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Design Examples
The idea room is here to give
you examples and shed light on layout, color, pattern and emotion.
The following rooms show different styles. Tailored either for
functionality or for a feeling that the room gives. The art of
interior design isn't always purely aesthetic. Make the room
work for you. A useful way to plan for enhancing a room is to
create a worksheet for every room you are designing. We hope
these examples help.
Example
1 - Contemporary
with Southwest accents
 Bedroom |
Wicker gently accents this room with a feeling of lightness and
open air design. Notice the lack of competing patterns, keeping
the emphasis on the pattern in the wicker and accentuating the
organic feel as well. Tan carpet and light yellow walls create
an inviting environment. (See mood
colors chart). |
Playroom
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With recessed ceiling sporting geometric insets, this room can
upscale to a New York Style classical room or a zippy contemporary
jam session. The emphasis is on conservatively used bright colors
offset by black and white. |
Dining room
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Notice the juxtaposition of the hardwood floor pattern, keeping
the overall mode easy going. The recessed highlight bay on the
left can feature the latest book or holiday setup. Keeping the
kitchen open gives this layout a studio feel while maintaining
an elegant ambiance. |
Family room
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Fashioned after a room you might see in an English countryside
home. Down to earth, miss-match of textures and informal furniture
placement makes this room really feel like home. Pick up a good
book and stay a while. Let the breeze from the open doors rejuvenate
your soul. |
Foyer
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Vaulted ceilings, hardwood entry way and wood handrail make this
entrance stunning and hint at rooms to come. Light plays a very
important roll in the receptiveness of a room. Here the light
seems to dance as if by magic through the random pattern in the
glass door. |
Example 2 - Traditional country cottage
Family Room
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Muted colors, antiques, rich warm woods and era accents create
harmony and prevent overstatement. The perimeter layout ensures
an audience metaphor looking inwards toward the table as the
center of family activity. The white-washed pine ceiling does
not interfere with the deep rich red hardwood floor and helps
to radiate light back into the room. |
Family
Room Detail
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The centerpiece of conversation juxtaposes the integrity and
character of the dry food bin with the contemporary 3/4 inch
beveled glass top. The thickness of glass ensures stability,
matches the lines and visual weights of the wood structures below
and serves as an ideas looking glass into the past. |
Magazine
Rack
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Spice up any room with a handcrafted and painted magazine rack.
Besides its aesthetic value, the organization and presentation
of a diverse selection of reading material will ensure guests
have plenty to do without making a mess. Move the childrens'
material to the bottom and other periodicals to the top. The
antique copper wind vane ties the green of oxidized copper to
the handpainted green of the magazine rack. A beckon to those
who open up their minds to the winds of change and completes
the country cottage setting. |
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