tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51086589129914139802024-02-19T09:13:16.006-08:00BigLittleDesigns.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10041076209545052639noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108658912991413980.post-18950819063713496652011-04-15T14:18:00.000-07:002011-04-15T14:18:39.466-07:00Great finds, unlikely HomesI shook my head in agony and I tossed and turned and turned and tossed in bed and I couldn't wrap my brain around it. A new blog, what to write, what to write? Arrgghhh, frustrating, I thought maybe if I looked at other blogs it would help, it would get the creative juices flowing, right? Wrong!!! Nothing came to me, maybe in a dream it would, maybe it would, right? No, still nothing, so how did I come up with this idea?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was driving one day and decided to stop in a thrift store and I happened to come across this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8PXLG-4vHsTZmmqOSvCJVw4phdOc-m9DKstFxOqiWu2RohUrjZnU1sKxpul1g-4carx8M0eE5sSsEdktJJf-L62qZg1OqL8wUyCXAqgonBHD1EK8dowpw2fjzIUX0wcbT-GeuJh2kGke/s1600/lashonda2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8PXLG-4vHsTZmmqOSvCJVw4phdOc-m9DKstFxOqiWu2RohUrjZnU1sKxpul1g-4carx8M0eE5sSsEdktJJf-L62qZg1OqL8wUyCXAqgonBHD1EK8dowpw2fjzIUX0wcbT-GeuJh2kGke/s320/lashonda2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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I thought great, very reminiscent of a Savonarola stool, with gilded leafing and leather backing and bottom. My lord, after fourish months I have a topic. Great finds, unlikely Homes! These pieces could use a nice home to go to, one where they will be surrounded by other beautiful items just like them. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From traditional and classic to modern and chic this ivory cut out settee would fit perfectly in any modern, or transitional loving persons home. And, drum roll please.......I found it at yet another thrift store! Much like the small Savonarola imitation this settee just needs to be loved and amongst other loved belongings. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little more soft and a little m ore comfy, this stream-lined arm chair is a classic timeless piece. Kept simple and with light colors this chair would look good with just about any kind of design. And the price is a steal, shhhh, don't tell anyone I said that word! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OCEQpzcvQeIo-O5BMC4g0PZJIUC4s3o_XTCQ2w_VznvWRVyxCoG_WCknRsIbZKGPVEYl_uRGfUxcOhlGH7HO0fU_Dn_5iqq0TxekC-qDNh-bjgxdPsS4oBQha6ruVrCGAYFWdmUt_w7C/s1600/lashonda6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OCEQpzcvQeIo-O5BMC4g0PZJIUC4s3o_XTCQ2w_VznvWRVyxCoG_WCknRsIbZKGPVEYl_uRGfUxcOhlGH7HO0fU_Dn_5iqq0TxekC-qDNh-bjgxdPsS4oBQha6ruVrCGAYFWdmUt_w7C/s320/lashonda6.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, I couldn't leave out something fun and flirty. Something any girly girl will love to have. A lamp that could make a room, a room that can be designed around a lamp, something simple and ah-dorable! The fringe trim on this lamp is gorg., no? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enjoy your weekend everyone & don't forget those thrift shops</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~xo~Michelle~xo~</div>.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10041076209545052639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108658912991413980.post-32611567208753590102010-12-01T11:37:00.000-08:002010-12-01T11:48:41.790-08:00Stress-Free Design?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwC5Y0pocG8q6MKQrDV3gD1MBmPNjkwalL5VRAiXlDgDWJXoFA6Tswnej9zWZ3PapaBfH1nIHZOO32kc6kCX_u_W4mK5Uv03gid8Ix4Qx9KEc_2CbCvwIbVQC2LfKj8-cJHwgKBK31HaYZ/s1600/stress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwC5Y0pocG8q6MKQrDV3gD1MBmPNjkwalL5VRAiXlDgDWJXoFA6Tswnej9zWZ3PapaBfH1nIHZOO32kc6kCX_u_W4mK5Uv03gid8Ix4Qx9KEc_2CbCvwIbVQC2LfKj8-cJHwgKBK31HaYZ/s1600/stress.jpg" /></a></div> Sometimes design can make you feel like this. You want to pull your hair out, you want to cry, you and your loved ones are fighting because you are living in a mess. Well let's get real people, design is not like you see on television. As much as I would love to believe it is, it is NOT and the expectations that we have on ourselves are unrealistic. What you don't see is the behind the scene stuff; the already ordered cabinetry, the crew they have working twenty-four hours non-stop, the inspections they must pass (if they are obtaining permits). Nobody wants to see all that boring stuff, they want to see the before, and the after.<br />
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Todays post is simply about making you have real expectations for your project, how to keep your stress level down to a minimum during it. Stress adds weight, causes you to loose weight, it takes a physical toll on your body, why make this process harder than it needs to be?<br />
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#1. Functionality:<br />
