Furnish a big hall can be a problem too. The space can be beautifully filled with a center table and a decorative chandelier.
Big hall
Magnolia
Magnolia color became popular as a wall paint. Named after the flower – it is a light cream color with a tint of rose shade. UK standard RGB 244 233 216
Silhouettes
Silhouette was a popular piece of fine arts in the 18-19th century. It is a silhouette on a light – usually white – base, cut out of black cardboard or painted with black paint. Most often it is a human profile portrait (vignette) but the theme can be also a genre or animals.
This was the cheaper and faster version of portrait miniatures. The most talented artists made a silhouette by freehand in a few minutes, just looking the model sitting in front of them. The inner part of the silhouette is simply black without details, neither the eyes nor other characteristics were illustrated. Their sizes were between 7 and 13 cm. Making it was a kind of show at fairs and even the poorer could afford paying for one thanks to the cheap material. The artists not necessarily had to have a wealthy patron for their job.
Making silhouettes was a popular pastime among nobles also. The easier way was to hang a tensed paper on a mount between the model and the drawer, while the model was lighted by a candle from behind. The shadow on the paper was drawn around and that was used as a stencil for cutting the final one of black cardboard. The painted version was usually also pre-drawn and filled later with black ink.
The silhouettes were framed and put on the wall. Later variations appeared on glass, gypsum and ivory.
They can be easily fitted into fashionable, minimal color palettes thanks to their black-and-white basic colors. Ask for help of an interior designer placing your collection in a proper way.
Edible decoration 1.
Edible decorations for Halloween
Roof shapes
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.
Bookcase-door
A full bookcase can lead beyond the world of fairy tales
Decoration motifs 2.
Classic architectural and furniture decoration motifs: palmette, volute (scroll), meander
My project 22.
Designed for a competition: retro interior design objects in a bachelor flat’s sitting room in Paris
Wheelbarrow decor
Wheelbarrow can be useful not only for gathering fallen leaves
Seaside colors
Although summer is over, seaside style is popular independently from seasons. It means travelling, mental and physical freedom, serenity and calmness for most people. However, the question arises in interior design: which beach is desired to be evoked at home? Although the accessories specific to the style(s) (seashells, cord, objects connected to sailing, driftwood etc.) are the same, there is a significant difference in color usage among beaches of various places.
In the case of Mediterranean countries commonly white is the basic color but very light sand and hues of beige can be used for the base also. The leading colors paired to this are turquoise blue and green, cobalt blue and sky blue – all of them are bright shades.
It reflects well the cooler weather of the North-European sea-sides that mostly the primary colors are chosen besides the white or off-white base: navy blue, red, bright yellow, probably supplemented with dark orange and grass green.
Light grey is the basic color in Canada and in the northern counties of USA, following the austere weather. It can be both warm and cold hue. The colors paired with this are much more moderated: steel-blue, storm-grey, greyish brown, dark red, navy blue and less often blue water.
Really warm seaside of Florida and California are favorite holiday destinations also. The base can be white but some kind of light beige too. The colors used are quite subdued: blue water, mint green, coral, light yellow, light turquoise, maybe pink.
Warm weather and rich vegetation of Indian Ocean’s archipelago is reflected in that the basic color is frequently among the warm but dark browns of tropical woods. White accompanies to this as contrast and freshening element. Bright greens, pink, turquoise and canary yellow are the pop of colors (exotic flowers).
Of course, listing could be continued. The mentioned above shows well that seaside style has many faces, so it is important to make it clear before implementing, what this style really means to us. Mostly a nice memory is the basis which indicates the place also. Ask for help of an interior designer for reaching the desired result.
