Tangerine Tango (gotta love that name!) is Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2012!! And you thought last years Honeysuckle was intense…ha! Just saying the name Tangerine Tango puts me in a good mood. Here’s what Pantone has to say about the color: “Sophisticated but at the same time dramatic and seductive, Tangerine Tango is [...]
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Technology in the Kitchen
I’ve been hearing more about technology in the kitchen lately with the rise of tablets and smart phones. Apple doesn’t have a corner on the kitchen tech market. All kinds of innovations in cooking have bubbled up in kitchen appliances in the past decade. What are we’re seeing in Twin Cities kitchens? High BTU (British Thermal Units) A growing [...]
Bits of Inspiration {The Color of Fall}
If fall were a color, it could only be orange. The color of leaves, pumpkins, Mario Batali’s Crocs…. OK, maybe not that last one, but spending more time indoors inevitably means spending more time in my favorite place in the world — the kitchen. I’ve got it on the brain. So how come orange so [...]
Sustainable for Life
I was recently at a dinner party at a home designed by Shelter Architecture. It was a renovation of a regular old South Minneapolis home, not a huge lot and I thought it was an incredible use of space! Shelter Architecture Paris Home Energy Efficient Windows – The Paris Way Lowered Counters and Efficient [...]
Autumn & Architecture
One of the best things about Minnesota? Our distinct seasons! Fall is my favorite so today’s special is a delicious pairing of autumn & architectural inspiration. Enjoy! M.Valdes Architects White Space Architecture SALA Architects John Gavin Dwyer Locus Architects CF Design Rehkamp Larson Architects
Less Is More. Way More.
If “more” isn’t specific enough for you…less is better, cheaper, faster, easier, smarter, greener, cooler & flexible according to Alchemy Architects & creators of the weeHouse. If you haven’t seen one of these sweet prefab architectural gems, essentially the weeHouse is just as it’s name suggests. A wee house. Action packed with goodness, thoughtfulness, and [...]