What room are you remodeling? Who is this room for? How much time does that person spend in that room? What is the main thing that they do in that room, say 75% of their time? Whether that's bending down to get something, cooking, or just playing, think of function before you think of design. Function helps take you on to the next step.<br />
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#2. Research:<br />
Research for everything. I am not saying to bury yourself in books and the internet but take the scope of your project into consideration. Moving walls, repositioning walls; some might be load-bearing, some might have headers, look for a good general contractor. One who can do all the work is easier than having to hire someone for every little thing that needs to be done.<br />
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Too many choices, feeling trapped and lost in a maze. Select a designer, look for a good one. Good ones typically have good referrals, if you don't know anyone who knows anyone ask if you can see their client book and if they are just starting out ask to see their student work.<br />
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If you are doing the work yourself then you definitely need to learn the difference between flooring, paint, fabrics, etc...etc...The difference of what you pick is going to be depending on who the room is for (Ha!! refer back to #1).<br />
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#4. Time Management:<br />
This is the part that needs to have realistic goals set for yourself. I know a general contractor who can complete a project within four weeks. Four weeks, that's from tear down to completion pending permits and all. The reason it takes four weeks is because he already has everything ordered (refer to television), NO construction or demolition starts until everything is in place. This will save on arguments of living in a mess, discovering you have mold in your walls,etc...etc....This helps with your time people, it does! <br />
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DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT start a project when you know you are on a deadline! You might think oh hey I can get this done within two days and it turns into a four week project. Like I stated before and can not stress enough, most of us who are doing this work have jobs, 40 hour jobs, while the people on the t.v.; well that is their job so they have all the time in the world to get it done.<br />
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All I can say is plan, plan, plan....It will definitely help you out in the end. Your face will be cleansed of the stresses of back-ordered materials, because you did not pull up your flooring yet, you waited....patiently. I am so proud of you for waiting, and you will be too. Enjoy the rest of your week everyone!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">~xo~Michelle~xo~ </div>.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10041076209545052639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108658912991413980.post-25661515782543757102010-11-17T13:38:00.000-08:002010-11-17T13:38:52.782-08:00Yes, it is upon us<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>The holiday season and the holiday craze. Having parking spot standoffs in the lot of the mall, fighting crazy mad lines just to get that last perfect present. As crazy as this season is it is by far one of my favorite times of the year. Celebrating togetherness no matter where you are or what belief you are. And I ABSOLUTELY love it! Today I thought I would share something quick and small, not really focused on design, but something that has brought the people in my little-(ish) town together every year during this season. And that would be, Deacon Dave's.<br />
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Every year Deacon Dave puts up this spectacular feast of lights and starts showing them in November. If you are a local or know someone who is then you know where this house is every year and being the wonderful Deacon that Dave is, he is courteous enough to let anybody walk through his front yard and peer in his windows.<br />
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The typical wait is about forty to forty-five minutes. This has gotten so large over the years that police occasionally patrol and their are line-enforcers.<br />
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And finally we made it inside! Tell these little girls to get out of my snapshot! I am trying to look at Santas Workshop, ugghhh. I'm just playing (all the kids that come are oohing and ahhhing at this and it is amazing) I mean I am an adult and I still ooh and ahhh at this every time I go.<br />
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Once you walk past Santas workshops you come across his window displays at the front of the home. Here is a small town with the reflection of all the lights bouncing off of the window.<br />
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As you pass the window displays you come across a bridge and to the left there are rotating ice skaters, and to your right is a waterfall display (the picture did not come out due to the lights directly in front of it).<br />
