Natural Material for Designing Modern Home

On this picture we can see a modern design by Emil, this modern design is used a natural material, for the wall, Emil used a natural stone, for the wall paper, he used a wood curtain. There is an unique lamp hanging on the roof. A natural decoration made from small dry twig trees combined with palm as the planter or pot. To make the room convenience, we can planting several small trees of palm in around this room.

Creative and Antique Modern Home Design

Every architect wants to expanding their design with usual or unusual way to get a new design, on this picture we can see an unique and creative modern home design, why? because the design use an unusual style and material. Emil, the designer said that designing is like a pray, he known all about designing rules, on this time, he had an experiment to build his own home, by combining his experiences, science and his dream.
See this design, a natural, unique but modern design, actually, the wall is made from glass, but you can see a several composition of the second-hand soft drink bottles, there are about 30.000 bottle to configure it.
On this interior, we can see that we will not need another lighting, just use a natural lighting, and we can also look around the house.
This is a suitable room for relaxing, while enjoying the fresh air, on this room, Emil used a natural material such as natural stones.

Combining Living Room and Dinning Room

Especially for small home, combining living room and dinning room is important way to reduce the usage of room and to reduce the space. On this picture, we can see there are three functions of the room. Living room as the master of the room, and dinning room, but we can also see there are two simple chairs with a hanging table on the wall as a mini bar. A harmonious living room
by combining cozy with showy to create a stunning, and monochromatic living room.
There are similar chair's style and material between dinning chairs and mini bar chairs, the color of sofa at the living room is matched with wall color, special wooden floor is used for creating the convenience of the room. See another harmonious on hgtv.

Protect Your Home From the Destruction of Indoor Mildew

Indoor mildew will eventually destroy any surface on which it grows. Protect Your Home From the Destruction of Indoor Mildew, Once you have mildew in your home it is difficult to get rid of, but the good news is that preventing mildew is a lot easier. Here are 4 ways to prevent mildew from getting a foothold in your home and destroying your possessions. In this case an ounce of prevention is worth way more than the pound of cure.

Eliminate Moisture

Mildew spores are a part of life, but they become a part of your life when they find moisture inside your home. Decrease moisture in the bathroom by using a fan that is ducted to the outside. Wipe shower walls dry after showering to get rid of excess water. Make your basement as dry as possible by sealing the exterior with a waterproofing product. Cook with the lids on pots and use a kitchen fan ducted to the outside to exhaust moisture. Use air conditioning and a dehumidifier in the summer and heat in the winter to decrease excess moisture in your home.

Shut Down Food Source

Because mildew is a tiny plant, it grows by feeding on the smallest bits of dust, dirt, and food crumbs; so it is important to keep fabrics such as upholstery, carpet and draperies clean, as well as cleaning and drying clothes and shoes before storing in closets or drawers. Keeping kitchen counters, stoves, back splashes and floors free of crumbs and oily residue is essential in deterring the growth of mildew.

Keep Air Moving

Circulating air is an excellent way to prevent moisture build up. Leave closet doors and drawers open occasionally to help dry out any moisture that may have accumulated. When relative humidity outside is less than that inside, open the windows and/or use a fan to introduce dry air and lessen humidity levels inside.

Eliminate Airborne Mildew Spores

Since it is impossible to keep mildew spores from coming indoors, eliminating the spores while they are still airborne and before they find water or food is an effective way to prevent mildew from growing. A high efficiency particle arresting air purifier is designed to remove 99,997 out of every 10,000 particles including mildew spores. Constant elimination of the spores greatly reduces the chance of mildew making their home your home.

adopted from: azinearticles.com

Choose these Best Door Design!

Wooden doors are still the best material, one of them is a stave core. These are solid blocks of wood precisely fit together in long staves. The stave core has a 3 ply skin on each side. The grain in each ply is turned at a 90 degree angle to the others for added strength. The outer skin is a high quality veneer. It prefer to work with Birch and Oak veneers as they offer the most period-appropriate look, finish nicely, and tend to hold up well in varying temperatures and weather conditions. This sample door design are available here.

