With a new year comes new trends & this year it’s BRASS! You can forget your grandma’s cheap brass door knob placed on every production home in the 1990’s that you’re probably picturing.
Today we’re talking about an updated, cool kind of brass that we’re starting to see in everyone’s home and work place!
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Brass has been back on the scene for a couple years, but now consumers are really getting on board with this metal that was last popular in the 70’s.
The warmth of brass is replacing the usual chrome and stainless finishes that have been commonplace for so long. Because, unlike chrome and stainless, brass has a warmth that can make your living room or kitchen feel truly lived in and not as sterile and clinical as other metals can.
Unless brass is finished with a lacquer it will tarnish over time--which many people find appealing. Brass that patinas becomes a living finish that will continue to morph and add character to any interior, yet maintain a timeless quality.
Where is this brass being used you may ask? EVERYWHERE! Furniture and fixtures of all styles are given new life in this reemerging finish. Timeless designs—like chevrons and greek key—are elegant in brass without being ostentatious like other yellow metals, namely gold
[Where to Buy] pictured items:
1. Arteriors 2. Dwell Studio 3. Arteriors 4. Remodelista 5. Crate & Barrel 6. Jonathan Adler
7. Z Gallerie 8. West Elm 9. Z Gallerie 10. Hands 11. Jonathan Adler 12. Z Gallerie & West Elm
What better way to start new this year than to add some glam and shine to your home with this striking metal?
On many occasions I have walked into a bedroom with a new lamp in hand only to find the outlet is directly in the center of the wall behind the headboard. How are you supposed to plug things into this outlet? It isn’t an issue if you are Elastigirl and can stretch your arm into that awkward position to get under and over the headboard rail or you can stretch from the side to reach it. If the outlet is centered behind a king-size bed, good luck plugging something in without moving the bed.
I often think that the people designing and building houses are only taking into consideration the building code requirements and costs per outlet but not how people actually live in and use the space they are creating. Wouldn't it be nice if outlets were conveniently placed in the spaces you want to access them? In most cases, this is a simple and inexpensive project that could help improve your quality of life in the spaces you are in the most.
For floor outlets in an existing living space, putting an outlet in the slab is not so easy. Just as with new construction, you need a plan for your furniture placement, then place the outlets to each side of the sofa for easy access to lamps on end tables. If your furniture is in the middle of the room, use wire/cable cover that runs along the baseboard until you can turn a 90 degree angle and head under a rug. Tape the wire down to the floor to keep it in place and find a floor wire cover that is close to the color of your tile/hardwood so it will virtually disappear.
