If you’ve ever had to vent a fireplace or wood stove, then you know how much trouble it can be. Do you put the pipe in the ceiling or the wall? Who will install the thing so that you can be safe from chimney fires? Will the insurance company approve of the specifications? 
KBIS is the annual kitchen & bath industry show, and the ultimate destination for kitchen and bath trends. This year we followed around KBIS trendspotters Jason Oliver Nixon and John Loecke, the design duo behind Brooklyn-based Madcap Cottage, to get their take on the show’s “Top 5”.
Gliding our fingers over textured fabrics creates a sensation impossible to describe, see, or hear. While many of us choose interesting soft, thick, woven and silken fabrics to place over our skin as clothing, we don’t always allow ourselves the same freedom of choice in fabrics and leathers for the home.
One of the great things about a TRE-Più Door is that you know it will withstand the test of time. Loosely speaking—and at great risk of doing injustice to the company’s eclectic collection—Tre-Piu’s line is divided into two kinds of doors, classical and technically innovative.
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