By noreply@blogger.com (Daniel Spirer)

Some people are surprised over the range of the type of work I do.  Even within what I have out in the store I do cover a fairly wide swath of types of work. Admittedly much of my work is easily identifiable as coming from me, but with custom work, I can pretty much take on any job (although if you're looking for a plain Tiffany style setting I'll probably send you elsewhere as I'll just charge too much to do something so readily available everywhere).  As I mention in the title to the post I work near

By noreply@blogger.com (Daniel Spirer)

Summer has finally arrived, both technically and in reality.  We're in the middle of a short heat wave here and my faithful employee came back from a trip downtown for me complaining about how disgusting it is outside.  Fortunately we're well air conditioned here.


Because it is summer, I wanted to let people know a few things about upcoming schedules.  We will be closed the week of July 4 (June 30-July8) for a break (no trips planned this year) and for the months of July and August we will be changing our

By Designer Bath

Designer Kristina Crestin with Mindy Sevinor-Feinberg at last summer’s Designers Shine with Designer Bath Awards.

We are very excited to announce our new Guest Blogger series! At the Designer Bath showroom, we work with a lot of design/build professionals who rely on our team of showroom consultants as a resource to facilitate the completion of their design projects. Some designers are working on dozens of bath projects at a time, and we are there to help them finalize the numerous selections while...

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It’s not unusual to see drivers pulling over on the side of the road to look for bargains on someone’s front lawn during summer months in New England. Once a year, we host a sprawling tag sale of our own under huge tents set up in both the Designer Bath and Beverly Depot parking lot. Our friends from Moynihan Lumber, Landry and Arcari, and Lucia Lighting join in the fun. For one day only, showroom items and overstock inventory from all four locations are offered at super low price points. Deals...

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If you have a home improvement project on your summer to-do-list, and are looking for a bargain, then mark this Saturday, June 15th on your calendar to attend the 23rd Annual Multi-Business Yard Sale at Beverly Depot and in our 97 River Street parking lot. From 8am to 4pm, rain or shine, look under the tent for huge savings on quality merchandise from Designer Bath and Salem Plumbing Supply ... 

faucets, fixtures, furniture, accessories, soakers, sinks and more




Landry and Arcari Oriental Rugs and...

By noreply@blogger.com (Daniel Spirer)

  

To my regular readers (one of whom was in yesterday and reminded me that I hadn't written anything in awhile---thanks Dawn!) I apologize for being remiss in my writings lately.  I have gotten myself entangled in another jeweler's news group on the web lately and I find I only have so much time (and energy) to write.  The problem with the news groups is that once you write something people respond to what you've said and then you're forced to write again and by the time the thread has ended you're

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Window dressing at Artistic Tile in New York 

A trip to New York is always inspiring design-wise, but especially so when the ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair) is in town. Recently I visited the Javitz Convention Center where this exhibition of the latest and greatest in global design was held in late May. Over 500 exhibitors from over 30 countries showed off their best new product designs in a range of home furnishing categories including kitchen and bath. I returned with a round up...

By noreply@blogger.com (Daniel Spirer)

18k gold and blue/green tourmalines

No matter how much you do to protect your possessions it can still be the case that someone actually manages to steal something (or that you lose something).  And that is why you should always carry insurance on your jewelry if you have enough value.  Usually you can get coverage on your jewelry with any home owner's or home renter's policy. There are also companies like Jeweler's Mutual that offer coverage only on jewelry (I'll get back to them in a bit).

The problem,

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Greg and Gayle Nowak, Bonnie Collins, and Donald EganWinners of the Northshore Magazine“Love Your Home” Design Event Challengephoto courtesy Northshore Magazine



At a recent Northshore Magazine event, held on April 4th at Landry and Arcari in Salem, MA, several readers who were faced with challenging spaces in their homes, were the fortunate winners of free design solutions from North Shore home design experts. After many readers submitted photos of rooms that were not working for them, along with a...

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Kallista // Northshore Magazine, May/June 2013

Have you seen any of our recent ads? When deciding which photographs to feature, I have to admit that the product images that have pops of orange always get my attention. Combined with shades of gray and we are in business!

Zucchetti Jingle lav faucet // Boston Globe Magazine Style Issue, Spring 2013 


Brizo pot filler // Boston Home Magazine, Spring 2013


Some images are chosen because they are fun ...
Grohe “ Singing in the Shower”  Guy //  Design New England,...