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Opening up walls and leveling floors are crucial moments during a renovation, but the vibe you’re after ultimately hinges on the tactile surfaces you’ll interact with every day: the flooring and hardware, the backsplash and faucet. The winners in the Finishes, Fixtures, and Materials category of this year’s Domino Good Design Awards will inspire you to jazz them up. Think: pictorial tile, trompe l’oeil wallpaper, and jewelry-like cabinet knobs.
Best Tile: Vestigia Tile Collection by Boheme
Boheme, the home decor brand started by Ward + Gray, steered clear of trendy checkerboard in its debut tile collection. Instead, Vestigia presents landscapes, structures, and symbols in bold varieties of marble and onyx. If you want your bathroom to feel like it’s part of a mystical Italian villa, look no further.
Best Wallpaper: Garden in the Sky Collection by Kate Berry and Graham & Brown
Former Domino editor in chief Kate Berry brought her passion for urban gardening—her balcony oasis is 16 floors up—to her collaboration with legacy wallpaper and paint brand Graham & Brown. We’re suckers for the Moire Faux Bois pattern that only looks like real wood grain.
Best Cabinet Hardware: Duet Knob by Lo & Co
It seems these days people are either team brass or team nickel. But we say play the field. This sculptural knob, designed in collaboration with SMAC Studio, combines both metals to beautiful effect. Using them on closet doors? Top them off with one of Lo & Co’s colorful tassels.
Best Kitchen Faucet: Faircroft Collection by Brizo
With the return of vintage-inspired kitchens, islands look like regular pieces of furniture and armoires serve as pantries. Let’s not forget about the faucet! Brizo’s entire Faircroft kitchen collection, inspired by 1930s and 40s design, fits the bill, but the bridge faucet stands out for its selection of genius attachable accessories: a jewelry tray, soap dish, and towel bar.
Best Mirror Accessory: Flower Studs by MG&Co.
We’ve never wished to own a humdrum frameless mirror until now. But when you attach one to the wall with Matilda Goad’s flower hardware, each piece with a magical lapis or malachite stone at its center, the design is anything but basic. Funnily enough, the studs really do remind us of earrings.