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Recession Proof Your Interior Design Or Decorating Business

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:39:00 -0700

If you make your living as an interior designer or decorator the current economy has got to be hurting your business. When the economy is slow, many people who might otherwise hire an interior designer or decorator are forced to move such a 'non-essential' service to the bottom of their priority list. If you haven't felt the pinch yet, brace yourself as your business could take a drastic nose-dive during an economic recession. Nobody really needs interior design services, especially in have-not times.

There's also the fact that so many of your days are spent on the business-side of design; negotiating with contractors, waiting for deliveries to arrive, billing, gathering quotes, and so on. This is all time that doesn't directly generate revenue for your interior design or decorating business, and when client billings are already meager, this can really hurt your financial situation.

Maybe you're one of the many trained interior decorators who have ended up working in retail for a 100% commission. If the economy gets worse and you're working purely on commission, where does that leave you? Even in good times, if you work for 100% commission you might as well be your own boss and have the freedom to market yourself to new clients rather than being tied to any one store.

When I decided to take the reigns of my life back and do something that would allow me to profit from my creativity, I considered a career in interior design. I struggled with that option countless times across a 20 year period when I was unsatisfied in my work. I researched, and even interviewed, many interior design schools in my "former life"; but for some reason I never took the step to enroll. I decided with my BA, MBA and a couple decades of experience in business, being in a classroom for two to four years with kids 20 years my junior was not something I wanted to do.

Never mind tuition costs and the tremendous loss of income while you're a student. Then who knows how many years of working experience as a designer or decorator would be needed after graduation to really start earning money. I wanted to unleash my creativity and love for decorating, but I definitely needed to start making money as soon as possible. So, I started my own home staging company.

As soon as my business was launched, the money was coming in. Within my second year as a home stager I was making up to $10,000 per month. Compare that to the median annual salary of $36,150 a year for an Interior Designer according to Salary.com this year. I'm very happy I trusted my instincts!

If you're an interior designer or decorator and you aren't making enough money, consider adding Home Staging to your service mix or switching to a more profitable career as a Home Stager altogether.

Here a few ways a home staging business can be more profitable than an interior design business:

o As a home stager you get the opportunity to work with different types of people than you would as an interior designer. Generally, only very high income individuals hire interior designers, which limits your target market. Home stagers work mostly with clients in the middle to upper income level which gives you a much larger percentage of the population to market to, and increases the number of projects available for you to work on.

o Home stagers enjoy a higher volume of projects than interior designers because each one is so short in nature. One interior design project might take months to complete (especially when you factor in the wait times to have upholstery done, or furniture delivered), but the average home staging project takes only a few hours or days. There's no way I could have decorated hundreds of homes within a couple of years as a new interior designer, the way I did as a new home stager. With such quick projects, a home stager is able to complete (and get paid for) a significantly higher number of projects per year than an interior designer who often has client work on hold through no fault of their own.

o When the economy is slow, people eliminate the non-essentials. Interior design or decorating isnt really high on the "essential items list" especially when choices need to be made about what to give up, and there's no real deadline to redecorate or renovate a room. In uncertain times, interior design moves way down on the priority list, while home staging move up. No matter how slow the economy is or how much the real estate market has declined, there will always be people who absolutely have to sell and move by a certain date. Divorce, job relocation, job loss, mounting debts, a death in the family or a birth often get people to put their house on the market even if it isn't the best time to sell. When a homeowner is desperate to sell their house, a home stager will often be involved since the seller stands to make a handsome profit from their services. When people have less time, less money or less equity in their house, they need a home stager so they can get whatever they can out of the sale of their home! As a home stager, your creativity and talent for decorating will serve you well in slow economic times and slow real estate markets.

I especially love the amount of creative freedom I get as a home stager. Because my clients know I'm decorating their home to sell and not for them to live in, I am able to execute my creative vision without their interference or taking their taste into consideration. I can't imagine wasting hours sitting with a client who can't decide which color they want for their bathroom, or which fabric to pick for their drapes. My clients don't care what I choose as long as their house will sell quicker because of it. Besides that, my home staging business is extremely profitable which every entrepreneur wants.

If your interior design business isn't doing as well as you hoped, it's not too late to make a change towards living a more creatively fulfilling career that is also more profitable. Do some research into the home staging field. It's a career that is virtually "recession-proof".

Internationally recognized home staging expert Debra Gould is president of Six Elements and creator of The Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program with 900+ Graduates worldwide. She is the author of "Staging Diva Ultimate Color Guide: The Easy Way to Pick colors for Home Staging Projects", and "Staging Diva Ultimate Guide: Creating The Perfect Portfolio to Sell Your Home Staging Services". Debra also offers a Directory of Home Stagers to help homeowners and real estate agents locate home stagers who will decorate homes to sell quickly and for top dollar. To learn more visit http://newinteriordesign-2010.blogspot.com/

New Interior Design Ideas: Laser-Engraved Art

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:33:00 -0700

Most homeowners decorate around an artistic theme--a set of images and color
palette. They painstakingly search, often with an interior decorator, for tiles,
hardwoods, marble, fabrics, and other materials consistent with their theme. But
while they may identify the centerpiece of their design theme, locating
complementary accents to complete the motif is often a more difficult task.

The result often finds homeowners settling for less-than-ideal choices--
compromises reflecting what's available, rather than what is possible.

