Suspended Light

(LZF Agatha Light)You walk into a room, any room, and one of the things you take for granted is that there’s going to be light. When there’s light, everything not only looks brighter but bigger also.  Plus, with the right light bulbs correctly positioned, a room can be transformed into an inviting place. With this much riding on lighting, you really can’t take it for granted.

One of the easiest ways to throw ambient light around the whole room is to suspend a light fixture in the center of the room. 

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Wedding catering: Cocktail hour food

Go to any dinner party and you can expect a fairly prescriptive turn of events: a drink or cocktail to greet you shortly after you arrive, followed by genial conversation and some nibbles: cheese, crackers, perhaps olives or nuts, and then dinner.

Special events and wedding receptions are big - very big - dinner parties, and they follow a similar script. The cocktail hour, which may or may not involve cocktails, and may or may not be an hour long, is a period of time used to transition guests from the ceremony to the reception. An advantage is that it occupies hungry guests with food and drink while the bride, groom and bridal party can take post-nuptial photos.

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What Makes a Collection, Part 2

Photo: Alexis BittarI've chosen to focus on jewelry designer Alexis Bittar because he is a perfect example of a jewelry designer who truly understands what goes into a strong collection.  He consistently includes silhouettes from modest to statement-making, classic to avant garde while maintaining his own design aesthetic.  By doing this he accomplishes a near universal appeal.  No matter what your jewelry style -- so long as you like his aesthetic-- you will find something that could work for you. 

And this is precisely what we are working to accomplish with our own jewelry collections, right? 

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A Material World

(Majestic Gemstone - Blue Agate)Granite or marble is what usually comes to mind when people think about luxury stone materials for the kitchen or bathroom.  While they are still very popular, there are many other exciting alternatives that are out in the market today.  To name a few, there’s quartz, soapstone, resin, semi-precious stones, and even recycled glass.

One of the most eye-catching, if not the most spectacular, is the surface material made of semi-precious stones.  Yes, semi-precious stones, the same materials used for jewelry.  Majestic Gemstone from Israel presents agates, jaspers, amethysts, sodalite, and carnelian in their collection.  Shown in the above photo is their blue agate stone slab.

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