Choose these another door design!, the important thing is the color and the designs, the basic style are circle and box. Suitable front door designs make your house's face more live and attractive.

Special Color for Best Storage Room

What is the best color and design for our small room? If you had this room, how will you use this room? for storage room, waiting room, living room or other? This room is designed for connecting between other rooms, but with special color, we can use this room for other purpose. Actually, this design is suitable for storage room, see the door! on this design, the sliding door can make the room more efficient. How about a waiting room? yeah, use this room for waiting room, but we will need more chairs. So, up to you! How it will be!

Natural Lighting with Special Roof Design

A healthy house is the house with sufficient lighting and fresh air, to make the room more fresh, usually the owner used several air conditioner to make the room comfort, but for lighting, sometimes they use much lamps. To reduce the electricity usage, we can use natural lighting while design a special roof design with a space for natural lighting.

This special cabinet design is designed on the top of the building, created from wooden materials, but to make it transparent, we can use a special glass so the room will be brighter.

See another best room and home design on www.nirgos.com.

Would you put a Difference Engine in your Living Room?

By now I'm sure you've all seen the articles on the arrival of the Difference Engine at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. What caught my eye, however, was this one bit:

The engine, built over a 3½-year period by engineers at London's Science Museum, will open May 10, and stay in the museum in Mountain View for one year -- after which it will take up residence in Myhrvold's living room.


Really? In his living room? I know Microsoft multimillionaires probably have very large living rooms, but I'm wondering exactly how you go about integrating a large, fragile computing machine into one. Make it a focal point instead of the fireplace? Use it as a room divider? Put cushions around it and make it a very large bench? I'm just a bit stymied. Perhaps when it moves to it's permanent home we'll be graced with a picture of it there as well.

However, if you'd like a bit of difference engine for your home, I recommend searching the Science and Society Picture Library for "Babbage" and they'd be happy to ship you a print or canvas of historical or modern aspects of Babbage's engine.

Simple Room Design for Tropic Culture

It's not a big problem to design small room for Vern Yip, He created a wonderful accessories for small room, so the room looks live with unique ornament such as special wrapping paper for the wall accessories, similar color of chairs and table, even tough this design is just for sample, but it's looks so live. See another sample design at hgtv.com

Remodeling a teenage bedroom

On above picture, we can see an usual teenage room design, the medicine-pink walls and a simple window, the only one point of interest of the large oval ceiling can be kept of it's originally. To remodeling this usual bedroom design, firstly we need to change the pink wall color with another color such a coat of dark purple paint. Liven up the windows with handpainted roller shades. To begin, he cuts 20 oval shapes out of self-adhesive shelf paper and sticks them onto plain white roller shades. He spray-paints the shades bright pink, then removes the ovals. Next, he creates a cardboard stencil the same size of the shelf-paper ovals. He lays the stencil over the unpainted ovals on the shade and spray-paints them purple for a definitive color contrast.

Add dimension up high with an oval dropped ceiling made out of birch plywood. The plywood oval is hung from the ceiling with hooks and chains. The dated light fixture is replaced with a globe chandelier. Create a custom rug by using spray adhesive to attach a rug grip to the underside of a rectangular piece of thick faux fur. Attache a piece of pink faux fur to a bulletin board to tie it in with the new design. Replace existing bed frame with a clean-lined platform-style bed that matches the other light-stained furniture pieces. The bed is not only made for sleeping, it's perfect for hanging out with friends with the layer of feather-boa trimmed pillows lining the perimeter of the mattress.

See complete design and informations on hgtv.com

A romantic Surprise on your sexy bedroom

Girl's bedroom usually used a romantic and sexy design, transformed into a relaxing retreat on this design, Yip incorporates use a romantic vibe using warm colors, flowing fabrics and candlelight. As was done in the girls' room, the old carpet is replaced with new carpet tiles. The walls are painted a deep orange, and silk drapes frame the window. The bulky, hand-me-down furniture is gone and in its place is a gorgeous new four-poster bed, TV table, nightstands and dressers. To make the bed soft and romantic, a silk canopy is hung from the ceiling. Finally, Yip adds the ultimate romantic accessory, It would be a romantic surprise with a sexy bedroom with warm color.

