Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Ceiling Color For A Matching Interior Design

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Home Interior Design Ideas , There are lots of ways to alter the conception of the height of a space. Ceiling has typically been painted white-colored to create an impression of more elevation. However, should the interior design of your home not want more elevation then consider painting the ceiling a more dark color. Always paint the ceiling ahead of the walls. If you paint them first, it is rather hard to keep ceiling drips and splatters from the wall surface.
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In a children room, it gives a fine impression to paint the ceiling in a deeper coloring. This will make the ceiling seem lessen and the room will be a more affectionate space for a child. Think about painting a faux skies or perhaps cloud effect on one of your ceilings. This paint strategy is especially nice in bath rooms and bedrooms.
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For those who have a low ceiling you want to visually lift, color the wall from floor to ceiling in one color. When there is a chair rail or dado, make use of the same color or style on the wall above and below moldings and color the chair rail in a color near to the wall coloring.
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Interior Design Idea For Ceiling Colors Of Colored Walls
Whilst white is well-known because of its neutrality, it is far from the best color for a ceiling. White can make a ceiling seem closer in a place with a low ceiling, yet will even make a ceiling seem further away in rooms with high ceiling. Whenever possible, try to increase color to your ceiling.
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A great way to get this done is by using a shade of the wall colour. The ideal hue can be developed by mixing one part of the wall’s color with two or three parts pure white. Moldings could be painted the same shade or a shade darker than the ceilings. By utilizing shades of the same color, you will make sure that all the tones look good with each other and by that you would create a fascinating interior design…. Home Interior Design Ideas .
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Merry Christmas!

To all of you from all of us a very Merry (and stylish) Christmas!

Walled Garden 2

DK - Garden Design © 2009 Dorling Kindersley Limited
This traditional garden is characterized by geometric beds and orderly rows.

Monday, March 3, 2014

2010 deck products Timber Tech

Hello ..  We have been writing about the new products for decks and patios for the 2010 year.

 Having already reviewed Correct Deck CX and their lifetime warranty on LABOR and materials.

 We also reviewed the new awesome looking Horizon Tropics  from Fiberon.





Today we a going to look at one of our original favorites


         


Timber Tech has been the most inovative composite/pvc decking product manufactures on the market. Their X deck board has made huge waves in the low maintenance decking arena. 






The  Radiance rail is the nicest looking, best quality kit railing in my opinion. They have a few new products that I have heard about this year.


The main one being the Reliaboard     

Which is a deck board product geared towards the budget minded consumer, who wants a low maintenance deck but at a more affordable price. It comes in two colors Cedar and Grey, and it has more of a square edge profile. The Reliaboard is to be screwed down and there is no a hidden fastening system for the Reliaboard. The big plus for the Reliaboard is the fact that it prices out at about the same cost as Cedar wood decking. The budget composites make up about 30% of the share of the low maintenance decking category.




The railing that should be paired up with the Reliaboard is Timber Techs Builder Rail  Which is a composite 2x4 top and bottom rail with 3/4 round metal balusters.


The budget composite products are not for everyone and they work well in some conditions and not very well in others, so do your homework when considering a budget product. There is reasons why the X is the price it is or other ultra low maintenance products are priced higher, they are just about as close to fail proof as there is in decking product choices.


Timber Tech also came out with a new X color at the mid to end of last year called Desert Bronze  Which is a black colored streaked deck board which mimics the look of a tropical hardwood. A very nice looking product that has all the durability of the X with the enhanced look. In Michigan I have heard it did really good, but it is expensive. I would like to see the Desert Bronze color become more affordable.


The other - some what new Timber Tech product which came out last year
was DeckLites  Which is low voltage lighting for decks. 


There is three different option in the DeckLites -  Post caps, Accent lights, and Riser lights




 First the DeckLite Post Caps are just for use with the Timber Tech railing post sleeves.








       The DeckLite Accents can be used on any                               deck or in combonation with any other decking product.
The Accent lights can be mounted just about anyway you would like.








 






          Finally, the DeckLite Riser lights are for the riser boards on steps.


Timber Tech also make a high quality transformer to use with their DeckLites.
The low voltage lighting is a really nice addition to a deck and is reasonably priced.


Timber Tech generally offers a 25 year materials warranty on all the products, the low voltage has a 5 year warranty




Thank You for checking out our blog

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Children Room Ideas

We provide inspiration for children room design of Dearkids, an Italian company with a long tradition of designing spaces for children. Dearkids has a record of participation in 35 of 42 Salone del Mobile in Milan fair, is located in Inverigo in the province of Como, in the heart of furniture manufacturing, where all the major representatives of Italian furniture design is based.

While many companies translate "the design of the childrens room to throw in bright colors like many in the design as possible, we find Dearkids was about it in a different way. The boldness in his approach to use, even black in some models is commendable.













