The house is a Californian bungalow located in a conservation zone under North Sydney Councils. There are so many great house renovation ideas out there that you can use, and it really pays to be aware of as many of them as possible before going ahead and doing any house renovations yourself, so that you can be more knowledgeable and informed and also so that you will have a better idea in terms of where to start. (more…)
Georgie Fordham is one of a growing number of people who believe that good lighting is as important as a colour scheme or upholstery for your home. “We had two London houses professionally lit, and when we moved to the country I was determined to have proper lighting here too, even though the house is very old and I didn’t want to start gouging holes in the walls,” she says. “I’m a real lighting convert and I would urge people, even if they have a small budget for their home, to think about lighting it properly; good lighting can change completely the way you feel about your home.”
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Denise Little decorates her Troy home to showcase art — her art, her daughter’s art, her granddaughter’s art and the art of prominent artists such as Tom Palazzolo, Barry Rowe, John Glick and Camillo Pardo.
“My passion is art, so my approach to interior design is to not let my decor interfere with my art,” says Little, who is a painter, patron of the arts and promoter of artists.
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How do you feel about faux animal stripes underfoot? An Oct. 14 Post article detailed some of the many products sporting the now-hot zebra motif – pillows, towels, martini glasses. The beautiful animals’ mixture of wide and narrow black lines must really look wavy – like they’re moving – to anyone sipping a stout vodka martini from a zebra-striped glass.
Zebra accent rugs have been pictured this year in so many shelter magazines that some designers are stepping out of line, so to speak. Articles quote designers on both sides of the decorating fad: those “so over it” because zebra rugs are too popular, and the other group that values “the instant sophistication” a zebra rug adds to the right room, the element of visual surprise, the touch of fun, the symbol of exotic adventures. Think safari with binoculars only; no zebras have to be shot to fuel this fashion underfoot. Cincinnati’s contemporary furniture showrooms have had for years (they’re not new) those zebra accent rugs made to look real. They’re usually stenciled cowhide, so some unfortunate steer, if not an actual zebra, definitely had to commit to the striped product. I’ve always preferred frankly-fake wool rugs in the zebra pattern, not the cowhide rugs cut in a realistic shape with four extended “zebra legs” flat on the floor. (more…)
What makes a home eclectic? Surely, there’s no label of interior design that’s misused more often. Not to worry, Phoenix Suns’ basketball legend Alvan Adams and his wife Sarah are on hand to show the real deal. With their indisputably warm, inviting – and thoroughly eclectic – Paradise Valley home, the Adamses have hoisted the design term onto a pedestal of exquisite taste.
Alvan and Sarah began their home-building project eight years ago, in a neighborhood that allows only traditionally designed houses. True to the rule, their 5,000-square-foot Territorial looks like it’s been there for a long, long time. The effect is intentional. “We lived in Encanto from 1976 through 1996, and we loved the older architecture in that neighborhood,” Alvan said. “That’s one of the reasons we decided to build where we did.” (more…)
