Contemporary bathroom furniture is sleek, graceful, and comfortable. Bathroom furniture should be integral part of your bathroom design as every practical bathroom needs some form of storage. Bathroom furniture can be made from real wood or manmade finishes, and suit both modern and contemporary or more traditional styles. (more…)
This apartment was designed as minimalist as possible without losing in comfort. The furniture and wall structure around the apartment is as minimal as possible but without losing in functionality. Internal partitions were demolished to maximize light penetration and provide open-plan living arrangement. Closets and other storage space is hided behind sliding doors. The integrated plant box positioned above cooking area strikes a line of green vegetation across the space. A small changing room serves the bath-shower wet room and contains a bespoke compact vanity unit. (more…)
This spring, Kate and Brent Halfwassen plan to build a storage shed with a green roof behind their 1,600-square-foot 1890 Victorian home in Riverwest. Because the roof is level with an adjacent slope and can hold 165 pounds per square foot, it will double as a play space.
“A lot of the homes in Riverwest are like that and can do something similar. Kids could look at it as a tree house and parents as a greenhouse,” Kate Halfwassen says.
Benefits of green roofs include reduced stormwater runoff, better heat insulation and reduced greenhouse gases through the plantings. But the Halfwassens also believe that the garden roof reclaims a slice of the urban landscape and serves up a chance to practice sustainable agriculture in an unlikely spot in an unlikely locale. (more…)
THE phrase “bachelor pad” may evoke shag rugs, an oversize bed and an overwrought and conspicuous sound system — or perhaps for the contemporary bachelor, coolly minimalist modular seating, an oversize bed and an overwrought and inconspicuous sound system.
But two young New York bachelors, one in real estate, one a designer, have found new ways to mark their territories.
One has suspended furniture from the ceiling and steadied it with cables; even the fishbowl hangs from above. The other has placed furniture, electronics and plumbing fixtures on wheels, sometimes encased in vitrines. The devices under the sofa include a large-capacity MP3 player, a turntable, a DVD player and a karaoke machine. (more…)
Home Decorators Collection(R) (www.homedecorators.com) joins forces with HGTV’s “Bad, Bad Bath” to give homeowners fresh ideas in bathroom decorating. Each week, designers take an ugly, out-of-style bath and turn it into an urban oasis with new bathroom accessories, sink cabinets, and even some home decor items that you wouldn’t expect to find in the bathroom.
St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) June 1, 2006 — People demand more from their bathrooms than just utility these days. No longer just a place to clean up, it’s now become a place to relax and luxuriate. Changes in bathroom décor include the addition of furniture, plants, colorful towels and decorative accessories. The popularity of bathroom decorating encouraged Home & Garden Television to launch the first ever, FUN bathroom remodeling series titled “Bad, Bad Bath.” Its designers renovate one-of-a-kind bathrooms that are over the top, out of date, a clash of colors or just downright ugly or tacky. Home Decorators Collection® contributed many home decor items to the HGTV show. (more…)
