Lighting that is bright and ambient is essential for a cheerful new home - proper lighting changes one's disposition, like the sun! Make sure that the light is up, down, and through. In terms of artificial light, the designer uses different types of illumination to create...
Read MoreANTECHAMBERS are transition spaces leading up to and just prior to a room's entry. These subtle areas bridge one larger space to another. They are most effectively defined by creating an element of surprise when walking through it's passageway. Usually the antechamber will have a dropped...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) As Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe exclaimed “God is in the details.” The famous architect knew that what separates the sublime from the mundane is the attention to detail that an artisan expresses in their work. It is...
Read MoreWant to make a space look taller than it is? Even an 8' high ceiling can look taller! Here is a trick of the trade: a ceiling will look higher if the ceiling prior to it's entry is dropped. That is, drop the ceiling of...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) For a dramatic floor, one that emphasizes the furniture and grandeur of a room, stain it a very dark brown or black. Staining it so will make the floor disappear, thus giving emphasis to the furniture, adding drama...
Read MoreBy not intruding onto valuable floor space, BUILT-IN CABINETRY is a perfect space saver. Because they are built-in, these cabinets are recessive and, thus, inconspicuous. In effect, they are part wall, part furniture. As an extension of the walls to which they are connected, built...
Read MorePOCKET DOORS create magic by disappearing into walls and economizing space. They save on space because the extra clearance space that a regular door requires is here not necessary. Adding an average of ten square feet of floor space, these doors are perfect for a...
Read MoreGreat design involves knowing about the spacial relationships between a home's different rooms. FLOW is successful when the interior rooms move smoothly between each other. The living room flows into the dining room, the dining room into the kitchen, and so on. A good architect /...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) At first glance the images in Marlene Mocquet’s paintings appear whimsical and witty. There are all sorts of chimerical figures: it is a fantastical world of animated and anthropomorphic creatures. In what looks like Hieronymus Bosch meets Max...
Read MoreDraperies enhance a view. Opposed to popular thought, if designed correctly, they do not obscure, but rather frame the windows, highlighting the outside vista. This is accomplished by placing side panels on the outside of the window frames and the rod or valance above...
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