Roof shapes

Oct29

There are a lot of things that should be decided during the building of a family home, already when the style of the home is discussed with the architect. One of them is the structure of the roof, which has to fit to the style of the future building. We can choose among several types, so it’s worth to know the certain names and features of them.
Gable: two similar sloped and joint rooftops plus two gables (firewalls) giving a right-angle rectangular based roof
Hip: it has four similar sloped and joint rooftops plus a ridge
Mansard (French roof): a gable or hip roof with the pitch divided into a shallow slope above a steeper slope. The steep slope may be curved.
Tented: a type of rectangular hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak
Conical: polygon or circle based, sloped or split tented-like roof
There are several other types of roof beside these, but the mentioned above are surely fit for classic style buildings.
It’s worth to involve an interior designer already at the beginning for cooperating with the architect to create the best home for the customer.

Renaissance houses

Oct10

Representative renaissance houses (French, English, Italian)

Rain chain

Sep23

Use a decorative rain chain if don’t want to brake the view of the salient roof

Barn

Sep5

Old barn transformed to a new home – it is worth to rescue

Outdoor stone veneer

Jul27

Stone veneered house – sometimes less is more

Dog houses

Jan19

Classic style dog houses against cold weather

Separate upstairs

Jan10

How can we separate the upper story of the house in case of open stairs

Color of the year 2018

Jan8

Firm Pantone announces the color of the next year in every December which has an effect on interior design also. Ultra Violet no. 18-3838 is the color of the year in 2018.
Scientifically, it is not a color but a range of short wavelength which is beyond the range of visible light. The color given by Pantone is a cool, vivid and middle strong hue which contains more blue. It can be used well on bigger surfaces also, but it should be counterweighted by neutral colors (black, white, brown, grey, beige) because of its vividness. It is not a food color, so it should be used moderately in the kitchen and dining room, rather only on accessories. It is a popular color since years, not only in interior design.
The purple color always signed or meant a specific or mysterious thing during the history and in symbolism. For example, it was the color of mourning in the French Royal House. It is the favorite color of the clothes of magicians and fairies in tales. It is popular among children also.
Ask for help of an interior designer for making the color of the year 2018 appear in your home in style.