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The Making of a (Transitional) Tile Mosaic in Historic Baltimore

Architectural Ceramics

January 2016 – Baltimore, MD – As a design consultant at Architectural Ceramics in Canton, a neighborhood of Baltimore City, I recently had the privilege of meeting a great couple that allowed me to create a mosaic design for the fireplace in their Bolton-Hill home in downtown Baltimore. Installation. Mid-Installation.

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5 Design Resolutions for 2016 to Make Today

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

We’ve put together five design resolutions to help you get your home’s design just right in 2016. For 2016, get into the mindset that beiges and off-whites are not colors; they are what’s on the wall when you’ve given up on life. Paint a wall (or several). Will you resolve to make any design resolutions in 2016?

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A Great Way to Start the New Year

The Perfect Bath

Here are some other things I did in my very small bath that made it feel really fresh for 2016: I bought new clear plastic containers at Bed Bath & Beyond for my medicine cabinet. I also got out the scrub brush and worked on a decades-old mosaic floor to brighten the grout. Happy 2016. Great results there, too.

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The Best Solar Panels for 2016 — and beyond

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

“They want the panels to be visible but still clean and concise — which means no mosaic designs.” If you Google “ugly solar panels,” you’ll find examples of block and mosaic arrays. The post The Best Solar Panels for 2016 — and beyond appeared first on Freshome.com. And we will only get better at harnessing it.”

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Color and Quilts at the Michener with Kaffe Fassett Blanket Statements

Margaret Almon Mosaics

The first book I owned about mosaic was by Kaffe Fassett, and I was drawn to his use of color. Fassett has created art in many mediums from knitting, fabric design, quilting and mosaic. Fasset’s first medium was painting and painted only in shades of white! ” November 14, 2015-February 21, 2016.

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