Interior design ideas

Germans have invented system which will completely change modern cities

May 5th, 2008

At art and NEXT technologies exhibition in Denmark the dynamic facade of a building, developed by Germans, has been represented. This invention is capable to change completely appearance of mega cities all over the world.
Skyscrapers, which walls are made entirely of the glass, abuse many for plainness of shape, but they are capable “to change” appearance depending on color of the sky.
Recently the following logic step in city buildings facades’ evolution has been made. Various parts of facade differently reflect the sky, surrounding buildings, ground and asphalt. These reflections live their life, constantly varying. On a wall of building light and dark strips, waves, circles run - “patch of light-facade” (flare facade) is capable to provide such enchantling show.
This facade was developed by Berlin Company WHITEvoid interactive art and design. It calls the system “kinetic membrane”.
Such facade consists of set of blocks of the complex form, each of which is a mirror from the polished steel. Intricate corners and sides of one such plate allow grouping the “screen” from them, which is capable to close a facade of any form.
Change of “pixels” in this “screen” is reached by very simple image. Each mirror block is established on axis and can deviate on a small corner by means of pneumatic driver.
When the surface of “pixel” is focused vertically, it reflects the bright sky for the ground observer. If pneumocylinders will incline the steel block downwards - it will already reflect the ground. And light and dark points on “screen” will turn out.

Multilevel illumination (Part 2)

March 14th, 2008

In working zone unusual decisions are not required. Here light should be uniform and disseminated: it should be general fixture, not giving shadows, and additional lamp at a workplace with an adjustable light stream on a flexible bar or hinges.
According to fashionable tendencies bedroom should have two light centers: at a bed and near the wardrobe. And it is important, that from each party of bed there was a separate fixture: the muffled, matte lamp on night little table or wall sconce above the bed. If it is children’s room with two beds “night lamp” also should be applied on each of them. The most important here is that illumination was sufficient for reading. And for a case the built in dot fixtures will ideally approach.
Dining table is a special place. Its illumination should be soft and cozy. The unusual aura above a table is created with pendant fixtures. Well, if you want a holiday, place on a candle on the table. It is the best way to create the atmosphere of mystery and celebration. 
It is boring to follow all necessary rules. From original novelties - “window” with artificial illumination in ceiling, playing a role of a luster is offered. In this case it is necessary to dot fixtures, which form a shone contour in the form of oval are placed on the access-ceiling. It looks very unusual and effective. Such “hole” in ceiling visually raises it and speaks about not ordinary taste of the owner.

Color of house coziness (Part 2)

January 13th, 2008

Selection of color for various functional zones
In a children’s room pertinent light, warm and moderately bright tone is recommended. But if your child is active, we recommend you to add blue and green color. And red in a nursery is undesirable. It is useful to update children’s room interior even time in two-three years, in fact the child grows and develops. It is possible to change and color scale.
Both traditional white and various shades of blue are highly recommended for bathroom. Silvery color has become very popular today. If the bathroom is rather spacious and light, it is possible to make emerald or cowberry as primary color.
The kitchen and dining room allow using both bright warm tones. And for noble calmness - you may choose various shades of green or colors of a natural tree. If you aspire to a full transparency, it is possible to make white kitchen.
Bedroom - is the empire of soft tones. If you dream of a meeting with the partner you will enjoy bedroom in peach or light pink tones. In any case you should avoid registration of great volumes of red, bright yellow and bright orange (differently it will be difficult to fall asleep) and black. Dark blue, dark-violet and dark brown is also very dark for bedroom. We also recommend you to avoid grey (in order to prevent depression).

Color of house coziness

January 6th, 2008

The small detail of contrast color is capable to recover every day interior.
Characteristic of primary colors
Colors may be warm, cold and achromatic (white, black and all shades of grey). Warm colors (from yellow up to crimson) cheer up and tone up. Cold - calm.
Red - is a color of force, vital energy, and at the same time it is perceived by the some people as danger, therefore hot-tempered people do not need to take a great interest in red color in interior.
Yellow color cheers up, makes active intelligence. Such color is pleasant to people vigorous, loving to communicate, travel.
Orange color improves appetite, promotes rise of enthusiasm and creative inspiration.
Green color is the most “natural” color; it causes feeling of stability and rest.
Dark blue calms and creates sensation of cool morning. It also promotes free flight of idea. Violet color involves philosophers and pensive natures.
Brown is the color of ground; it approaches to people, quivering concerning the roots.
White color visually expands space and allows decorating interior with bright color details.
Black color draws depth and mysteriousness.

