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Whatever you choose, Reinecker recommends keeping cleanability in mind. You can achieve the look of natural stone without the upkeep by using engineered quartz panels or stone-effect laminate, as seen here. The larger the tile or panel you use, the less grout there is to clean. Either way, have fun with the choices. This is your chance to play with design and create a relaxing shower retreat.
Wegner Chairs After World War II, designers in Saarinen’s native Finland and other Nordic countries made a concerted effort to promote their minimal, natural and functional aesthetic abroad. Frederik Lunning, the Danish‐born owner of the Georg Jensen store in Manhattan, established the annual Lunning Prize for young Scandinavian designers in 1951, the same year the Scandinavian Design for Living exhibition opened in Heal’s department store in London. The Design in Scandinavia exhibition solidified the look’s popularity when it toured North America from 1954 to 1957. Danish furniture designer Hans Wegner and Finnish sculptor-designer Tapio Wirkkala were the inaugural Lunning Prize recipients. Wegner is especially known for his 500 or so chairs, including the Round chair, whose back and arms merge in a graceful crescent; the Valet chair, whose backrest mimics a coat hanger; and the Wishbone chair, in continuous production since its introduction by Carl Hansen & Son in 1950. Today, the popular Wishbone chair comes in 97 variations, including the beachy blue model pictured in the dining area of this waterfront home on New York’s Long Island, which was remodeled by Mitchell Wilk Arch...
Exterior. “It was important to my clients that the exterior fit in nicely with the neighborhood and that it be low-maintenance,” Winn says. For example, the guidelines recommended square porch columns with sloped sides, Craftsman-style porch railings and clapboard siding (rendered here in low-maintenance Hardie board). A yellow bungalow-style door is cheerful and welcoming. Winn notes that the front walkway and steps, landscaping and a detached garage were all part of Phase II of the project, which was not complete when these photos were taken.
Before. The cottage-style house had great bones and plenty of charm, but there were big problems. At some point someone had removed a structural post in the basement and a load-bearing structural wall on the first floor, causing the floor to sag and making the house structurally unsound. An addition off the back was in bad shape, and the deck and porch needed to be rebuilt. There were faulty mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, and the roof, trim and siding needed to be replaced or repaired. However, in renovating, the homeowners were able to keep the original spirit of the home alive while tailoring it to their needs.
Kitchen-Inspired Bar At first glance this looks like a trendy kitchen. But in fact it’s a stylish home bar that serves an adjacent family room in a Minneapolis home by A. Sadowski Designs. If you look closely you can see a built-in beer tap on the back countertop and open shelves offering treats for movie nights. Kitchen-inspired details such as island pendant lights, painted shaker-style cabinets and a paneled refrigerator create a fresh and inviting space without going full pub.
The wooden beer and soda crates are flea market finds. They serve as shelves and cover the bottom half of a door in the living room. “There are two exits to the terrace, and we chose to block one with crates. It is an easy solution that provides space for books, pictures and plants while still allowing us to enjoy the daylight and the view,” Janni says.
Create a headboard. If you take a quick first look at this photo, you might notice the beautiful terra-cotta-colored headboard. Then give it a closer look and you’ll realize that it’s actually just a smart paint trick to mark out a “headboard” on the wall behind the bed in this lovely bedroom. Carrying the paint effect past the bed also gives the illusion of the headboard paneling running along the lower section of the wall. To create a similar effect in a bedroom, choose two colors from the same paint family (that is, two warm tones or two cool tones) for a cohesive look. Use the darker color on the lower portion of the wall.
. Highlight an unusual feature. This window nook is such a lovely shape that it would’ve been a shame to treat it like just another wall by painting the entire room a single shade. By using color to draw attention to the shape, it becomes a beautiful feature in its own right. And by confining the wash of blue to the beautifully shaped slice of wall in this alcove, it creates a bright and fun play nook, perfect for a children’s room. If the rest of the room had been entirely neutral, however, this splash of blue might have been a little jarring. Continuing the lower wall color into the rest of the room allows the nook to feel like a carefully considered and connected part of the overall design.