Metro Stop or Submarine?

Brass Goggles recently featured this picture by anesterik of the Paris Metro stop nearest the Musée des Arts + Metiers. According to Philomena, the recently redesigned stop was made with the fullest intention to look like the interior of a Verne-esque submersible.

I have no idea how it is done, but I think the riveted brass walls would be a warm and interesting interior treatment for a dramatic room -- perhaps a dining room, or on a smaller scale in a powder room.

Found Objects of Industry

An incredible resource for steampunk style, Found Objects of Industry is a small online antiques dealer specializing in industrial antiques. They have quite a few antique architect desks, as well as many more esoteric items. Here's just a sampling:

A multi-beam surgical lamp (it's pretty crazy looking -- if you got it set up just right it would make a good reading lamp -- as long as you were comfortable being "under the spotlight" in a slightly macabre way!)

A gilded, folding Victorian bed. I can't say I've ever seen anything quite like this before.

A folding revival bench from the 1800s. Because seating that is also a gadget is hard to come by....



And finally a Victorian dental tray -- on an articulating arm.

Best Home Theater Design with Grayscale Design

Simple but elegant, with special design for minimalist room, this home theater is the best of home theater design for me, on this design we can see the shape of wall, hanging table, dan it's decorations. The color choices are suitable each other. The design of lamp is very beautiful, simple and make the room looks comfort. Found another best home theater design on freshome.com

Michael McHale Chandeliers

My sister pointed out these Michael McHale designs on Design*Sponge.


I love the way they combine the rough recycled piping with the fragility of mingled crystals and lightbulb glass -- very much a steampunk combination of the proper Victorian and the anarchist, combined to make a delightful lighting fixture for your dining room or above your billiards table.

Elegant Chair Design with Metallic Silver

Can you imagine to build this metallic chair by your self, actually, we can create this metallic silver chair, for the materials, we can choose a simple metal and design it like this. The important thing is the color of the metal. Here are several tips to make your chair surface looks so bright and elegant. On this tips, we use American Accents Primer and American Accents Metallic Silver paint.

1. Remove chair pillows and accessories. Lightly sand the chair surfaces with a high grade sandpaper to ensure a smooth surface for painting. Wipe chair free of dust and debris with tack cloth.
2. Apply one coat of American Accents Primer to the chair. As always, follow manufacturer's recommendations on preparation, application, drying times and clean up.
3. Once dry, lightly spray on an even coat of American Accents Metallic Silver paint. Apply a second coat, if necessary, within 1 hour or after 24 hours.

Adopted from: paintideas.com

Unique Home Decorating Sets

I found this unique decorating sets on polyvore.com, an unique decorating sets. By combining several furniture and decorations from several manufactures, on the picture we can see the sofa, this sofa is provided by notcot.com, we can also seeing a minimalist table from absolumentdesign.com and the chair from dwr.com. There are also another decorations, such as a bambooplant, round mirror, silk flower, storage boxes, rug and other decorations, Interested to design as you like?

J. Morgan Puett's "Mildred's Lane" Home (NYT Article)

While I was on vacation (sorry for the dearth of posts), the New York Times published this article on "Mildred's Lane", the home of artist J. Morgan Puett in Pennsylvania, which both Mr. Von Slatt and Daniel were so kind to send to me.

A collaborative, handmade home on 96 acres, she considers her home a work of art:

"It's not about nostalgia or re-enacting," she said. "I believe that all of these time periods and histories are pressing in on us at once," contributing to the complexity of our present and future experience. "What I'm really interested in is the future and what it looks like," she said, and "in inventing a future through history and material culture and art."


[I]nterior walls and ceilings are made from blue steel treated with a darkening chemical — “like the kind used in antiquing jewelry,” Ms. Puett said — applied in a drippy, hand-washed style and then sealed with linseed oil. “I’ve always been in love with industrial metal,” she said.



Toward the back, in the kitchen and dining area, there are hand-hammered metal tables and chairs covered with old flour sacks. Cowhides have been stitched together as floor coverings. Stacks of antique white china fill the metal shelves and the floors are made from smoothly polished concrete. High narrow windows on either side of this space make it feel like an old church.