Enter LightWave Art, with its ability to give homeowners a new measure of design
flexibility and control. While the company is nestled in Montana's spectacular
Bitterroot Valley, its founding vision is global: applying laser-engraving technology
to interior design, and creating an infinite number of previously unavailable design
options.

In practical terms, this means taking the laser's ability to replicate any image
scanned into its computer and applying it to ordinary building elements--floors,
doors, windows, mirrors, walls, countertops--giving them an artistic and thematic
dimension.

For example, homeowners could choose living room furniture with a particular
fabric, pattern, and colors, and then use laser engraving to create their own
decorative floor tiles to match the furniture. This artistic theme, once defined,
could extend to anything else--perhaps a custom marble wall mural accenting an
adjacent fireplace, or something more subtle, like laser-bonded imagery gracing the
corner of cabinet doors or mirrors

To give homeowners even more options for their ideal entry, kitchen, den, or bath,
LightWave Art developed a new technology that permanently engraves images in
color: laser-bonding color pigments onto wood, tile, stone, or even difficult surfaces
like marble, granite, limestone and glass, to match a particular design's color
scheme. This colorized imagery--as hard as the underlying material, suitable for
outdoors, designed for foot traffic, as well as fade and stain resistant--creates the
potential for design vision becoming reality, without compromise.

The essential point is this: a homeowner's chances of finding items like front entry
doors, cabinet doors, glass inserts, tiled countertops, hardwood floors, marble
backsplashes, and mirrored murals all with the same artistic theme, are usually slim
to none. Design compromises, which were once a given, may be a thing of the past
with this new capability in a homeowner's design toolbox.

Homeowners pondering an interior design project may want to contact LightWave
Art, to view samples of its laser engraved, color bonded artwork. (With new
concepts, seeing is often believing.) Visiting the company in person provides a
chance to do this and take in the panoramic vistas of western Montana at the same
time. Then again, anyone shy about crossing paths with the bears and mountain
lions prowling LightWave Art's property can visit them online at
http://newinteriordesign-2010.blogspot.com/

Quality photos available upon request from LightWave Art.

About the Author: Allen Gorin is a syndicated columnist and consultant specializing in the construction and remodeling industries.

New York School of Interior Design presents Exhibition of Alumni Work

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:31:00 -0700

Duration

Start: 2009-03-05 10:00

End: 2009-04-25 18:00

Timezone: US/Eastern

Location

NEW YORK SCHOOL OF INTERIOR DESIGN

170 East 70 Street

New York, NY, 10021

United States

Description

New York School of Interior Design presents Exhibition of Alumni Work

The Gallery of the New York School of Interior Design is pleased to present A View from the Inside: NYSID Alumni Exhibition, on view from March 5 through April 25, 2009.

This exhibition brings together the designs of twenty alumni of the college, hailing from China, Israel, Peru, South Africa, and the United States and represents longtime graduates who are well established in their field as well as recent graduates who are up-and-coming talents. Their designs—represented by photographs, renderings, digital displays, and free-standing prototypes—are for a range of residential and commercial projects, including private residences, offices, hotels, restaurants, and retail centers.

Select projects include designs for the new headquarters of Moody’s Corporation by Becky Button (BFA 2001) of Swanke Hayden Connell Architects; Robert Kaner’s (AAS, 2002) designs for a 1930s art deco weekend and vacation home located just outside of South Beach, Miami; a six-level retail center in Shanghai, China, designed by Xi Ren (MFA 2006); and a sneaker boutique designed as a gallery space for R.sole in St. Louis, Missouri by Carol Tobin (BFA 1979) of Tobin + Parnes.

Other participants include Marie Aiello, Patricia Barbis, Anthea Bosch-Moschini, Frank DelleDonne, Kristi Dinner, Mara Rose Egan, René B. Estacio, Kate Kalley, Maisie Lee, Dana Levy Michonik, Susan Marinello, Susan B. Nagle, Megan Pearson, David Scott, Sue Ventura, and Erin Wells.

“We are excited to have the opportunity to showcase the work our alumni have done since leaving NYSID,” said Scott Ageloff, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean and curator of the exhibition. “The measure of any institution’s success is its alumni, and the accomplishments of NYSID’s alumni demonstrate their talent and ambition and the quality of the education they received.”

Founded in 1916, the New York School of Interior Design (NYSID) is New York’s only private, not-for-profit college devoted exclusively to interior design education and related disciplines. NYSID’s guiding principle is that the interior environment is a fundamental element of human welfare and the college is committed to actively improving the quality of life for all segments of humanity. This ideal is put into practice by a dedicated faculty of well-known designers, architects, art historians, and authorities in the field who guide a diverse student body of over 700 full-and part-time students.

NYSID offers certificate, undergraduate, and graduate programs in the field of interior design. The college is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) and NYSID’s BFA is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA).

Great Indoors Awards winners 2007

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:28:00 -0700

The Great Indoors is a new, biennial, international interior design award. Interior design is currently the most vital field of the design profession? combines the disciplines of fashion, architecture, and product design. By signalling the best interior design world-wide, The Great Indoors Award wishes to celebrate the best-realised projects biennially, thus raising the quality of interior design. The Great Indoors Conference aims to contribute to the international discourse on and the growing importance of interior design. In addition, The Great Indoors Workshops intend to give a positive impulse to design education and to the positions of both designers and clients within interior design.

