Residential Interior Design

Residential Interior Design - How To Keep It Simple
By Wade Robins



One of the major setbacks in a residential interior design project is not seeing eye to eye with the interior designer. There are homeowners who just don't know when to step back and allow the professionals to take charge of the project. Still, there are others who seem to give free rein at first but rant about the details when the project is almost done.

To make the residential interior design project a smooth and hassle-free one, you have to clearly delineate the roles from the very beginning. How much control do you want to wield? How much freedom are you willing to give your designer? Would you trust him with his own set of contractors?

Individuals who hire a professional for residential interior design must make it clear from the start how much freedom they're willing to give the designer in terms of decisions and relationships with contractors.

One common problem that arises with a number of residential interior design projects is that owners can't help but put in their two cents' worth once the contractors step in, and this may somewhat be distressing on the designer's part.

The owner should also agree with the designer on a reasonable time frame for the residential interior design project. It should be made clear that the plan is well laid out before actual work takes place and that budget limits are clearly set beforehand.



It is also important to set aside a portion of the budget to provide for contingency expenses. In addition, if the owner requests changes that were not initially included in the residential interior design plan, he must be ready to shoulder the expenses involved to carry out these modifications.

Why Space Planning Is Important

In residential interior design, space is a crucial factor because a space that is too large or too small may drastically limit the possibilities of a desired residential interior design. Even existing doors and windows greatly affects the planned renovation, and covering these up or constructing new structures again involve an adjustment in time and budget.



Generally, residential interior design [http://www.1interiordesign.com/Interior_Design_Bathrooms/] project would involve furniture and fixture selection, color, space planning, and the more complicated plumbing and electrical wiring. It is, of course, easier to plan a residential interior design project with an empty room or house, but this isn't always the case.

In summation, undertaking a residential interior design project can be a very fulfilling task if guidelines are set down at the start. You will also be able to enjoy a more harmonious relationship with the designer if you spend time to consult with him and give him as much information as possible on the kind of outcome you are
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Interior Design Painting

Painting a house differs as Exterior Painting and Interior Painting. Exterior paint nowadays has arrive a lengthy way and has all sorts of fungicides and UV protectors in it to withstand the harsh onslaught of continuous heat through the sun. Exterior paint also has to stand as much as other climate problems for example heavy rain, storms, cold and winds, so interior design painting.

All kinds of houses could be painted even timber ones. Should you have an old-fashioned brick house it could be loosely transitive that is within the type of cement depiction that could be painted or make interior design painting. So regardless of whether your home is timber, difficult plank, fibrous cement or brick it can all be painted and also the roof can also be painted.Source URL: https://interiordesignq.blogspot.com/2010/06/
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Designing Window Treatments on a Budget

Welcome to my design studio peeps! Everything is magic in the design studio isn't it? And so glamorous. Designing is easy, everything always flows and dollars for projects abound so I can literally design in any direction my heart chooses or that my instinct informs on behalf of my terrific client.



Wake up sleepy head! Snap out of it. Reality check: Budget drives design. You've heard that here before girls. Things like hard costs of raw materials, large amounts of required skilled workroom labor intermingled with existing home design elements that may or may not all be connected....these are the things from which designer neck aches spring...and also the fun of the challenge! (I love the work of my work.)









So - I thought it'd be fun every now and then to start letting you be an esteemed fly-on-the-wall on my various fun design challenges. (They're all fun..and they're all a challenge...) Read on to see if you can guess which way this
"Custom Window Treatments on a Tight Budget" project will go?



Project: Eating alcove in a kitchen, pictured above. 1 triple window and 2 singles envelop the table in this breakfast nook.


Client: is staying in her home for only a few years more. Home needs to be updated, but she is working on a tight budget in each area given all of the upgrades needed throughout the house. Landing these custom window treatments on the lower end of the budget is of high priority.
Client needs: Custom window treatments for the 3 kitchen windows pictured above. Design goals include:


*Lifting the ceiling


*Making Kitchen in total look richer, to include cabinetry since we've decided not to update the cabinetry or counter tops.


*Need to connect the blue/tan story at the front of the house with the green/burgundy at the back of the house. house's color palette divides and shrinks the space.


*Within the custom world client needs to land these window treatments, along with some custom pillows for the family room on the lower end of the 'custom budget spectrum.


The Plan/Solution:
*Value priced fabrics have been sourced that will either pull in the blue story from the front of the house or the tan/green/burgundy story at the back of the house. (fabric swatches shown here.)

*Window treatment designs are kept to their greatest simplicity to keep budget down (Simpler designs reduce labor and yardage needs.)




