’s all-inclusive European headquarters in Valencia, Spain. Sonia is a leader in fine fireclay products for the bath. The SX3 collection is [...]