Luxury Mikymar Yacth Interior Design by Salvagni Architects

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:25:00 -0700

This World Yachts Trophies Award winner, a Mikymar Yacth has an interior design made in collaboration with the Salvagni Architects of Rome. This Canados motor Yacth interior has been designed to be flexible, provide transparent walls and sliding electrical doors dividing up the areas without creating closed and completely separate environments. The smart use of light is a significant design choice based on creating no direct light source aboard, with modern furnishing elements to produce a very cool lighting design. The combination of natural and artificial light contributes in creating the desired atmosphere onboard in every occasion by using domotics home automation. The dark wengé flooring runs between the exterior and interior without interruption, while the natural ebony furniture in the saloon consists of a continuous surface as well as the floor, the ceiling and any other furniture pieces.

Luxury Yacth interior living room design

The flybridge, a very large and comfortable living area completely in teak with a transparent rectangular surface looking towards the main deck, is dedicated to life in the open air. Living room features two long C-shaped sofas, positioned facing one other, with dark contrasting bases and snow-white cushions. This elegant combination of colours is further enhanced by square-shaped items of furniture made of teak panels positioned respectively at the beginning of the sofa along the starboard bulwark and at the end of the sofa on the opposite bulwark.

Mikymar Yacth Bedroom Design

The dining room and large galley realised by the Italian Boffi are to the fore of the ladder connecting the lower deck with the main deck and the control bridge. The bathroom consists of a separate area for the large Jacuzzi shower, sauna and chromotheraphy and of another dedicated to the corian basins with liquid laminated top, realised by the Italian Boffi. The light wood of the bathroom furniture complements the steel of the handles and the design accessories perfectly; a large mirror covering an entire wall and the frosted glass door accentuate the ultra-modern décor of Mikymar. Two symmetrical guest cabins with two comfortable twin beds provide large space for guests, while the bow area is reserved for the very spacious VIP cabin. All cabins have back-lit headboards and barisol, an innovative and very light material weighing just 2 gr. per square - metre panel ceilings are enanching the beauty of the interiors yet reducing the overall weight of the yacht.

Luxury Yacth Bedroom Design

Luxury Yacth Dining area Design

Luxury Yacth Kitchen Design

Cool Yacth Bedroom Design

Luxury Yacth En-suites Bathroom Design

Luxury Yacth Bathroom Design

Luxury Yacth Shower Bathroom Design

Yacth Guest Cabin Design

Cool Yacth Lighting Design

Dazzling Footballer Home Interior With Custom Aquarium Design

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:10:00 -0700

Still about an ideas to adding an aquarium art to your interior wall, I have post about Cool Aquarium Art Interior design by Aquarium Architecture Firms in previous post, today I want to post about same topic that is a Bespoke Aquarium which also designed by Aquarium Architecture for Stephen Ireland, a Premiership footballer player for Manchester City. The 6000 litre salt water reef aquarium is 13ft long and stands at an imposing 8ft high. The £100,000 tank houses hundreds of species of fish and a substantial live coral reef hand constructed and maintained by the Aquarium Architecture team. For the advanced feature, there is also the addition of a dedicated Wifi and SMS connection which allows the aquarium to be monitored remotely 24 hours a day from anywhere in the world. See the rest of the article of the bespoke aquarium from some image below which was taken by pixel 360 photography.

Bespoke Aquarium designed for Footballer

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Premiership Footballer Home interior with

Bespoke Aquarium design

Custom-Aquarium designed for Footballer

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Glenlivet Hillview luxury cottage, a fantastic Christmas & New Year cottage in Scotland

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:56:00 -0700

If you are plan to celebrates a 2010 Christmas or 2011 New Years in the heart of the highlands of Scotland, this Luxury Self Catering Cottage in Glenlivet will satisfying your wish. This Glenlivet-Hillview cottage was been upgraded in the summer of 2005, and ready to offer a luxurious and relaxing break for a fantastic Christmas or New Year cottage with ample room for a family get together. The Glenlivet-Hillview luxury cottage provide the enough room and living space to give everyone the cozy feeling a Scottish cottage, also features a spacious kitchen-dining area, den room, large kitchen, custom dining furniture, cozy master bedroom and guest room. It would be a remorse if you are not to do at least one of the beautiful walks that cover this area of Scotland while staying at Hillview.

Hillview luxury cottage fantastic Christmas

and New Year cottage in Scotland

Hillview luxury cottage Master Bedroom

Fantastic Christmas and New Year

cottage-den room

Fantastic Christmas cottage guest room

New Year cottage Twin Bedroom design

Scotland Hillview luxury cottage Lounge design

Scotland Luxury cottage Kitchen-Dining

area design

Scotland Hillview luxury cottage dining room

for fantastic Christmas moment

Hillview luxury cottage Kitchen

Luxury Self Catering Cottage in Scotland

For more information about this Luxury Self Catering Cottage, Glenlivet, Ballindalloch, Moray AB37 9DB please visit Selfcatering-scotland site here…

