Just received a Tom Dixon newsletter and I was pleased to find out that there are great new pieces from the line now available in the US.  I absolutely love the clean, industrial look – not too stark modern, not traditional.  For more information on their products check out their website.

I’ve been working on decorating my new loft apartment so I have been out and about to see what’s new out there in the decorating world.  I was please to find out that the Tom Dixon upholstery furniture is now available through George Smith, and I absolutely love the Club Sofa.  By the way, George [...]

Mesila’s Booksham Buttons At Cheeky Living we’re not only big fans of global design, but environmental design as well.  That’s why we were pleased to find Mesila, an Israeli studio that specializes in sustainable design. Based in Tel Aviv, and created by Shlomit Levy, Avital Levy and Ifat Zvirin, Mesila is a unique design studio [...]

I came across a post on Apartment Therapy today about interesting bath decor featured on The Selby. It reminded me of a powder room I did recently.  The bathroom had black and white tile. To dress things up a bit I painted the walls in a black semi-gloss and then plastered the walls with butterfly [...]

We’ve been on hiatus for about 2 weeks while moving to our new industrial loft just outside of NYC.  I’ve been on the hunt for cool, light fixtures.  Tom Dixon’s lighting is a must have… Available in four sizes, Tom Dixon’s beat lights were inspired by water carrying vessels.  A wonderful patina black on the [...]

Quality of life and quality of sound are two of the most important issues for us at the Cheeky. Often, they are at odds with one another when we’re contemplating a new sound rig for our new pad, but we’ve been able to find a solution that pleases both the audiophile and decorating-phile.

Things need not be expensive to be cheeky… it just happens to turn out that way most of the time. Here is one cheeky piece that is about the same price as a lowly iPod; the Slimdevices Squeezebox. Imagine having a music server that talks to your PC, seamlessly arranging and delivering the music library [...]

I’ve had a Mac PowerBook G4 since the titanium versions came out in 2001, and now, I finally have a reason to upgrade. The MacBook Pro is a giant step for Apple with the switch to the Intel Core Duo processor. Who would have thought these two Silicon Valley stalwarts would ever have this partnership?

My iPod sounds like listening to music in a tin can. This is a device of convenience (a role which it plays extremely well) rather than a music maker. For anyone that thinks that their iPod sounds fantastic, come on over to the Cheekyliving studios and get a taste of vinyl. You heard it right [...]

Finally, you can have your own Porsche. I’m not talking about a 911 or the hot new Cayman. I’m talking about the stainless steel external hard-drive designed by the creatives at Porsche Designs. The drive is fast (7200 rpm) with two FireWire ports for daisy-chaining and a 8MB cache so you can backup all of [...]