Wallpapered stair risers. Leftover wallpaper and vintage address numbers pasted onto this Vancouver staircase risers make for a fun, interactive way for the homeowner's young daughter to learn to count. I just like the wall paper...... :)
Televisions are decor black holes: When off, the large black surfaces suck up light and draw way too much attention to such an undecorative piece. One of the simplest ways to hide them is to fight fire with fire. Place a TV in front of (or even set into) a very dark wall. This will literally camouflage your screen to the point where you barely notice it at all.
In the corner there’s a Danish modern-style chair underneath four framed vintage covers of Chatelaine magazine. The Canadian publication has been in circulation since 1928.
colors and furniture.....
Pilea- Where to find one. Pilea isn’t yet common in the U.S., so tracking one down at a nursery can be tricky. Your best bet is to find a fellow plant enthusiast — perhaps online — who would be willing to share a cutting with you. If you can get your hands on one, in the spirit of tradition, share a few cuttings with your friends and family. History. As the story of pilea goes, the plant originated in Yunnan Province in southern China and was brought back to Europe by a Norwegian missionary. He then passed on cuttings of the easily propagated plant to friends and family to grow as houseplants. Pilea quickly spread throughout Scandinavia, Europe and the U.K., finally to be recognized by Kew Gardens in a published story in the 1980s.
5. Orange Door With a Cool Gray Exterior This is one of my favorite exterior color palettes on one of my favorite styles of architecture. The cool blue-gray siding with the true orange door is stunning. Orange and blue are opposite each other on the color wheel, so they offer the most contrast. The orange makes the blue appear brighter and bluer and vice versa. A good tip when working with contrasting colors is to pick a more vibrant shade of one of the hues (the orange in this case) while keeping the other color (the blue-gray here) subtler and more neutral. This creates an eye-catching yet elegant palette.
5. Orange Door With a Cool Gray Exterior This is one of my favorite exterior color palettes on one of my favorite styles of architecture. The cool blue-gray siding with the true orange door is stunning. Orange and blue are opposite each other on the color wheel, so they offer the most contrast. The orange makes the blue appear brighter and bluer and vice versa. A good tip when working with contrasting colors is to pick a more vibrant shade of one of the hues (the orange in this case) while keeping the other color (the blue-gray here) subtler and more neutral. This creates an eye-catching yet elegant palette.
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Lois lane living room and floor
The design team installed a partial wall behind the TV area and next to the kitchen to create an office nook. Bright white cabinets and a lime-colored chair add to the sleekness and airiness of the space. “The owners say that when you are working in the office, you feel like you are alone. There is a sense of privacy because of the wall,” McDonald says.
love this cat door
round dining table in the middle of Mika Talwar’s studio apartment in Chicago takes advantage of what would have been unused open space in the middle of the studio, while also providing her with more kitchen counter space a larger workspace for studying.
The Cathedral Four years ago Jennifer Young built an art studio on her property in which to run her art business. She paints and sells oil landscapes. “Because of the nature of my medium, I really have to keep my work space separate from my living space, or else the fumes would bother my family in our small home,” Young says. There are many things Young likes about her studio, including the location and the large windows and French doors, but the high vaulted ceiling tops her list. “No matter what may be happening out there, when I enter my studio space, it is as if I am entering the church of art,” she says. The ceiling’s shape also disperses light in a way that avoids glare. Size: 448 square feet Location: One large, open space away from the house with different stations set up to handle different aspects of her art business What it’s used for: Making oil landscape paintings and running a business Studio essentials: A good combination of natural and artificial (full-spectrum) light, plenty of different storage types, good ventilation, a place to study art and a place for studying and reading
cloche, tiny framed art
RV passage to bedroom
RV living space; couch down all the time covered w/ quilt
RV kitchen, penny cork tile back splash
mesh fencing
My favorite neutral with wood trim is green. The olive-toned greens are the best. Greens work with red, brown and blonde woods. I love this shade by Valspar, Grandma's Linen 6001-1C.
use great stuff foam to hold in place...
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