Studio Theatre and Sixth Form Centre, United Kingdom by Paul Vick Architects

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:00:00 -0700

The Studio Theatre and Sixth Form Centre was designed by Paul Vick Architects is located in Brentford, United Kingdom. Brentford School for Girls (BSfG) is a state school with approximately 900 girls, 50 different ethnic groups many of whom are first generation from abroad and has 50 languages spoken. The experience of a first generation pupil to schooling in the UK is not to be underestimated. This is clearly a school transforming lives and one that is itself transforming. The school recently managed to have its first students go to Oxbridge and for the first time, in 2009, had a waiting list for places. Not surprisingly perhaps for this change to happen it has developed two curricular Specialisms both related to communication and engagement: one in Arts & Media and the other in ICT. The Head’s brief was clear: requiring a building that would inspire students to want to learn and allow them to engage with the content provided by the teaching. From a content point of view, the building was to support its curricular Specialisms outlined above. A studio theatre and sixth form centre with ICT room were to be provided.

exterior Studio Theatre and Sixth Form Centre modern design

The second aim was for the building to be a facility for the public able to accommodate amateur dramatics and possibly professional drama. The architect saw the challenge as no less than finding a modern response to the Tower of Babel. The approach is one of a building that does not look like a traditional system of institutional control through architectural form (like many previous and contemporary schools) but rather one of engagement, fun, enablement and pupil control, and ultimately liberation. The brief also called for a dramatic building with a clear identity. The building makes a clear contrast with the predominantly brick buildings on the campus, most of which were built between 1920s and 1970s. Both amateur and professional groups can be accommodated.

exterior Studio Theatre and Sixth Form Centre contemporary schools

The explicit and expressed combination of a public amenity and school facility in one bespoke building from the outset is an unusual combination given the usual predominance of one over the other (e.g. a school hall used by the occasional ‘am-dram’ group). It sees the evolution of a distinct building typology developing out of modern school and public theatre needs. Paul Vick Architects responded to the brief by creating 3 distinct ‘territories’. The first is a covered semi-enclosed reception space. Two eight metre high stainless steel meshes framing the main entrance hang like the curtains of a proscenium arch stage. At night the mesh is downlit by blue LEDs which pick up the texture of the mesh. More accessible public building or even ‘nightclub’ in atmosphere than traditional school building. The curtains form the front edge of the 75 square metre semi-enclosed reception space which leads into the theatre itself. The idea of not fully enclosing the reception area was to enable the space to also function as a covered playground when there weren’t people waiting to go into a performance as it is ideally located on the crossing of several existing routes through the school. It also is a cost effective means of achieving shelter for those waiting to go in. Since the mesh is of a tight weave it prevents most rainwater penetration, and does not present a finger-trap. The most striking feature of the building is its cladding and this theme is continued around the rest of the building with the body of the building covered in a galvanized and polyester powder coated steel mesh. The high level mesh has the same strand width and width of opening as the lower mesh but is more open than the lower mesh. This allows a variety of textured vistas of light and transparency through the cladding changing depending on how close you are and the sun position.

exterior Studio Theatre and Sixth Form Centre building facade

The second ‘territory’ is a studio theatre which after development of the brief by architect and client its area dimensions doubles up to take one year group assembly (160 students and 3 staff) and A-level dance, and its height is sized to allow public professional and public amateur use. The theatre has a central aisle to continue the drama of entering on axis and to maximise the number of seats (rather than using two side aisles). Raked retractable seating gives flexibility as well as emphasising the drama of walking through the seats. The third ‘territory’ is the sixth form centre which has its own dedicated entrance is located on the first floor and overlooks the rest of the school allowing the elder children an increased sense of control of their environment.

A passive environmental approach is encouraged and a properly insulated and detailed building is fundamental. The manually controlled ‘barn door’ style natural ventilation vents to the theatre allows occupants to adjust the comfort of their environment easily. Julie Tomkins, Head of the school, said of the project: “Paul Vick has interpreted our brief for a theatre and sixth form centre in a very exciting way which will add a great deal both to our specialist schools’ status and the local community”.

Best Modern Restaurant Interior Design

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:25:00 -0700

Best Modern Restaurant Interior Design

The Best Modern Restaurant Interior Design from any famous hotel in the world, designed by Frighetto. Using a contemporary furniture, bloob tables and stools, swing, spline armchairs, kab chairs. Good work and really inspiring.

Our interior design expertise lies in hospitality, restaurant and retail store design. Our hospitality design projects include restaurant design,

Restaurant Design: How do restaurants program profitability and success into their Best Modern Restaurant Interior Design .

Best Interior Design Restaurants

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:21:00 -0700

Best Restaurant Design: How do restaurants program profitability and success into their restaurant interior design.

The concept for Best Interior Design Restaurants and bars of Europe and America built in an era of style comfort and quality. Key priority was to encapsulate the style of Paris and the comfort of New York and yet still incorporating the edgy style of contemporary Sydney restaurant design.

Rigorous functional requirements and intense design collaboration with the client, James Ingram, dictated generous egress for wait staff, soft ambient lighting and the maximising of seating capabilities to match licensing. The kitchen also required upgrading to match the newly expanded seating layout as well as providingroom service to the Hotel guests.

The colour palette is restrained and used in a predominantly structural manner to define areas. Cladding finishes – predominantly black stained American Walnut panelling with brass trim, brass cladding treated with a bronze patina and finely sanded stucco plaster finish polished with bees wax define the palette. The ceiling was repainted in Dulux Deep Onyx to recede and take emphasis away from the relatively low ceiling height.…Unfortunately, Best Interior Design Restaurants

Composition of Jewelry Store Interior Design

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:18:00 -0700

Are you looking for a certain jewelry store interior design? Maybe you are looking to improve the store you have, or are you opening a new store?

