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An Interior Design Expert Clarifies The One Spot You Shouldn’t Put A Laundry Room

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House Design

Basements are also typically far from the main area, which can make it inconvenient to access the laundry room. You won’t be able to just pop in to check the progress, and laundry becomes more energy-consuming than it needs to be when you have to carry full laundry baskets up and down the house. This inconvenience especially poses problems for people with mobility issues — older family members in the household who want to do laundry may not be able to do it safely.

Space allocation is another thing to consider. Basements often serve as multi-purpose areas, such as storage, recreational spaces, or home offices. Using it as a laundry room may take up valuable space that could be better utilized for other purposes. Another problem you can face when you put your laundry room in the basement is if you ever need to take out or bring in a

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What is the most draining color? This one color could be draining |

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As anyone who has gone through the process of searching for room colors will try, choosing the right color for a room can be a minefield with endless choices and subtle nuances to understand and overcome.

But along with what is the most stressful color?, we are also often asked ‘what is the most draining color? According to color psychologists, the most draining and fatiguing color is ‘bright yellow’.

However, decorating with yellow isn’t all bad, especially when used as an accent color at home. It has many positive connotations, too. Here, color psychologists, decorators, and experts reveal why bright yellow is the most draining color – and how to decorate with softer yellow in a more pleasing and less stimulating way by using the color wheel to create strong color combinations, using yellow as an accent shade, and what variations to use to create a scheme that won’t overwhelm.

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Rethinking Lighting in Your Kitchen Design

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Factors to Consider When Lighting Your Kitchen

When choosing kitchen lighting, appearance and style are very important. Your lighting should complement the overall kitchen design. Your lighting should also work for tasks like cooking and cleaning. After all, who wants to chop vegetables in the dark?

Consider for a moment, the commercial equivalent of kitchen lighting – there are codes and regulations around lighting areas where food is stored and prepared. The idea is to have brightness, light quality, and coverage standards that increase safety. Better visibility = better decisions and functionality in terms of food safety and occupational safety. Yes, many Michelin-starred restaurants have moody lighting around the dining table, but you can bet with 100% certainty that the food preparation and storage areas in the kitchen are brightly lit and up to code.

Foodie-level chefs tend to have the same expectations for residential kitchen preparation and storage areas.

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The Beauty of a One-Bedroom House? No Room for Guests.

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As the founders of Haver & Skolnick Architects, an upscale firm based in Roxbury, Conn., Charles M. Haver and Stewart R. Skolnick spent most of their days designing expansive country estates. But when it came time to design their own getaway, they wanted the exact opposite.

“We wanted something very small, with privacy and an ocean view,” said Mr. Oats, 64.

Specifically, they wanted a home that was just big enough for the two of them and their German shorthaired pointer, Keeper, after discovering that in the 1790s maintaining a house in Connecticut was a full-time job.

“In Roxbury, we have about 3,500 square feet in our home, and our offices are in an antique barn that’s an additional 3,500 square feet,” said Mr. Skolnick, 68. “So you have two guys rambling around in 7,000 square feet.”

Looking to build a weekend house near the ocean, the couple bought two

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Spread the Bet | Learn about this type of bet in NZ

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House Design

Spread Betting is a tool that gives you the opportunity to speculate on the possible movement of a particular asset. This means you can speculate on the movement of a company’s stock, a particular currency, or even a diversified index without buying any of these assets.

Spread betting is a means used to predict the growth of an asset and the degree to which you are wrong or right will then affect the profit you make or the loss you suffer on the bets you place.

When looking at financial Spread Betting, you will usually be speculating on the direction that you think a financial instrument will go. If your prediction is correct and the instrument moves in the direction you predicted, your profit will grow accordingly.

You should remember that the reverse is also true for Spread Betting. If the financial instrument moves in the opposite direction than you

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Fashionable furniture: The hotels in Europe put design center stage

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House Design

When selecting furnishing, “hotels are normally looking for something a bit more wow in terms of installation and maybe larger in scale,” designer Alexander Lamont says.

