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Do you know anything about this topic? Share your expertise with our thousands of visitors each day by submitting your quality, informative 'Design' article, and if you become a member we will pay you for your unique and original work (note that all submissions are reviewed by our editors). Your Design Guide is Michael Russell. Recent articles submitted to your independent guide to Design 1. Interior Design – A Solid Career Choice - By: Michael Russell When most people think of an interior designer they think of someone who decorates a house and chooses color schemes. It is important to distinguish interior design from interior decorating. Interior designers plan spaces visually by manipulating textures, lighting, colors, and space. Interior des... Featured ArticleThe Evils Of Pdfs. More and more websites, especially business ones, seem to adding PDFs to their website yet users are united in their hatred of them. How on earth did this happen.Why PDF?PDFs are marketed as an easy way to re-use print designs and content online: all you do is export the data from your desktop publishing program as a PDF, throw it on the web for download, and you're done. It avoids the whole question of web design, or of having to break up the data into sections and crea ...
Read full story 2. Interior Designers/decorators: What To Look For. - By: Michael Russell Many busy professionals are faced with confusion on what to do with their home interior design and decorations. Problems include how to find the right interior decorator that will produce the interior that they want. It may not be as easy as it sounds, so where would one start? How would the desig... 3. Interior Design - Avoid Kitchen Design Mistakes! - By: Michael Russell Are you tired of working in your outdated kitchen? Do you feel that a remodeling project is needed to transform the interior design of this room? Do you feel the need for a fresher, more functional and more inviting kitchen space? If you answered yes to any of these, you should consider a kitchen... 4. Using Colors In Interior Design - By: Michael Russell Colors are an indispensable tool in interior design. It can change the ambience of a room and has the power to make a room seem smaller or bigger and make it warmer or cooler. Whatever mood or atmosphere you want to create, colors can definitely do it for you! Colors can play an impor... 5. Interior Design: The Valentine Bedroom - By: Michael Russell You’re probably tired of reading articles on how to decorate your dining room for Valentines, how to decorate your table for the perfect Valentine dinner or how to create the perfect Valentines gift. You want to bring that special interior design into your bedroom. You want a décor to ... 6. Designing A Rustic Kitchen - By: Michael Russell This is not the kind of kitchen for the busy business woman who comes tired from work, throws a pizza into the microwave oven and spends the rest of the evening in front of the TV or with an easy read in her hands. The interior design for the rustic kitchen is designated for the modern... 7. Interior Design – Decorating Your Home Office - By: Michael Russell With the advent of modern technology, particularly the internet, more and more people are finding themselves capable of working in the comfort of their own homes. What could be more enticing than working your own hours, being there for the kids when they need you, escaping the grueling commute to a... 8. Understanding Interior Design - By: Michael Russell Involving both the practical and the aesthetic, interior design is essentially just the development of pleasing interior spaces for people to enjoy and use. It is an art and science that archaeologists have traced back to ancient times. Even cave drawings, apart from religious significance, have b... 9. House Plants For Home Interior Designing - By: Michael Russell One easy and fun way to interior design your home is by caring for houseplants. Never think that interior designing a home is restricted to painting, changing your fixtures and fittings, or buying more furniture. Plants, whether big or small, tropical or from temperate climates, can add charisma t... 10. Interior Design Techniques For A Stunning Home - By: Michael Russell The key to effective interior design is good planning. This article focuses on how to decide on what 'look' to go for in your home, how to bring your ideas to life through a 'swatch' board and what to consider before starting to put your design into action. In adopting the suggestions outlined below... 