COOL MODERN HOME

Interior Quirks

davie_k — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:22:13 -0800

Some offices I've been visiting in Bergen, Norway. It struck me as odd how 1960's futuristic has become modern contemporary. Take a look, is it just me? Or do they look like something from Star Trek, I mean the original and Thunderbirds?

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Make Up The Wall

davie_k — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:05:05 -0700

This is THE coolest thing I have seen online for wall decor. Just paint your wall the colour you want and then draw around the stencils. Colour them in with markers, coloured pencils or crayons, you could even paint them in. Tell me this isn't the coolest, most fun thing you could do to your walls. make up the wall
http://www.makeupthewall.com/

Bedroom Enlargements

davie_k — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:04:44 -0700

Okay, this isn't my naughty way of asking about your romantic intimacies. This is however wondering how to make my MINI bedroom look like it's three times bigger. I know I keep asking these kind of questions but I just can't figure it out. I've only just figured out the kitchen dilemma but now the bedroom feels like a shoebox. Has anyone got any great ideas? This is the same bedroom as the one I have the fire photo in, I want to incorporate the flame colours, a rich brown and some light yellows but not feel like I'm sleeping in a box. HELP!

A Challenge: Designing Around a Feature photo

davie_k — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:10:19 -0700

Feature Photo My fiancé took this picture whilst in Norway and recently I found it on the computer. Since we're about to re-decorate our bedroom I thought it would be cool to hang an enlarged version above our bed and theme the colour scheme accordingly. But I can't decide what colours to pick out. So I'm setting you guys a challenge: Suggest a colour scheme based on this photo, remembering that it's a smallish bedroom and needs to be cosy, romantic and yet not feel too cramped with overly dark colours. Please help me out!

Designing, Furnishing, and Decorating for Every Room of the House

davie_k — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:25:24 -0700

A whole page of how-to's for home decorating! I loveeee it, it has some great ideas on how to do everything you might need to know. Even how to feng shui your home!

What's Your Home Style Profile? Quiz

davie_k — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 06:57:05 -0700

Try your hand at a quiz... and see what your home style is!

Apartment Therapy - New York

davie_k — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:12:53 -0700

apartmenttherapy.com

I L.O.V.E this page. It's a great source of inspiration for the small apartment dweller.

Decorating Tricks to Make a Small Space Look Larger

davie_k — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:02:08 -0700

interiordec.about.com

This is an ACE article about decorating small spaces to make them look bigger... GO READ! It's helped me ALOT

Small Space but with Multi purpose

davie_k — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:02:21 -0700

I'm in a bit of a pickle. We've just bought a small one bedroomed apartment, which I love! My problem is, I've got no idea how to have a kitchen, a dining area, a desk and lounge area in this one 8 ft x 9ft room. I've been looking at kitchen and using IKEA kitchen planner, which has helped considerably. I still can't figure out how to get our two seater sofa in there and it not look like a complete shoe box. Has anyone got any ideas?

IKEA, kitchen planner's saviour

davie_k — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:47:06 -0700

I've been looking at kitchens lately, since my fiancé and I are thinking about re-vamping ours. As I'm a huge IKEA fan anyway it was the first place I went to get some kitchen ideas, and if I'm truthful I fell in love with all of kitchens on the website. Some of their space saving ideas are really clever, from the cute little pots to put cutlery and such in that hang from a metal bar, to the perfectly organized pantries and cleaning cupboards. The great thing is that all these fabulous and fiendishly clever ideas come in GREAT designs and modern colors, what more could a girl want? What's more is that they've even got a kitchen planner. It's free to download and makes figuring out the space in your kitchen a whole lot easier. Check it out! http://www.ikea.com