Enchanting Emerald Earrings

The word, emerald comes from Sanskrit ‘marakat’ and belongs to beryl mineral family. Marakat means “the green of growing things”. Since its discovery in various cultures, it was christened with different names. The Latin for emerald is “smaragdus” which later changed to emerald in.

Emerald is found to be studded into variedly styled jewelry. Especially, emerald earrings come for great prices when they are greater in carat size, in spite of being heavily flawed. In history, emerald jewelry has been a key player in the world of precious gemstone. Even Queen Cleopatra was herself fascinated with lush green emerald. Read More

The Industrial Furniture Phenomenon

It is common knowledge that, as a society, we are well adept at making that which is old new again.  This is oft demonstrated when people are willing to spend copious amounts of time and money to find and obtain antique and vintage furniture pieces to complete and/or compliment their home décor.  This tendency to recycle old ideas and incorporate the past into the present is rarely as apparent as when discussing the phenomenon of industrial furniture.

With industrial furniture, many items that may have once been considered unsalvageable or even to be junk can be recycled into attractive and fashionable furnishings.  Items that were once destined to rust away in a scrap yard are now being salvaged, restored, and incorporated into beautiful and distinctive pieces of furniture, many so unique they could easily be considered art in and unto themselves. Read More