Concrete...

I love all shades of grey, even more than the favored 50, but I also die over a good concrete moment! I'm really feeling the concrete trend coming down the pike... It's not going to be fully embraced, I know, as it's still a very polarizing material choice. You either love it or hate it. Although...

Tell me this isn't kind of sexy...

Seriously?!... Those counters!

Concrete counter tops are absolutely no maintenance, and are so ultra customizable to fit in anyone's aesthetic it's a great alternative to a slab and sink installation.

These tiles! Come on!... Gorgeous! These are from Ivanka...

Concrete cup by atstuart for pencils, tooth brushes, whatever your heart desires...

Small accessories like this salt/sugar dish from Culinarium are the perfect way to integrate a little bit of concrete into everyday living...

Uh-mazing...

If I haven't convinced you, I don't know what will... But concrete is seriously an awesome, malleable material to fit into anyone's world... 

Need to use...

This is more of me thinking out loud, but I saw this a couple months ago when I was in Edelman Leather... But they started to Laser Etch on some of their hides... And everyone knows I've got a slight obsession with skulls, well you can only imagine where this conversation is going!

I initially saw it on a black leather pillow, but just this week I saw an installation on 4 gorgeous mid-century type chair backs...

Can you see it? It's the most subtle laser etched skull in the delicate and buttery leather... I'm so in love! It's not screaming at you, and that's what I think is so perfect! Here's the same image but inverting the colors...

It's so awesome and a bit macabre it's gonna end up somewhere in a future design... The beauty of the laser etch is I have total control of the size of the image, so I could make it so minute that only upon intense inspection might you notice it there... But I'll always know!

Waterworks: R.W. Atlas

I stopped off in the Waterworks showroom today to just see what I was missing, what was new, just basically check things out... OMG, I was blown away!!! To be completely honest, Waterworks at one time was all any client could talk about, and it seemed to be the staple and no-brainer choice for all faucet and fittings needs, but that was about 10 years ago... Since then the particular clientele I've been dealing with went ultra modern, to transitional, and now there's a pretty even distribution of a little bit of all styles, but the name Waterworks still is not in the general conversation. What I experienced today will definitely change that perception of what the brand represents...

Okay, so if any of you know me, I love a good Industrial moment, and I completely adore everything the team of Roman and Williams does... They were responsible for The Ace Hotel in NYC, which is one of my favorite places just to chill, since the vibe is awesome, not to mention my first apartment was in that building when it was still The Breslin. (Little bit of Tyler Wisler trivia for you...)

Well, you could only imagine my excitement when I walked into new lavs sets and shower systems created by that duo!

Dying, I tell you! I can't tell you how much I adore the very utilitarian line that they've created, not to mention the attention to detail and the finishes... Ahhh, I die!

They purposely left the "imperfect" marking that normally get polished out in the finishing process, just adding that extra bit of loveliness!

I'm so wanting a new bathroom project, like NOW! So I can spec this stuff out! I'm thinking I may need to just redo my own bathroom to experience this on the daily... I'm so in love with this collection, I've got a whole new outlook on Waterworks. Bravo!!!