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Bloggers Day of Action - Help Haiti!

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Please see below for a list of places you can donate to help in the Haiti Earthquake relief! Before the 7.0 earthquake hit on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Haiti was as much of a third world country as any place in the world. Even before the hurricanes that hit the small island nation in 2008 the country was extremely impoverished, with massive illiteracy rates[...]

Stylish Space Saving Furniture on Third Avenue

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We found a very nice furniture store last week that has found quite the niche in furniture by coupling high end pieces of furniture with space saving designs that are perfect for Interior Designers, Architects and Specifiers. Founded in 2000 by Steve Spett and Ron Barth, Resource Furniture carries hard to find European Furniture that is not widely distribute[...]

Architectural Lighting Designer Profile - Motoko Ishii

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Motoko Ishii is an important and influential Architectural Lighting Designer for a number of reasons. She is famous for her lighting design artistry, as well as her accomplishments beyond the scope of her lighting projects. Motoko Ishii was able to break through the male dominated architectural community in Japan, which at the time did not welcome women into[...]

Nature's Blueprint: Stone Forest's Wooden Inspiration

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Reflective of the individual range of the elements found in nature, Stone Forest’s wooden collection brings the forest’s splendor indoors. Unfinished edges are unique all their own, and matched with tailored precision, they add a cutting-edge contemporary addition to their environment. The natural beauty of wood reflects the characteristics of the tree it wa[...]

Top Lighting Product Designs of 2009

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This year was a great one for lighting, and we saw more amazing designs than we can could post here. Every one of these pieces is a work of art, nearly all of them are handmade and all extremely unique. As is the case with the glass pieces, each is absolutely unique, as there is no other light that will exactly matching another. Here are our favorite lightin[...]

Architecture in Amsterdam

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Amsterdam has a nice variety of amazing and rare architecture ranging from Gothic, Dutch Renaissance,  Baroque, neo-styles, Art Deco, Amsterdamse School, modern architecture and more. When touring the architecture of Amsterdam there is something for everyone to enjoy! Famous for its canals, Amsterdam's city center canals provide an excellent view of 17th and[...]

Top 10 Styleture Posts of 2009

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Here is a list of the most read blog posts of 2009. Click the links to read the full article. Thank you for helping us have a wonderful year! Have a Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! Top 15 Cars for 2010 Crossover Between Fashion & Interior Design Creating a Vintage Space – Vintage Interior Design Designer Profile – Steve Hermann- Desi[...]

Beautiful 2009 Christmas Decorations from Around the World

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We have seen some amazing Christmas Decorations this year and thought we could put a small list together with the most beautiful decorations from around the world. Happy Holidays! The 2009 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree has always been a favorite around the country and the world. This year the tree, a 76 foot Norway spruce weighing about 10 tons, came [...]

The Future is Green - Future Forward Faucets

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In the world of eco-chic, sometimes style is sacrificed for the sake of the environment. But what if you could minimize your carbon footprint while still maximizing innovation and creativity? fluid faucet's future-forward fixtures do exactly that. Meet a brand of bath fixtures that feature meticulous curves, unique angles, mirror-like polished surfaces, an[...]