Best colors for your bedroom (Part 2)

December 17th, 2007

Important details…                                                                                                       
Nuances are very important as they can create special atmosphere in the room.  Sofa pillows, coverlets, plaids, a sconce and floor lamps, carpets, floor vases and figurines, decorative utensils - these decor elements are creating good color link between, say, curtains and a furniture upholstery. Besides, it very much recovers and diversifies interior. The main thing is that is not recommended to overload premise with a lot of shades.
Your coziness
It is important to remember about the parts of the world. Northern (cold) part should be necessarily flavored by warm bright tones, southern - by cold. By the way, cool shades of gray-blue, pearl, pale-green can visually expand a premise. If the room, on the contrary, is very spacious, it will be desirable to use pastel or sated tones of warm scale.
Nougat on walls
Designers recommend sating scenery of the house with new paints depending on a season. For example, in spring interior colors may remind egg shell, golden-yellow or apricot. Paints should be gentle as the first spring flowers: cornflower-blue, May greens.
In summer cool and dim shades are recommended. Color accents should be made on silver-gray, green or bluish-beige, chocolate or coffee with milk. Metals and natural materials should be silver and bluish.
 

Best colors for your bedroom

December 15th, 2007

Modest variant
Any pure color is capable to cause irritation in human perception, it requires contrast. - Therefore, working out at the apartment’s interior, it is not necessary to prefer any one color, especially if it concerns to the so-called active palette (yellow, orange, red), because it will be psychologically impossible to stay in such premise for a long time. Color can be always combined with another. The main thing is to avoid strong contrasts - they tire eyes very quickly. Combine not less than three shades.
Pastel in bed
Blue and muffled yellow shades are well combined and the calming effect creates superficial light green tone - this variant ideally suits for bedrooms. - It is better to choose no saturated coloring lilac, green, blue and pink colors for children’s room. The composition of dark blue, yellow and white colors would be the ideal variant both for relaxation and work. Golden-brown color scale will create special cosines in your house.
Grey ambitions
Popular orange is capable to give the tired by black-and-white scale interiors joyful heat and high spirits. this color will attractively look in country and folk style interiors. But even in minimalist style orange color can be quite pertinent because of emotional discharge. From the functional point of view this color should be used in sitting room or living room as it promotes the liberated dialogue and individuality. Orange color can stimulate appetite - that is why it is simply irreplaceable in a dining room and on the kitchen. 
Red color requires absolutely special context - no other color can “argue” with its causing ambition and bright temperament. Perhaps, beige, grey and all the same white tone are the only shades, which are capable to restrain its ardor.
 

How to color your interior mistakes

November 7th, 2007

Why is it so difficult to copy successfully design from fashionable magazine? The reasons are quite clear: first of all, color perception depends on the area of painting. Secondly, there is a set of shades of each color, and in order to distinguish them manufacturers give them appropriate numbers and each manufacturer has its own palette.
It is known, that at the Japanese schools children learn to perceive up to 24 shades only of one black color and most other countries of the world there is no color literacy at all. Even the professionals cannot sometimes guess a shade seen in magazine, so, what can we say about those, who are not so much tempted in perception? Besides, the material and the invoice of a painted surface has great value, the same shade with the deep invoice will be look more sated and darker at surfaces.
Don????????t be upset, if your experience of interior color design has appeared unsuccessful; try to correct position by several means. First of all, try to pick up other accessories for room interior: capes on an armchair, a carpet, coverlets or pillows. The great value for of color perception can be made by illumination, especially, it concerns to the mixed colors, white and to all shades grey. Now on sale there is a plenty of lamps with different thermal temperature - from cold bluish up to solar yellow. Probably, having combined them, you will receive quite satisfactory result. It is possible to muffle too bright tone by matte varnish, and too light surface - by repeated coloring.

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Psychological aspects of color

November 2nd, 2007

Individual perception of color is the main riddle, which has not been explained by scientists till now. Everyone sees color differently and chooses the most suitable one from million shades. If certainly, you do not trust blindly to designers and interior magazines, you will choose the color independently. Copying of other interiors may lead to rather undesirable consequences. Bright-dark blue walls with a gold list very festively look in elegant palaces, but in small rooms they are capable to drive mad. Even???????? very beautiful scarlet rose on a green bush and the walls, painted in these colors, without taking into account proportions, will looked painfully. If you decide to stake on contrast colors (red and green, violet and yellow, orange and blue) remember that for their harmonious combination of contrast color should be no more than 10 % of surface.
However, recommendations are not limited to it. Despite of individual color perception, of psychological researches show that it is more preferable to use light, green, greenish-yellow and beige tone for greater rooms. Paint walls in the wardrobe and built in cases in more intensive and even warm tomes. Blue, white and green colors are most psychologically comfortable for bathrooms. For a children’s room chartreuse and pink colors are recommended.
From the psychological point of view, the floor in the apartment should be in warm and not so light tones, as it visually makes it steadier. Besides, if the apartment or house is rather big, it is not recommended to use radical crises of tone, otherwise, it will simply break up to separate rooms and will not look as uniform vital space. Certainly, even one room can be visually divided into functional color zones, but do not use any sharp transitions because the basic tone should be the only one, as motive in a song.
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Color secrets