One of the latest hotel openings in Istanbul is VAKKO Hotel & Residence, located in the upmarket Nişantaşı neighborhood.

It feels like staying in a design showroom – the corridors are paneled with sleek black marble, the rooms have contemporary sculptures on display and the restaurant captures the style of a chic Parisian bistro.

This is the first hospitality venture of Turkish fashion house VAKKO and joins a growing trend of design-led hotels where stylish furniture and stand-alone interior pieces take center stage.

How is furniture designed for hotels?

Alexander Lamont is a Bangkok-based, British designer known for his furniture, lighting collections, art and accessories.

Some of his best work has been used in prestigious hotels such as The Connaught, The Mandarin Oriental Doha,

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house in hayashisaki matsue beach evokes tropical design in japan

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a japanese beach house and restaurant by akio isshiki

Located in Akashi, japan, the recently completed ‘House in Hayashisaki Matsue Beach’ is designed by architecture studio Akio Isshiki Architects. A pre-existing coastal dwelling has been renovated to create a mixed-use project including a ground-level restaurant topped by the designer’s residence and office. The architects aim for an harmonious fusion of various elements, including function, culture and nationality, time and space, town and house, and work and life. By embracing the cultural background of the area while incorporating materials and techniques from foreign countries, the team sought to breathe new life into this ‘multinational house.’

akio isshiki house hayashisakiimages © Yosuke Ohtake | @yosukeohtake_archiphoto

fusing multi-cultural design elements

Throughout the ‘House in Hayashisaki Matsue Beach,’ cultural connections are celebrated through thoughtful design choices by Akio Isshiki Architects. the team took inspiration from the area’s history as a tile production hub and finished the

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Drury Design Trend Kitchen Sink

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Latest Kitchen Sink Trends

With the latest kitchen sink trend, the old is new again. For 2023, some classic but new trend sinks are appreciated to minimize your environmental footprint. Stainless steel sinks are versatile, durable and easy to clean. And a classic porcelain sink will last forever! But more environmentally friendly options—such as fireclay and copper sinks—are emerging. They’re sturdy, tamper-resistant, and can help your sink get its rightful place as the centerpiece of your kitchen.

When updating any interior design, it’s a good idea to check what others are doing. Here are some popular kitchen sink models that might fit perfectly in your home:

· Farmhouse sink – Up again. Also known as an apron sink, this sink has a large, deep basin. It has open sides and requires a certain aesthetic to fit.

· Lower sink – With a seamless finish, this sink is all about the

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The transatlantic design duo making furniture for the stars

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“People think that I’m very tough,” says interior designer Robert Stilin from his New York office. He’s talking to his friend and collaborator Simon Stewart — the founder of Charles Burnand Gallery in London — who says in response: “I think Robert’s like a big teddy bear. He’s very kind and generous.” He added, “There’s almost no compromise with Robert. He knows what he wants to achieve.”

Wisconsin-born Stilin is an interior-design superstar in the US with high-profile clients such as Starbucks founder Howard Schultz, fashion designer Fernando Garcia (the co-creative director of Oscar de la Renta) and, most importantly, “the Carters” . His projects have included Manhattan apartments, a family home in Louisville, Kentucky, and Hamptons retreats. “It’s curation beyond curation,” says Stewart of Stilin’s casually elegant design signature.

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Kitchen Floor Trends 2023 Drury Designs

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Matching Kitchen Flooring with Cabinets and Countertops

When deciding on the right flooring for your kitchen, it’s important to consider the color scheme of the kitchen and the materials you want to use throughout the room. If you choose simple or neutral cabinet colors, a patterned floor like the herringbone style can bring a kitchen to life. Likewise, if you have a bright and bold cabinet color, a more calming, neutral floor may be a better choice. Floors, cabinets and countertops are the foundation of a cohesive kitchen design. As previously stated, it is ideal to keep your overall design simple so that you can easily tweak and add accents if you wish.

There are pros and cons to matching your floor color to your countertops. On the one hand, matching your floors to your countertops maintains continuity, just like marble countertops and marble floors. On the other hand, if

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