Modular home interiors are only limited by your imagination. The standard interior elements such as light fixtures, kitchen and bathroom cabinetry, laminate countertops, carpet, and vinyl flooring. The concept of a design inspired from the ambiance of Versailles in France. Building the classic elements of gold with a more lightweight. With the colors of the soft, natural stone and materials that are smooth. Ceiling looks beautiful and although the precise distance from a far enough. Doors that are visible in the living room area. (more…)
Ceramic tiles are the best for bathroom flooring, as they are durable, resistant to wetness, safe to walk on and easy to clean. You can hand paint designs of your choice on individual tiles or the wall itself. This will give a more personalized feel to your bathroom. Consider the size of your bathroom before choosing the color of the tiles. Small bathrooms should have light colored tiles to make them look roomier. Large bathrooms have a better scope to experiment with colors. (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 material that fascinated the Victorians has become the eco-chic darling of home design.
Bamboo, a staple of British Colonial style, is making a resurgence in fashionable new forms. It’s turning up in contemporary flooring, furniture, accessories and even bedding, and it’s grabbing the attention of interior designers and consumers who are drawn to bamboo’s beauty, function and environmental friendliness. (more…)
Users tout environmentalism, but watch out for the cracks
Early one Saturday morning in January, Kevin Rowell dumped a bucket of dark mud on the floor of his big south-facing bedroom. It landed with a plop, spreading out and merging with a blanket of wet earth that already extended across much of the room. On his knees, Rowell took a trowel to the pile, nudging it this way and that until the mud was roughly level and about an inch-and-a-half deep.
As Rowell finished smoothing that section, his wife, Marisha Farnsworth, appeared at the door and handed him another bucket of mud. A moment later, another plop, and the process continued. The mud was expanding, and would soon cover the entire floor. (more…)