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Saturday, March 1, 2014

who should design houses













So, the thing is there is this whole profession out there. Men and women who have studied for years how to put buildings together. They have served apprenticeships to get hands on experience mastering their profession in all its various aspects. They then study for and take an arduous and expensive battery of tests to confirm their learning and experience has truly equipped them with the "right stuff" to design the structures we inhabit. Why is it that so few of these individuals are involved with home design?



This discussion ranges far and wide across the forums on-line where various practitioners weigh in with their own take on the state of affairs. The discussions can be simplified into two camps. On the one hand are the architects who feel as if unlicensed designers are shirkers and scoundrels who have lazily neglected the required training and now just rip off the public with their hack designs at low cost and in effect are devaluing the profession. The other camp is the designers, most of whom spent the intervening years gaining valuable knowledge in other allied fields. Most have found a way to offer a service consumers appreciate and happily pay for, while exploiting their special skills for profit. Many are home design experts who have spent their entire careers specializing in home design and construction. These two camps often clash, where the one tries to put the other out of business by lobbying for government to regulate the profession by requiring the architects license. The other camp wants the licensed group to just go back to their commercial and industrial work, putting their well earned knowledge of public health, safety, and welfare to good use. Just leave home design alone.



Back and forth it goes. Nothing resolved, nothing defined. Each side convinced of their own argument, and no one ever switching sides. Some call for a separate license, a separate profession where the skills involved in housing are specifically tested, and requirements for taking the test scaled to appropriate tasks for that enterprise. Others think the generalists architect title is the correct way to proceed, but change requirements for taking the test to something more affordable and less exclusionary. The goal here is to improve the quality of the built environment by publicly vetting those who are allowed to participate. Where do I stand in this sea of controversy?



To me, the whole discussion is beside the point. Having worked in housing as long as I have, especially from the builder/developer side, I understand how closely the economics of affordability controls the design process. There is really very little money available to pay for good design. Besides which there are 100 clamoring little hands wanting to glom any extra money that dares to rear its head. Everyone thinks more of the pie should be spread to their little specialty, from the farmer selling the land to the title clerk searching the deed history, to the framer banging the nails, to the painter touching up the trim, all the way up and down the line. No one in the process is going to reap a sudden windfall and start re-making things.



The second thing is that most people do not want their houses to be designed by someone else. They think it is their God given right to do so. And if the people (the customer) doesnt, then I can guarantee you that the builder or developer does. They dont want the design genius telling them what to do. They want to pick out what they like and put it together (or have it put together) the way they want. In this environment, there is no way a designer or architect is going to get a bigger slice of the pie to spend the time to develop things the way they think they should be at the builders or customers expense. Its just not the way this game is played. Even when the designer or architect is given the leeway to work things out, once they leave the playing field, the other characters always adjust things however they want, usually glad to get the design official off the field so they can scrum in their own way.



My feeling is that this is not a bad thing. The house is a place where people can make some personal expression. They exhibit their taste. They communicate to their friends and neighbors who they are and what they value. We dont need to take this away - to homogenize the built environment to some artificial standard of "what ought to be." We ought to embrace this opportunity and let it play out however it may. It is all good.



So having said that, what is the role of the designer or architect in the process? It is whatever you want it to be. There will always be people doing exquisite work. People with taste will recognize it, realize it is much better than they could do themselves, and pay for it. Likewise, there will be cheapskates, unwilling to pay for any quality, design things on their own and pay only the least expensive labor to put it up. It will be an atrocity, it will hurt the eyes of all who see it, but the good news is it will likely fall down before very long. In the middle will be the compromise. People who pay a little bit for better design and want to ensure someone is watching the store when it comes to quality of construction. There is room for all. The cheap guy doesnt devalue the expensive guy. If anything, he only underlines how much value the quality work has. My belief is that there is room for all. If I want a homogenized level of quality in my built environment, then Ill go to Disneyworld.



My photos in this post are examples of the way designs get morphed once they are past my sphere of influence. It happens all the time. Dormers where the sill was defined at 6" got moved front with a consequently taller reveal than desired, a decorative window lowered so the gutter line is interrupted. A chimney deleted and a dormer clad with sticky stone and foyer window changed. A front door reduced a foot in height, garage windows lowered a foot, and expensive chimney shroud deleted. Portico detailing sometime followed, sometimes not. Stone put on a fireplace bump out. Grading changed by a wing wall, the list is endless. All last minute modifications either by wicked intent (saving money) or unavoidable circumstance. It doesnt really matter why. All that counts is the owner is happy, loves his house, and the story gets told with a few additional character marks. I think we can just leave this designer-architect furor alone. Things are pretty good as they are, and will only get better as people become more educated and design conscious. The cream will always rise to the top. I dont think trying to use government regulation to "help" the process will do much good. Im willing to bet that some unintended consequence will wind up only making it worse. These are all recently completed homes in a variety of price ranges. All with flaws, but all telling a story and worthy of being loved.