The Water Sheet

Like a spring in the open countryside. The water falls in a broad torrent. Only with WATER SHEET it is always at the right temperature and intensity. The ritual begins with the conscious filling of the bathtub. The architectural design of WATER SHEET is universal, fitting in with every high quality bathroom ambience, and can be combined with all the other BALANCE MODULES and fittings.

For more information please visit http://www.dornbracht.com/symetrics/.

Find your Color Personality Using Numerology - Originally Printed in House Beautiful Magazine, October 2009

What's in a name? Would you believe a color energy that's a clue to your personality? Maybe you don't. But some numerologists do, and they base their belief about the relationship between numbers, color, and the alphabet on the theories of Pythagoras, no less. Here's how it works: Take each letter in your name and find its corresponding number in the guide below. Add all the numbers, then reduce the total to a single digit.


EXAMPLE: Cheryl Smith 3+8+5+9+7+3+1+4+9+2+8=59 (5+9)=14 (1+4)= 5 = Blue

NUMEROLOGY KEY TO YOUR COLOR PERSONALITY

Analyze your color personality:


1. Red: The most dominant personality. A visionary and risk-taker: energetic, passionate, tenacious, flamboyant, and courageous.


2. Orange: Balanced both mentally and physically. Happy, loyal, takes each day as it comes.


3. Yellow: Cheerful, charming, magnetic, intelligent, confident, and creative. Somewhat psychic, and enigmatic. A good leader and negotiator.


4. Green: The perfect balance between the physical and mental. Grounded, logical, not easily influenced, rarely judgmental. An intensely loyal friend — and has lots of them.


5. Blue: Optimistic, empathetic, flexible, idealistic, tranquil, patient, devoted. A natural mother.


6. Indigo: A brilliant old soul who is intuitive, sensitive, impulsive, curious, and ambitious, with a great lust for life.


7. Violet: Also an old soul. Intense, cerebral, wise, loving, generous, sentimental, and artistic.


8. Rose: Main qualities are strength, love, and leadership. Turns visions into realities.


9. Gold: Radiates love, joy, compassion, and understanding.

What if a Refrigerator Didn't Have to Look Like a Refrigerator?

New Integrated units from Subzero give you total aesthetic integration with the cabinets you have chosen. Refrigeration units, in essence, are refrigeration cabinets. They literally become part of the kitchen furniture.

For more information on this and other Subzero products visit http://www.subzero.com/.

Are You a Sunrise or a Sunset?

About 20 years ago, color consultant, Carole Jackson, wrote a best seller called Color Me Beautiful, a guide to help people figure out what colors looked best on them. Colors were grouped into seasons; spring, summer, fall, and winter.

Now, color expert, Leatrice Eiseman, can help you find the best colors for your home. She has divided colors into four times of day — sunrise, sunlight, sunset, and crossover, which takes its palette not from a time, but from classic colors lifted out of nature. She believes that each of us is strongly drawn to a specific Colortime. According to Eiseman, if you use your own Colortime colors to decorate, "not only will you look your best, it will bring you a sense of balance and well-being — it will revitalize your home," Take her quiz to find out what your colors are:


WHICH COLOR RANGE APPEALS TO YOU MOST?
A. Royal blue, turquoise, beach-glass green, vibrant rose, and violet
B. Coral, caramel, hot pink, cranberry, and peacock
C. "Icy creamy" — I like many colors but prefer subtle over bright
D. Navy, taupe, gray, and black — basics with an occasional shot of red


WHICH ARTWORK WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
A. A sparkling seascape
B. An inviting landscape
C. A color photo of a verdant green meadow under a placid blue sky
D. Black-and-white photograph


WHAT LOOK MOST APPEALS TO YOU FOR YOUR HOME?
A. Cool and clean, with touches of vibrant color
B. Warm and welcoming, with earthy, spicy colors
C. Soft and nurturing, with pastels or grayed-down colors
D. Classic, with timeless colors


