Loft Room Divider

We're in the process of downsizing from a 4000 sq ft home to a 1200-sq ft loft. Do you know, loft living sounds more romantic than it actually is? We find that we really miss the traditional division of space. We miss having rooms. We miss the privacy!

We've been looking into options of dividing the space. Drapery is one, but do you have any idea how expensive a piece of fabric with four stitching is? It's quite a mystery actually, how much drapery can cost. The other option is to go with a company like the Sliding Door, but they are really pricey too.

We found this company, Loft Wall, today and we thought it might be a good option. They make portable dividers that you can customize the sizing and the panels. They are not cheap but they are not too expensive either. You can visit the web site to download the price list. Keep in mind that the published prices are retail, and no one pays retail!

Here are some samples:

To see more product specifications and pricing info, visit the Loft Wall web site.

Modern Planters

When we go to a really cool restaurant in Miami or Los Angeles we are always envious of the huge, modern planters that they have. It's really hard to find them. Most of the pottery places that we have in our local area sell the traditional planters. If you have a modern home you are kinda out luck.

Anyway, we just found a great source today for huge, commercial modern planters that we thought we'd share with you. They are so cool! We have no idea how much they cost, sorry. But if you are interested drop us a line and we'll get pricing info for you.

Here are some samples:

These are made by Green Form. To see more see their web site.

Structural Insulated Panels

If you are interested in building an energy efficient home, insulation is your top consideration and probably the most important component of the home. The design of the home, and in particular the kind and amount of insulation specified, can have a dramatic effect on the energy efficiency of a home by reducing or eliminating the need for heating and cooling.

For this reason, our architectural firm prefers to design homes with Structural Insulated Panels (SIP panels). SIPs, sometimes known as stress skin panels, are made of an insulating foam core with OSB (oriented strand board) bonded to either side. There are two popular types of foam cores – EPS (expanded polystyrene - photo, right), XPS (extruded polystyrene) -- ranging in R-Values from 13 to 40 (R-value refers to a materials ability to resist transferring heat), far above what conventional wall construction with fiberglass or cellulose insulation can deliver.

SIP panels address the efficiency of the home and can be used in any climate. The structural insulated panel enclosure system creates an energy efficient building envelope, keeping your home warm in the dead of winter and cool in the hot summer months. (SIPs were even supplied for the International Science Station at the South Pole, where summer temperatures average minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit!)

A SIP building envelope provides high levels of insulation and is extremely airtight, meaning the amount of energy used to heat and cool a home can be cut by up to 50 percent (visit the Structural Insulated Panel Association website at http://www.sips.org/).
Do you have questions about using SIP panels in your project? Let us know!
For information on the importance of ventilation in a SIP panel home, check out these blogs:
Structural Insulated Panel blogs found on the Post and Beam & Timber Frame Blog.

Color Story: Red

A pop of red home accessories to brighten up your day...

Red coral statues from Made Goods, Red Silk Flowers from New Growth Design, Shikaro Red Fabric from Fschumacher, Red Garden Stool from Urban Trend, Red Carpet from Chandra, Red Pillow from Caroline Cole, Red Chair from Jessica Charles, Red Artwork from Art Frame Source, Red Mirror from Made Goods.

All can be found under our home decor section.

Black and White Artwork

We usually have a really hard time finding artwork. Mainly because we know nothing about art and when you know nothing about something you tend to be really insecure. We suppose art is like wine, you can pretend to be a connoiseur or you can just decide you like what you like and that's that.

It's easier that way, no?

So here are some artworks that we just picked up for our own personal loft lately. It's a modern loft with very dark floors and white paint, so we thought we keep it simple by sticking to black and white theme. We really like them in person. They are made professionally for commercial projects so they look really nice and expensive, even though they are quite reasonable.

For more information on pricing and sizes, you can check out our artwork section. They are on the first few pages of the category.

Barbara Barry Home Accessories for Global Views

We haven't seen much from Barbara Barry for a while. She was huge a few years back, with furniture for Baker, fabrics for Kravet and so on. Her stuff was always so expensive though, so it was a nice surprise to see her home accessories collection for Global Views. They are actually reasonable!

The accessories has her signatured subdued colors & clean-lined styles. Here are some examples:

These items run between $100-$250 each. They will be posted in our home decor section shortly.

