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We stumbled upon the work of Erin Martin the other day and we think we're in love!
Her work is organic in a very sophisticated way. The words "organic" or "sustainable" get thrown around a lot these days but very people get it right. We love her use of natural materials, muted colors and texture variety.
Her designs seem very original too-as no two houses are alike.
Here is a sample of her work:
A couple of our favorite things for the day:
1) Laced up boots from Nine West ($209)
2) Modern Upholstered Bed from Brownstone (appx $1800 for queen, $2000 for king-COM)
Interior designers are like movie stars. When they are hot you see them everywhere. Then a few years later they just disappear.
Thom Felicia is definitely hot now. He has a wide range of licensed products as we've mentioned in previous post--ranging from Kravet fabrics to furniture for Vanguard and now rugs for Safavieh.
His rug collection is actually very affordable. Very young and hip too. A 6 x 9 rug is about $600. Very reasonable don't you think?
Here are some samples:
It is possible to design a large house with a small budget. To do this, we must invest heavily in architectural design. A good example is the house in Kitengela Allan Donovan is designed with a concept in West Africa on the rooftop of the mind boxes on the parapet.
Another example is the Hacienda Eco City Development of Mombasa is also the design of an Africa Western / Islamic architectural design with a flat roof and pigeon holes on the elements of the parapet wall.
The State Presidential Lodge in Sagana, Nyeri is also a great piece of architecture using architectural design to achieve great things without having to use expensive materials. This is a simple rectangular house with hipped roof and low aluminum double hung windows.
The use of technology also affect the budget. New roofing materials lighter, like tiles in stone coated steel roof to save the amount of wood trusses to support the roof.
The type of foundation will also affect costs. Estates, as in the Eastlands area of Jericho were built on a raft foundation type is very inexpensive to implement. The ground floor slab is supported by the joists are placed on the soil surface so no excavation and foundation wall is made.
On the wall elements in the superstructure of stone masonry Nairobi area is easily accessible is not expensive. A cost-effectiveness to achieve the elegance is to have the stone in his hand wearing a design of your liking. Hand-cut stone out of character to your home and you will save in terms of maintenance, because they hardly ever requires maintenance.
Prefabricated houses are gradually in the Kenyan market. These houses are the answer to affordable housing in developed countries like the United States, China and Europe, and it is a matter of time until they find their place in Kenya.
Finally, building design and use of appropriate technology can greatly reduce the construction of your home.
Frank Gichuhi is the world renowned architect who specializes in Design view, unique buildings, and research on current trends in construction and real estate solutions for real estate, you can also add views Architectural design, construction and real estate here on its solutions real estate blog
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If you watch the news and read the papers, you can get reallly confused. One day the housing index is up, the next day it's down. One day the stock market roars for some weird reason, the next day it tanks for other weirder reasons.
And you know what the best economic indicator there is?
The Vogue September issue.
house plans are more modern architecture, works of art are truly themselves. Modern house plans offer the possibility to modify your home to an infinite number of ways. Modern architecture, the only rule is "Anything Goes". modern houses can be characterized by clean lines and simple proportions. They may be made of unconventional materials or constructed with ecological criteria. The modern design of house plans, or build a modern home, the possibilities are endless on how to use space and create a truly personalized home.
Many contemporary home plans inspired by other types of houses, then edit and update certain features and aspects, to feel more at home today. Traditional ranch-style homes has become a modern one-story homes, maintain, open and flowing floor plan living room and the addition of modern elements such as ceiling windows and sliding glass doors open the realization of a large outdoor living spaces .
Another design of the traditional house that has had many contemporary creations is the log cabin. traditional cottages have been updated with clean lines, flat wood panels and large windows for natural light and offer spectacular views over the surrounding landscape. Modern takes the traditional hut declined to its original style, as big roof in the design and chose to exclude completely the tower, the promotion of a flat, clean look outwards.