WHICH OF THESE FABRICS WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
A. The cheerful, smooth fabrics of Provence
B. Slubbed textures and woven pieces from an artist's studio in Santa Fe
C. Angora and featherweight woolens from a weaver's loom in New Zealand
D. Natural linens or combed cottons from a textile mill in Scotland


IMAGINE COLORS AS THEY APPEAR AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY. WHICH DESCRIPTION SPEAKS TO YOU?
A. The dewy, fresh colors of dawn shining over water
B. The glowing radiance of a desert sunset
C. The placid blue sky of midday
D. The intensely deep hues of a moonlit night


WHAT NATURAL ELEMENTS BEST EXPRESS THE COLORS YOU'RE DRAWN TO?
A. Air and water: I prefer primarily cool tones that are transparent, frosty, cleansing, calming, and pure
B. Fire and earth — I prefer warm tones that are active, mellow, spicy, or exotic
C. I identify with all natural elements, but in softer, less intense tones
D. Rock, stone, pebbles, and sand — these dependable, steadfast shades help me feel grounded


YOU'RE DRAWN TO JEWELRY IN SHADES OF:
A. Ruby, emerald, aquamarine, amethyst jewel tones
B. Amber, earth red, deep-sea coral, topaz, peridot — mineral tones
C. Opal, jade, cameo pin, and pearl with an iridescent pastel peach or rose finish — understated colors
D. I don't often wear jewelry, but when I do, I wear natural pearls


WHAT YOUR ANSWERS MEAN Count up the number of A, B, C, and D answers to find your Colortime. If you have answers from more than one category, choose your colors from both or all of them.



A" ANSWERS: SUNRISE
Your decorating palette veers toward cool colors and is inspired by the natural elements of air and water. It literally sparkles with jewel and royal tones of amethyst, orchid, emerald, royal blue, and prism pink. Cool gray, rose-beige, and mauvey-taupe are good neutrals for you. Your best white is pure-as-the-driven-snow white.


"B" ANSWERS: SUNSET
Your palette is warm and is inspired by the natural elements of fire and earth: terra-cotta, ginger, burnt coral, apricot, honey gold, caramel. You also enjoy a touch of the exotic and colors like Moroccan blue, iris, orchid, or deep periwinkle. Warm taupes and camel tones are your neutrals. Your white is creamy.


"C" ANSWERS: SUNLIGHT
Your palette dips into both the Sunrise and Sunset palettes. All of the elements of air, water, fire, and earth are present. Confection colors like custard and peach are good choices, as are delft blue and corn-flower. Think of verdant green meadows under a placid blue sky. Your neutrals are taupes. Your best whites have pastel undertones.


"D" ANSWERS: CROSSOVERS
Your palette is the one most often referred to as "basic" or "classic" — neutrals like sand, taupe, khaki, and gray. The Crossover colors are versatile enough to use in combination with any of the other Color-time palettes. Deep tones like dark earth brown, wine, eggplant, teal, navy, and black add contrast and richness. Your white is off-white.

Transparency vs Sound Insulation

In architecture and design there are conflicts and contradictions. It’s time to change the rules.
The MOVEO system is a new departure in room design, bringing together transparency and sound separation. Modern design is characterized by its clear, elegant transparency. Nevertheless, there is a basic requirement to use space effectively and efficiently in terms of acoustics and aesthetics. MOVEO Glass successfully unifies these two previously contradictory demands.

More light, more silence, more space, and enhanced operating convenience: fast, easy, and flexible. The MOVEO Glass system creates elegant, light-flooded room-in-room solutions, enabling several separate events to be held concurrently. An investment that pays off in every respect.

iPhone Applications for Decorating

ColorSnap (free). Whether you're walking through a museum or a canyon, this application lets you snap a picture of a color you love and match it to a Sherwin-Williams paint color.

