Homestyle: What's new?

Metals with mettle continue to shine in home decor. Check out:

"Mah-Jong" in copper, from Jaima Brown Home's Imperial Tile collection. Other colors available, including a paintable white. $70 per single, unpasted 5-yard roll; 1-888-865-0200; www.jaimabrownhome.com.

"True Metals Speckled Copper" tile, hand-inlaid, 12-inch-square backed with paper. Also available in brass and scoured aluminum. $28.50 each, from Maya Romanoff, represented by Donghia. To the trade; 952-212-5993 or 1-312-822-0766, www.mayaromanoff.com.

Also from Maya Romanoff, "Stitched Horizontal Silver'' wallpaper by David Rockwell. Three-yard, 30-inch-wide rolls, $48.50.

"Baliza'' pull-out kitchen faucet in brushed bronze, with spray, steam and volume control, along with a pause function, $595. Several Minnesota suppliers; see a locator at www.brizo.com.

LIGHTING

A new spin on the bottle: Meyda Lighting's 40-watt pendants made from wine and olive oil bottles, wrapped in wrought iron. In green, green-etched, white and blue, starting at about $175. Call 1-800-222-4009 for the closest Minnesota dealer; details at www.meyda.com.

STORAGE

Designer Laurie Beckerman envisions high style for piles of files. Her Filing Tree, in solid half-inch aluminum and on casters, will be available in several powder-coated or custom colors. Beckerman has yet to set a price for the piece, which is 5½ feet tall; available later this month. www.laurie beckerman.com; 1-212-889-1287.

FURNITURE

Oregon pine timbers used in Shanghai warehouses are recycled into Slumberland's new Clipper Ship Collection. The dining table and chopping block are made from wood ferried to China from the United States in the mid-1800s to build warehouses for the countries' burgeoning trade. Slumberland said the 150-year-old posts, beams and flooring retain their nail and bolt holes as well as patches. Chairs for the dining set are made from renewable forest pine, Slumberland said. www.slumberland.com.

TABLETOP

Coming in February: "Tangiers" from the Danica Collection casts its Moorish allure in melamine. Dinner plate, $6. Suggested retail for other pieces, $5 to $20. NowDesigns, 1-866-253-9001, for the nearest retailer.

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Two heavyweights take it to the tabletop: The Martha Stewart Collection With Wedgwood, a line of bone china (10 patterns), crystal stemware and stainless-steel flatware (six patterns each), is exclusive to Macy's, available in stores mid-month. A five-piece place setting -- with overscale plates and in the familiar Stewart palette -- costs $99 to $159. There are serving pieces, too.

STORE NEWS

A website is now operating for Linden Hills Florist, www.lindenhillsflorist.com, with plans for floral sales from the site in the works.

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Also open in southwest Minneapolis: Heart of Tibet/Sky Door, from Heart of Tibet/Kmitsch owner Thupten Dadak. Antique Tibetan furniture, hand-woven wool rugs, lamps, singing bowls, Indonesian imports and other accessories (plus a coterie of fetching stuffed animals), 4303 Upton Av. S.; 612-926-8723.

FLOORING

Floor Coverings International, which operates its mobile shop-at-home flooring business in Burnsville, Rogers and Vadnais Heights, said it has introduced "FCI- InspireNet." The software converts digital photos of the customer's rooms within moments to demonstrate options in materials, colors and patterns. One feature: It can provide a view that alters the direction and width of planking or add decorative accents; www.floorcoveringsinternational.com.

SHOWROOMS

Brunschwig & Fils said it will begin to carry hand-carved mirrors, furniture and accessories from English Looking Glasses, the London company that adapts 18th- and 19th-century English antiques. Introduced in the New York showroom, the line is expected in the Minneapolis showroom this summer. To the trade, but available to the public through the Design Connection at International Market Square, 612-338-6250.

ORGANIZING

Custom storage builder Storganize plans a three-day open house at its newly renovated Hopkins showroom, and said it will introduce a new line of real-wood closets and office cabinetry. Noon to 8 p.m. Jan. 17, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 18 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 19. 1415 5th St. S., Hopkins; 952-933-1200.

IN PRINT

The winter edition of O at Home features Kirsten Hollister of Minneapolis on the cover with Oprah design guru Nate Berkus; six pages inside feature her home, a winner of the magazine's first design contest.

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Scheduled for fall release: "The Domino Book of Decorating," by Simon & Schuster, the magazine's first primer, penned by the magazine's editor in chief and its creative and style directors. Bated-breath alert: It promises floorplans, an in-demand but often absent feature of many shelter publications.

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Fifteen minutes (or more) of fame; that's Room & Board's Kiva room divider in the cover shot for Real Simple's January issue.

ON THE WEB

• www.diynetwork.com/goinggreen: A blog venture between the DIY Network and www.greenhomeguide.com with advice on taking your home green.

• www.doityourself.com/scat/going-green: Eco-friendly projects for the green lifestyle.

• www.brunswickbilliards.com: Offers seven base plans for game rooms that users can customize.

• www.ylighting.com: A smart collection of modern lighting, 80 percent of which is Italian.

• www.behr.com: A new online tool, "Paint Your Place," lets users upload their room images and test more than 3,700 paint colors. Unlimited uploads for $4.95 annually, and users can order 8-ounce samples online.