Modern houses have taken much inspiration from the traditional and highly functional design of adobe-style homes. These modern house plans are characterized by classic southwestern and Santa Fe style, rectangular shapes, long driveways and a flat, expansive floor plan.
One of the most common forms of modern homes are home-style modern beach. These upgraded versions of the luxury home on the edge of the traditional Caribbean coast is characterized by simple clean facades and large windows looking out to perfect ocean view or Sunset Beach. Beach-style modern houses are popular because of their open floor plans, making them perfect for those who love to entertain.
Retro-modern house, which contains a rectangular characteristic style of 1970 homes, including large terraces and funny, and amazing, detailed facades. Eco modern home that uses natural light, and in particular the construction and keep home cooler in summer and warm in winter. Multi-level contemporary home on the slope, using a sloping landscape, based on a multi-tiered structure, which make a large building a large and spacious house smaller.
Whatever your personal preference may be, is a modern style home for everyone. Drawing of houses and architecture in recent decades, and construction techniques across the country and the world, architects and designers have found ways to maintain the traditional lifestyle while adding elements that make these modern houses, style of living today.
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A while back we fell in love with a vendor called Jardins En Fleurs. We probably blogged about it once. They make beautiful, beautiful Chinoiserie paintings and accessories. The problem was, it was so expensive it was impossible to sell. The company closed down shortly after--a victim of the 2008-09 economy, evidently.
Anyway, we get this email the other day from Belle Chasse home and it has a very similiar look and feel. Alas, we found out it was found by the same founder of Jardins en Fleur. He has great taste, we must say.
The line is more affordable now. If you are looking for pretty Chinoiserie prints, it's a nice choice.
Here are some samples:
It's hard to believe summer is almost over. Here in LA it's scorchingly hot, but stunningly beautiful as well. There's nothing like driving down the Pacific Coast Highway late in the afternoon, with the blue ocean on one side and the mountain on the other...so gorgeous, it makes us so happy to be alive.
But we're getting off track here...
If you are a reader of this blog, you probably know we're crazy about white. Especially when it's hot outside. White has such as an amazing cooling effect, and it's so neutral too...
Here are some of our favorite white interior photos from photographer Per Gunnarson:
We're so in the mood for stripes lately. It's modern. It's striking. It's fun. It makes your eyes pop.
Here are some great designs using stripes with either wallpapers, fabrics or paint:
Have you seen the work of Andrew Martin? An UK -based designer, he has that really cool, quirky, crazy English taste that we love.
Here are some new fabrics that just came out for Lee Jofa. Wouldn't they be fabulous as pillows too?
Love them!
With so many decorating magazines closing lately, we find ourselves starving for pictures of amazing rooms. A good alternative is interiors designers' and photographers' web sites. Often you can view their portolios as a source of inspiration.
Below is one of our favorites, Pieter Estersohn.
PS For more pictures, visit DiggingDecor-it's full of interior design pictures (well, not quite full yet, but it's on its way :) It's a social community network for people who love to decorate. The site is new so we'll need all the contributors we can get! If you love decorating, come join so you can show off your portfolio, share resources and make some friends.
We hope to see you there...
We're loving these side chairs. Upholstered in black and white, it really adds some jazz to an otherwise neutral room.
Thom Felicia is one of our favorite designers, mainly because his designs are very liveable and very approachable.
Here is a fabric collection he did for Kravet that we thought are quite nice. The prices are not too bad either (about $99/yard but you usually can get it for much less).
Don't you find coordinating colors to be the hardest thing to do? It's really is a headache, actually, trying to get a paint to go with the fabric that coordinates with everything else.
Robert Allen has a very nice tool that we thought you might like. They have different room themes already mixed & matched for you.
See below for some samples:
It's usually a good idea to add a couple of arm chairs to your living room configuration. You can do a really fun fabric to punch in some colors ; add some dimensions of the room by varying the height so it's not so flat, and perhaps most importantly, style it up a bit.
Here's a really cool one that we like:
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