If you are not in the market to hire a seasoned and expensive jewelry store interior designer, there are many options to tackle what may seem to be a huge challenge.

One option, why not check out your local college or design school? You would be surprised how many students would jump at the chance to be part of a jewelry store interior design challenge. You get a huge discount, they get credit, it is simply a win-win situation.

Another option for you is to become your own jewelry store interior design artist. Begin by picking up some books at your local library, purchase a hand full of decorating magazines, and get started. Who knows maybe you will start a new trend in design.

Perfect Chinese Interior Design inspirations from 14 YA

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:20:00 -0700

14 YA is a company that works to create sophisticated and chic luxury homes, below are some pictures of modern Chinese Interior Design from 14 YA which is provide a sophistication and brilliance of design that would being the perfect inspirations for everyone who need ideas to designing an interiors. The Chinese are an extremely ancient citizens in history of design, and the Modern Chinese interior designs are evolving, because they strike a fine balance by combining tradition and contemporary designs. Modern Chinese interior design is an art of joining simplicity, contemporary, modern, nature and power to make an environment of harmony and serenity. If you are someone who really likes oriental interior design especially Chinese style, you can grabs some inspiration from some picture that I put below.

Cozy Chinese Interior Design inspirations

Feng Shui Chinese Interior Design

Comfortable Chinese Interior Design

Contemporary Chinese Interior Design

Best Chinese Interior Design

Amazing Chinese Interior Design

Elegant Chinese Interior Design

Luxury Chinese Dining room Design

Glamour Chinese Interior Design

Perfect Chinese Interior Design

Luxury Chinese Interior Design

Eastern-Chinese Interior Design

Eco-Luxury Home interior design by Italian architect Simone Micheli

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:15:00 -0700

Made up of 90% eco compatible materials on its interiors, this Eco-Luxury House was built by Italian architect Simone Micheli for himself and his family in Florence, Italy. It is an authentic hyperrealist portrait of the “Ethical Luxury” which is one of the main focuses of Micheli daily architectural searching. Micheli thought that luxury is doesn’t mean opulence and redundancy but rather the essentials, ethical gestures contents oriented, free spaces with scattered basic elements. It means creating a building without destroying, creating processes having a strong ethical sense and capable of becoming generators of healthy beauty. Micheli Residence is a dynamic, extremely fresh and vivid intervention taking place in an ancient 1800 setting which has converted these spaces laden with memories into a new environment capable of hosting meaninful fragments connected with a fast and unstoppable metropolitan life.

Micheli Residence luxury Living room design

Below is some resume based on the architects description:
The volumetric development of the living room is triggered from the longitudinal axis to meets a counterpoint, a minor transept in correspondance with the kitchen, a snow white sculpture marked exclusively by the partition of the doors which forms a niche in the added body resulting in dilating space in the dimension perpendicular to the windows. The bookcase with an acid green highlight, the mirror furniture and couches, which look as soft as pink clouds, as well as the back wall lend liveliness to the overall architecture. All along this transveral dilatation glass tables for lunch and work are located together with a screen coming down the ceiling which can visually separate the kitchen from the rest of the environment. This informal crystalline, naive, immaculate, antibourgeois, suspended between minimalism and radical chic is torn by ringing and vivid patches of colours. The plaster of the original 1800 walls was stripped off and they were pickled thus forming a philological contrast with the the new smooth walls. The big size enamelled grès porcelain tiles floor are absolute white, they are as bright as the walls, the surreal ecoleather spherical poufs and the kitchen lacquering, the mirror furniture side surfaces and the bases of the stuffed furniture. The lighting featuring built in adjustable spotlights located in the false ceiling and the lamps with very narrow optics underline and enhance the lyric volumetric and cromatic episodes of this composition.

Micheli Residence luxury Bedroom design

The bedrooms are characterized by extreme whiteness and by essential architectural gestures with the furniture which is composed by few single totemic elements. The double bedroom is suspended between dream and reality where a big blue backlit round mirror flies over the bed like a flying saucer. The bed mattress is supported by a flying carpet which forms the leather upholstered structured headboard with its fold. The white lacquered closet covering the whole wall is embellished with essential chromium plated handles and it sets the perfect background for other dreamlike and reassuring environments. The big mirror resting against the wall sports a TV, while the ceramic vases which look as smooth as river stones are put on a low wooden elliptical shelf. The two bathrooms follow a simple and formally clean pattern and feature few essential elements having soft shapes and spotless finishing.

Micheli Residence luxury Seating Furniture design

Micheli Residence Cheerful Yellow Kids room design

A big yellow snake which represents a deformation of the standard bed unit stretches along the two sides of the room and it becomes the support for toys, books and for the mattress. Soda bubbles come up from the bed and colour joyfully the wall opposite the space totally filled by the wall closet. Yellow lacquered round shaped desk and shelves together with the white ecoleather cylindrical pouff, the circular black carpets and the round backlit mirror complete this lively and childfriendly space which is ideal for playing, studying and living in a highly stimulating environment.

