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In this article I will introduce you to the basics of interior design which I studied when I was renovating houses. The key to a successful renovation is to make cosmetic improvements, not structural improvements, to a house. Building new rooms, adding another level to a structure or moving walls around is very expensive and moving walls especially can weaken the structure. You want to improve a houses WOW factor to make an impression. Here are some tips...

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Laptop Computer Bathrooms - Another money pit. Light and bright is the secret here. Just like the kitchen if it's falling apart, you have no choice but to spent the big bucks and replace things. If you can get away with it though, change your benchtops, door handles, cupboard handles, tap handles and floor tiles (wall tiles can be a huge expensive job, avoid changing if possible) Get a new paint job, a new toilet seat, toilet roll holder and towel racks. This will transform the room and won't cost much.

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Desktop Computer Flooring - Makes a huge difference. New carpet, tiles or linoleum will transform a room. Also consider, if you have a timber floor of good enough quality, ripping up the carpet and polishing the floorboards. This looks fantastic and is inexpensive.

Notebooks Doors - Change the door knobs throughout the home for a classier style and make sure you stay consistent throughout.

Lenovo Window treatments - These also transform a room. Make sure they fit in with the rest of the room.

Hard Drive Landscaping - Can cost you a fortune. All you really need to do (unless your yard is a write off) is rip out all the plants except for the larger established ones. Install some edging, re lay some turf where necessary (if you have dead spots where grass won't grow, you can pave that area which is expensive or extend the garden over this area and plant shade resistant plants), replant the garden with colorful plants and add mulch to your garden beds. Plant tall plants at the back of perimeter gardens or the middle of central gardens and have smaller plants in front. Try to get a few different shades of green in the leaves of different plants. Try to plant a range of flowers so you have something blooming at most times of the year. Flowers can give your garden a pleasant smell as well and attract birds. River pebbles or conrete treads are also an inexpensive alternative to paths.

Travelstar Painting of the exterior - Makes a huge difference to the WOW factor. Probably best to get a professional to do it though, they own scaffolding, let them risk their necks.

Gateway Decking and verandahs - Cheaper than adding rooms to your house but adds square footage to your living space. If you live above the snow line this may not appeal, but for warmer climates outdoor living spaces are wonderful for entertaining. Tile over concrete porches.

Laptop Parts Fences - If you have an existing fence, give it a new paint job. If you don't have a front fence put in a white picket fence. Add an attractive letterbox.

Software Get a new front door - These really add or detract from the look of your home.

Hard Drives The bottom line is, you don't need to change where you live necesarily, just how it looks. Spend your money on luxurious homewares not on expensive structural changes. Read on now to learn about how to layout your home and how to decorate it to raise your standard of living and to add to your luxury lifestyle.

Electronics 1. The Basics of Interior Design

Canon There are 3 basic guidelines for successful interior design.

Desktop Pc A successful room is functional.

Desktop Computers A successful room expresses a mood.

Think Pad A successful room exhibits a sense of harmony.

Repair Function - Ask yourself, what are the intended functions of this room? A room must serve it's intended function. No matter how beautifully you decorate a room, if your scheme can't fulfill all the functions you require the room to perform, then the room has failed. If a dining room is not convenient to eat in, then it fails. If a bedroom is not convenient to sleep in, then it fails. Does your living room have appropriate lighting for reading, if that is one of the functions of the room? Are there tables in easy reach of the seating to put your drink on? You get the idea.

Data Recovery Mood - What is the mood you want this room to express? Are you after a sleek, modern, sophisticated look, or a rustic, casual, warm mood etc? Every aspect of the room you create must maintain the same mood. Mood refers to the general look or feeling you want the room to express. The color schemes, furniture, window treatments, floor treatments and lighting styles etc. must all be consistent with this look and feeling.

Cisco Harmony - All the separate elements in a room must work together in harmony. All elements should feel appropriate and nothing should feel out of place. Every element should be harmonious in mood, scale, quality and color. We have already discussed mood. The scale must also be harmonious, this means all elements should be the same scale as each other and the same scale of the room itself. No huge chairs in small rooms or small chairs in huge rooms. No huge chairs with small chairs etc. The quality also needs to be harmonious. If you are using expensive high quality furniture then don't use them with cheap looking curtains etc. And lastly the color schemes must be harmonious. The color schemes in your furniture must not clash with the color schemes in your rug etc.

Keyboard In every room you design for yourself you must follow these 3 guidelines.

Monitor Now let's discuss the 4 steps for designing a room.

Desktop Sketching a room.

Infosys Drawing a floor plan.

Refurbished Laptops Furniture layout.

Wipro Lighting plan.

