What is needed for a vintage room

We have already told you what the vintage decor , and now we'll tell you, what is required to form this stylish and attractive environment for any home environment. As we told you in our post about the vintage decor, antiques same opponent with artistic details and high quality. So take note of these details, to have vintage home environments.

Vintage furniture elegant furniture decoration are those that identify influential periods in the history of decoration. The Provencal furniture, Louis XV style dating from the time of the French monarchy. Furniture are wonderful shapes with curves and undulations. Besides they know that the quilted called is one of the handiest, because they are made furniture in mahogany, cherry or walnut, off-white, and details in gold or bronze, which give them the appearance of great class, which like so much.

 

Ornaments for vintage décor and furniture, as in all decorative styles in vintage decor, is used to ornaments for walls and other spaces. Frames for photographs of stunning beauty, large size, varied shapes and high quality finishes as well as oval or rectangular mirrors. Other ornaments are area lighting such as chandeliers and ceiling lamps for French style for the table.

Texiles within the vintage décor and the beautiful furniture, we must recognize that we must take time to find them, but nowadays great replicas of these to suit all budgets sold. There is room to add to the vintage, romantic colors and fabrics in floral pattern predominate pink, white, light blue used in solid colors or floral prints have said.

 

 

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New zealand garden designs ideas

Here are some basic design when ideas.

• Try to find the own label, style, different air of your garden, what will define the design.
• The straight and grid design that teaches all the garden at first sight offers bored gardens with the impression of being smaller, not fancy walking in them, because we know what's at the end. This type of design is more suitable for the entrances of offices, or companies. 

• For a particular garden to be more appropriate curved line, providing secret corners that will not be until all the road not traveled. Line amplitude curve contributes to small areas.
• Design a comfortable garden to enjoy. Species that require low maintenance, traditional local varieties that do not require pruning or excessive treatments.
•  Opt for informal rather than formal hedges that require several cuts per year and therefore more work. Informal are left free and consist of species, developing flowers and even fruit.
• If you have steep inclines, it's better to build walls and terraces (terraces). Or make small semicircular platforms with the edge of stones as a mini-parapet. 

•  Main roads will be 1.5 m. wide so as to allow the passage of two people simultaneously. Side trails closer.
• The road systems can illuminate LEDs low-type .
• The input is the part that requires more care in design. You can border the driveway with colorful seasonal plants and go renewing.
• If you can afford to employ a small area in a pond, waterfall or fountain give a special personality to the garden. Produce fresh sensation and the sound of water produces serenity and relaxation.
• A pergola is always beneficial to your site as provider shadow. They are covered with vines.
• Do not forget to prepare your special place, where you can go read a book, have a beer or a wine, it's a good idea to place beside the fountain or pond. 

 

• It is recommended that the garden benches are surrounded by greenery.
• Plant deciduous trees to shade the south facade of the house during the summer. In winter, without leaves, let the sun go.
• Uses few species do not accumulate without rhyme or reason, must maintain a harmony.
• If you intend to place a rockery. stones used for the region.
• Attracts birds with a feeder or something that collect water, this will help in controlling pests.
• You can go changing cultivate plants in pots depending on time of year.
• Choose either decorative elements.
• Hides the compost pile behind a hedge of evergreen shrubs.
• Study areas sun garden to decide what to plant in each location.
•  To build a flower combines of perennials and seasonal plants. This way, you will have a color all year. Annual plants live a few months but have a long and intense period of flowering perennials in general.

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Advantages of the soil cement floors

 At the time of the decoration the soil is one of the most important elements to take into account, being increasingly used those materials that are practical and resistant. And when we make reference to avant-garde decorations, we cannot ignore the popularity that has gained the installation of cement floors.

 

 This material gives us several benefits, the time that is very used in lofts and minimalists. The same is a mixture of cement-based and resins, which once implemented can reach a thickness of between 2 and 4 millimeters. In addition, it has a smooth, continuous and without seals, which provide a very industrial air. 

 

 Below we will share some of the main advantages of the cement floors, to bear in mind in case you don't know which type of floors put in any of their environments.

 

 

 

  - One of the major benefits that gives us this material is that it is very resistant, waterproof, slip-resistant. It also has properties anti-scratch and anti-spots, which come from the last layer that applies, which is polyurethane.

 

- These properties enable it to be used anywhere in the house, even the bathroom and the kitchen. On the other hand, the latest trends in cement floors will abandon the traditional gray color betting on various colors, which are perfect for achieving various types of decoration. 

 

 - Another of the great benefits is that for your installation is not necessary to remove the existing pavement (except when you have wood). It can be placed on top of that we already have at home, paying attention to not have loose parts and to implement a gasket sealant. In addition, its implementation is easy, quick and clean, while with a correct installation is can cover up to 60 square meters in a single day.