*Treatments will have no flourishes (choice #1 & #3 pictured below - and thus and least expensive) or few flourishes (choice #2 & #4 - but the more expensive option)


*Treatments to be build on dustboards, rather than on exposed rods.


*Treatments #1 & #3 will be about 'the fabric' - not the window treatment silhouette (least expensive option - choice #1 & #3)

Pictured below are 4 rendering from which the client chose...which way do you think she went?











The options:





Option #1. Blue/Green/Tan Story - Ruched valence on a rod


































Option #2. Green/Butter/Tan Story - Ruched valence on a rod














Option #3. Blue/Green/Tan Story - Soft Roman with self tie




















Option #4. Green/Butter/Tan Story - Soft Roman with self tie







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Interior Design Bedrooms

Include your kid in making his interior design bedrooms. It is dependent a great deal on child's age and degree of growth yet even a little contribution can cause larger suggestions. Colors, themes or style of furniture could be selected very easily by even a 4yr old child. An older child could be completely included in all of the procedure of preparing and assortment.

If preparing to decorate without having any theme of interior design bedrooms, use most recent trends obtainable within the marketplace. Drawing a mural about the wall or utilizing a wallpaper to produce focal point is really a great concept. You will find numerous shops that sells economical wallpaper murals along with other merchandise of children interest.Source URL: https://interiordesignq.blogspot.com/2010/06/
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luxury Interior lighting

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Modern Interior lighting

Modern Interior lighting

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Shower Shock Caffeinated Soap

Tired of waking up and having to wait for your morning java to brew? Are you one of those groggy early morning types that just needs that extra kick? Know any programmers who dont regularly bathe and need some special motivation? Introducing Shower Shock, the original and world's first caffeinated soap from ThinkGeek.

Shower Shock is an all vegetable based glycerine soap which does *not* contain any harsh ingredients like ethanol, diethanolamine, polyethylene glycol or cocyl isethionate. So it's a gently invigorating soap. Scented with peppermint oil and infused with caffeine anhydrous, each bar of Shower shock contains approximately 12 servings/showers per 4 ounce bar with 200 milligrams of caffeine per serving. No, we're not kidding and no you don't eat it. The caffeine is absorbed through the skin...

Shower Shock, which is currently available online, is scented with peppermint oil so you don't end up smelling like coffee. It's also infused with caffeine anhydrous and each bar of this soap contains approximately 12 servings/showers per 4 ounce bar with 200 milligrams of caffeine per serving. However, the manufacturers have warned that the soap is not recommended for pregnant women or children because of the caffeine content.

The caffeine in the 125-gram Shower Shock will last in your system for approximately four hours, the same as two cups of coffee. One bar of soap costs (US$6.99) which 10 bars cost (US $37.99)

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Washup: Washing Machine & Toilet Integrated

I smiled when I first saw the above picture. I've always thought there should be a better way to benefit from used water coming out from washer machines.

"Washup" is a conceptual design by Sevin Coskun from Turkey integrating washing machine with toilet flush. It suggests a sustainable water consumption by storing the wasted water in toilette-flush tank and reuse it with flushing. Moreover, "Washup" brings a solution for the problem of location of washing machines in small bathrooms, overlapping washing machine usage space with toilette usage space.

"Washup" is fixed on wall upwards toilet, so that loading of clothes would be easier for the user without bending or crouching. A special interface including three semi-sphere control units & two flushing buttons is designed for a practical usage of the product. "Washup" is a green product offering solutions for the problems of standard washing machines.

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Interior Design Schools

Interior design schools assist to train candidates to produce a high quality atmosphere close to them. At Interior design schools, students are taught research from material that's computer-aided to draw and style, to solve difficulties, to research the background of interior designing and architecture, room preparing as well as 3-d imaging. The assist from the visual media allows these institutes to teach the art interior deigning and also the associated difficulties.

An additional essential detail to maintain in thoughts may be the preference from the customer and also the spending budget. The designer can give recommendations for that customer to believe about interior design schools and approve. Points for example furniture, color scheme, lighting and fixtures should also be kept in thoughts along with a rough layout ought to be ready.Source URL: https://interiordesignq.blogspot.com/2010/06/
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Top Interior lighting

Top Interior lighting

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Sneak Peek at the McGuire 2010 Kitchen Collection

Furniture Fashion received these pictures from McGuire showing their 2010 Kitchen Collection from Kohler Interiors.



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Dark Stained Bathroom Designs by Eban

Here are some bathroom designs from Eban featuring dark stained bathroom furnishings. This furniture unit comes from their Maddalena line combining the elements of a sink, mirror and storage into one modular unit. See the line: here.


