One of the hottest trends in bathrooms is incorporating antique fixtures. Here's how to mix old-world charm into your new bathroom style. Paula Velez, project designer with LUX Design offers these tips. Tubs: Antique tubs can be a great feature piece in a bathroom, and the history and...
Have you checked out HGTV's big winter schedule yet? I spent last Friday evening curled up in front of the TV watching the evening's lineup of international shows from 8:30 pm ET on. Property Virgins at 8pm is an old favourite and it was followed by my new fave, Cracking Antiques. Kathryn...
From left: Sterling Silver and Tortoise Shell Tray; Crocodile Skin Travelling Trunk; Ivory-handled cutlery I recently inherited a small carved elephant from my late grandmother. When I got it home and inspected it a little closer, I realized that it's carved from ivory. Now, obviously she...
Antique shopping can be overwhelming for novices, and sorting the real deal from junk can be a grating experience. Dealers scour cities and the globe to find unique and authentic collectibles, and you can too. But before you head out for that daylong tour of garage sales, flea or antique markets,...
Many of us have had "The Antique Fantasy." You know, the one where you pick up a painting at a garage sale for five dollars, only to find out it's a long lost Vincent Van Gogh sketch worth millions. Shows like HGTV's Antiques Road Show have only added to our fascination with items from the...
This is it, the ultimate, the most important flower in human history, the uber-flower: the rose. No other flower has a fraction of the sheer volume of songs, poetry, prose, paintings, frescos, and representations in art and architecture that celebrate it. It has had an economic and cultural...