 

 

 

- In the event that the ground that we have in house is of wood, we must remove previously, since the expansion of the material can be to shatter the cement floors. 

 

 - In regard to the relation quality-price, this material represents one of the best options within the soils that have the cement as a base, such as antialiasing. 

 

- Another of the benefits is that its maintenance is very simple. The only thing that should be done is to apply once in a while a wax autobrillo so as to renew the protection.

 

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Japanese inspired in a modern house

The oriental style never goes out of fashion. The positive energy, serenity and wisdom of the Asian culture are components that favor the ambience of the home, creating elegant spaces, quiet, thoughtful. 

 

All of these attributes were harmonized in this house of 1930 restored by the designer Pamela Shamshiri, who was inspired by the wabi style\ -sabi of Japan, an aesthetic simple, rustic, natural looking and unfinished, but merged well with modern lines. With creativity and sensitivity, achieving a perfect balance between East and West, rural and urban. A space for both meditate in solitude as family fun, and above all, to rediscover the charm of simplicity. Even when it comes to a house in the middle of a big city like Los Angeles

 

A house wabi-sabi step-by-step

Entry 

 The first thing that we receive is an old ladder (which originate in the house in the late thirties) restored with modern applications. There were small indoor plants, according to the spirit naturalist of the wabi-sabi. The color palette also refers to the nature, with a neutral sand color on floor and walls. The textile craft of armchair combined with the colorful carpet. A large framed photograph gives a touch and urban vintage at the same time.

 

The dining room

 The eclecticism seizes the dining room by mixing the asian lines of the chairs, the contemporary character of the sculptural ceiling lamp, the classic soul of the bureau and the spirit of the vintage collection of paintings and ethnic objects, as taken from an old chest of treasures. The carpet imposes the necessary geometric duality between the modern and the timeless in their black and white stripes.

 

 

The living room 

 The earth colors, textures and the worn warm details make up a living designed to relax. The large size and generous luminosity of the living room allow the harmonious integration of very various furniture and accessories without losing the feeling of spaciousness. The tissues of cushions and the large carpet acclimatized room, framing a huge corner sofa, an armchair and a retro coffee table modern. Natural Ornaments (pots of stone, lamp of macramé, flowers and plants) give the note wabi-sabi to the environment.black and white.

 

 

 

Behind the wooden doors are the television and the music player, which would upset the naturalistic aesthetics if they find themselves in the light. For the modular rustic wood was elected, with captivating blue details. 

 

 

 

 The kitchen 

The heat of the wood is the protagonist of a uncomplicated cuisine, where peasant coexists the flavor with the neat lines of the modern decor. The Eames chairs provide the hue of the vintage decor, which in its natural detail reminds us of the delicious oriental cuisine.

 

 

 

The master bedroom 

 The attractive handloom fabrics from the entry, dining room and living room are also a place of privilege in the matrimonial bedroom, giving warmth and color in the bedding and carpets. The soul of middle is present in the bed of floating platform, absolutely relaxing. Enriched with the half-heartedness of the wood, the room is complete with bedside tables well simple, an armchair retro, walls in natural color and a great window into a garden of bamboo.

 

 

 

The child s bedroom 

 The aesthetic wabi-sabi also continues in the fourth child, ornamented with soft colors, rich fabrics and simple furnishings. The bunk bed leaves much room for free play.

 

 

 

The bathroom

 The soft wood of the bathroom transports us to a relaxing atmosphere typically Japanese. The pure lines play with the natural colors in the sink area and in the impressive bathtub next to the window.

 

 

 

The patio 

from almost all the windows of the home you can see this bright patio, scenario games and meetings. Rocks and stones are inspired by the Japanese gardens, while the design with steps give extra seating when there are many people enjoying the shade of the trees. Wicker chairs give the dye and informal perfect picnic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contemporary decor of the Hotel After Montevideo

 Designed on the basis of a careful combination of styles that blend modern with wisdom neoclassical elements and other more contemporary, After Hotel Montevideo is an example of modern decor.

The contemporary decor of the Hotel Montevideo After get a efficient environment, fluid and relaxed, resting on a aesthetic concept sophisticated and simple at the same time. 

s neoclassical takes the simplicity and purity of its lines, inspired in the past greco-roman and carried a stylization idealist who brings to the charged spaces a grace of elegance, at the same time that confers a functionality that increases your comfort. 

 But to achieve the wise aesthetic balance and functional, the contemporary decor of the Hotel After Montevideo has taken modern elements and has mixed with the previous, obtaining a visual balance that harmonizes with the functional. In this way, the rooms provide us with an atmosphere of calm and recollection, the time that we enthrall by its simple elegance. 

