“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) With the divorce rate at over 50% in America, it comes as no surprise that there are two familial homes. The primary home is usually that of the mother and children, while the second familial house...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) With the smart homeowner now seeking quality investments that will assure him a valuable return, the renovation of the kitchen is a primary vehicle in which such inflows of money can be reassured a good bet. But...
Read MoreWe are finally not talking about marketing, but design. Here, the focus is narrow, literally. A niche is negative space which is carved out of a plane, whether that be a wall of sheetrock, cabinetry, stone or other material. Niches make spaces look larger and...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) Coming from a master of enigma, M.C. Escher’s question is not unreasonable. His complex upside down, inside out world created phantasmagoric universes and planes. Though we tend to physically inhabit six, Escher's vision occupied many. In...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) A modern house with Japanese influences for the mother ...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) While it is commonly quoted that “the eyes are the windows to the soul,” in speaking of houses or apartments, one may safely say that they are the eyes of a home's interior. In looking in from...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) With the advent of the 21st century and the technological advances created by the computer, communication became a vastly different vehicle of transmission. In addition to the computer evolution came the financial crisis, creating an explosion in...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) In design, a cabinetmaker's work may be compared to that of a fine bookbinder. The tradesman cools and grooves a design upon the surface of the binding, in this way fulfilling the artist's vision. In this...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) It’s an upside down economy; so, why would it make sense for the consumer to spend dollars on renovating, decorating, or building now? In addressing this question to a residential real estate broker, architect, and contractor,...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) At one time the bastion of heavenly sleep, the bedroom has been added to the list of multi-functional rooms. The bedroom can now accommodate the library, the dressing room, the study, the media center, the art...
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