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2010 Furniture Both Minimal And Outstanding
The New Year is at the door and interior designers have already forecasted the upcoming trends in home decoration for spring 2010.
Out of all aspects of home decoration, the most vital part is selection and arrangement of furniture and accessories.
They actually make one’s house a perfect cozy residence. Here is a brief guideline about the latest trends of furniture.
Use minimal furniture to leave sufficient space in the room. You can use low-height furniture; arrange seats that will rest on the floor, thus creating a cozy intimate living room.
You need not stick to a traditional basic design and adopt plans that make the room feel most comfortable.
Cleverly and clearly use your distinguishing style that will reflect on every part of the room, from furniture to accessories. It is better not to mix up two contrasting styles like the royal and classy.
Color plays an important role. Metallic tones will dominate this year. The metallic and beige shade, pure metal or combination of wood and metal are the textures and nuances of choice for sofa sets this year.
However, you can experiment with cushions in vibrant colors made of exotic fabric.
1001 Arabian Nights In A Majestic Modern Vision
This 800m² Villa has been designed for a luxurious housing development scheme in Riyadh. Villa Ajmakan is one of the three types of villas that are on offer. This exclusive residential colony is spread over 185hectares and is located towards the northwest of this Saudi Arabian city.
It’s like the 1001 Arabian nights in steel and concrete. These villas are fantastically designed and combine modern clean lines with Arabian aesthetics. The stark white walls and the part glass walls make the structure truly majestic. The Villa has been designed in three floors.
The ground floor is airy and cool with an almost 4m high ceiling. All the formal rooms are located on this floor, the formal living and dining as well as the Majilis. The formal rooms all have great views of the greenery and the fountains in the garden.
The Majilis look sublime with the sunlight creeping in through the perforations in the concrete walls. The huge formal entrance comprising of the central staircase is well lit with the natural light that finds its way in through the glass floor on the top floor.
Architectural Genius Brings Outdoors To Home
Most urban dwellers can only dream of their own garden or personal spaces. With most living in apartments, outdoors is a factor that doesn’t even cross their mind, but for those who value the outdoors and yearn for their own personal open spaces, Outdoor Living has come up with this spectacular architectural design.
This fantastic design offers compact apartments each with their own outdoor space. The apartments are between 47mt to 95mt. Each of these apartments are divided into two parts: an introvert zone and an extrovert zone. The introvert zone encompasses the entrance, bathroom(s), bedroom(s) and the stairs. The kitchen along with the living room is situated near the royal outdoor spaces. The elevation is transparent to add to the outdoor feel.
Each of these apartments is blessed with a 12mt garden which is about 80 cm deep and is constructed in concrete. The gardens and terraces have been designed such that each of them receives plenty of sunshine and one garden doesn’t obscure the view for another. They are designed in a way where each of them can be easily flaunted. The garden drainage is combined into the steel structure.
Black House – Bold, Original And Sensational Architectural Approach
The Black House designed by Andres Remy Architects was requested by a young couple, who were prepared to give complete freedom of design. The house is a work of contrasts, with black exterior and white interiors, the use of glass walls emphasizing the contrasting colors.
Black is an unusual color to be used for a house exterior and it makes a bold contemporary statement.
The house is situated 30kms from Buenos Aires and has been designed to gain maximum advantage of the stunning lake view.
The house has been created to suit the social needs of the couple. The living room is located nearer the lake and the kitchens and dining room have been designed on the other side.
A shallow pool, dividing the house in two, reflects the northern light and illuminates the interiors with this indirect light. A glass bridge connects the two parts. The living room has glass walls that bring in the nature like a fresh breath. The glass walls allow a breathtaking view of the lake.
Out Of The Window Into A Functional Balcony
City apartments are typically small and crammed, with rarely enough sunshine or fresh air reaching in to it. The Bloomframe® Balcony has been innovatively designed to add more light, air and space to a small apartment.
The Bloomframe® balcony is designed to look like a window frame. It stays flat with the façade when closed. It can be opened automatically to transform it into a small balcony which provides you your own open space. You can sit out in the balcony and enjoy your morning coffee or your nightcap.
The Bloomframe® balcony can be used for apartments, offices or even hotels that find space at a premium. These can be easily customized to suit the client’s need for color, different dimension and materials.
They can be customized to become a part of the façade and this way the flat façade will bloom with balconies during the sunny summer days.
This award winning product has been honored with the first place at Red Dot Design Award 2008 Duitsland, Wallpaper Design Award 2009 and also at the Audi Design Award 2008.