Lap Top Sketching a room - At this stage you just need to do a rough sketch of your room and write down accurate measurements for length of the room, breadth of the room and ceiling height. Height of mouldings (the boards along the floor and between the walls and ceiling and the boards around doors and windows etc.), and the dimensions of your doors and windows need to be measured and noted. Measure how far windows and doors are from the corners of the room and from the ceilings and floor. Are there any features in the room (air conditioner units, fireplaces etc.)? Measure these and write it down. Note where the electrical outlets and switches are. Note where any lighting fixtures are.

Refurbished Conduct a room condition checklist. Write down what everything is made out of and what condition it is in. Everything except the furniture I mean. Does anything need to be repaired? Note down what the window types are. Are they aluminium sliding windows, wooden casement windows etc? Now take photographs of every angle of the room for reference.

Memory Drawing a floorplan - Buy some graph paper from a stationery supply shop. Re draw your rough sketch to scale on the graph paper. A good scale to use for most rooms is 1/4 inch = 1 foot. You need an accurate floorplan so you can do a furniture plan later. Show on your floorplan where the doors and windows are, also to scale. Don't show your measurements on the floorplan it will clutter it too much, keep all your measurements on your rough sketch. Indicate on your floorplan which way is North. This is important as it tells you where the sun will rise and set in relation to your rooms windows. How will the sun light your room? Will the setting sun need to be blocked by heavy drapes? Will you use the morning sun to your advantage to warm the room after a cool night?

Intel Furniture layout - There are 4 questions you need to ask yourself when deciding where to put your furniture.

As400 What are the balance lines of the room?

Averatec Where are the traffic patterns in the room?

Hardware What is the focus in the room?

Dual Xeon How can I establish the axis of the room?

Storage The balance lines are easy to determine. Draw 2 faint lines accross your floorplan dividing the room in half length wise and breadth wise. This will divide your room into 4 quadrants. This is important because you need to have an equal "weight" of furniture in each quadrant in order for the room to be balanced.

Seagate Traffic patterns are also easy. Leave 36 inches clear in front of each door opening to allow space for the swing of the door. Also keep 12 inches clear in front of the windows for access. Traffic patterns tell you where not to put furniture, mark these on your floor plan.

Computer Sales Now, what about the focus of the room? Is it a fireplace? Bay window? Blank wall where the home theater screen or an artwork will go? Plan your furniture layout to take advantage of this focus.

Computer Hardware Establish an axis for the room. You now want to draw an imaginery line up the middle of the wall from floor to ceiling through your focus. Continue this line across the ceiling and down the opposite wall to the floor. The idea is this, you want the focus balanced from floor to ceiling. If your focus is a fireplace this would mean putting a picture or something above it to fill the space. You also need to balance both sides of the room. So you would have to put something on the other wall of equal visual "weight" along the axis line. Everything is about balance.

Printers You are now ready to start planning where your furniture will go in the room. You need to place the furniture in the room so it takes advantage of the focus and so it serves the function of the room. Arrange your furniture so that all 4 quadrants have equal visual "weight". This does not mean you need to have a mirror image of furniture in the quadrants, but it simply means you don't want every piece of furniture in one quadrant or one half. Visually on your floor plan the room should look balanced. Draw representitives of your furniture on your floorplan to scale. Try various ideas. Decide which one you find most appealing.

Technology Lighting plan - Do not try to light the room. Light objects in the room. Firstly your lighting must permit people to perform the specific tasks of the room. For example using lamps for reading, playing cards etc. This is called task lighting. You also need sufficient lighting so people don't bump into things. This is called ambient lighting. You can use lighting to influence the mood. Bright lights for an upbeat mood, low lighting for a more intimate and romantic mood. As with everything else the different elements (elements, pardon the pun, I'm so clever) of your lighting plan must be harmonious with each other. Lighting decorative objects with spot lighting is also a nice touch. Don't forget to take into account where the electrical outlets are. You want to keep unsightly electrical cords as short as possible and hidden if you can.

Mainframe 2. Furniture

Samsung When it comes to choosing furniture there are a few points to consider.

Computer Repair Is the piece suitable in function and cost?

Used Computers Is it suitable in mood and style? Does it have the right look?

Network Is it suitable in quality? Is it similar quality to the other furniture pieces?

Digital Cameras Does the piece have suitable proportions? Are the different parts in pleasing harmony with each other?

Desktops Is the piece the right scale? Is it harmonious with the size of the objects and space around it?

Cognos Are the fabrics appropriate? Bright, intense colors and bold patterns increase visual "weight". Muted, neutral tones and solid colors reduce visual "weight".

Hosting When it comes to arranging furniture follow these guidelines:

Netfinity The shape of the sides of the piece of furniture should match the shape of the wall. Don't put round tables in the corner of rooms.

Internet Avoid placing rectangular furniture at an angle to straight walls.

