AEON BENCH AT ICFF

This year we will be showing you another one of our slab collection, this bench is an undeniable classic. Shown here with a clear matte finish, the Aeon bench features both living and finished edges. Bench sizes are available up to 96″ long. Each bench will be uniquely different dependent upon the character of each wood slab.

Besides the design, our Slab collection features an eco-friendly finish, all natural ingredients from sustainable resources,  made without the use of toxic heavy metal dryers, chemical processing, petroleum distillates or bleaching. This finish is all  biodegradable and non-ozone depleting. Another great reason to buy products from our collection.

Happy Earth Day!

Being great supporters or sustainability we are really psyched about Earth Day and if you are not yet a protector of mother earth, at least for one day be a little gentle, turn of those extra lights, recycle a little and plant a tree if you have the time.  Have a great day!

For some tips on how to save energy please visit the following links:

National Grid Energy Efficiency

Energy Hog

Energy Savers

Recycling Plastics

Diane Paparo Studio is a huge advocate of sustainable practices. As part of our goal for a better planet, we work hard to educate our clients about our initiatives. What better place to continue educating than in our new blog – starting with a recycling overview of the symbols you will find on plastics in your home:

Number 1 Plastics

PET or PETE (polyethylene terephthalate) is the most common for single-use bottled beverages, because it is inexpensive, lightweight and easy to recycle. It poses low risk of leaching breakdown products. Recycling rates remain relatively low (around 20%), though the material is in high demand by remanufacturers.

Found in: Soft drink, water and beer bottles; mouthwash bottles; peanut butter containers; salad dressing and vegetable oil containers; ovenable food trays.

Cheese Tasting

The following is a piece written by Raven, our designer, organic guru, and to our surprise, a fantastic foodie. Bon appetit!

About a month ago we had a meeting about the cocktail event we threw at the Lampworks showroom last Thursday. We decided on a caterer serving local upstate and organic/sustainably harvested fare. When it came to a discussion of cheese and fruit platters, I found my arm flailing up in the air to volunteer for this job. I had visions of grapes suspended in air on invisible threads hanging like chandeliers in the lighting showroom; my mind was spinning and everyone looked at me with blank faces, slow to acknowledge my task.

To begin, we had a wine tasting the night before to select the best organics available to us. Diane buys Bonterra by the case for her casual drinking and entertaining, so that was definitely in. The next day I headed out with my shopping bags to the farmers market in Union Square, only to find it closed. My second favorite place to select fine cheeses is actually Whole Foods. Their selection is quite astounding and they do a great job of stocking local artisanal cheeses that really can out-do their brethren across the ocean. Though I could not find my favorite item that they sometimes carry (Sweat Grass Dairy’s Green Hill – the best Camembert I have ever had), but I had several other excellent cheeses to choose from. I chose to focus mostly on goat and sheep cheeses (although rarely introduced to public gatherings in any other form than the standard goat cheese log) due to the findings connecting a significant global warming cause to cows. I selected a coarse-ground pepper encrusted goat cheese round, Cowgirl Creamery’s award winning Mt Tam, Blythedale Farms Vermont Camembert, Cypress Grove’s otherworldly Humboldt Fog (I will also add that their lavender infused ‘Purple Haze’ is also incredible), and of course, Parmigiano Reggiano. To accompany this selection of cheeses I walked through the cracker aisle picking up poppy-seed cheese twists, rosemary wafers and other seeded crackers in a variety of forms and colors. This season is mostly known as the pear and apple season of fruit, which I threw in alongside pomegranate, black mission figs and Valencia oranges.

dp studio in Home by Design

We are thrilled to announce that Diane Paparo Studio was published in the October/November issue of Home by Design magazine. The Hand-Tufted Swirl Rug in the Summer colorway was featured in the Inspiration section. We’re so happy about this development that we just had to share!

Image courtesy of www.homebydesign.com

Be sure to visit our website and check out the rest of our very diverse rug collection.