Micheli Residence Open Dining-Kitchen design

Micheli Residence Colorful Living area design

Micheli Residence Unique ventilation design

Micheli Residence Chic Bookshelves design

Micheli Residence Cool Sofa design

Micheli Residence Minimalist White Bathroom design

SILQ Kerobokan Luxury hotel in Seminyak Kuta Bali

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:02:00 -0700

This Villa Residential Lot was located in the up-and-coming Kerobokan neighborhood of Bali, Indonesia. Named SILQ Kerobokan, this new upscale hotel is a 5-star boutique luxury hotel consisting of 17 private villas offers a contemporary aesthetic and creation of an environment that supports comfort, rejuvenation and pure bliss. Every guests will be pampered by their own private butler, first-class amenities and supreme attention to detail ensuring peace of mind and relaxation. There are three different types of accommendation i.e. Deluxe Suite Villa, Junior Suite Villa, and The Penthouse. Deluxe Suite Villa which is Tastefully designed with beautiful hardwood teak flooring, vaulted ceilings, king-sized poster beds in spacious environment to enhance relaxation and ultra comfort. Floor to ceiling glass paneling to accentuate natural surroundings and 13 meter infinity-edge pool with private Jacuzzi. Bathrooms in matte granite stone with Dornbracht rain shower heads and a series of superior amenities.

SILQ Kerobokan Luxury hotel

Junior Suite Villa, this ultra luxury two story builings features interiors plush in splendid comfort. Each suites feature king size poster bed, vaulted ceiling, infinity-edge pool and private Jacuzzi in well in well-appointed interiors with accent of Balinese influences.

SILQ Kerobokan Luxury hotel Bedroom design

The Penthouse is An extensive enclave of seclusion designed in contemporary fashion to emphasize the natural surroundigs of beautifully landscaped gardens that envelop the 21 meter infinity-edge pool. This spacious bastion of pure opulence is furnished in hard wood lfooring and marble. Penthouse guests will experience ultimate privacy with unobstrustive high levle of guest service, upscale amenities and precise attention to detail.

SILQ Kerobokan Luxury hotel Living room design

SILQ Kerobokan Luxury hotel Master Bedroom design

SILQ Kerobokan Luxury hotel Bathroom design

SILQ Kerobokan Luxury hotel Shower Bathroom design

SILQ Kerobokan Luxury hotel Bathroom Vanity design

SILQ Kerobokan Luxury hotel Infnity-edge pool with private Jacuzzi

5-star boutique luxury hotel

SILQ Kerobokan Luxury hotel Lounge decking design

SILQ Kerobokan Luxury hotel Sun deck design

Kuta private villas

Kuta Luxury hotel

The Singita Ebony Lodges, Popular Games Reserves in South Africa

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:47:00 -0700

A group of world popular games reserves in Africa named The Singita Game Reserve, which provide a positive balance of hospitality, conservation and community for all of their guests. Including in it, is the Singita Ebony Lodge in south africa, a congenial family home that has a commanding presence and an essence that evokes an intense feeling of familiarity, provide Sumptuous coziness is simply the order of the day, tempting you into relaxation and reflection. Singita Ebony Lodge offers twelve suites, with interior design contain an eclectic mix of African heritage and European contemporary furniture which adds a luxury feel to this unique African game reserve. Each suites features their own en suite bathroom and shower, outside shower, heated private swimming pool, double-sided fireplace, mini bar and fridge, room mini safe, air-conditioning, overhead fans, private lounge, direct dial telephones and game-viewing deck. The main lodge has lounge and timber deck dining areas overlooking the Sand River.

Singita Ebony Lodges Family room design

Singita Ebony Lodges Guest room design

Singita Ebony Lodges Suite interior

Singita Ebony Lodges Living room design

Singita Ebony Lodges Double-sided fireplace

Singita Ebony Lodges Libraries design

Singita Ebony Lodges Family Suite dining

Singita Ebony Lodges Relaxing Lounge design

Singita Ebony Lodges Suite Bathroom design

Singita Ebony Lodges Private wooden leisure decks

Singita Ebony Lodges Timber deck dining areas

Singita Ebony Lodges Patio decking design

The 2011 Luxury Caravans Interiors Design by Newells

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:40:00 -0700

Now Available the Newell’s 2011 Caravans Design with Luxury Interiors. There is nothing like a Newell, from top to bottom, from the inside out, this caravans is the highest expression of quality, power and refinement possible in a luxury motor coaches. This thing is nicer than my house! Yet another fantastic house on wheels, this vehicle is perfect for hot shots who lead a nomadic lifestyle. Equipped with best quality furnishings, made for people with a taste for exculsivity, this coach-chassis has Newells cornerstone trademark of great quality and fine designs. These customized motor coaches spell perfection in terms of mechanics, interiors, comfort and functionality. Each aspect of the chassis is so uniquely drawn and executed one doesn’t feel anything lesser than a king travelling around in the luxurious caravan.

