The Contemporary Hillside House by SB Architects | Luxury Furniture, Property, Travel & Interior Design The Contemporary Hillside House by SB Architects Designed by San Francisco-based SB Architects, an international firm well-known for the design of site-sensitive resort and mixed-use projects around the world, and built by well-known green builder McDonald Construction & Development, this home is a statement of what is possible combining “high design with high sustainability.” Nestled in the hills of Mill Valley, California, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, Hillside House has just received certification as the first LEED for Homes Platinum custom home in Marin County, and one of only a handful in Northern California. Photograpghy by Mariko Reed. The four-story home – clad with beautiful, sustainable Western Red Cedar siding – is set on a steep hillside site that provides for a very vertical design with living and private zones situated on multiple separate floors. About Richard Barker Adelto Love Interior Design & Exotic Travel?
Extremely Bizarre Surreal Artworks In this post, we bring a collection of the most bizarre and conceptually creative surreal artworks. Hope you all will enjoy this post. Feel free to share your feeling about this post with others. Cool Interior Tree Home: Best Kids Bedroom Design Ever? There are a lot of ways to make a nice bedroom, but for kids there is an element of excitement that is just as important as bedroom size and style. As these pictures illustrate, a cool bedroom for children can be a virtual fantasy world in itself – in this case by making the outdoors the driving interior design idea and central concept of the bedroom space. Complete with climbing ropes, ladders, swings and all kinds of hidden storage spaces, this bedroom brings all of the elements of an outdoor play space inside and makes the room feel like a self-sufficient home at the same time. The best part, of course, is the tree house in the center of the room – who would not have enjoyed that as a kid growing up? Though this kind of cool bedroom design for kids can of course be contracted out to someone else like Kidtropolis, it is also perhaps an opportunity for a fun do-it-yourself project that engages children in the activity of designing and building their own space.
The Joy of Adding Color to Your Apartment According to Your Personality! on DesignRulz So far you know that white is classic but too much white might cease to be neutral and become and element of stress. The good news is that white goes well with any colors. Look at this apartment! A spot of red or orange to stimulate your appetite in the dining room, some blue or green accents to calm you down in the living room and bathroom, orange and yellow for your kitchen and pastel colors in your bedroom; these are the color arrangements generally recommended by interior designers. But in your home, you are the interior designer. You should choose the colors according to your personality and your feelings.
Cool “Lost in Sofa”, the Black Hole of Small Objects This comfy armchair design comes from Japanese architect Daisuke Motogi and is called “Lost in Sofa”. As its unusual name suggests, the chair has the ability to “lose” objects. Meaning that it allows its users to insert various items into it, such as notebooks, phones or the remote control, up to the point when one can not see them anymore. This is possible due to the numerous small fluffy squares that make up the chair’s exterior. The crazy idea hit the designer after noticing how small things easily get lost under or inside the sofa and are not to be found for years. So why not create something that would serve this original purpose?
Hipster kitty The House of Smiths - Home DIY Blog - Interior Decorating Blog - Decorating on a Budget Blog Okay folks, are you ready for the Faux Barn Wood Painting tutorial!?... I ask if you're ready, because there are about a trillion photos. ha! Even though this process is SO easy, and relatively quick... I wanted to make sure that I didn't miss anything important that you may need to know, when attempting this barn wood look on your own. At this point, if you're not into the whole "barn wood look", then you can just stain it, or paint it whatever color you want! I'm admitting right now, I am NOT a furniture refinisher/painter. I tell you this because there is NOTHING technical about how I came up with this finish. I've broken this tutorial down into 4 main steps, so it's easier to follow. * Sand your wood surface well * Wipe it down to remove any dust or debris * Use a cheap $1 paint brush to apply a generous coat of Olympic brand Weathered Barnboard stain. * Do not wipe any off. You can see here all the different types of grooves and dents that the different tools and objects made.
Lumière d'ambience variable Les lampes à ambiance variable s’infiltrent de plus en plus dans nos habitats, dans le but de le modeler en fonction de notre humeur, de notre envie. C’est dans cet objectif que s’inscrit le “Screen Light” conçu par le studio de design industriel espagnol The Emotion Lab . Be Sociable, Share! Tiny Victorian Cottage I’m in love with this teeny tiny victorian cottage. It’s in the Catskills in New York and the only way to get to it is to cross a stream by hopping over a line of stones. Shouldn’t every mom have a little place like this to nap and read and generally hideout from the kids? via Sharona Design
Create a Dark Fantasy Manipulation of a Broken Girl - Photoshop Tutorial Step 1 Start by creating a new document (Ctrl+N) of 1024 pixels wide and 768 pixels high. I gave this document's name: broken Step 2 Set the color of the foreground to #365a53 and the background to #7fb4af. Step 3 Now open the stock picture on the document from which we are going to get the grass texture used to create the field for the image. Step 4 We will scale and place the size of the grass to fit the one as needed. Step 5 Now mask the top part of the grass and then set it to normal blending at 36% opacity Step 6 I decided to add more grass texture to the image. Step 7 Once we have cut out the grass, (I named this layer for this grass grass2 on the layer panel) go to Image > Adjustment > Match Color. Step 8 After matching the color, mask the grass2 on the upper part. Step 9 Open the other stock image. Step 10 Duplicate (Ctrl+J) the path layer and place the duplication in the right side of the canvas. Step 11 In this step, we will add some menhirs to scene. Step 12 Step 13 Step 14 Step 15 Step 16