Saturday, July 10, 2010

Modern Apartment Interior Design and Furnishing Ideas

Apartments demand a special interior decorating touch. You must take away the feeling of an apartment by decorating your space without running afoul of the landlord.

Most rentals are often faced with the same lighting fixtures, wall colors, carpet, flooring and cupboards. You can express your creative idea by add in touches that look permanent but actually are not.

Since your landlord might not even let you paint, you can apply large wall stickers, such as poppies that reach from a floor to ceiling to add color to bland walls while giving your space a hand painted effect.

Maybe you need to ask permission to hang up curtains for a homey touch. Many landlords will ask that the lining of the curtains be white so it matches the rest of the window treatments in the building.

One simple thing that adds a huge change for overall appearance is making a statement with furniture. You should spend a little more money to get pieces with style. Look at the overall area building design to take the idea of your furniture and decorating style.

For example, if you live in an art deco building or sleek pieces, just look for curvy line. If you are decorating a building in a modern style for a cohesive look, try to stick with stainless steel legs.

You may be able to get a smaller scale sofa that won't overwhelm the space. Try to use one ottoman instead of two or fewer side tables and floor lamps to free up the floor plan. Having a platform bed may make a room feel bigger than a regular four poster bed that is important so your space does not feel like an interior design living room.

Achieve the look of color. Even when you do apartment interior decorating you might feel like your house is still white and bare. Select for painted furniture pieces with color so the white walls look intentional such as pottery or hanging colorful plates on the wall.









Friday, July 9, 2010

Exotic Residence House in Singapore : The Fish House

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The Fish House is an exotic residence designed by Guz Architects and located in Singapore. The main idea behind this home was to ensure a connection with nature and with the surrounding landscapes in particular. The Fish House is said to be a “modern tropical bungalow” that is perfectly integrated in its climate and environment, as its architecture and open spaces encourage natural ventilation and its floor to ceiling windows allow unobstructed views of the sea. Here is more information from the architects, regarding this project’s sustainable elements : “The idea of connection is reinforced by having the basement level media-room with a u-shaped acrylic window which allows diffuse natural light in and also views out into the pool. The curved roofs, which symbolize the sea waves, also emphasize the idea of the nearby sea. These are almost totally covered with thin bendable photovoltaic panels supplying enough energy to the house, while the remaining area is used as a green roof giving residents some outdoor leisure spaces.”

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Saturday, July 3, 2010

Modern Black and White Furniture for Living Room from Giessegi

These living room sets are part of New’2010 collection from Guessegu called GIORNOPERGIORNO. Even though the collection consist not only from black and white furniture, these are the most modern and minimalist ones. The whole project goal was to design modular furniture solution for any contemporary living space by giving people maximum flexibility. A lot of things available in collection: open and closed containers, bookcases, shelves, tables and chairs, benches and many other furniture pieces that offer endless creative possibilities in designing simple yet practical rooms. Besides being available not only in black and white the collection finishes range from natural wood to high glossy lacquered laminate.