 Furniture and upholstery, are complemented by properly by all modern elements and utilitarian that modern life requires. In this way we can appreciate how harmoniously coexist: mini bar, magnetic lock, LCD 32 , air conditioning, wireless internet, hair dryer, among others. And all this in an environment totally tobacco-free. 

In summary, the After Hotel Montevideo is a hotel with a simple elegance and a charm in the unusual hotel Montevideo

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The smaller hotel of the world

When we talk about luxurious hotels, not we always refer to large stately buildings or castles, such is the case of the Eh haeusl, the smaller hotel of the world. With just a room, this hotel doesn't skimp on sophisticated details for its guests. 

 

 Housed in a small house of two and a half meters wide in Amberg, Germany, the Eh haeusl is fully furnished with furniture in the style of the eighteenth century. 

 

 Endowed with all the amenities in its three floors, the hotel can accommodate one or two people, although it is the preferred of the newly-married couples, seeking to make a reality of the legend that the couples who sleep in this building, never separated.

 

 

  This 5 star hotel, like their peers, has a small spa on the top floor, where a spa tub is guarded by a elegant statue and crowned by a gilt-framed mirror. 

 

Every last detail is endowed with great elegance, rugs, candles, lamps and furniture, are combined to make more cozy small settings, without losing the sobriety. 

 

The house was built in 1728, due to a law requiring that all couples wishing to marry should have a property, as a means of enabling the marriage without having a big house, but complying with the law.

 

 

 

he building was designed in a very small, so it would have a very low value, so that the couples who wanted to marry could acquire it to meet the requirements of the marriage, and could then sell it to search for a bigger location.

 

The hotel has a dining area and a lounge area decorated in warm tones, with frescoes that adorn the walls and bright yellow to give more privacy to the spaces. 

 

 The double bedroom and is decorated with mirrors, statues and furniture style

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Luxury decoration to the Mexican in the Hotel Playa Mazatlan in Mexico

The Mexican colonial style has very special characteristics, own of the fusion of cultures that gave rise to the modern country. If you want to know examples of this decorative style, there is nothing better than one of its most emblematic hotels so that you have a clear idea of their characteristics. Let's look at the decoration of luxury to the Mexican in the Hotel Playa Mazatlan in Mexico. 

 

The architecture in colonial style of the Hotel Playa Mazatlan offers us a vision of this seemingly traditional building nestled beside the sea. With three levels, the construction is developed horizontally in a series of connected volumes, structured around the gardens and the swimming pool, as the old houses. Also the constructive materials used are traditional.

 

 

 

 The tropical gardens adorned with fountains and waterfalls, give way to the large well-lit interior spaces. For the whole building were used warm colors, the range of the beige ones that predominates in walls and tissues, is complemented with the dark wood and tiled floors to the tone.

 

The rooms have a rustic mexican decoration, modern and functional, pretty stripped. For the floors were used ceramic tiles or light woods, depending on the room category. Contemporary furniture is solid wood and simple lines.

 

 

A detail very characteristic is the use of indoor plants and fresh flowers, present in the different spaces of the hotel, providing colorful and vitality to the environments.

 

 

 

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Tallest Building In Monaco

This time we traveled to Monaco for a luxury penthouse in odéon tour , the tallest building in the principality with 170 meters high. Fantastic duplex has two 1,200 m2.

In total, the building has 70 luxury apartments. The houses have large windows and private terraces to enjoy the natural light and fascinating coastal scenery. In each photo carefully luxury detail, using high quality materials.

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Renovating Lofts Ideas

Create a loft in Manhattan even with 39.5 square meters is not easy although undertake prestigious architect Specht Harpman, an architectural firm based in New York and Austin, Texas, has done to reform it has made in this apartment in the attic of a block of six flats located in Manhattan, New York.

A small cubicle responsible architects have managed to turn into a living, bright, young and modern space.

The pair of images that can see above correspond to the condition of the apartment before the amendment made by Specht Harpman Architechts. Speak for themselves.

At the top you can see the infographic space micro loft full, the main trick with which architects have played is the height of the apartment, almost seven and a half meters high, which has allowed them to make a racial point of the different areas life of the house.

The bathroom located on the lower part of the house fail the stairwell so as to occupy the least possible space within the housing distribution.

All areas of the house are lovely always serving two missions, passing zone and specific to each location. This distribution is ideal height to get to the last meter.

Throughout the house there are three flights of stairs that have taken advantage of the philosophy micro loft as storage areas.

The bedroom is curious situation if not quirky, after the first flight of stairs upon entering the house we find bed. How it shows that we are in Manhattan and this property will be devoted to a single that probably more than once will go straight to bed upon arriving home!

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