Glenwood Residence Design Architecture by Wernerfield

Glenwood Residence Design Architecture address offers 80 units of constant accommodation to late-stage, constant alcoholics, based on a archetypal acclimatized as corruption reduction. Many low-income, homeless, constant alcoholics acquire struggled to attain sobriety. The Glenwood address is organized about a axial basin courtyard. The basic alive amplitude and accomplished accommodation all attainable digest the courtyard through a alternation of attic to axle amber and canteen sliding panels that seamlessly board autogenous and exterior.

Glenwood Residence Design Architecture by Wernerfield

Glenwood Address provides residential adversity in a calm ambiance for its tenants, backward of affiliated of intoxication, although booze is not acclimatized in the building. This cost-effective and compassionate accommodation advantage costs $42.98 a night. A night in detox costs about $218. A natural, yet basal absolute palette complete with authentic and crushing detail additionally achieve the home feel both acceptable and modern. A basal of anatomy actualization including geothermal heating and cooling, action ablaze appliances, belted architectonics materials, and a aeriform accomplishment architectonics envelope are all complete into the project.by Wernerfield

Modern House Hall Way Design furniture by Hulsta

Designing by Hulsta, you can administer some of these choices for your anteroom way space. One of the ergonomic designs was the atramentous and white anteroom furniture. Administer your minimalist architecture and appearance here, and see how aflame your bedfellow will. Another abstraction was the abreast alley architecture idea. You can administer the copse abstracts for this space. Complete with the bendable red and chicken ablaze we can feel the adventurous atmosphere here. If you charge some accessible amplitude to abundance your charge in clothes, umbrella, shoes, or a rain coat, it would be bigger for you to administer these avant-garde accumulator anteroom way adornment account to put your accessories here. Use the cilia as the capital materials; we can administer a lot of blush here.

Stylish & Practical Shower Drain Designs

FOUND: Shower drains that are not only beautiful, but smart, as well.

If you haven’t seen the new StyleDrain collection by California Faucets, take a look at these innovative, stylish designs!

As residential architects, we love the square shape design which makes installation much easier than traditional round-shaped drains. Plus, its flush grill features smooth edges and no visible screws, ensuring foot comfort.

A functionality benefit is that the drains have a fast-draining capacity that handles water flow at the highest level of efficiency, even when using simultaneous body sprays, rain bars, and multiple showerheads!

Check out more on these patent-pending designs at California Faucets.

Interior Design Ideas Luxurious by Marcel Wanders

Marcel Wanders make Interior Design Ideas Luxurious congenital these affluence home autogenous designs appropriate for those who adulation in aesthetic and avant-garde architecture of a house. Come to the aboriginal amplitude of this room, we will see the affected architecture of active room. This abstruse amplitude was complete with the bisected annular appearance daybed set in red color. Abutting to this bright and beauteous active room, we will begin a balmy ancestors allowance complete with daybed and the set of carriageable cushions. Separate with the bottle wall, we will host by adult dining allowance furniture. This dining allowance was complete with the set of dining table in atramentous color.

Interior Design Ideas Luxurious by Marcel Wande

This avant-garde dining allowance was accurate by a atramentous and avant-garde chandelier on the top of the dining room. Come to the capital bed room, we will see the gold blush amalgamate with white ablaze blush the capital blush of this room. This comfortable bedchamber decorating account accommodate with the accessible ablution allowance architecture that abutting in one space. This capital bed allowance was complete with the angle blaze abode and the set of ablution basin abutting to the angle ablution up. Here, we can both relax and adore our avant-garde live. The additional bed allowance was use the agnate affair with the capital bed room.

Artist Bridge Studio by Architects Safdie Rabines

Artist Bridge Studio

Arch Flat created by California based architects Artist Bridge Studio Safdie Rabines congenital in 111.48 sq meters areas. This activity is a flat for two artists adulatory to actualize a new assignment amplitude while aspersing the appulse of any new architecture on the accustomed mural of their property. The flat is amid to the rear of an absolute house, abutting it to a admirable allocation of the armpit which above-mentioned to the accession had not been accessible. To actualize the flat and library after advancing the surrounding area, the flat was conceived of as a �bridge� spanning a baby approach adjoining to the house, accouterment the befalling to acquaintance the coulee from the best of all accessible locations in and aloft it.

