All About Interior Design

Interior Designing for Kids

Avatar — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:28:46 +0000

Your child’s room should serve more than as sleeping quarters with a little improvement in terms of new furnishings or improving existing ones. It not only makes the space more enjoyable for your growing child, it also serves more than one purpose such as a play area if the room is well planned. When thinking of renovating a child’s room, always put safety first, eye level cabinets that do not have nooks and crannies that can get little hands caught. Also avoid furnishings with ledges where your child can get a foothold and climb up making it a danger for falls and other accidents. Play with colors to encourage creativity and if your child is in the stage where writing becomes compulsory, consider having or putting up a doodle wall which has surfaces that are specially treated for easy clean-up ready for the next days doodles. One can also settle for cheaper sheets of paper (brown ones also work) which may come in many colors from arts and crafts stores, mounting a few clamps to hang them from and viola, you have an instant doodle area for your child.

Trends for the House

Avatar — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:47:02 +0000

The days of bright colors and subtle tones are here, for designers mix old and new. The old colors that complement each other in bold ways are paired with softer hues. The move into making a house more appealing to your guests as well as yourself is more and more on the trends list yet many fail to realize the effect color has on your moods. If one wishes soothing surroundings after a hard day’s work, have your rest or entertainment area in soft hues. Stay away from bold colors which are harsh on the eyes and stimulate activeness. Baby blue and baby pink are considered to be the most soothing and have even been used in correctional facilities to sooth down rowdy inmates. They work and you’ll appreciate the effect they have on your overall mood.

Wood-The All time favorite – Part 2

Avatar — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:28:09 +0000

Furniture makers and collectors have gone through to extreme lengths to obtain good wood for furniture such as the purchase of old wood from houses and other structures that are being torn down. Efforts to reduce the pressure on the ever lessening old growth forests are underway and reclaiming lumber for other purposes such as furniture are being hailed as better solutions to cutting them down. The wood was so old they used a saw to cut paper thin wafers that was stuck onto particle wood to make furniture (the wood is too valuable to use as is). So you better get on the lookout for some hot deals on antiques and wood furnishings, they are surely getting harder and harder to get hold of.

Wood-The All time favorite – Part 1

Avatar — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:17:38 +0000

It seems that wood will keep its place in the interior designer’s arsenal of making a space looking inviting and functional. Many love wood and its natural appearance going through extreme lengths to show them off. May it be flooring, wood paneling for the walls or the furniture, wood seems to transcend time and as we all know it, the older the wood the more character it holds. Old growth wood is now harder to get due to bans on cutting down trees from forests for furniture and many other uses. Timber that comes out of commercial forests is just not good enough for the wood lover. Antiques have been fetching good prices and all are due to the endearing properties of older wood from older forests we just cannot get enough of.

Windows for Kids

Avatar — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:32:46 +0000

Decorating a child’s room doesn’t stop with the paint and furnishing for windows are an essential part of the way a room functions. Double glazed windows keep electricity costs down in terms of cooling and heating. Adding blinds or curtains to give privacy is also a great idea allowing you to vary the amount of light going into the room. Applications in the form of well-loved cartoon characters come in all shapes and sizes for application to glass that is as easy as pie. If the windows in your house are quite large and accessible to the child, install child proof locks and grilles to prevent falls. Another great idea is to get one of those wireless cameras for easy monitoring for audio and video while you work in and around the house helping you keep track of your energetic toddler. Locating devices attached to a child’s belt also allows freedom which sounds an alarm if he/she strays too far from you.

Low Cost Interior Design

Avatar — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:21:35 +0000

If one fancies the old worn look of yesteryears then what is stopping you. The best interiors are those that not only look good but maximize the use of the space in both function and form. Many people do this by using old stuff they get from yard sales and flea markets and having them transformed into something totally new. Say, the shutters of an antique house that was torn down, they can be used to form the table top for a dining table with a new coat of finish and a pane of tempered glass on top makes a unique one of a kind furnishing. I’ve even seen the chassis of an old car get incorporated into a bed with all the other stuff removed with only the shell remaining placed over a wooden frame. So with interior design, experts are experts but who would be better of an expert in re-making your room or dining area than you. All you need is a little time, imagination and elbow grease. Never underestimate what you know and feel for you are unique and special like all of us are.

Expressing yourself through Interior design

Avatar — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:20:54 +0000

Many think that interior design is based on a fixed rule of thumb that all interior designers follow but that is a very much wrong assumption. Interior design is about taking a space and making it both beautiful and functional at the same time. It also incorporates the personality of the homeowner as can be seen in some rather outrageous vacation homes that can be seen on a certain TV program. They do look unique and lavish but the incorporation of the personal touch is very evident in the designs the interior designers come up with for their clients. That is why interior design is a medley of the science of the use of space and art of making it both functional while giving it a look of grandeur. A good interior designer has the ability to mend these two forms of expression into a functional seamless space.

Out with the subdued, in with the bold and bright

Allan — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:26:21 +0000

As people shift from fall and winter mode, spring and summer comes into mind with bright vibrand and bold colors as opposed to previous trends we have seen in many leading publications. Bright colors in solid combinations makes for a lively and enjoyable space and being summer, it would be a nice thing to do to your home as people tend to stay out more to escape the warm sun. When the boys and dad head off to the beach, you can finally get down to business of checking out the latest trends in design and color schemes that with simple moves and changes to say sofa covers and other such items can indeed have a very big impact on your home. The next few posts would give us some of the hottest trends this summer as we welcome the sun as it heats up, way up.

DIY- Help Rust-Oleum Next Generation Spray Paint

Allan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:39:45 +0000

Good news for those weekend DIY warriors, Rust-oleum has come up with the next generation of spray paint that aims to take away most of the guesswork in paint selection for all uses. Indoor, outdoor, plastic wood metal you name it, it can paint it. Take a trip to your local home depot and you’ll get to see the huge selection of paints that come in all spaes and sizes for just about all types of applications. The catch, it tends to be quite cumbersome for somenody to get the right type of paint at the right time for the wide selection takes your head in a spin that kinda takes some of the fun away from DIY. Get the wrong paint type and you end up with a mess and sometimes even unusable stuff just because you wanted to get the cheapest stuff. With a wide range of colors and variations to choose from, the selection and finishing of that old furniture of yours just got a bit easier and better.

Exposed Ducting and Energy Savings

Avatar — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:41:22 +0000

There is a new trend where duct-work that used to be hidden away in the crawlspace in between the roof and the ceiling is exposed to save on energy. What ever the hell gave us that idea? Well, as it turns out, these duct-work that carries heated/cooled air through he house is one source of wasted energy for they leak and they leak bad. Escaping air cools or warms the crawlspace instead of the interior of the house. Go to any attic in winter and you’ll see. Even the most professional job of installing them results in a leak or two in the duct work that wastes energy in terms of the power we spend for cooling and heating. The new approach has people exposing these duct-work which truly are ugly but finding better ways of concealing them as if they were intended to look that way. Faux finishes, moldings and cornices can work added to some creative painting and you too can save on your electricity and gas bills.