Ms. Puett’s vision reaches even into the refrigerator, which she has transformed into a strange, constantly shifting vignette of fresh food, old textiles and unusual scientific vials. “I buy beautiful and grotesque foods and try to put them in a new context,” she said. A broccoli floret sits on an antique candlestick, a pomegranate and brown eggs in a glass vase, carrots in ceramic pots. All liquids are decanted into glass measuring vessels.



Incredible, isn't it? If you like Puett's aesthetic, you can view more of her work at the Alexander Gray Associates Gallery website. You should also read the article and view the slideshow for many more details.

credit: Photos by Phil Mansfield Photography.

Special Wall Art Decorations For Kids' Rooms

Decorating the modern nursery, playroom, or toddler bedroom for our children need to understanding about the sense of the art, with this way, we can learning to our children about a lot of thing by introducing to art decorations. By a framing prints we can create many of object just by click. Here are some simple of wall decorations for our children, adopted from simplystated.realsimple.com.

Wall Designing for Kids Art Room

Kids art isn't just Ducks and Bunnies, I read this tittle on www.curiousventures.com, an art website for kids, I like this website very much, because it can bring the sense of art to our children, on the picture above, we can see a wide variety of art for children's rooms that you don't have to settle for the usual fluffy cute animals, Disney characters, or pink for girls and blue for boys, By this children's art decorations, we can blend the decorations with another art furniture.

Perfect dinning room, with natural warm color

Nice and perfect room, with natural warm color blended with blue furniture, this is one home improvement solution by color compositions to make the room feel more live!. Much like your other common living spaces, dining can be formal, informal, or both depending on décor and furniture choices. But there is no denying that this space is the one the speaks most of your connection to your friends and family in a unique way. It is a rare occasion held in any home where food is not the focal point, so creating the right atmosphere in this special room can help you say, “Sit, enjoy, be happy and welcome” all in one creative design. See another design on prosshomes.com

"Automatic Temperature Controlling Aparatus" also known as Tyree's End Table

Tyree Callahan found, cleaned up, and repurposed this "Automatic Temperature Controlling Aparatus" by "The Power Regulator Company" into an end table for his living room.



Before:


The best piece, though, is the plaque on the side:



More pictures of the work to get it cleaned up on his blog.

Super Traditional, yet still Steampunk

This is from House Beautiful, September 2007. It was one of the most traditional rooms I've ever seen -- check out the molding and wingback chair, not to mention the painting and prints -- but see how it's also steampunk? First, the always perfect checkboard floor -- this time done in a rug. Second, the English architect desk (adjustable, with a glass top). And, of course, the adjustable brass "implement" sitting atop it -- a clock on the right, a thermometer in the middle, and I'm guessing a barometer on the left.

Like the look? There are a number of architect desks available online. You'll have to hunt down the appropriate weather station, and probably age a black and white checkerboard rug, but I don't think any of it would be that difficult.

An antique design, this epitome of contemporary design. Straightforward yet eye-catching. Ideally suited to making confined spaces work harder, it uses simple solutions and allows you real flexibility with many practical add-on options.

Classic Apartment with Spacious Room

Apartment is a minimalist house with simple room component, small living room, dinning room or may be with out all complete room component. The important room for apartment is the master room, we can build this room as we like, on this picture we can see a classic apartment with spacious rooms, towering ceilings, wonderful art deco original details and flooded with natural light, is a perfect environment to show cool white walls, rich oak parquet and splashes of bright, bold accessories. There is a complimentary mix of elegant 20th century furniture and clean modern pieces. See another design on aine clune home design.

The White Duke from Donovan Designs

Should I just rename this blog the Art Donovan fan blog? I just love Art's work, and he's a regular reader and commenter, so let's just call it a mutual admiration society and be done with it.


Art's newest piece is called the White Duke, and he shared with us his concept sketches, which he says no one usually sees. (I think steampunks are as much interested in the process of concept and fabrication as in the final results.)



I think this lamp needs a raygun, myself. All the better to protect itself while exploring the nether reaches of the Red Planet or somesuch.