I don’t know if I’d have noticed if I wasn’t so smitten with the kitchen colors. No big deal, but kind of a big deal, too. I can’t think of another time when I’ve caught anything wrong in it, so I’ll forgive them this time.I am always impressed by people who have an eye for design – I, unfortunately, do not! Charmingly cynical. Somehow I can go down a rabbit hole whenever I have the time to look at photos, read articles on this topic. Our *new* kitchen is 10 years old now meaning, like you said, it’s a little out of date. meh! I could be wrong because this was long before I was interested in interior design. I recently read that quartz was king for 2020. Because if the counters are granite that look like marble, then there is no incongruence.BTW, in the first house I ever remodeled, I used marble for the limited counters I had. But I suspect that it depends on where you live, how much you have to spend, and who advertises on the website or magazine that features the article. My town is cursed with leaky basements…Didn’t realize your plumbing disaster was on the ground floor. I have granite counters in my bathrooms but just vinyl(?) I’ve had them for 19 years thus far. I’ll let the next owner do that! Never again to the other colors if I can help it.I don’t know why but hardwood floors are a thing around here. It means I was paying attention . Synonyms (Other Words) for Interior design & Antonyms (Opposite Meaning) for Interior design. I thought it’d be media rooms and outdoor kitchens. I tried Google and got a variety of images called bisque. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw. I would have missed the countertops too, but I’m not a professional, nor am I writing an article about kitchens.

Go figure.Tell me your secret! When it is inadequate, it destroys the whole outfit”, maybe that same principle applies to interior design?Endless Weekend, that’s a good quote from Christian Dior. If I did have a basement, though, it could be made of concrete, steel, kryptonite… whatever, and it would probably still leak every time it rained. I think that’s why interior design calls to me: practical + pretty in one place.First I will confess I probably would not have noticed their mistake. For a while there they were the trend– so maybe you’re ahead of the new trend to come with them. His family is always looking on Pinterest for stuff. to the details!Nancy, I take your point. Design is all about solutions– and all the better if the details are esthetically pleasing. To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to. I guess not. The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan shown in completed work. Guess we’ll find out together. I get a kick from catching mixed up muddled up scenes in movies and on tv and/or plot and timeline issues in books. Gray was in for a while.L. A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; -- often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot. I think the kitchen is lovely and hope that the owners like it, but can’t help wondering about putting marble, that stains so easily, in a kitchen. The number of times I’ve selected a photo to illustrate a blog post and then spotted something in the detail which has made me scrap it and go on the hunt for something better. All the worse for you, I’d say. A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan. My daughter lives there now, so I know. Have a terrific 2020!Dr Junieper, we don’t want to sell this house so the information in the article is something to keep in mind. People are limiting the value of words like “technology” and “sustainability” within the design industry, said Spanish-born architect and designer, Patricia Urquiola. My memory of Biscuit was that it was darker than white, but lighter than almond.