The Newell’s 2011 Luxury Caravans design

Luxury Caravans Entertainment room design

Caravans Driver area design

Luxury Caravans Bedroom design

Luxury Caravans 2nd Bedroom interior design

Luxury Caravans fun room design

Luxury Caravans Living room design

Luxury Caravans Bathroom design

Luxury Mikymar Yacth Interior Design by Salvagni Architects

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:20:00 -0700

Luxury Yacth interior living room design

Mikymar Yacth Bedroom Design

Luxury Yacth Bedroom Design

Luxury Yacth Dining area Design

Luxury Yacth Kitchen Design

Cool Yacth Bedroom Design

Luxury Yacth En-suites Bathroom Design

Luxury Yacth Bathroom Design

Luxury Yacth Shower Bathroom Design

Yacth Guest Cabin Design

Cool Yacth Lighting Design

The Venice beach House Minimalist Interior design by Arata Isozaki

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:13:00 -0700

A monumental work of architecture in a very cool Venice Beach location, designed by Arata Isozaki in 1986, this Bjornson residence has been home to Eric Clapton. The private house with a huge loft-like great room; on the ground level is the flexible bedroom with high ceilings and den space with great ocean views. On the upstairs is the kitchen, dining area, office, master bedroom, master bathroom and the loft bedroom space. Minimalist beach House with a truly flexible environment, Only steps to the sand and surf, completely perfect for a writer, musician, artist or performer.

Venice beach House Living room design

Venice beach House Master Bedroom design

Venice beach House Theatre room
Venice beach House Private Libraries design
Venice Beach House Living room Furniture
Venice beach House Living area design
Venice beach House Private Gym room design
Venice beach House Minimalist Bedroom design
Venice beach House Minimalist dining room design
Venice beach House Master Bathroom design
Venice beach House Kitchen design
Venice beach House Patio Deck dining and lounge
The Bjornson residence design by Arata Isozaki

Poul Madsen’s apartment interior with Cool Wall Art Features

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:48:00 -0700

A super aesthetic mix between design and art; modern and classic; fun and profound, although Poul Madsen’s apartment seems to be in perfect balance, but the balance is curiously enough a manifestation of the rift, as Poul Madsen, one part of the partnership behind Normann Copenhagen, feel compared to furniture, fashion and decor. In the main living area, the combined kitchen and stuerum of over 60 meters with modern art on the walls, form strong furniture and lots of new designs. The big Verzelloni-sofa and Thomas Pedersen’s Stingray chair stands, so you can enjoy views of the Sound.

Poul Madsen’s apartment Living area design
Modern apartment interior design with Cool Wall Art Features

Poul Madsen started dinner in the kitchen, which is from Boform. From here, exit to one of the apartment’s two terraces. Bar stools are from Gubi and lamp in the foreground is a Norm06 from Normann Copenhagen. Marie Banck also stands behind the thoughtful boy in shades of green, which makes an interesting contrast with the happy colors Gubi-chairs. The bowl in the foreground is by Tom Dixon, a unique model from the master’s own hand. Dining table in high gloss is from Deri

Poul Madsens apartment interior design

The bedroom is gray-blue colors and continues the nuances of facade glazing and the three ink drawings of Maja Augusta Gjelstrup Dyreborg, made in support of cancer research. Bed blanket is from Hay, and the window is a chair by Marcel Wanders, made of chrome plated rope. Marcel Wanders have made the sculptural lamp One Minute Sculptures, which stands in the guest room. The figure was made in a few moments of the designer herself and is quite unique. Marker drawing by the artist behind is Le Freak.

Cool Wall Art Features in apartment interior

Chairs sculpture Favela in pieces of wood glued together is by Fernando and Umberto Campana for Edra and is at work tables Poul Madsen’s office, which also has access to a small terrace. The humorous chair given edge by Marie Banck Symbolist painting of a little girl. The table is an old model from Normann Copenhagen. In a time into the apartment rooms and bath is a green painting by Jens Hedin, who both complemented and highlighted by the grass green Gubi chair.

Small apartment Living area design

The painting in muted shades of blue by Marie Banck is like an extra window beside the large window area, who Terrier Santos here enjoy looking out of. Pillows and blanket in Verzelloni-couch is from Missoni.

Poul Madsens apartment Building Exterior design

The Nam Hai Luxury Villa design in Quang Nam Vietnam by Reda Amalou

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:04:00 -0700

The Nam Hai 5 Star Luxury Villa is designed by an award winning team of internationally recognized designers, led by acclaimed architect Reda Amalou, from Paris based architecture firm, AW2, collaboration with leading interior designer Jaya Ibrahim and renowned landscape architect Bill Bensley of Bensley Design Studios. This vietnamese luxury Ocean view villa is situated on a pristine 31 hectare oceanfront property along world-renowned China Beach in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. Each villa resort includes three beachfront infinity swimming pools; two gourmet restaurants and a lounge bar; a world class spa positioned within a peaceful lagoon; a fitness center and tennis, basketball and badminton courts; as well as a library and state-of-the-art business and conference facilities. Operated by General Hotel Management Ltd (GHM), an international manager of luxury boutique resorts and hotels, The Nam Hai’s offers pure bliss holiday to detail ensuring peace of mind and relaxation. The Nam Hai’s also features Villa C accommendation, it’s a spectacular ocean view villa with three bedroom pavilions, a central living room pavilion, separate kitchen and butler’s area and a private heated swimming pool

