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3 weeks ago | 
bhg.com | Lauren Bengtson |Stephen Treffinger
Credit: Tria Giovan Photography Perhaps one of the most polarizing terms in home decorating is simply, “textured walls." They were in, then out, but now—perhaps to the surprise of many—they’re very in again. This time, it's all thanks to plaster. Plaster is making a huge comeback in every way, but this trend goes way beyond the plain old plaster you might be familiar with.
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4 weeks ago | 
interiordesign.net | Stephen Treffinger
Ceramic tile is everywhere in Valencia, catching your attention in as you walk down the street, the facades of places like the Mercado de Colón and the Estación del Norte offering a degree of decoration our eyes are, for the most part, not used to seeing.
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1 month ago | 
interiordesign.net | Stephen Treffinger
For an exhibition at the Museum Voorlinden in South Holland’s Wassenaar through August 31, 2025, Dutch textile and product designer Simone Post rebuilt her childhood home in the Netherlands but with a tasty twist: Everything is made of candy.
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1 month ago | 
interiordesign.net | Stephen Treffinger
Sounding like something out of science fiction, the Cathedral of Robotic Artisans (CORA) is basically a house built for a robot—a KUKA six-axis industrial milling robot to be exact—that’s intended to look like it was built by a robot.
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1 month ago | 
tablemagazine.com | Stephen Treffinger |Danny Mankin |Keith Recker |Abbey Cook
Like the sun-washed marble of ancient temples, warm neutrals at these Pittsburgh shops suggest elegance and timeless appeal. Let yourself dive into these calming tones and fill both your home and closet with this trend. Even when the trend passes, as they all do, their peaceful qualities will remain. Sewickley and AspinwallCentury Furniture’s Lars Accent Chair blends Gustavian details with the time-tested forms of ancient Greek Klismos chairs. Its quiet grandeur will lift your interior.
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1 month ago | 
tablemagazine.com | Keith Recker |Danny Mankin |Stephen Treffinger
As we predicted in our trends last year, surrealism is having a moment. Is it a reaction to our otherworldly onscreen lives, or the turbulence of public sphere … or both? Designer LISA TODD adds a witty wink to your new favorite cashmere sweater with sequin elbow patches. Pair its relaxed silhouette with a breezy ballet skirt and you’ll find yourself floating surreally over the events of the day.
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1 month ago | 
tablemagazine.com | Stephen Treffinger
Delftware, around since the early 17th century, has achieved remarkable staying power by reinventing itself and appearing in new and new-ish forms every few years. John Derian’s delftware for Astier deVilatte. Delft was something of a chameleon from the beginning, and a few centuries of protean adaptability have cemented it in our visual culture.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Stephen Treffinger
"A lot of my work was making sure things felt like they could be in New York and still have Pedro's signature style," said Ms. Weinberg by phone. A great many modifications were made to the home, including repainting all the interior walls a warmer white, replacing all of the existing furniture and objects, covering the pale wood elements with slightly darker and warmer cladding - even landscaping the grounds to represent the American Northeast and to include some bright red flowers.
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2 months ago | 
interiordesign.net | Stephen Treffinger
The art gallery ideal has long been a white box, but, for the Edes Building in Morgan Hill, California, KTGY was after something different. The two-story, 6,800-square-foot structure, which houses both Cura Contemporary, a gallery, and Véra, a wine bar and restaurant, leverages the visual and tactile warmth of wood to enhance the experience of viewing the artworks (and dining on the eatery’s New American dishes). KTGY sought for the mass-timber framework itself to be viewed as sculpture.
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2 months ago | 
tablemagazine.com | Kylie Thomas |Stephen Treffinger
When a single person sits down to dinner, sometimes a fork is just a fork. Guest editor Stephen Treffinger reflects on the habits of a confirmed bachelor and recounts how to set a table for one. Were you to come to my home for dinner, you would find my place settings woefully limited or completely joyful, depending on your point of view. There would be no salad forks, no fish knives, no dessert spoons. Nor would your flatware, in all likelihood, match mine.
