Pictures of kitchen design ideas in multiple styles, including modern, contemporary, minimalist and luxury design. Elegant is the best word to describe this beautiful, modern pink kitchen design. Below you could find several lovely models from its different collection that are made in very delicate colors. The doors of the kitchens could be decorated by stylish finish or could be glossy lacquered. (more…)
Good design can soothe you, energize you or just make you want to linger.
Flowers can do the same.
So it’s appropriate that the two are being combined for Orchid Mania, the annual orchid show that opens today at Cleveland Botanical Garden. This year’s theme, “At Home with Orchids,” is being carried out by interior designers and floral designers who have created room vignettes incorporating the exotic-looking blooms.
The idea is to introduce visitors to the huge variety of orchids and help them see how effectively the flowers can enhance a living space, said Cynthia Druckenbrod, the garden’s orchid authority and manager of its Eleanor Armstrong Smith Glasshouse. She’s hoping the show will take the anxiety out of orchids, which have a reputation for being finicky but which she insisted can be easy even for beginners to grow.
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Joy Kacik has had a lifelong love affair with older houses.
They’re lovely to look at, she says, but inevitably come with one of two problems: They cost too much to repair and maintain or, even worse, have had their architectural details and charm torn out by previous owners.
When the North Hills native decided to relocate in the early 1990s to the Avery’s Fields development in Cranberry, she found a way around that predicament: She built a new “old” house.
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It’s not often that you get the chance to design a 12,000-square-foot vacation home, especially one that calls for the creativity and ingenuity to accommodate four generations of a close-knit family.
Located in Bald Peak Colony Club on Lake Winnipesaukee, the Frizzell family retreat is the epitome of smart interior design and sophisticated elegance. A stunning shingle-style home with open, breezy gathering spaces, seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms, an arcade, dormitory-style “bunk rooms” for the grandchildren and relaxing waterfront views, this retreat is both stylish and warm. Given the size of the Frizzell family — four children, 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild — practicality and comfort were priorities. (more…)
Tis the season to be jolly, and for the Ireland family, jolly means spreading Christmas cheer throughout their home and sharing it with friends.
Barb Ireland incorporates numerous ornaments and decorations collected over the years, calls upon creative professionals and lets the traditional décor of her home guide the family’s celebration of the holiday season.
The exterior of this East Side home is simple yet festive with its lit swags and centered wreath highlighting the door, as well as a small tree at the entry stoop. (more…)