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And finally this is the scene when you leave the house. Every year he has a light count and every year the Deacon puts up more lights than the previous year. I think that he has a small army of people helping him because he only starts this every October! I'm not sure and perhaps I will never know, but even if you don't celebrate Christmas this will definitely be something that your entire family can enjoy as I do. Enjoy the rest of your week everyone!<br />
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Still in Tokyo, The Romanticism Womens Clothing Store features a unique honeycomb structure that makes you wonder what kind of store it is. It keeps your eye drawn upward and with minimal display makes you enter without knowing it. This has been a really long day so now I need to lie down.<br />
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Every store has some sort of design to it, whether it be your favorite coffee shop, clothing store, or what not it is meant for you. If you keep going back there then you are exactly the kind of clientele they had in mind when they designed it. See what you like, see what your favorites are, this could tell a lot about your personality, if you take notice. Have a great Hump Day everyone.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">~xo~Michelle~xo~</div>.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10041076209545052639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108658912991413980.post-72650996540091167872010-10-17T21:27:00.000-07:002010-10-17T21:27:25.455-07:00As fine as wine, as sophisticated as fashion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As ethereal as the goddess; Aphrodite, if food, wine and fashion could somehow amalgamate I would spend all of my days locked in a villa by the ocean ordering room service. Why talk about food, wine and fashion? They, along with the beach are three of my favorite things in the world. Today I am focusing on fashion, merely fashion and fashionable rooms. Homes that speak fashion, homes that might have started from something as simple as a single piece of fabric and transformed into something as creative as Haute Couture.<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jJIv1ZtOdPQbqJZx82nFl4ImrbFdnM3hpi8sLKCIGlKXFwWjOgH5WMC6LsW3-W9Vmr2yZyGrCOTQYvL0CqFApi43OdCvU-wC1L5IqMgBThVWO4ippFLRQjQpMHSIn5kQ9ImNLVvVN8dD/s1600/santa+fe+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Here is something that no one can say is not green, literally. A Project Runway contestants entrance at Fashion Week in NYC. An idea, a light bulb, something goes off in someones head and as the wheel turns, it increases its speed, faster and faster until you near the completion of your project and you end up with a room worth mentioning, a room worth mentioning over, and over, and over again. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Okay so I take it back....yellow is supposed to be the excitable, make kids hyper, it's supposed to increase their adrenaline level, make them jump off of the furniture while making adults restless. I thought that was sugar, no? Yellow done right, done well, done appropriately. That is how I feel about this room.<br />
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Blue makes me think of the ocean, the waves crashing down making that whooshing sound that I love. The ocean, for some odd reason we stare at its vast span when at the beach and that evokes emotion. Is that why they say blue has calming properties? Is it because the beach always seems to put everyone in a better mood? Who knows why really? I just think plain and simple it's pretty...it's tasteful, it's done elegantly and with class. That's my opinion, you form your own.<br />
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Yellow+Blue=Green, it's simple addition and that is what we have here. Now in my opinion green is one of those colors that is hard to get right. It is so easy to mess it up, too many pastels, too many apples, too dark, too light, too blah, blah, blah. Do you feel any emotions when you see this room? What do you pick up on? How does it make you feel? If this is the type of "studies" that color theorists do then of course they are going to say certain colors evoke certain emotions. Those are the ones they are looking for, it is a biased study within itself. I say who cares? I say it a lot. If you absolutely love a color, do it, no one has to like it but you, and that is exactly why it is called yours and not theirs!<br />
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One enormous print, that attracts tourists worldwide. The 1971 Tapis De Fleurs De Bruxelles was such a success back then they decided to make it a tradition, and what a beautiful tradition it is.<br />
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Print, print, print....There's no reason to fear it, some of it is gorgeous and some of it I would never consider. The key to working with print is not to go overkill with it. Have only a few key items in whatever room you're working on with print, especially a bold one like this twist on the traditional Louis chair that dons a good number of homes across the states. <br />
