Designer of the week: Florence Knoll
Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 15th 2019
Knoll is a big name in furniture, and we don’t necessarily mean Florence. The name itself represents the big conglomerate that she helped found, but that sometimes contributed to her overshadowing.
Florence Schust, however, was born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1917. She married and took the last name of industrialist Hans Knoll in 1946, but by that time she already had a very interesting reputa
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Manhattan Home Design's Lighting Guide: Ambient lighting
Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 14th 2019
This is the second part on our series dedicated to lighting. Here we’ll talk about ambient or general lighting, which should’ve been the first part of the series, probably. Ambient lighting is usually overhead lighting used to illuminate an entire room. It is the most common (and sometimes the only known) method for illuminating a space. Some people believe that choosing a good lookin
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Being a Bully Never Looked So Good (by Manhattan Home Design)
Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 7th 2019
Following our recent articles in product profiles, we’d like to present to you the Bully Lounge chair and Ottoman in black leather, which is projected to become one of Manhattan Home Design’s best-selling items in 2019 (and beyond). The Bully chair is a study on stripped down leather designs for semi-active periods of sitting down.
For example, you could imagine sitting on the Bully c
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Everything you need for your bedroom on a little gorgeous set from MHD
Posted by Manhattan Home Design on Jan 7th 2019
From the panel of best-selling bedroom items arises the Addison 5-piece bedroom set, which is Queen-sized to make room for all of the goodies it can bring to your home. Starting with the bed frame, which follows the same ergonomic principles of the Tracy sets, the Addison adds a little bit more of color contrast but retains the same minimalistic appeal.
Headboard, sideboard and nightstands
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