Hard landscaping items are things like walls, pathways, gazebos, greenhouses, water features and fountains. They are essential elements of a garden. They provide items fro human comfort and entertainment. The cottage garden is a formal garden style. This means that the garden is balanced on either side of the central line of the garden. A cottage garden normally contains culinary herbs, flowers, vegetables and fruit. The design of this penthouse garden takes advantage of the woodland beyond. (more…)
Decorating Modern Loft Apartment by Urban Spaces. Look in any urban or downtown area, and you’ll find amazing residential loft spaces. Loft apartments are usually located in renovated factories, warehouses, or other commercial structures which appeal to those who love open living spaces and industrial details. modern loft interiors are frequently decorated in a sleek modern or contemporary style with the occasional rustic touch. When decorating a modern loft, you’ll see the urban design style which often combines wood, stone, glass, and stainless steel with natural elements like plants to soften the metropolitan feel. Loft located in Northern end of Wenlock Road, features double height ceilings, a master bedroom with dressing, en-suite and bath suite along with a chill out area and a large decked balcony for those incredible sunsets. (more…)
The Langston family didn’t set out to be “green” when they bought a home near Furman University in Greenville, S.C.
It sort of sneaked up on them.
“Initially, we weren’t looking for that,” John Langston says about their new home’s Energy Star certification and its EarthCraft status. “We were just looking at the quality of construction.”
“It’s all new technology to us,” his wife, Lindy, says of the environmentally friendly features of their home.
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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…)
Tip-toeing to the tipping point of sustainable buildings and a solar future. That’s one way to describe current activity in local construction.
While most homes and commercial buildings constructed over the past few years rarely go above mandated codes for energy efficiency, some daring developers are pushing the envelope.
Taking risks. Using innovative building practices. Sketching the promise of near-Zero Energy construction for the Georgia coast.
“I’m a plant man.” That’s not only a definition of himself, it also defines Gregg Bayard’s philosophy. A burly former forester and horticulturist, comfortable under a fine patina of dust from a roadway under construction, he and his business partner Curry Wadsworth, with 20 years experience as a landscaper, are turning a heavily wooded, former fishing camp on Salt Creek into a housing development overlooking — and preserving — the marsh. (more…)