11. How To Use Color To Enhance Your Home - By: Michael Russell Color is a key component in interior design. If you want a beautiful home that has a real "wow factor" then you need to have an understanding of color and how to use it. This article aims to give you an insight into the different types of colors, highlighting those that work well together. It als... 12. Interior Design – Feng Shui Values - By: Michael Russell Feng Shui is not a decorating style, nor a collection of ornaments for an interior design project. Feng Shui is an art, or a discipline that involves complex elements: religion, philosophy, astrology, aesthetics, mathematics and a "little something" called the "chi" (a person's inner energy or... 13. Interior Design – Adding Kitchen Space For Less - By: Michael Russell Does looking at all the immaculately kept and aesthetically correct interior designs of kitchens showcased at magazines and various online sources make your heart yearn for the kitchen of your dreams? You know you’ve wanted it for so long and yet you are still hesitant to go on with the project. Wha... 14. Interior Design – Budget Kitchen Remodeling Ideas - By: Michael Russell The past century witnessed the evolution of the function and interior design of the traditional kitchen. It has magically transformed from being a mere service area into a multi-functional room which is central to the family's activities. Updating the interior design of a kitchen r... 15. Studio Living – Storage Ideas - By: Michael Russell A basic interior design concept for small studio apartments is to fit storage on the walls as far as possible in order to free floor space for general living. Wall systems ranging from pockets and adjustable shelves to peg-boards, brackets, and butcher’s hooks can be fitted onto any available wall s... 16. Studio Living – Space Dividers - By: Michael Russell Mobile storage units offer a flexible approach to dividing spaces, while remote-controlled, aluminium Venetian blinds add a dramatic high-tech touch. When using screens and panels as room dividers, be sure to make use of both sides: the front and back can be treated in different ways, either d... 17. Interior Design: Keeping It Simple - By: Michael Russell Interior Design is one of those subjects that makes you groan inwardly because it brings up graphic visions of the money it will probably cost you to even warrant saying that you actually hired an interior decorator to redo your home. It's daunting. But to be honest though, you've notice... 18. Interior Design – The Power Of Blue - By: Michael Russell Wherever we go, wherever we turn, a shade of blue always follows: the sky, the ocean, blue flowers and birds, blue mountain tops and deep blue lakes. Blue is a calm, restful color, perfectly suitable for interior design, especially for bedrooms. It’s a Mediterranean color, one that reminds of the su... 19. Studio Living – The Washing Area - By: Michael Russell You can choose from a wide variety of space-saving interior designs - from corner baths and showers to modern sitz baths. Showers are convenient, economical, fast and ideal in restricted studio living spaces. For those that prefer a relaxing bath, a range of ingenious tub designs can be ... 20. Studio Living – The Utility Area - By: Michael Russell Concealed or not, however, stored objects are usable only if they are tidily organized in a practical, modular system. Solutions to storing cleaning equipment range from simple, imaginative interior design ideas to integrated appliances. Industrial systems such as pull-out larder units, ... 21. Studio Living – The Sleeping Area - By: Michael Russell A few major questions are whether the bed has to double as another piece of furniture, such as seating, during the day, or whether it can be concealed when not in use. Is privacy in your sleeping area important? Would curtains provide adequate screening, or would you prefer something more substantia... 22. Studio Living – The Cooking Area - By: Michael Russell Limit yourself to two rings or burners - unless you honestly think that you need more - and opt instead for cooking methods that are both space and energy saving, such as multi-tiered pans, slow cookers and microwave ovens. However little cooking you do you will need storage for perishable foo... 23. Studio Living – The Living Area - By: Michael Russell Nesting tables are intrinsically space saving, while portable pieces are extremely versatile. Make use of any spaces inside and under seating by packing with storage containers. Interior design concepts for seating should make use of flexible seating arrangements. Two types of seat... 24. Studio Living – The Work Area - By: Michael Russell Deciding on the design of your work area depends on whether you are happy working on the kitchen table, or whether you need privacy and a businesslike atmosphere. If you work from home on a permanent basis then your interior design concepts should incorporate a design for a dedicated workspace... 25. Interior Design And The Joy Of Color - By: Michael Russell White: a nice color that stands for purity and innocence. But too much white might cause headaches; it might also make you nervous and restless. Therefore, white alone is not a very happy choice for interior decorations, although plenty of interior decorations magazines and TV commercials show us sp... Please feel free to submit your quality, informative article for our readers. |
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