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You can customize your own lamp like I did with the one above from lamps plus. Pick a print, change the color or keep it the same. The red makes a statemtent. Period, the end.<br />
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If you take anything away from this post today remember not to "overprint" your home. Add a shade that's demure like this when using bold prints such as the Bloom couch above. Less is more with print, keep the print bold, keep the rest of the room simple and classic and you'll always have a design you love. Happy Sunday everyone!<br />
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Do not get me wrong fall, there is nothing wrong with you, it's me. It's all me, it's a problem with my feet you see. They hate to be covered up except for the occasional sexy heel to wear out. They like the warmth of the air and they like to breathe, they like the freedom of the sand in my toes. I accept an over sized Victorian chair to sit and cross my legs in and have my soup and read Langston Hughes or the latest Dexter novel, I truly do. I accept it, I welcome it. How could I not when the chair looks like this?<br />
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What am I to do with all my empty Corona bottles? Well not my bottles, if anything what am I to do with my wine bottles?<br />
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I guess here's a summer-sy solution that I can use inside of the house, or out on the porch. I prefer the porch. Alas fall, you are not mine enemy. You provide me with great indoor seating that I love, indoor seating that I cherish. If I could sit and cross my legs in a chair all day long I would, I really would. <br />
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Summer as I leave you and welcome fall with open arms, I embrace it and will try my best to think of the fond memories that we have had this year. I look forward to next year and creating new memories with my fall friend. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">~xo~Michelle~xo~</div>.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10041076209545052639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108658912991413980.post-49324453267929676772010-09-15T12:20:00.000-07:002010-09-15T12:20:38.949-07:00Wallpaper....what not to be afraid ofYour moms wallpaper, remember what it used to look like? Did it look anything like this? A dingy and dull pattern that once was in every home across America. A pattern that could not escape any home or hippies dress as a matter of fact.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not bold enough to plaster paper over your entire wall then try a wall decal a.k.a. "tattoo".<br />
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Tight, tough, unforgiving and if I had a magic genie I would ask him to stretch it and make it endless. Budget, budget, budget. Excuse me? Please look at me, take me with you, why am I not? We've all been there, a room, a car, even a statuesque Adonis, but alas it was not meant to be. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJlrMMvEeHLmFBdpe3W-tkpxLRJFHGlBobf4a4Yfnvln1Y0lS_3-KQYb6e2XLjsRiInhaVhzBhiGi7SyxNX6TY5u4cMPOfnzZB1xMdvgH_1hEUJAJ9hFn-G7nZHUFFYW_vsh4nkr3Bj8p/s1600/bright+pink+foyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJlrMMvEeHLmFBdpe3W-tkpxLRJFHGlBobf4a4Yfnvln1Y0lS_3-KQYb6e2XLjsRiInhaVhzBhiGi7SyxNX6TY5u4cMPOfnzZB1xMdvgH_1hEUJAJ9hFn-G7nZHUFFYW_vsh4nkr3Bj8p/s320/bright+pink+foyer.jpg" /></a></div>This Brooklyn home featured in<i> House Beautiful</i> is a budgeted inspiration for one of my faves Brande, a.k.a. B. An eclectic mix of traditional with a slight modern twist makes this foyer a bold statement. To a good 99.999999% of people it shouts $$$. To me it shouts make me for less than $650, do it; you can't do it and to challenge you even more do it with California state tax included. Well you know what I accept this challenge, but first we're going to need some elbow grease, patience (a whole lot) and love too!<br />
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Ikea Kristaller Chandelier Prime it and spray paint it gold<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">Gilded Frame: $49.99 RT: $156.26 </div>Take a break, you deserve it; painting walls getting paint all in your hair, face and fingernails, spraying electrical fixtures, having the patience to let the primer dry, relax and put your favorite piece of artwork in this frame and get to hanging.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Ready? Get out your table saw because we've got ourselves an 18th century German Rococo gilded marble-top hand-carved table to build. Yes? No? Okay fine then, at least we can enjoy this table, too bad it's slightly out of our budget by $41,000, just a little, not much.