November 1st, 2007

It seems like everyone knows how to combine colors, but…sometimes we make mistakes. At registration of own interior, wishing to show individuality, we always forget about this alphabet.
If room windows look at the south, registration with the sated or dark tones will approach, northern rooms are better for making light.
The darker the ceiling is the lower it seems, and vertical strips on walls make ceiling visually higher.
Darker wall seems standing in the distance and on the contrary.
Dark colors of walls make premise less, light colors expand it.
Red color has an exciting effect, at short-term influence of red color working capacity raises, and long influence leads to exhaustion and decrease in working capacity.
Orange color creates vigorous and cheerful mood, causes sensation of heat.
Yellow color - is active, recovering, invigorating, it promotes creation of good mood, at changeable influence raises working capacity.
Green color - is neutral, soft, calming, does not tire long action of color, causes not strong, but steady rise of work capacity.
Blue and dark blue colors concern to passive colors, promote a relaxation and delay of vital processes, downturn activity and emotional pressure, dark blue color has to contemplation and reflections.
Violet concerns to the most passive colors, causes sensation of depression and anxiety, even short-term action of violet color strongly reduces working capacity.
Brown color - is quiet and constrained, it causes sensation of heat, promotes creation of quiet mood.
Black color associates with night and darkness; it sharply reduces mood, and grey - causes apathy and boredom.
White color makes impression of modesty and simplicity, however, an emotional spirit strongly depends on illumination and heat of the shade. On its background any other color is looks advantageous.
The more colors are represented, the lees their intensity should be.
Bright sated colors cause a visual pressure that leads to excessive excitation and weariness.
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How to decorate bathroom?

October 18th, 2007

The majority of us day starts their day and finish it with this room. Therefore bathroom should look (yes-yes, “look”) so that it would please the eye. So, the question is how to decorate bathroom?
1. It is very beautiful, when all accessories - lockers, towels, a curtain for a bath, glasses for tooth-brushes - are sustained in one color scale or, on the contrary, are contrast on color.
2. Fluffy carpet is, certainly, pleasant for legs, but it is very short-lived. Therefore it is better to choose rubberized carpet with holes on the floor. Now they are of the most different forms (in the form of stops, an apple, and flower) and colors.
3. If you want to have a rest in a bath, put a soft rubber headrest on suckers under a head.
4. Interesting support for flowers can make style of a bathroom romantic.
5. Give unique charm to your bathroom with the help of self-made panel from cockleshells and sea stones.
6. Put some small sea bowls, amusing under the form pieces of soap on the shelf with beautiful jars of creams and shampoos. Get a special brush for massage on the long handle.
7. The cosines of a bathroom will be given with fluffy towels of different size. Towels should be unessential identical on color.
8. And the most important here is to dream. Make original flounce for the mirror.
9. Hang up on a wall the dried starfishes, bathing birch broom, sponges and special brushes made of flax, a bristle, a clap.
10. Paste amusing pictures on the locker. Attach ground snag instead of the holder for towels…
11. In order to avoid slippage it is not necessary to put on a floor the same tile, as on walls. In an ideal on a floor there should be a special tile: no slipping, in fine pimples. Sometimes elderly members of family have difficulties with rise from a bath without assistance. Having screwed on a wall one or two metal handles, you will considerably facilitate this problem.
12. By the way, it is possible to establish a phone in bathroom so that it would be possible to submit signals if to you, say, feel bad or have jammed the lock. For the same reason instead of traditional locker it is better to have the lock which can be opened outside.
13. Bathroom requires much more careful cleaning: in fact the warm and damp environment is an ideal place for bacteria, fungi, and a mould. In order to avoid wearisome struggle against black formations in corners or on joints of tiles, it is not necessary to wait occurrences of the enemy, it is just necessary to prevent its attack.
14. From time to time wash out all walls of a bathroom with a weak solution of any disinfectant. Various cleaning powders do not suit this purpose, as strongly scratch and spoil a tile. The abrasive substances, which are the part of these powders, do not go on advantage and - assiduous friction conducts enamels of a bath to its mechanical damage, enamel becomes rough and surface accumulates more and more dirt. It is better to use liquid cleaners. Put it by means of brush and wait for some minutes, and then wash it off with lot of water. The mirror can be cleaned by ordinary liquid for windows washing.

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