Ben Color Capture (free). The world is your personal electronic fan deck. This app can match your snapshot to any of more than 3,300 Benjamin Moore paint colors.

ColorChange ($1.99). Take any image and manipulate the colors — you can visualize what a room, object, or landscape would look like in the colors of your choice.

ColorTilt ($2.99). Bring out your inner child: Choose from 4,096 colors and create finger paintings with simple strokes on the touch screen. You can even display your artwork in a Web gallery.

HandMade in America

Based in the Blue Ridge Mountains, HandMade in America was founded in 1993 with a belief that economic revitalization wasn't necessarily tied to luring "modern" industry to the region but in making known the hidden heritage and craftspeople that are so vitally a part of Western North Carolina. Today, HandMade is a nationally recognized, multidimensional institution that has sparked initiatives and creative collaborations in education, small town revitalization and community development, economic development, environmentally sustainable strategies and enhanced opportunities for makers of the handmade object, heritage tourism, and incorporating crafts into building design and furnishing.

To learn more about HandMade in America visit http://www.handmadeinamerica.org/.

New Jacuzzi Products

Ferguson Enterprises of Asheville recently sponsored a spa day event featuring new Jacuzzi products. We attended the event and were able to see the new products in action. Two new products that caught my eye were the Jacuzzi Fuzion tub and the Sedona Steam Shower base.

The Fuzion baths are beautiful and functional, serving as a unique furnishing for your home. Jacuzzi® technology is paired with fine decking in either rich teak or exotic wenge wood, adding impact to your bathroom.

The Sedona steam shower base is a great retro fit product that installs quickly and easily, with very little or no demolition to your bathroom.

For more information on these and other Jacuzzi products visit http://jacuzzi.com/home.php.

Spa Packages For Your Home

Home, where the stressors of the world stop at your door step, and you enter into your own private oasis. Cheryl Smith Associates presents “Spa Packages” for the home. Our extensive list of spa packages is just the thing to rejuvenate your home and your spirit.

Celebration Package Celebrate any occasion. CSA will provide professional decorating for holidays and parties. From creating a whole new holiday look or updating your existing holiday décor, CSA will execute a cohesive and professional backdrop for your celebration while you sit back, relax, and enjoy. $750.00

Color Correction When you have a color crisis, CSA will provide the perfect color fix. We’ll give you a complete paint color palette for your interior or exterior. This service is a one time, in-home consultation. $500.00

Relaxing Retreat This deluxe makeover will transform your bedroom into a peaceful retreat. Serene colors and luxurious fabrics transform your bedroom into a private haven that will rival any five star hotel suite. $500.00

Full Radiance Update your lighting fixtures and add function or drama to your space. This package includes layout and fixture selections. $1,500.00

Face Lift You’ve got the look, it just needs a little…facelift. We’ll come to your home and give you a fresh look using your own furniture and accessories. $750.00

Liposuction Need to fit your things into a smaller space? Let us help you to “slim” down. We’ll help you plan your space, decide what to take with you to your new home, provide window treatment designs and paint color options; everything you need to make your new home comfortable and cozy. $1,800.00

Eye Lift Windows are the eyes of your home. Give them a lift and add some style with new treatments. We will measure, design the window treatments with fabric selection. $500.00

Please call our office for more information on the “Spa Packages” listed above. Certain guidelines do apply.

Interesting Window Treatments - It's All in the Details

Formal dining room with beautiful gold silk damask draperies and metal rod finished in silver leaf and gold to coordinate drapery fabric with crystal chandelier. Notice the crystal drops on the drapery rod.

Living room side panels with gorgeous silk fabric, dressmaker ribbon banding and drapery rod finials that look like hat pins. Robert Allen drapery hardware custom series at http://www.robertallendesign.com/

Grandkids Area (even though there are none yet! strong hint right?..lol) Fun fabrics by Christian Fischbacher of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Notice the tu-tu type fringe on one valance- we better hope for girls!