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Traditional Furniture

The Bentely High Back Sofa Group for Modern or Traditional Interiors
High style and a high back describe the "Bentley" sofa, the ultimate in comfort and modern elegance. The Bentley high back range easily caters to both modern and traditional interiors for those who appreciate the finer things in life. Distinctive and British in style the range is available in chair, love seat, and sofa with the option of polished aluminum (shown) or black painted feet. h 1080 d 820 w 2100, h 450 (mm) £1,883.53 to £3,956.23 inc. VAT From e-berkeleyshop.com


Avery Bombe Chest From Crate&Barrel
The striking Avery Bombe Chest is quite an anti-thesis to the modern furniture trajectory. Centering on traditional design principles, the chest ignores contemporary design trends which is evident in its sensuous curves and the slightly distressed charcoal finish. The Avery Bombe Chest has been equipped with three drawers and has been lined with hand-silkscreened paper in a black-on-cream vine pattern and finished with brushed nickel pulls. You can order the chest from Crate&Barrel for $799.00.





The Bentely High Back Sofa Group for Modern or Traditional Interiors

High style and a high back describe the "Bentley" sofa, the ultimate in comfort and modern elegance. The Bentley high back range easily caters to both modern and traditional interiors for those who appreciate the finer things in life. Distinctive and British in style the range is available in chair, love seat, and sofa with the option of polished aluminum (shown) or black painted feet. h 1080 d 820 w 2100, h 450 (mm) £1,883.53 to £3,956.23 inc. VAT From e-berkeleyshop.com

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Rosewood Mayakoba : Interior Design and Mexican Architecture in Harmony

Once in a while Furniture Fashion pays homage to outstanding architecture and interior design, and often we find the perfect combination of these elements is some of the most exotic luxury resorts around the world. The Rosewood Mayakoba is situated along a mile long strip of white Caribbean sand on the Riviera Maya and is the center of a 1,600 acre luxury resort enclave located south of Cancun and north of the seaside village of Playa del Carmen. The stunning interior and exterior pictures are what made this luxury resort 18th on Travel and Leisure's list of "World Best Awards" last year. After seeing the Rosewood Mayakoba I know I need a vacation! See more stunning pictures here.


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Wall Panel Design Examples that Beautify a Home

Many of us would not consider a wall panel in the design of our home. Generally, we think of paint being the most popular and easiest option. A wall panel system can really energize a room and give it a unique dynamic. The great thing about decorating walls is that it does not take away from the furniture in the room. Walls only add to the overall appeal and thus, you can be a bit more bold. I found these examples to be great idea generators about the possibility in your home. There is a gallery of images available at the ModularArts website that creates a lot of ideas. Website: here.




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Clock Tower Treasures at America in Lambertville

Whether working on a client project - or just playing hookie for a little stress relief - Lambertville, NJ is a favorite go-to destination. Brimming with art galleries, antique shops, great vintage finds (in both clothing and home decor) - and may I say ...the Best Chicken Salad on Earth .(..at Sneedons...) escaping to Lambertville for a stroll is a little slice of heaven. And no trip to Lambertville is ever complete for this girl without a stop in to see the marvelous trove of art, furnishings, design finds and antiques found at David Teague's store, America.




America....My Store 'Tis Of Thee. It's a delish mix of the perfect eclectic blend of the striking, the beautiful and the fascinating - from 1940's French finds to American antiques & original furnishings, to vintage, to an array of 18th & 19th century art - (including paintings, sculpture, prints) - to my favorite... blow-your-decorative-mind clock tower treasures. (Spot any in this photo?)


Yes, you read that right: Clock Tower Treasures. Literally.



This exciting one of a kind collection of clock tower faces (dials), hands, pendulums and gears is just spectacular. Picture a clock tower in Europe (Spain, Italy, Portugal, France) or here in America that is either being torn down (ouch) or revamped. Where do those marvelous enormous dials in enamel, wood or bronze go? America. Clock faces or dials can range in size from a glorious 2' to 10' in diameter. These are statement pieces at their best.



How about those gears and pendulums? You'll see those there too - some in fine gold leaf covering hammered iron or molded copper. Striking! (No pun intended).



Dials start at about $3000+, but for the collector who wants something chic and break-out from the norm in their art collection - this is a place to hunt. And yes peeps - there are some finds to be found as well. I am still trying to decide how -and for which client - I could have used this pair of 1940's style low back chair. Great lines - a whif of Hollywood glam, great versatility - and at $1200 for the pair - a great deal!




The trick at America? Buy it when you see it. America has an ever rotating collection of finds so if you love it - buy it. It may not be there the next time you stop in.






Oh say, can you see? America...the beautiful. :)




5 Main Street, Lambertville, NJ 08530.


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