Now that fall home improvement season is here, many of your readers will be doing exterior painting. The article below gives helpful, expert advice on color selection. For more information, contact Debbie Zimmer, color expert at the (Dow Chemical) Paint Quality Institute, via reply email or at 215-962-5551. Photo images can be downloaded from the [...]
On one hand the creators of Art Nouveau strive for rational designs using concrete, glass, ceramics, tile, etc. On the other hand, the architects of modern Germany and Austria, Italy and France appear to wish to overcome the rough rationalism of the construction equipment. They appealed to the whimsical decoration and symbols in the ornamentation scenery in paintings, [...]
Robert Venturi, Michael Graves, Philip Johnson and Robert AM Stern should be singled out among the well-known post-modernist designers should. Some of the styles of interior decor, which are defined as post-modern design, are Renaissance Crafts, which is characterized by ergonomic and artistic furniture. Judy McKie, a post-modern furniture designer is known for her details [...]
Red is the first of the primary colors, and probably the most difficult of all. No other color has so many characters as the red has. It symbolizes both love and passion (red is the symbol of Valentine’s Day, and red lights are the signs of blemish), courage and danger (the sign “Stop”, gas cylinders, [...]
Perhaps white is the most complex and multifaceted color of all that you can choose to decorate. In every culture white color has a special place: somewhere it’s a symbol of purity and innocence, somewhere it’s the color of death. But in any case, white color in the interior is always refined and elegant. In [...]
There is an opinion that pink is pure girlish color, suitable only for decoration of rooms for little girls and young ladies who are likely to fill your home with numerous ruches and girlish stuff. There is little doubt that mostly women love pink, but we must not forget that the different shades of color [...]
The so-called style chalet recently has a special popularity among residents of Western Europe, America and Canada. Widespread enthusiasm for alpine architecture probably began with the increasing growth of downhill skiing fame and, consequently, the Alpine ski resorts. Furthermore, there is an ever-growing thirst of residents of the large cities for nature, and what else [...]
It is considered that the balcony is an extension of the room and therefore should be sustained in the bottom of her style. But the canons of modern interior design make it possible to depart from this rule and to issue design lodge in a completely different way. If a loggia or a balcony is [...]
Living in a city apartment you may have a question “Where to take the guests?” Everyone decides everything on his own. The main issue in the design of the living room is so called thematic center. Previously, such issues did not exist: it was a fireplace or hearth, and the reasons why the company gathered [...]
Violet, lilac and mauve are colors that require a delicate attention in residential interior design. We need to be a bit be over diligent, as from a colorful, romantic and tender area we can get aggressive environment, causing irritation and fatigue. Lilac-violet gamma is rich in variations, which makes it possible to create any desired [...]
For each of us bedroom is a place where we spend most of our time, relax, think, and therefore we should pay maximum attention on bedroom design. The style of bedroom depends on several factors: the nature of owner of the house, and the unusual layout, but for small apartments there are some additional functions [...]
Design, whether it is interior design, landscape design or any other, means the creative process. If you trust the design of the interior to the professionals, there is no doubt that the apartment will be changed: it will be attractive not only in terms of aesthetics, but also functionally. However, whatever style is chosen by [...]