When you enter a restaurant or hotel you want to sense the beauty of the place before you even taste the food or enter your room. When decorating your restaurant it is vitally important to keep in mind that the atmosphere should coordinate with the food on the menu. Dai Mon is a comfortable restaurant designed with oriental culture themes and equipped with winter garden. The décor and the seating arrangements within the dining area will also help to encourage clientele if it is done correctly. (more…)
One of my favorite kitchen decorating ideas is to use vintage pieces around the room since they add interesting appeal, but you also need to think about the walls, windows and floors. Window treatments for the retro home decorating theme should be retro in style. Kitchen furniture today is simple and beautiful in appearance and available in a variety of colors and textures too. The kitchen appliances also include many features that makes life so simple, that it is surely the answer to a woman’s prayer. This place that is the hub of all activity, has today become a room, that needs to be shown off, just like any other in the house. (more…)
Modern kitchen incorporates elements from several other themes. Neutral colors such as black and white are beautifully contrasted with splashes of color on the tile, walls, or countertops. The key concept is customization: your kitchen should be customized to suit your lifestyle and personal tastes. Some must-have elements include natural elements, fast, user-friendly kitchen gear, and a smooth overall feel that’s easy to clean and maintain. (more…)
From a Marie Antoinette-themed room with faux python-covered walls to a monochromatic treescape mural depicting a misty morning dawn-themed hallway, designers from New York City to Greenwich unveiled their latest styles yesterday for the first-ever designer showhouse to benefit Greenwich Hospital.
A 10,000-square-foot 1928 French-manor-style mansion at 200 Stanwich Road got a complete makeover by 17 designers, a photographer and a muralist. Each designer was free to paint the walls, create moldings, bring in new furniture and paintings, redesign the windows, and even decorate the terrace to feature their work and create a new look for the traditional house.
Some of the designers made dramatic changes to their spaces. Some of the rooms of the dwelling went from family rooms to chic living spaces. The owners of the home, Richard and Ginna Kelly, have relocated while the Greenwich Designer Showhouse is being held. (more…)
Custom-designed homes can be risky, but there could be a big payoff
Independent Austin architects and designers are making footprints on the cityscape in thoughtful and fiercely original ways.
Drive down a street in Hyde Park lined with bungalows and you’ll probably find a modest jewel of a house tucked behind a tangle of trees.
Who built that? Who lives there? The unfussy lines and calm silhouette say modern, but the tawny limestone and rustic expression are pure Austin. The house is earthy and simple, yet sophisticated. It doesn’t shout, but it grabs your attention. (more…)
