April Showers

by Ariel Schuster, Sales and Design Consultant at Artaic Feature Image – Newton Residence Shower with artwork by Ayala Tal April Showers Remember those sexy Herbal Essences commercials from the early 2000’s? You and I both know you do…Now that I have your attention let’s get personal – showers. I ...

Heavy Metal

by Ariel Schuster, Sales and Design Consultant at Artaic Feature Image – Purple Rain by Deborah Walker Interiors Let’s face it – metallics never went out of style, but they certainly channel decades past. In the world of fashion and design I’m picturing punk rock studded leather duds, glittering disco ...

Fabulous First Impressions

by Ariel Schuster, Sales and Design Consultant at Artaic Feature Image – Uptown Entryway designed by Irsaneous Interiors There are no second chances for first impressions – and we’re not talking about people, we’re talking about making a splash with places and things! Our idea of a good first impression? ...

Kitchen Resolutions

by Ariel Schuster, Residential Design Consultant at Artaic Our New Year’s resolution? Give our spaces the attention they need to uplift us as we enter 2021 and leave 2020 in the dust, where it belongs (I’m picturing the makeover montage scene from The Breakfast Club). The 2020 homebody-lifestyle brought out ...

Prescription For Healthy Environments: Tile

by Ariel Schuster, Design Consultant at Artaic Prescription For Healthy Environments: Tile Today more than ever, tile mosaics are being recognized as the ultimate practical solution for designing spaces that promote healthy, easy, and beautiful living. Whether it is healthcare, education or home-design, tile is a practical, beautiful, and eco-conscious ...

Becoming a Pool Shark

by Ariel Schuster, Residential Design Consultant at Artaic When you think of pools, you think of resorts and luxurious estates. The truth is, there are just about 11 million pools, both public and private, in the United States. If you are fortunate enough to own your own pool – you ...

Bold Bathrooms

by Ariel Schuster, Residential Design Consultant at Artaic For most of us, the novelty of being a homebody wore off in May. Sourdough starter transformed into zucchini bread in summer, and pumpkin bread in the fall – now I’m sick of bread and I never thought I would utter those ...

Aqua Pura

by Ariel Schuster, Residential Design Consultant at Artaic We have all been thinking it 2020 has been a real brat of a year. I’m over it, you’re over it, and the “Summer Scaries” kicking in as we roll into Fall is just the icing on the cake. At this point ...

The New Neutrals

by Ariel Schuster, Residential Design Consultant at Artaic I think it’s safe to say that in this day-and-age we need become more cognizant our surroundings, and our immediate surroundings are our homes. As more and more of us adjust to the “new-normal” of working from home, we have shifted our ...

My oh my, what a time to be inside!

We are living in unprecedented times, to say the least. With the cold and grey of the Winter months behind us, and Summertime just around the corner everyone is itching to get outside and enjoy nature – enter our villain, quarantine. Fortunately, pandemics and bad weather don’t need to deprive ...