The House In The Forest But Coming From Another Dimension
This Villa reminds one of the Lego blocks a child plays with. They stack the blocks in an uneven manner to create their own fantasy structures. This stunningly designed villa has been created with three levels stacked in three different directions to maximize the natural view of the forest.
The villa enjoys the serene beauty of the dune forests in Bloemendaal. This Dutch beauty has been designed keeping in mind nature’s bounty on different levels.
Each of the levels has partial glass walls to enjoy the nature. The lowest level is witness to the frolicking of rabbits, the second level takes you closer to the nesting birds and tree creatures like the squirrels and the third drinks in the vast openness of the serene blue skies.
The house has been designed keeping in mind not just the natural views but also to bring the nature physically closer. Each of the rooms is blessed with an open terrace thanks to the creative floor plan and stacking of the three levels. The different angles not only present an interesting elevation but also the opportunity to bring nature closer.
The Right Choice in Details May Turn Your Home into a Masterpiece
Many times a key center piece in a room can become the exact piece of decoration which, while defining that particular space it can also turn it into that universe where you want to spend your very precious moments and enjoy that specific window of time everyone needs for themselves.
A certain piece of furniture can become the element of balance inside a space. Whether it is imposing by nature or impressive by style a sofa for example can become a defining nuance for a furniture style.
A Gio sofa can turn into the life of a room by the outstanding presence only modern sectionals can offer by themselves without any other further additions. Creative and bold, suited for a modern home full of initiative, this sofa can be a signature piece for your moments of brainstorming but also for your lovely chats with friends.
Depending on the place it is positioned, a sofa can turn into the piece of furniture setting the pace for the room. For example, an Orice sofa says the party is on. It is fitted for a youthful environment where people hang together and have fun while they’re at it.
The Fashionable Rugs Of A 1000 Tales
When the way we think an interior decoration makes us choose a beige rug for a splendid living room the new trends may for sure save us a lot of trouble. Normally after the rules of decoration the rug must be spot of color and the beige does not frame into the range of strong colors with personality.
The modern designs state that the rug will not be something common but it will become the center piece of a room by the texture used and the patterns present on the design.
The modern trend of the rugs in neutral colors is complimenting the introduction of new elements of interior design, a more spectacular texture and the presence of surprising color spots.
On the neutral areas the color is creating a very interesting surface. The strong colors next to beige, grey, straw yellow and cream are able to frame the exact message a room with personality may want to share with the viewer.
Recently the new trends in rugs bring color stratification in combination with fine and smooth textures. Since this combination seems to focus on the peoples need to avoid the fuss, the excessive care in avoiding the dust, the new stylish rugs promise to stay one for a while.
Lines And Geometrics For A Straight Up Home
Beginning with the shape of the space we call home, office or shop, a three-dimensional geometric shape can be complimented by a fluent interior design that must complete the exterior’s shape in order for everything to be in harmony.
It is not hard to create an original and trendy space by simply following the smart modern trends in decoration.
Walking home from work we see many tastes reflected by architects in the buildings they built and when we are at home we must have the perfect comfort and a pleasant presence of our own ideas. Regardless if the building was built with our ideas or we are constrained in a standard shaped building, an interior design that uses geometry can only bring pleasure in our life.
Using the existing angles (between walls, doorways, the windows) the furniture can be easily adapted and integrated. Don’t mind the mathematical sound of all this, the simplicity is only in words as the designs can vary from a room to another. In the living room low furniture amplifies the height of the room, combined with the placement of small furniture in angles that are repeated.
A Unique Fireplace Makes A Unique House
Fire has been a miracle for people ever since they discovered it. Why not take a piece of the wonder to your home?
Modern fireplaces are adapted to contemporary interior design and combine functionality with a practical approach. A wide choice of materials is available, and the flexibility of modern fireplaces allows house owners to place them in the most varied places inside or outside their homes.
The utility of a fireplace has been extended so as to accommodate such various additions as storing books, music systems or decorative objects in pieces integrated within the fireplace. The versatility of modern designs for fireplaces makes them adjust to every style of house decor.
Combustion methods incorporate gas or even water as fuel. For solutions that use water, hydrogen and oxygen are separately burnt, one for fuel, the other for aspect.
More than that, fireplaces come today in a wide range of forms, from portable suitcase fireplaces, incorporated in coffee tables or bookcases to remote-control rotating ones. Choose from glass or steel to tiles or marble.