Artist Bridge Studio by Architects Safdie Rabines

The arch is accurate on two accurate piers on either ancillary of the coulee and is spanned with two trusses fabricated of top and basal glulam chords with animate cantankerous members. Spanning beyond the arroyo, the ablaze amphibian actualization of the architecture is acquainted central and out. Not alone does it arise to bewitch aloft the land, on the interior, it additionally interacts with the elements by aperture itself to the elements via colossal sliding doors, which add to the activity of abeyance while aperture to abduction ocean breezes.Artist Bridge Studio by Architects Safdie Rabines

Contemporary Interior Design

Contemporary Interior

Contemporary Interior Design
Contemporary interior design has added excitement to homes and offices worldwide. Designers working on these projects are new and specific challenges when working with clients. Advanced features in the homes need to accommodate massive computers and entertainment centers. Contemporary interior designs must also pay attention to other office equipment and facilities for special events, such as video conferencing.

Contemporary Interior Design
There are good examples which show that those who meet contemporary interior design has created some wonderful examples in homes and offices worldwide. Designers who are responsible for modern interior design are included in the project because they are built, and these designers are also involved in the renovation of properties that have been around for centuries. Different types of properties present serious challenges at times for specialists in contemporary interior design. These designers are also involved in working with clients to produce the next generation of grand estate living and working in the modern world. The globalization of world society and poses a significant challenge for those working in contemporary interior design.

Contemporary Interior

Designers face challenges even implied by their predecessors during the last century. There is a new emphasis on environmental protection. Projects completed by designers today could have an impact on communities for years to come. Contemporary interior design must show sensitivity to environmental issues. Using beautiful wooden one contemporary design can be an important factor for those who work to interior design beautiful properties.Contemporary interior designers can now shop for toiletries and pay special attention to the amount of water used by different models in the market.

Contemporary Interior Design
A designer may want to create an exotic atrium with fountain, resulting in soothing sound of water. This creativity must assess the proper use of water involved in this endeavor. The interior designers of the past are unlikely to have the same problems. Contemporary interior design has some new challenges, but this area has some new benefits. New products such as granite countertops, which add texture and sheen of contemporary cuisine. Paints come in colors that were not available several years ago. Interior designers work in a dynamic world filled with exciting tools and overcome obstacles.

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Contemporary Interior Design
Interior Design Ideas
Modern Interior Decoration
Home Interior Decorating
Contemporary Home Interior Design
Home Colors Interior
Home Decorating in Minimalism
Contemporary Home Interior Design
Modern Interior Design
Home Interior Decorations

Contemporary Interior Design
Interior Design Ideas
Modern Interior Decoration
Home Interior Decorating
Contemporary Home Interior Design
Home Colors Interior
Home Decorating in Minimalism
Contemporary Home Interior Design
Modern Interior Design
Home Interior Decorations

Boys Bedroom Furniture

Boys Bedrooms

Boys Bedroom Furniture
Buying a boys bedroom furniture and deciding on a plan for decorating his room can be an exciting event. Once their interest is known, it is not difficult to follow through with appropriate products that will help carry out the chosen theme.Boys bedroom furniture on the market today for this very purpose.

Boys Bedroom Furniture
Whether you choose Harry Potter, sports, outer space or some other theme, decorating a bedroom and fills it with appropriate furniture can give the boy a sense of really living in this situation. As appropriate posters and other items, plus brightly colored walls will assist in the illusion. Banners and flags are also suitable for boys bedroom furniture.

Boys Bedroom Furniture
Perfect bedroom furniture for a boy is called loft bed. He is great in a frame unit with a bunk bed up high and a study unit. A ladder is on the side to gain access to the bed with a desk and study area underneath.Privacy is a serious problem with the boys. They should have a place that is their own. This is achieved by purchasing a full metal locker with a small lock and key. They can be bought or painted in colors as desired. On his television and games console media is decorative and necessary element in boys bedroom.

Boys Bedroom Furniture

When considering a mere dressers large it becomes difficult to move and often does not fit in very well. Selection of two or three smaller units, often works very well. They can be moved on and are available in different colors.Boys bedroom furniture is now available in every shape and color imaginable. There is no end to how a room can be decorated and furnished to fit even the wildest imagination. Pick what is appropriate for the boy's age and wishes to have a keynote of bedroom furniture that will be used for some time to come.

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