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Decorating With Art and Wall Color

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 508 views

Looking through decorating magazines, you can see that a dramatic color on the walls can unify the various pieces of art in the room. The most important thing in choosing a color for a room is to decide what color inspires you. Different colors create different moods. Use your own sense of style and aesthetics.

If you want to create a mood with a particular historical decorating style – like Art Deco, Italian Renaissance or even mid-century modern, follow the colors used in the furnishings and artwork from those eras. Go to a museum and take note of the colors on the walls. You can follow the look throughout your home with your artwork and frames if you want to keep to a theme.

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The Planning of a New Home from Start to Finish

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 990 views

This exercise shows how a house design is constructed from start to finish. This home is set in the East Kalimantan therefore it is built to the North sun not the South.

Throughout the sketches and photographs you will notice how the building is laid out and the various stages of construction.

You will note how a two dimensional plan takes form in three dimensions as construction takes place.

As an interior designer or trying to learn the art of design, one of the most fundamental skills is to think in three dimensions and visualise the project in it’s entirety before it is constructed.

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