Traditional husband's study with silk swags and jabots. To punch it up a bit, we upholstered some crown molding with the same fabric to give the top of the valance some importance.

For the Craft Room the client wanted fun colors and patterns, so we used tropical cotton fabric cut in a scallop pattern with vivid stripe underneath.

For the Guest Bath shower curtain we found a sheer fabric with a contemporay leaf applique. This is a great way to keep a small bathroom from feeling closed in, so we used a sheer vinyl liner also.

Roman Shade with small box pleat valance to cover workings of shade. Where box pleats meet, we used a heavy contrasting yarn to "thread" pleats together, adding a nautical detail .

Holiday Decorating Service

Christmas is a wonderful time of year, a time for celebrating with family, friends and colleagues. However, with the festivities comes the decorating.. but who has the energy, the time, or the expertise to put it all together? We do!

Leave the decorating to the professionals. Our design experts can create a simple or elaborate
display for your home or business. Whether you are creating a whole new holiday look or updating your existing holiday decor CSA will execute a cohesive and festive look for your business or residence.

Let us take the hassle out of Holiday decorating so you can enjoy yourself this season.

Call our office at 828 697-2012 or email us at kim@cherylsmithassociates.com to schedule your appointment.

GE Hybrid Water Heater

The new GE hybrid water heater is certainly worth noticing. This is the first water heater to be listed on U.S. Department of Energy website as Energy Star Rated. With its innovative approach, the hybrid water heater combines heat pump technology with traditional electric elements, pulling heat from surrounding air and transferring it to the tank. Such a process creates the same amount of hot water as a traditional water heater while reducing energy expenses up to 62% for a rather dramatic impact on monthly utility bills and the environment. Your annual savings can reach $320.

Simply Stylish

For a little simplicity with lots of style, the gorgeous Moon glass wash basin by Glass Design is the ultimate in modern minimalism. This cool, contemporary wash basin for the bath is made from pure crystal with 24 percent lead content. This large-bowl design is so versatile, and perfectly complemented by a sleek, slim-lined faucet or something a little more elaborate. These mouth-blown basins are made entirely by hand, without machines or technology, but rather using an ancient tried-and-true artisan touch. The result is a chic, classic design to suit every space. This glass wash basin is as lovely to look at as it is to use. To learn more, visit Glass Design.

Illuminating Rain Spa Shower Head

From the Italian bathroom design experts, these new rain spa shower heads are innovative and illuminating – literally. Bathe yourself in water and light with these stylish shower heads by iB Rubinetterie. The luxurious rain spa shower is available in either 280mm square or 600mm round design with a modern chrome-finish, and features a range of ever-changing hues for a color-therapy session right in the comfort of your home. Enjoy the relaxing qualities of light and rejuvenating characteristics color, combined with soothing water jets which can be customized from a gentle spray to a downpour rain. These cool fixtures will transform your morning shower into an ultra-sensory experience. Check out these new spa shower heads at iB Rubinetterie.

Something Old ...Something New

Our clients recently finished construction on their home. They decided to tear down their existing house on the lake and rebuild. Some of the materials were salvaged and reused in the current project. Throughout the house you will find a surprising mixture of salvaged materials paired in interesting ways with new materials.

Mediterra cork from the Rigato collection (jumble color) is combined with Tigerwood flooring.

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The cabinets are a mix of maple with walnut accents. The bar has a walnut top.

Stainless steel, wood, and natural stone add to the kitchen's interest and charm.

Accent lights showcase artwork on this high ledge. Track head Progress #P1624-174PA in bronze, low voltage MR-16 bulb, 50 watt – MR-16 bulbs make great accent lighting. Very clear, clean lighting works effectively with artwork and accessories.

