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Bath to School - Get Your Bathroom in Fall Shape

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Back to school is the time of year to get a fresh start. The smell of freshly sharpened pencils and new packs of paper are great reminders to organize your home for the year ahead. Out of all the rooms that need a little love, why not start with the bathroom? An organized bathroom makes for less stressful mornings and close calls at the bus stop. Turn over a[...]

Wonderfully Radiant Orchid

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An enchanting harmony of fuchsia, purple and pink undertones, Radiant Orchid is a captivating, magical and enigmatic purple – and PANTONE’s new selection as Color of the Year. According to their renowned color experts, Radiant Orchid is uplifting and bold without being overpowering, re-energizing almost any color palette. They recommend sprucing up inter[...]

Right-Sized Accessories

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In kitchen and bath design, size matters — in fact, it’s a critical component. If an accessory or mirror is too big, it’s overwhelming. But if it’s too small, it will seem lost. Not unlike Goldilocks, we are all in need of accessories that are “just right.” Here are our suggestions for right-sized accessories. Luna1 Mirror – Hastings Tile & Bath [...]

Back in the Day....

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Don’t you hate it when people say that? “Back in the day, we walked 10 miles to school uphill in the snow…” That kind of thing. We get it – things were “tougher” then. There were no iPhones so how did anything get done!? Washing, drying, bathing and showering had to be done manually – imagine that? We are kidding, because of course bathing and showering [...]

The New Electronic Bathroom

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At Styleture we’re livin’ on the edge – the cutting edge of design, that is! As we add more gadgets and gizmos to our arsenal of things we can’t live without, technology is seeping into more areas of the home and with wonderful results. Having the latest and greatest TV is one thing, but being able to incorporate this new technology into your futuristic bath[...]

The A&D Building, NYC

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Were you thinking that we had left New York City off the Design Center map? Fear not as we wrap up our nationwide tour of design showrooms. While NYC has a number of “Design Centers,” the Architects and Designers Building (or the A&D Building for short) located at 150 E. 58th Street is easily one of our favorites. Filled with ten floors of inspiration, t[...]

Summer Whites

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Sand between one’s toes, lazy, languid evenings imbued with warm breezes. Is there anything better? This is the time of year when a longing for all things summer becomes an obsession. Homeowners read garden and home design magazines anticipating the warm weather soon to come. In design, white is synonymous with summer— clean and bright, it’s a color that say[...]

Green With Envy!

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With Pantone’s declaration of Emerald Green as the color of 2013, one can’t help but feel invigorated by the year ahead. Verdant, full of vitality, vivid and vivacious, Emerald Green has already made a definitive impact on the red carpet and runway. From that “gown” in the film Atonement to Angelina Jolie’s oversized emerald earrings at the Oscars, the c[...]

The Challenge: Space Constraints – The Solution: Wall-Mounted Fixtures

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Space constraints can be the biggest challenge architects and designers face – in any room – but bathrooms in particular. When moving walls aren’t an option, making do in tight quarters is where design rubber meets the road. However, homeowners and designers need not fear the challenges of space issues because manufacturers have got that particular design fl[...]

The Greeniest of Baths

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Every day, we indulge in the delights of the bath. From the minute we rise, to the moments before we sleep, the bath provides invaluable comfort and luxury – a source of water and energy that counts among our most valuable resources. But, thanks to the ingenuity of a select group of designers and innovators, we don’t have to choose between indulgence and pre[...]