Your bedroom is one of the most important rooms of the home because it is the place where you can lie down and relax after a hard day of work. It is where you can get the restorative sleep, essential for health and personal balance. It is also a special place for romance and love [...]
In most cultures, the kitchen is the heart of the home.
The kitchen brings the family together. This is where the family gather to catch up on the news of the day, where kids do their homework on kitchen table, where a close neighbor will drop by for a chat. Also cooking can be a [...]
The dining room is the place where you entertain your friends and family and enjoy good food and conversation. Having regular family meals is a great way to tighten family relationship and promote good communication. The Chinese community believes that eating feeds the spirit as well as the physical body.
It is important to create [...]
The living room is considered the social hub of the home. It is an area to receive and entertain guests as well as a room to relax and unwind and get together as a family after a long day of work,.
It is important to make this area of your home comfortable, safe and balanced so [...]
Your entrance starts right outside your door. Look at the environment surrounding your door and ensure your home entrance is clearly defined, well lit and inviting. Watch out for big trees, utility posts or roads coming right at your door. Those send negative energies to your home. You also ideally don’t want to be located [...]
I love the transformative power of paint. Painted walls are easy to explain to clients because it is comparatively inexpensive to change wall color (as opposed to paper) and the process is so satisfyingly quick. I love bold, graphic, textured or metallic wallpapers for a luxe statement, but similar ideas can be expressed through clever [...]
Decorating your walls can be a way to express your personality, showcase favorite items and bring life into your home. Think outside the box: Why settle for just hanging a few pictures on the wall when you can do so much more? The first thing you need is a plan.
. Decode your decorating style
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Imagine being able to soak in your tub and move the wall to reveal whatever view pleases you most. This design by Ben van Berkel of UNStudio allows you to adjust the amount of privacy in your bathroom, with its curved, movable wall. Bathing in the comfort of your own home doesn’t mean having to [...]
Although often overlooked, the ceiling is one more area to add detail and character to a room. For many designers, a room isn’t complete if the ceiling has been forgotten. It works with the walls, floor and furnishings to set the tone for a room. Sometimes, more than any other element, the ceiling provides the [...]
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Tonal variation
Whether you lean towards the calming greens of jade, moss, mint, apple and emerald for your bedroom or would love your living room to be awash with blues that are as deep as the ocean or as light as the sky, decorating with these colours tone-on-tone will evoke a connection with nature like no [...]
Own a terrace or even a small balcony? Create an instant garden!
Spontaneous greenery is the key here and planters are the way forward because nothing creates the feel of an established garden quicker than lush foliage.
You don’t necessary need flowers to add color to your garden. You can swap decking and concrete for tiles and, [...]
Selecting art for your home can be an exciting adventure and a source of enjoyment for years to come. Keys to success are figuring out what kind of art you like, how it will fit in with the rest of your interior design plans, and how to exhibit the art to the best effect in [...]
A nursery is the most important room to design and create efficiency. Oftentimes we forget how delicate and susceptible a baby is to the littlest things. This article will help those expecting learn how to design and create an ecofriendly space for your child.
Step 1: The Gameplan
Using graph paper, measuring tape and a writing utensil, [...]
French native Marie Burgos founded her interior design firm in 2007 with an emphasis on residential spaces which rapidly expanded to commercial design. Marie’s ultimate talent is understanding her clients needs and creating home, office and commercial interiors that are balanced, sophisticated, and highly functional.