Great mixture of old and new in this powder room. Old pecky cypress was salvaged from the original lake house that was torn down. The cypress is run horizontally up to the chair-rail then vertically to the ceiling . We paired this with a dark contemporary console and white vessel sink from Ronbow. http://www.ronbow.com/product.php?s=LC3067&cid=12 (ronbow console)
http://www.ronbow.com/product.php?s=CB3023&cid=9 (sink)

Have a Seat

Sit back and relax – that’s what these oversized sofa sets were made for! The Alto Piano is the new range of Turkish sofas by Italian company Laurameroni, designed for comfort. But in true European fashion, the style factor doesn’t go by the wayside. A low, wide profile and clean, contemporary lines define these oversized sofas and armchairs. Tight-fitting leather or fabric upholstery gives the collection an elegant look, and square legs keep it simple. Sofas are offered in two-and three-seater designs, and matching armchairs also boast the double-depth pouf. Make your living room or den the ultimate in luxury and comfort with these comfy furniture must-haves. For more info on these cute Turkish-style sofa and chairs, visit Laurameroni.

Contemporary Grill

German design company Liaisons has created this gorgeous contemporary fire pit grill. More precisely a fire bowl grill, dubbed the Langgrill for its long bowl – this design is hot, hot, hot! The winner of the 2009 Best of the Best Red Dot Design Award, this modern wood burning grill features a minimalist look, and its beauty lies in this simplicity. The Langgrill fire pit grill sports a simple fire tray finished in oxidized stainless steel, and lies low to the ground on a basalt stone base, for an understated focal point. This wood burning grill measures 25 by 45 by 95 cm, and is topped by a removable stainless steel grate which slides across the fire bowl, offering the option to alternate between a high and a low flame when cooking. Or just kick back and bask in the warmth of an open hearth – in modern style. Buy this contemporary grill at Connox at a retail price of approximately $1,092.

Hot Radiator Designs

Leave it to an Italian designer to turn the old bathroom radiators into something cool, contemporary and central to your bathroom design. The Oreste & Emma bathroom radiators from Antrax were designed by Andrea Crosetta for both private homes and trendy commercial spaces like lounges, restaurants and clubs, where “pop” means more than just a beverage. And in the true pop-art fashion, the Oreste & Emma motif is playful, fun and funky. Constructed of sheet metal, these new radiator designs measure 172cm high and are available in both water and electric designs, with a thermal efficiency of 400 watts. For more on this cool radiator range visit Antrax.

A Nice Relaxing Soak in the Tub

Nothing says “luxury” like a deep soaking tub, and the latest from Vaselli is the Ciotola tub design. The focal point of any modern bathroom and worthy of a high-end, five-star spa, these marble tubs will make your day-to-day secretly sumptuous. This circular tub is made of Carrera marble and showcases its naturally beautiful veins and colors with flair. The depth of the design envelopes you in water’s warm embrace, while a built-in seat offers comfort to this contemporary bathroom essential. Imagine sinking into this deep soaking tub at the end of a long, hard day. It’s sure to inspire some sweet dreams and a great-looking bathroom that’ll be your favorite room in the house. Check out these marvelous marble tubs at Vaselli.

Cool Bathtub Ideas

Before you dig in on your next renovation, however large or small, check out these cool bathroom ideas and the new bathtub collection by Agape. Inspired around the stylish InOut bathtub designs, these sleek round bathtubs will become the apex of your bathroom project. Sure to inspire some chic bathroom style, this bathtub will suit any space and every style, thanks to its versatility. This design by Benedini Associati features a minimalist all-white finish and is available in a range of options: freestanding or corner, inset or recessed installation. To further suit your style, these bathtubs offer ease with hardware: taps can be wall- or floor-mounted, so go with your individual look and realize your cool bathroom ideas. And the option of built-in storage means as you stretch for the extra-fluffy towel, you won’t have to reach very far. The InOut bathtub measures 170 x 170 x 64h cm (66 7/8” x 66 7/8” x 25 1/4”). Check out this new bathtub collection at Agape.