Cheap Computer If the space on the wall is horizontal, a horizontally shaped piece of furniture will look best there.

Digital Camera If the space on the wall is square, a square shaped piece of furniture will look best there.
Vary the heights of the major pieces in the room.

Printer Spread your colors throughout the room.

Xseries Here are a selection of some of the major furniture styles from throughout history and how to spot them.

Maxtor Early American styles - The lines of this furniture is very simple. The workmanship is unrefined and rustic. It is small in size, has a square frame structure, is usually painted and has square shaped legs with simple decorative turnings.

Data Storage Mediterranean styles - This is heavy furniture. There is nothing delicate about it. It is solid, squarish and built to last. It is usually made of ornately carved wood. The Spanish Mediterranean furniture often featured leather that was decorated with metal nailheads.

Hitachi French styles - Louis XIV style (1643 - 1715) has massive scale, X shaped stretchers that support the legs, a bacically square form and the seat & back were upholstered. This style had detailed ornamentation.

Rational - Regence style (1700 - 1730) was a transition between Louis XIV and Louis XV. It had cabriole legs (curved legs) and a curvature on the top edge of the seat back.

Websphere - Louis XV style (1730 - 1775) had curved shapes and forms, extensive rococo decoration (elaborate decoration incorporating a shell mofif), romantic imagery, delicate shape & design and no leg stretchers.

Battery - Louis XVI (1775 - 1789) had straight slim legs (usually fluted and topped with a box shape containing a carved rosette), rectangular shapes or mechanically produced curves, classical motifs (such as columns, urns and lyres) and delicate construction.

It Support - Directoire style (1790 - 1804) had simple elegant lines, patriotic motifs (including military motifs, agricultural motifs and crossed flags), classical motifs (inspired by ancient Egypt, Rome and Greece), curled chair backs and scrolled sofa arms, outward curving legs or classic fat straight legs.

Western Digital - Empire style (1804 - 1831) had a heavy masculine look, polished veneers more often than carved wood surfaces, excessive use of ormolu mounts (often large and badly cast), chairs with wooden backs and upholstered seats, inspired by classical Greece (including the boat bed, recamiore day bed and tripod stand), mirror back console table, motifs inspired by ancient Egypt, Rome and Greece as well as patriotic and military motifs.

Music English styles - William & Mary style (1689 - 1702) had hooded tops (tops in the shape of single or double round arches that look like dutch roofs), curved X shaped stretchers, inverted cup on straight turned legs, besides these features they had basically straight lines.

Networks Queen Anne style (1702 - 1714) had cabriole legs often with shell motif on the knee, fiddle back splats and basically curved lines.

Toner Early Georgian style (1714 - 1760) was the same as the Queen Anne style but with extensive addition of carving, particularly eagles, lions, satyrs and cabochons. This carving was made possible by the introduction of mahogany.

Cheap Laptops Late Georgian styles (1760 - 1811) was a collection of styles. In this era individual cabinetmakers developed their own styles. Some of these were:

Wholesale Chippendale - He tried many different things so it is hard to pin down his "style", but look for rococo motifs with open carved backs, Chinese motifs, Gothic motifs and curved open pediment tops.

Brother Adam Brothers - Had straight legs that were often fluted but with no boxed rosette like you would find with the Louis XVI style. Also look for oval shaped chair backs with spokes, lyres or other classical motifs like vases and urns.

Netvista Hepplewhite - Had curved chair backs (featuring shield, interlacing heart and oval), straight legs (but with no fluting like in the Adam style), spade foot and serpentine front on casepieces.

Camera Sheraton - The apostle of the straight line. Straight legs (no fluting but frequently reeded), lightness and eegance.

Networking Regency style (1810 - 1837) was similar to French Empire style but used different symbols.

Sharp Victorian style (1837 - 1901) was an attempt by the nouveau rich to emulate the luxury of an earlier time. It was materialistic and ostentatious. It ultimately became a caricature of itself. Don't let this happen to you.

Cheap 20th Century styles - are often produced out of formed wood, metal and plastics. We see these styles all around us. Four major styles were and are:

Windows Art Nouveau - attempted to reject the machine age with carved wood and lines imitating nature with convoluted curves and shapes. An example of this is Tiffany lamps.

Monitors Art Deco - glorified ornamentation. Heavily influenced by the cubist movement of the day. It had geometric forms and shapes.

Linux Bauhaus - embraced the machine age. It rejected all ornamentation and elevated function as it's ideal. A very minimalist style.

Computer Support Post Modernism - is more of an architectural style really but makes it's presence felt in furniture design as well. Basically this is what is being produced today and it takes many different forms being explored by many different designers.

Catalogue: Home & Family | Home Improvement
Title: Basic Interior Design and Renovation Tips By: Dr Gregory Lipke

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