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Now how does this movie tie into "manly" window dressings you ask. Simple, for anyone whose seen the movie it has fabric galore. Fabric is in every significant part of the movie, draped, flowing in the wind, twisted and turned into something of such simple and understated elegance. Jet Lis character remains a nameless assassin through the entire movie. His main purpose is to bring down the King of Qin for massacring his own people. Along the way he meets multiple assassins who protect the King and with each conquest becoming exceedingly difficult it is done so with fabric, artistry and color. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Much like the scene displayed above, this fluffed velvet curtain is a marriage of two warm colors that can add warmth and brightness to any room.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><em><strong><u>Extra Tip</u></strong></em></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To keep your home nice and insulated during those extra warm and cold months look into dual pane windows. If dual pane windows are out of your budget or you live somewhere modifications to the exterior are not allowed then look into cellular shades.</span></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukc-WlcADfT2gqLAktjZJ4EprdRg01py8038xe6njK7U28udTloNHWoww8PO0jEERX4MKCH5CLhds5BxfTZbQgdkRSKFandqMTMpt5lrlkxQKEJGNq4mObmyEXRrw_udbvVc7oaESjDhyphenhyphen/s1600/black+cellular+shades.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukc-WlcADfT2gqLAktjZJ4EprdRg01py8038xe6njK7U28udTloNHWoww8PO0jEERX4MKCH5CLhds5BxfTZbQgdkRSKFandqMTMpt5lrlkxQKEJGNq4mObmyEXRrw_udbvVc7oaESjDhyphenhyphen/s320/black+cellular+shades.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66NiL1_zXHHBug7gDpOxyS6ARmJcfhqYQOzjdq_Hi6XUXtYTb-DThWOOTWOGx2gMkSSJ7MD0kli4ESTuX61VPWL5pwqpfIRwfrrUuyBhiVld9A6KsEuqOY1u_eaNbBEcVZ-wQQr6RVCKk/s1600/side+of+cellular+shades.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66NiL1_zXHHBug7gDpOxyS6ARmJcfhqYQOzjdq_Hi6XUXtYTb-DThWOOTWOGx2gMkSSJ7MD0kli4ESTuX61VPWL5pwqpfIRwfrrUuyBhiVld9A6KsEuqOY1u_eaNbBEcVZ-wQQr6RVCKk/s320/side+of+cellular+shades.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Cellular shades such as these provide your home with extra insulation. They keep the heat out during the summer months and keep the warmth in during the winter months. A smart investment for any home. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Remember when making any window dressing "manly" stay away from plain sheers, heavily brocade patterns and even shiny textiles. They tend to look feminine and soft in nature. Instead look into sheers that have a trim, adding depth, look for textiles with a matte finish and finally if you think it's too feminine it usually is. Have a great Labor Day Weekend everyone and be safe.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">~xo~Michelle~xo~</div>.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10041076209545052639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108658912991413980.post-85495016694617198522010-08-31T13:57:00.000-07:002010-08-31T14:10:28.705-07:00Small Space, Big DesignAs I am creating my first blog I am thinking what to say, what to say. The first is always the toughest, but alas I have found it! My friend Erin posed the question how to maximize space in a small room. I thought and I thought of what to talk about, what to show and it came to me!<br />
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We've all been there before, a small space and no room, a 8x10 room with no potential for beautiful and functional design. Well it doesn't have to be the case anymore. I think the Japanese have gotten it down pat. Take for example this Cell Brick Home built by Japanese Architect Yasuhiro Yamashita. Mr. Yamashita creates homes that are no larger than the width of a parking space and does so beautifully.<br />
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I say no more having to bend and contort your body certain ways to get to your place of solace. No more having to hit your foot on the bottom of the computer desk as you're trying to reach for your remote. My solution, lets take to the WALLS! Lets take to the CLOSET! Lets take to the FLOOR!<br />
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Now if you have a desktop computer just take note of how deep it is and be mindful of that. You still need to leave yourself room for your mouse and keyboard, amongst other things. If you're similar to me you can accomplish all these projects on your own, but remember to get a leveler! Nothing is worse than putting holes in your wall that you have to spackle because your shelving came out crooked. Same goes for your closets.<br />
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To the readers with the same situation as Erin don't be afraid of designing to what you like, don't be afraid to exit that comfort zone either. How are you going to know what you like unless you try? Hate putting things on the wall in a small space then minimize what's in the room. No bulky furniture, no extra large computer desks or filing cabinets, the simpler with a twist the better I say. Enjoy your Tuesday everyone!<br />
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~xo~Michelle~xo~.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10041076209545052639noreply@blogger.com0