Nam Hai Luxury Resort Villa

Nam Hai Luxury Resort Villa Interior design

Nam Hai Luxury Resort Villa Living room design

Nam Hai Luxury Resort Villa Massage room design

Nam Hai Luxury Resort Villa Reception room design

Nam Hai Luxury Resort Villa Bedroom design

Nam Hai Luxury Resort Villa Private office room design

Nam Hai Luxury Resort Villa Bathroom design

Nam Hai Luxury Resort Villa Outdoor dining space

Nam Hai Luxury Resort Villa Private pool design

Contemporary Lippincott Living townhome Interior by Blurredge Group

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:28:00 -0700

Lippincott Living is a new eight-townhome which is the debut collection by Blurredge Group - a collaboration between deisgners Cecconi Simone and architect Brad Netkin. This limited-edition residences is consisting Eight custom homes with exceptional modern lines, generous 3 bedroom plans, exclusively designed for young and young-at-heart urban dwellers. Distinguished by a sharp modern look, sensible open-concept interiors and design elements that are soft on the environment, these unique Home reflect the wants, needs and concerns of contemporary urban residents. With elegant, streamlined designer interiors free of superfluous elements and filled with natural light, sophisticated, subdued colour palettes that blend easily with any décor style. Living in a house is one thing and feeling connected to the neighbourhood it stands in is something else entirely, Lippincott Living was conceived to fit seamlessly within its natural and man-made environments.

Lippincott Living townhome Open-concept Living area design

Lippincott Living townhome Cozy Living room with Custom sofa

Lippincott Living townhome Minimalist Wood Coffee table

Lippincott Living townhome Cozy dining area design

Lippincott Living townhome Modern style dining area design

Lippincott Living townhome Cozy dining Seating design

Lippincott Living townhome Oriental dining room design

Lippincott Living townhome Natural Wood Kitchen design

Lippincott Living townhome Luxury Bathroom design

Lippincott Living townhome Luxury Tub and Vanity design

Lippincott Living townhome Master ensuite closet design

Lippincott Living townhome Master ensuite Shower design

Cool Aquarium Art Interior design by Aquarium Architecture Firms

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:15:00 -0700

If you are planned to have a great Aquarium in your luxury home interiors, this cool aquarium art which is designed by Aquarium Architecture company will be the stunning focal point in your living space. Aquarium Architecture is the highly-skilled designers and installers of specialists international aquarium design, installation and maintenance. Not only in a home, but they can also installing their Aquarium Art in the office, club or restaurant, with every bespoke aquarium is built from special optically clear glass, with the above installation holding over 5000 litres of water and accommodates over 200 marine fish, Reinforced using a high grade steel collar and clad with Italian granite, providing the desired unique focal point at any beautiful interiors. The image shown below is taken from the residence in London by Roxy Fieldhouse Photography, the aquarium is situated on the basement floor overlooking a large Japanese garden, offering a relaxing oasis away from the main living area.

Luxury Aquarium Art Interior design

Aquarium installation in the dining room

Bespoke aquarium Interior design

Aquarium interior design by Aquarium Architecture

Ocean View Luxury Apartment in Natai beach Phangnga, Thailand

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:00:00 -0700

This amazing 2 bedroom ocean view condo located within a small luxury resort on the Natai beach in Phang Nga, Thailand, just 50 metres away from beach, a short 20 minute drive from Phuket International Airport with its direct flights from various major cities in Europe, Asia, and easy connections through Bangkok. This small apartment is furnished with bespoke furniture and custom interiors, where the living room is features a home theatre system with large plasma screen TV and cable TV, providing contemporary kitchen, large dining and living area that opens onto vast wooden sundecks with superb views of The Andaman Sea. Each bedrooms is complete with en suite bathroom and fitted with an iPOD sound system. This luxury loft has a private plunge pool on the top floor.

Luxury Natai beach Apartment Bedroom

Luxury Natai beach Apartment Living Area design

Luxury Natai beach Apartment Dining Furniture design

Luxury Natai Beach Apartment Bathroom

Luxury Relaxing Lounge of Natai beach Apartment

Ocean View Luxury Apartment in Natai beach Phangnga Thailand

Shimogamo House with Modern Japanese interior setting in Kyoto, Japan

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:39:00 -0700

Built in 2006, this rounded shape house was designed by local architecture firm Edward Suzuki Associates for their client who requesting to create a house which enable the residents to be able to see green from every room and feel a sense of spaciousness inside, so that the architect was asked to select every furniture, furnishing, and equipment including even artwork for its interiors. This Shimogamo House is located in Kyoto-Japan, the facade of the house is masked by a circular screen of frosted glass. Flanking this rather cold, high-tech expression are warm, natural, smoked bamboo louvers to strike a pleasant contrast between the industrialized material. This house is a brief explanation of Interface and a good example of Interface from the traditional Japanese design vocabulary named “Engawa,” which refers to peripheral corridor, of the old-style Japanese house. Engawa is the dual intermediate space between the outside and the inside proper. The perfect plan of the house is comprised of two bedrooms and related water closets on the ground level, a family room and a Japanese room flanking a sunken patio in an L-shape in the basement along with a study, a guestroom, and related sanitary rooms, a one-room style living, dining, and kitchen boasting over a 3-meter high ceiling on the second level, and a pergola-clad moon-gazing terrace up on the rooftop with a panorama of the hills of Kyoto all around.

Shimogamo House Modern Japanese Family room

Modern Japanese Bedroom setting

Modern Japanese Living room setting

Modern Japanese Bedroom Furniture setting

Modern Japanese Dining area setting

Modern Japanese Dining furniture setting

Modern Japanese Fireplaces design

Modern Japanese style Dining room setting

Japanese style Dining room setting

Modern Japanese Bathroom setting

Rounded shape Japanese House by Edward Suzuki Architects

Shimogamo House in Kyoto Japan

Bedroom décor inspirations

noreply@blogger.com (erick) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:54:00 -0800

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