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Les TV déco design Samsung The Serif & The Frame 2019 .

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Is your kitchen in need of a makeover starting with the faucet?

Is the last thing you need to make your dream kitchen a reality the faucet?

Does your faucet look like the one below?

Brizo and DesignTV would like to give you a beautiful new faucet to finish your renovation, inspire your dream kitchen, or simply save you from an ugly faucet! 

The best part is you'll have a choice of one of the following 2 faucets in your choice of available finishes! 

The beautiful Talo faucet with SmartTouch technology as described by this Brizo press release:

With soft, graceful lines, the new Talo® SmartTouch® pull-down kitchen faucet from the Brizo® brand takes its design cues from nature.  But beneath that elegant surface lies cutting-edge faucet technology, making Talo SmartTouch a beautiful pairing of style and innovation.

Taken from the Italian word petalo, meaning “petal,” Talo’s high-rise profile and soft contours bring an organic beauty to the kitchen.  But Talo also contains several intuitive features that provide unmatched user experience.  Users will first notice the two-button/four-function pull-down wand.  The patented wand puts spray, stream, volume control and pause functions at the user’s fingertips, making kitchen tasks easier.

The Brizo brand’s amazing SmartTouch technology is now available on Talo kitchen faucets.  “SmartTouch makes turning the faucet on and off as easy as simply tapping or touching the faucet anywhere on the spout or handle,” said Brian Jones, Brizo brand product manager.  “It’s really the ultimate in convenience, as it streamlines food prep and clean-up and saves water in the process.”  

Talo also features the Brizo brand’s MagneDock magnetic docking technology. Utilizing a powerful magnet to securely lock the wand into the faucet spout, MagneDock makes the wand extremely easy to engage and disengage and allows Talo to maintain its sweeping, artful form and seamless appearance when the wand is docked.

The sexy and contemporary Venuto faucet with SmartTouch technology as described by this Brizo press release:

Combining fashion with functionality, Brizo® has enhanced its popular high-arc Venuto® pull-down kitchen faucet with the inclusion of SmartTouch® Technology and MagneDock® magnetic docking technology. Designed under the philosophy that a faucet should be both beautiful and functional, the strong lines and geometric appearance have become a focal point for any kitchen. And with the addition of exclusive technologies, Brizo brings a new level of convenience to the kitchen. 

SmartTouch Technology enables home epicureans to simplify tasks and increase efficiency in the kitchen during food preparation and cleanup  “If hands are full or dirty, the flow of water can be started easily with the touch of a forearm or wrist anywhere on the faucet, helping to reduce the potential for cross-contamination.” said Laura Brooks, Brizo senior brand manager. Cooking enthusiasts who are environmentally aware are more able to conserve water because they are less likely to leave the water running between tasks. 

Utilizing a powerful magnet to securely lock the wand into the faucet spout, MagneDock makes the wand extremely easy to engage and disengage and allows Vuneto to maintain its sweeping, artful form and seamless appearance when the wand is docked.

THE RULES ARE SIMPLE AND ANYONE CAN ENTER........

1) Follow @DesignTVChat and @Brizo on Twitter.

2) Tweet about the #DesignTV contest by saying "I am entering the @DesignTVChat and @Brizo Save Me From My Ugly Faucet #DesignTV #giveaway!"

3) Write a post on your blog about your ugly faucet and why you should win the Brizo Smart Touch faucet. You'll get to pick between the Venuto and Talo style - in your choice of color, of course!

4) Post a link to your blog post on our facebook page: facebook.com/DesignTVChat

5) Encourage your blog readers and twitter followers to 'like' your ugly faucet on our DesignTVChat facebook page.

If you are not on Twitter and don't write a blog: Simply share your ugly faucet image on our DesignTVChat facebook page and encourage your friends to vote for you by 'liking' the photo you posted. It's easy, breezy to enter to win - don't you think? 

We'll announce the winner on Monday, May 23rd.

Last week Amy and I held our first #DesignTV contest on our facebook page. Followers were asked to "Like" the entries that were posted to the page and the person with the most likes would win! 

Meredith Heron a fellow designer and #DesignTV alumna won with the most "likes".

Below is Meredith's vision for the NYC apartment space we gave everyone to work with.

We had set perimeters that the space must be able to function for dining, reading, working and sleeping with an eclectic flair.

Meredith's vision began with this Merano glass light fixture to set the tone.

Meredith then began to think of the function of the room. Remembering childhood visits with her mother Meredith chose a divan for seating/ sleeping. A divan is a sofa that folds down to create a bed using both the back and the seat as the bed once flat. I recall sleeping on divans as a child too and wonder why we don't see more of them around these days? She decided to tuft the divan for a more elegant appearance. 

Meredith found inspiration in a simple rough sketch I had done for a client's home addition project incorporating sofa, bookshelves and table.  Meredith positioned her bookshelves to wrap around the kitchen door, finished in her latest obsession- cobalt blue lacquer.  

In my client's project the sofa is built in to the shelves. Meredith's design put her sofa against the wall using antiqued mirror behind to reflect distorted light and movement rather than a clear reflection of the room and people in it.

On the opposing wall to the bookshelves Meredith created a radiator cover that spans the entire wall covering the rad, adding storage and providing a serving top in white marble.

Hardwood floors were painted in a diamond pattern.

Ottomans provide extra seating around the table without obstructing views and taking up visual space.

In the foreground and sharing the line between this alcove and the living room are Meredith's favourite chairs from Mitchell Gold. The Major Chair.  A zebra ottoman sits between for a dash of classic animal.

Congratulations to Meredith for a job well done! She received a fabulous signed edition of Stan Williams book, "The Find" 

 "The Find" is a celebration of those who collect, repurpose, reuse and see creative potential in things that others might ignore. Beautifully photographed there is inspiration on every page whether you're a savvy flea marketer or not. The rooms are simply lovely.

Here are a couple of examples,

When Coastal Living's Heather Chadduck wanted to give her fireplace a whimsical re-do, she took discarded oyster shells from a local seafood restaurant and applied them with tile mastic. Photograph by Jim Franco

We're asking Debbie these six questions today on our Twitter Chat #DesignTV.

1) When did you know that you wanted to be an interior designer?

2) Where do you go for inspiration for your designs? Do you have favorite websites and blogs?

3) We understand you’ll be at the TO Home Show February 18-27th. Can you tell us about the PolygHome project?

4) Obviously you’re into green design. What are your favorite ways to implement green design into your own personal home?

5) How did you get involved with being on design-centric television -or- how did you get on tv?

6) If you had a crystal ball: What do you see in the future for interior design?

Join us and ask your questions too.