Iin the North Park area of San Diego there is a woodworker who does the most glorious things and does every bit of it with hand tools only. Pat Edwards is a consummate master in every aspect of woodworking, but the one item that gets most of the ink-and deservedly so-is his marquetry.

Aster Cucine is one of the more innovative kitchen design companies I have yet encountered in my many cyberspace “trips” to Italy.

The first thing that impressed me about Ephraim Faience Pottery was the pottery itself, because gorgeous doesn’t even begin to truly describe their output.

Blanco has sold some forty million sinks since their inception, and given the innovation with which they have always approached their products, it’s not hard to figure out why. There is no detail that is too small for their careful attention, including color-make that, especially including color.