Editorial Policy

All Sucasa content is selected, developed and written by our editors.

No one can pay to be featured on our sites. We accept advertising and sponsors, and any ads or paid sponsorships on our sites will always be clearly identified as such. We strive to build and maintain trust with our readers, therefore our policy is full disclosure. If we have a relationship with any company, product or individual that we feature, we will let our readers know about it.

We also do our best to play nice in the blogosphere. That means we always link our stories back to the original source and give credit where it is due, especially if we found an idea or product on another blog. We will make every attempt to help readers track back to the original ideas, products and resources. Please contact us if you have any questions.

About Sucasa Sites

Sucasa sites -- Nook, Opaline and Breadbox -- are designed to showcase modern home design.

  • Nook focuses on innovative urban style.
  • Opaline focuses on modern bohemian style.
  • Breadbox focuses on modern kitchen style.
All sites are written and edited by Su Avasthi, Rachel Hroncich and Zoey Duncan. We create our own original content and select our topics independently. We write about trends, ideas, news and products because they strike us as beautiful, useful, newsworthy, interesting, creative and/or unique. If you'd like more information about our approach, please contact us.

Contact Us

For quick tips and info, tweet us!

If you would like to submit a product, we'd be happy to consider writing about it on one of our sites. Our editorial policy explains our terms.
Please send us a URL directing us to the item, or a press release and a couple of JPEGs/GIFs if the item is not yet online. Please include the price and where it can be purchased. We'll do our best to include it one of our sites.
Our email is: editor(at)nook-sucasa.com
Thank you!

Advertising

If you would like to advertise on our sites, please contact us at editor(at)nook-sucasa.com. We launched in mid-July, and already get more than 10,000 hits/month.

Our rates are a bargain right now. If you'd like to grow with us, we'd be thrilled to hear from you.

Share Your Project or Tips

We're always on the lookout for great finds, clever approaches, fun projects and dramatic before/after stories. If you have hard-won wisdom or create awesome stuff or have rescued a room or item from a truly sad fate, tell us about it!

Send an email, along with pictures, to editor(at)nook-sucasa.com. (Don't worry. We'll contact you before posting any information on our site.)

We Look Forward to Hearing From You

Sucasa sites are devoted to design trends, ideas, projects and products. We welcome your feedback. Our policy is to always provide links on our posts, which should direct you towards an item or more information.

If we can help you track down information or if you'd like to get in touch with us, please send an email to editor(at)nook-sucasa.com. Thanks!

Privacy Policy

Sucasa Sites will never rent, sell, or share your personal information under any circumstances.

For search engine optimization, we use services (Site Meter, Stat Counter and Google Analytics) to receive information from your computer and browser, including your IP address, browser information, keyword search, navigation paths and sites that redirected you to our sites. We use this information exclusively to improve our editorial content and searchability. We also use third-party advertising programs, such as Amazon, which also track your navigation path from our sites to their webpages.

If we update our privacy policy, you'll find new information here.

Terms of Use

Sucasa Sites ("Websites") and their included content (and any derivative works or enhancements of the same) including, but not limited to, all text, illustrations, files, images, graphics, photos, videos, information, content, materials, products, services, URLs, technology, documentation, and interactive features (collectively, the "Website Content") and all intellectual property rights to the same are owned by us, our partners or both. All trademarks, service marks, trade names and trade dress that may appear on the Websites are owned by us, our partners or both. Except for the limited use rights granted to you below, you shall not acquire any right, title or interest in the Websites or any Website Content. Any rights not expressly granted in these Terms of Use are expressly reserved.

While we make every effort to provide accurate links, product descriptions and prices to the products that we post, the retailers frequently change prices and/or sell out of merchandise and, due to the nature of these Websites, it is simply not possible to ensure that all links or product descriptions are up to date and accurate. It is your responsibility as the consumer to ensure the accuracy of the products before you make your purchase and to follow up with the retailer related to all issues of your order.

Access to the Websites including, without limitation, the Website Content is provided for your information and personal, non-commercial use only. When using the Websites, you agree to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws including, without limitation copyright law. Except as expressly permitted in these Terms of Use, you may not use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works based upon, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, transmit, or otherwise exploit Website Content for any purpose whatsoever without obtaining prior written consent from us or, in the case of third-party content, its respective owner.

  • Except as expressly permitted in these Terms of Use, you may not:remove, alter, cover, or distort any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notice on the Websites or Website Content;
  • circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Websites including, without limitation, any features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content or enforce limitations on the use of the Websites or Website Content;
  • collect or harvest any personally identifiable information from the Website including, without limitation, user names, passwords, email addresses;
  • solicit other users to join or become members of any commercial online service or other organization without our prior written approval;
  • attempt to or interfere with the proper working of the Website or impair, overburden, or disable the same;
  • decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble any portion of any the Website;
  • encourage conduct that violates any local, state or federal law, either civil or criminal, or impersonate another user, person, or entity;
  • engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the Website.
You agree to cooperate fully with Sucasa Sites to investigate any suspected or actual activity that is in breach of these Terms of Use.

Sucasa Sites respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In appropriate circumstances and in its sole discretion, Sucasa Sites may remove or disable access to material on any of its websites or hosted on its systems that may be infringing or the subject of infringing activity.

Conditions for linking to our Websites

We hereby grant you a non-exclusive, limited license, revocable at our discretion, for you to link to our Websites from any site you own or control that is not commercially competitive with the Websites and does not criticize or otherwise injure us. These conditions apply so long as the site where the link resides, and all other locations to which such site links, comply with all applicable laws and do not in any way abuse, defame, stalk, threaten or violate the rights of privacy, publicity, intellectual property or other legal rights of others or, in any way, post, publish, distribute, disseminate or facilitate any inappropriate, infringing, defamatory, profane, indecent, obscene or illegal/unlawful information, topic, name or other material or that violates the spirit of our mission. Such a link is not an endorsement of such other site(s) by us. All of our rights and remedies are expressly reserved.


You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Sucasa Sites and its directors, employees, parents, partners, successors, agents, distribution partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, and their related companies from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, obligations, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) arising out of, related to, or that may arise in connection with: (i) your access to or use of the Websites; (ii) any actual or alleged violation or breach by you of these Terms of Use. You agree to cooperate fully with us in the defense of any claim that is the subject of your obligations hereunder.

You agree that the use of the Websites is at your sole risk. Under no circumstances shall Sucasa Sites or its directors, employees, parents, partners be liable for indirect, incidental or exemplary damges arising from or in any way connected with the Websites.

Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with the Websites, without limitation, and the Websites' content is to stop using the Websites.

 

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