Restaurant interior design tends to be greatly impacted by consumer trends. Restaurant interior design is important along with good food and service as ambiance creates a pleasant atmosphere for people to relax. A favorite application of lighting is its use to dramatize focal points. A piece of artwork, an unusually textured wall or the dining tables themselves – all can be illuminated for effect. (more…)
A number of basic design styles apply to everything from furniture to interior and exterior home design. Here are some general guidelines for some popular design styles:
Contemporary/modern design features sleek, unadorned cabinets, plain panel doors and hardware that’s hidden or unobtrusive.
Traditional is more formal and elegant. Raised panel cabinet doors or clear glass panels separated by thin strips of wood are often seen. Rich wood finishes or painted white wood may be accented with sparkle from brass or brass-tone hardware.
Craftsman bungalow houses usually have low-pitched gable roofs with large overhangs and exposed rafters. Under the gables are often decorative beams or braces. A craftsman bungalow commonly has a generous front porch with a roof is carried on square, tapered columns. Stone or brick frequently is used for the porch’s base or columns. Masonry may also be used for a tapered chimney on one side of the house. (more…)
Plants die. Sweaters go out of fashion. Chocolates get gobbled fast. But design books are gifts that keep giving.
It’s true. Sumptuously illustrated books about well-designed objects, inviting interiors, and extraordinary homes are forever useful, always up there on the shelf offering ideas or the occasional escape into a more comely world.
So add a trip to the bookstore to your last-minute shopping rounds and look for these selections from among this year’s notable releases: (more…)
Sandow Media’s new coffee-table-style architecture book, Leading Residential Architects™, features the work of 39 well-respected and award-winning architects from across the country. The 296-page book is a stunning visual display of residential architectural design concepts, featuring trends in modern residential architecture.
Leading Residential Architects™, the first book in The Perfect Home™ book series from Sandow Media Corporation, depicts the distinct aesthetic philosophy that each architect and their firm brings to its projects. Biographies of each architectural firm are (more…)
His Excellency Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality inaugurated the Dubai Ideal Home Show at the Airport Expo today.
The show has attracted a host of celebrities from around the world and prominent exhibitors from the fields of interior, design, landscaping, architecture as well as lifestyle experts and internationally reputed chefs. (more…)
