Market Trends
Neutral Colors
The use of neutral colors in the home is one of the best choices when re-modeling your house. The warm and subdued shades allow a house to become warmer and look even larger. Bold colors, which more active people prefer are more of a reflection of your character than an inviting place to relax and [...]
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The Earthy Look
Designers have long realized the need to bring nature into the home or just about any space that needs softening up. Be it a large or small room, the earthy look makes a space look inviting and pleasing to the eye. Many of the furniture and crafts from Asian countries make good accessories or center [...]
Tags: Asian Furnitures, Earthy Colors, Subduedcolors, Walls
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Trends for the House
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 [...]
Tags: Painting, Subdued Colors- Earth tones
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Wood-The All time favorite – Part 2
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 [...]
Tags: Old Growth Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Recycled Wood, Wood Products
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Wood-The All time favorite – Part 1
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 [...]
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Windows for Kids
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 [...]
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Expressing yourself through Interior design
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 [...]
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Out with the subdued, in with the bold and bright
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 [...]
Tags: Bold, Bright, colors, home improvements on a budget, mix and match, Soild, Vibrant, Warm
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Exposed Ducting and Energy Savings
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 [...]
Tags: Cooling, Energy Savings, Heating, Insulation
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Interior Designing 101
Image source: www.professionalinteriordesign.com Have you ever wondered how you can make your home look like the place of the affluent people? Or would you just like to create an impression of classic beauty with an air of sophistication? All of these things can be made through the use of interior designs. Basically, interior design refers [...]
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