<Interior Home Design Ideas, Art, Styles & Interior Decorating

Maya Romanoff Designs Turns 40

Author: aclazaro  /  Category: Art, Designer Spotlight, Interiors

For the designer brand who popularized the tie-dye shirts, they continue to bring innovation come to life with their brand new environment friendly wall cover collection. As Maya Romanoff designs turn and celebrate its 40th anniversary, they push to becoming one with those other companies turning to green campaigns. The artisan talents behind the company’s great designs have never ever failed yet, not even this new sets of products to launch.

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Buy Your Kid A Chair That Will Grow With Him

Author: aclazaro  /  Category: Accessories, Bedroom, Kitchen & Dining Room, Living Room

This seating system designed and made by the minui handysitt is made ideally for kids 6 mos to around 5 years old. It is sold in two parts. When you combine it, it forms some kind of freestanding high chair.

But without the portable seat, the simple wooden chair’s height is the same of the regular adult chair. This is perfect to have for your baby and even until he grows up older each and bigger each year. It is easy to store since it can be folded flat perfect to bring also during long travels.

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The 75 Chair by Skylar Morgan Furniture Design

Author: aclazaro  /  Category: Designer Spotlight, Living Room

This is a multi-seating furniture whose inspiration for the design was taken by the shape and direction of the walnut patterns and grain. This is however a more playful interpretation of the grain as how it seems apparent with the incorporation in the lines of its design.

This can used or flipped to become a smaller bench to sit on. It is very playful to the eye as it can create many shape illusions.

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Lasercut Tableware for Home Accessories

Author: aclazaro  /  Category: Accessories, Kitchen & Dining Room

Nadia Sheltawy is known for magnificent and one of a kind designs for home accessories. She was trained in London in the field of textile design and her influence focuses more on geometric patterns and shapes. All her stylish designs are perfect for the contemporary home space. Her mats in a variety of designs and colors are capable of bringing life to any table, no matter how simple.

Her other design products include lampshades, clocks and other tableware.

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The SuperNova Bathroom By Dornbracht

Author: aclazaro  /  Category: Art, Bathroom

This luxurious bathroom fitting line is truly such a work of sculptural art that is full of character. Packed with geometrical measures and facets, the Supernove reflects your immediate surroundings. It is such an exquisite design for bathroom architecture. It all comes down to a result of a particular island in the room which has all the bathroom functions right in the heart of things.

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Tessel Playmat Toys For The Children’s Bedroom

Author: aclazaro  /  Category: Accessories, Bedroom, Living Room

Tessel toys are known to help in encouraging creativity in kids through colorful playmats which can be assembled and disassembled. Kids can easily transform them into different shapes and sizes, and even into animal shapes of their likes, depending on how wide their creativity and imagination can reach.

Parents will also find these multifunctional since it is easy to store as well making it a great space saver.

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Küppersbusch honeycomb cooktop

Author: aclazaro  /  Category: Kitchen & Dining Room

Are you in search for an exquisitely designed cooktop for your modern kitchen? Then do not look any further for you know your search is at its end once you have your hands on Küppersbusch honeycomb cooktop. They can fit and match any cooktop material and offer you the utmost flexibility you need in your cooking space.

All you have to do is select the number and the cooking zone type that you prefer for whatever special dish you may be cooking and come up with your own almost perfect layout and design.

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The Beauty of Laminate

Author: lokipup66  /  Category: Accessories, Interiors

It is explicable if you want your home to have the best interior looks, like you wanted to decorate your walls with fancy wall coverings or perhaps paint it with a flaunting color that keeps you at peace.  And next thing to the wall that gets the same attention is your floor. It occupies a large area of your home that easily creates a visual impact to its beauty.

For this reason, you need to have the best material that gives aesthetic quality and durability for your flooring. There are a few good choices to beautify your floor. You may consider using vinyl or ceramic tiles, granite stones, or simply cover the whole area with carpet. Each has distinct effect on your home. But if you are looking for a material that’s easy to install and yet provides the kind of look you are aiming for, a pretty good solution will be laminate tile.

This flooring material is popular for both home and office use. This is cost efficient and easy to install, the panels fit right by simply clicking together. The tile is made of a mixture of cellulose paper and clear melamine resins on top of the layer. The design found on the bottom can be a photo or a pattern that was printed on paper and combined with resins to make it stronger. A fiberboard that has a durable quality constitutes its core.

Laminate tile is not only durable but offers a variety of attractive designs.

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Wallpaper or Paint?

Author: lokipup66  /  Category: Accessories, Art, Interiors

The comparison between the aesthetic distinctions of wallpapers over paint has always been a discussion among people who thought of masking their home walls to make it more appealing, beautiful and neat. Quite surprisingly, but vinyl wall coverings are becoming cost effective. Study shows that wallpapers can last five times longer than paint.  And most vinyl wall coverings maintain its original looks and quality for at least 15 years. On the other hand a painted wall should be kept clean to maintain its fresh appearance. A painted wall normally requires a retouch every three years.

Many modern wall coverings offer unique features unmatched by painted surfaces. Considering the Historic Aspect wallpaper can bring, paint alone can’t create an authentic Victorian style house. Computer generated designs and Photographic designs such as family photos can be custom printed onto wallpaper. Wall covering can be used as a bridging material to eliminate the expensive and untidy repair of a damaged wall surface. Even with the most complicated painting technique use on walls, it is still hard to obtain the natural surface texture of wall coverings made of natural fibers such as grasscloth, bamboo or jute among others.

Whatever paint can do to beautify your wall, just the same, wallpaper will do the trick and even more.

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Refacing Your Kitchen Cabinet

Author: lokipup66  /  Category: Kitchen & Dining Room

Doing home makeovers may require a big budget. But you can expect a return from your investment when you decide to sell your house. Even if the recoup is less than what you expected, a good makeover will make your home more saleable in a competitive market.

A fine area to start with a makeover would be the kitchen. The project may include replacing the cabinets, sink, faucet, countertop, flooring, oven and cooktop. But still, you can create a better look without spending too much.

But first, you can begin a minor redo by refacing the cabinetry. The budget buster in any kitchen renovation is the cabinets. Avoiding the custom or semi-custom cabinetry can cut the budget half the cost in remodel. Cabinets provide the greatest visual impact in the kitchen.  Refacing is an easier alternative but cost less. You can reface the existing cabinets simply by replacing the doors and drawer fronts on the frames, you can also repaint your cabinets to match the new finish. Changing the looks of your cabinets alone will definitely make a big difference.

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