2022 Summer Inspiration Issue

Relic Revival

Forever on-trend, heritage style is one of the most comforting ways to decorate your home. Heritage style allows you to lean on tradition and effortlessly layer pieces to create a welcoming environment with antiques. The beauty of antiques is their inherent uniqueness, and a room filled with heirlooms is always memorable. Plus, it’s a sustainable way to decorate your home since you can use thrift finds and preowned pieces to fill the space.

Using pieces beyond their original intention is also a wonderful way to give them new life. Try creating a washstand from an antique table or displaying bathroom essentials in a decorative cabinet. Our traditional Dartmoor faucets and accessories tie in perfectly with the heritage style with sculpted handles and finial detailing that create a classic look.

You can also incorporate heirlooms into your kitchen by using warm wood tables, vintage lighting, unconventional seating and original artworks to bring heritage home. Vintage glassware and ceramics can make a simple table setting livelier and more eclectic.

Kitchen Mixer

Your kitchen is the heart of your home, but it’s also a space you should customize to suit your personality as much as your storage needs. There’s no need to give every inch of your kitchen a job, like storage or prep space — sometimes the purpose of a wall is simply a moment of visual rest to help open up your room. By using unique fixtures or design elements, you can create a kitchen that works for your everyday needs and your style. You can also improve the flow of your kitchen by including a bar faucet in a corner of your layout to create the ultimate beverage station.

Choosing a unique color palette is another great way to customize your kitchen. Soft sage green pairs beautifully with muted blush tones to create a warm pastel color palette, and cobalt or matte black accents can bring an unexpected pop of contrast to your kitchen. The Cia collection was designed to help you to customize your space for any style by combining functionality with beautiful design. With its rectangular and cylindrical elements and high-arc spout, the geometric forms of the Cia faucet feel both vintage and current so it’s ready to fit into any home. You can even personalize the faucet itself by mixing or matching the finishes for your faucet’s handle, spout and escutcheon.

Open Shelving

Open shelving invites you to easily swap decorations depending on your mood and the season. Here are 6 tips to style your open shelving:

Be sure to consider height when you’re decorating. When there’s plenty of open space above your shelves, you can break the visual line with a wall-mounted sconce or a statement vase with branches.

Books add cozy texture to a shelf vignette. Stack books below a vase to add height or organize them side by side for easy access.

Cups that you regularly reach for are perfect on an open shelf, and if you use them daily, they won’t collect dust.

Organize your shelves beautifully by collecting small items with a theme on a tray, like cocktail mixing tools.

Style your daily-use items, like oil and vinegar, salt and pepper, and jars of coffee to minimize clutter on your countertop.

For the finishing touch, add a visual anchor by leaning a cutting board against the wall or backsplash.

Vertical Grooves

Popular in the Art Deco era, fluted glass can assimilate into any space, no matter the style. Fluted glass cabinets evoke a sense of refinement and elegance, plus it allows you to subtly show off your ceramics collection in a clean and uncluttered way. You can also mimic the undulating, minimalist pattern with opaque surfaces, like cabinet fronts, wall grooves or wainscoting.

Genta Matte Black One-Handle High Arc Kitchen Faucet

Wood, Reconsidered

With supply chain issues and price increases plaguing the wood industry, sourcing local, reclaimed or recycled wood is a convenient way to continue with your home’s DIY projects. Light tone woods work best in small spaces, like galley kitchens or half baths, to keep your rooms from looking too crowded or dark. If you’re using wood with knots or lots of character, it will shine in simpler forms and in furniture pieces that keep spaces from feeling busy.