May 26th, 2009 — Exteriors
A doormat is the tiniest, yet an essential element of your home design. It’s the first thing a person sees before entering your house - so a properly chosen doormat can set up the mood and create expectations.
“Enter” doormat styled as a computer key: you gotta love this (via bigbolt.com)!
IPhone-styled doormat: slide to unlock (via Meninos):
May 26th, 2009 — Bathrooms
You might have seen multiple photos of luxury bath designs - where everything is glowing with somewhat cold beauty. This post is not about that. Instead, I made my best to find most unusual bathtub designs, those that connect several functions or spot a completely new concept.
This awesome shoe-shaped bathtub spots unique design and absolutely new concept; I’d love to have one - available in multiple color schemes, it can be also custom designed! (via luxurylaunches.com)
The following multi-purpose bathroom unit turns the traditional bath on its head: it transforms from bath to shower as the whole unit revolves (via topblogposts.com)
May 19th, 2009 — Interior Design
Yellow is the color of sun, that’s why people think it can save them from depression and attempt to use it in the interior to lighten up the mood. However not everything is that simple. Let’s have a look at a few most controversial features of the color yellow:
| Conflicting properties of color yellow | |
| Yellow is the first color the eye sees in daylight. Thus yellow objects immediately draw attention | Yellow is also the most fatiguing to the eye due to the high amount of light that is reflected. It is hard to perceive the color especially for elderly people. |
| Yellow can also increase the metabolism. It make you feel energetic. | Yellow can make you both energetic and aggressive by stimulating brain receptors that may trigger very controversial emotions (from anger to happiness). |
| Yellow is the color of sunshine. It denotes happiness and joy. | In nature yellow is used by some animals to warn they are poisonous (or pretend to be). There is a biological reflex built into us that causes even babies to recoil from this signal. People are more likely to lose their tempers in yellow rooms and babies tend to cry more in yellow rooms. |
However the controversial nature of the color doesn’t mean you should avoid it completely. Knowing both sides of this complex color will help you to make the most of it. It is recommended to use yellow in entry way, powder room, and halfways as well as transitional areas. Continue reading →
May 16th, 2009 — Furniture
Why Tetris? Inspired by the once popular Soviet video game, this type of furniture has a number of important advantages:
Tetris Shelves: Blocks can be attached to one another the way you like it: you can change it weekly or monthly once your eye gets used to it (designed by Brave Space Design):
More book shelves designs: multi-feature T-style blocks assembled in a number of constructions (by tetrisfurniture.com) Continue reading →
May 15th, 2009 — Kitchens
Who said a small kitchen cannot be sweet and stylish? Let’s have a look at a few gadgets for your small kitchen design:
The “Nobody” island is an ideal choice for your small kitchen. This modern Japanese design allows for two looks: close it for compact Yin and Yang that can be arranged to suit your space and open it up to entertain your guests (via trendir.com):
More examples of space-saving kitchen designs:
Compact yet complete Ritual Evolution kitchen:
A place saving dish rack has dual purpose: it stores your dishes and mugs and waters your plants! What’s more, this unit is environmentally friendly: it uses every bit of Nature resources and doesn’t waste water (via 2modern.blogs.com). Continue reading →