Design | Wellness | Cabinetry
I just returned from a full day at the International Builders Show and have some great items I will be telling you about very soon.
In the mean time, check out this beautiful post on the Coco Deluxe Wall Sconce as part of a new “Bloggers Choice” series on the Global Lighting blog.
Sherwin-Williams has announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind web-based tool that allows consumers to select any online image and instantly identify the Sherwin-Williams paint colors that correspond to the colors contained within the picture.
Now when you see a color while surfing the Internet on sites such as Houzz or Pinterest, there is a tool that will make paint selection easier.
Once you’ve created a profile at www.letschipit.com, you will need to add the “CHIP IT!” bookmarklet to your Internet browser toolbar. This bookmarklet will allow you to identify up to ten Sherwin-Williams paint colors represented in online photos simply by scrolling over the image.
Don’t click the image because it will open any hyperlinks that may be associated with it. When your mouse hovers over the photo, small color swatches will appear and a blue “CHIP IT” button. Clicking that button will create the paint palette sample for you.
Here are a few examples I tried from a few photos I had bookmarked.
If you don’t want to use your Facebook profile to sign in, you can paste a URL address for the image into the Letschipit.com site to create your palette. If you are unsure of the image url, right-click it with your mouse and select “copy image url.”
This Queen Stone Sink from Terra Acqua will make your bathroom the crowning jewel of your home.
Cut from a single rock, each Miramar sink is unique in it’s shape and character. They average 4-5″ high and 13-18″ wide. Pricing begins at $1,195.
Terra Acqua offers vessels in the full Montecito Collection created from stones from around the globe. I really like their new Veloz vessel, shown in Sand Stone. I bet it is stunning in green onyx.
At first glance, I thought the Google Cooktop was an appliance. It’s not, it’s a smart countertop concept for the kitchen.
Created by designer Sarah R. L. Johnson, the Google Cooktop is an interactive screen embedded in your countertop. The Cooktop can either be connected wirelessly to the users’ computer or to the Google Cooking App on the users’ iPhone to access a catalog of the ingredients the user has in their home. The Cooktop can then suggest a recipe or the user can search the internet for a recipe of their choice.
If you know your dinner guests really well (or they are willing to share very personal information with you), The user can then select the profiles of the people who will be attending dinner. These profiles are connected to an application called Google Cal Band which allows the Cooktop to these people’s access daily fitness routines and diet preferences and suggest meal type and appropriate portion size for each person thus reducing the chance for food waste.
The selected recipe is displayed on the countertop surface. As the user compiles their ingredients and sets them on the surface of the Cooktop, the device measures the size of each ingredient as it is set down. Ingredients are then “weighed” by the Cooktop and visually cut down into suitable portions. When a particular item weighs too much, it is blocked out in red so the user can cut it down into a smaller piece.
As the user begins to cook, they can check which step they are currently on and the Cooktop can then highlight which ingredient are needed for that step. The Cooktop also prompts the user by suggesting tips for the recipe and ensures that each meal is cooked to perfection.
This could be a great solution if you tend to accidentally leave out ingredients. I am sure the Cooktop would not know what to do with too many substitutions of ingredients. It would probably react the way GPS units do and tell you to do a U-turn in your cooking steps.