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How the Arts and Crafts Movement of the Early 1900's Changed Interior Design - This blog is part of Barn Furniture offering american made solid wood furniture, fine wood and oak amish crafted furniture in contemporary, traditional and mission styles.
The architecture of a place defines a place, a time period, a lifestyle. It captures a place's story and has its history written all over the walls of its architecture. Architecture defines an era, looking at the architecture of today we can conclude that it is either extremely random or architects now have the freedom to design as per their likes without being confined by any current trend....
English Gothic vaulting examples A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method by Sir Banister Fletcher
Caitlin is walking us through the history of the Art Nouveau architecture era and this is one history lesson you won't want to miss
From unlimited sweets to freedom to play out all day - why the 60s was the greatest time to be a child.
This orangery extension on a character property in London has given the homeowners an incredible open plan space to cook, dine and entertain.
Back in January 2013 I took a one-week trip to London. It was my first trip with the Mark II and 16-35mm 2.8L, so I was very excited to test them out.
I simply adore harlequin floors. I have one in my kitchen that I have loved for years. I want one in the foyer of my next house! The harlequin pattern originated 400 years ago on Italy's theatrical stages, where performers who had honed their acts on the street would engage in improvisational comedy. Harlequin was a "servant" who wore brightly colored diamond-patterned tights and a mask. The pattern has been associated with clowns ever since.There is something altogether comical about this design, though it can also be quite classic. Thanks to the history that is mentioned above, these diamonds are now something of a sophisticated design. The overall design looks particularly spectacular when it is used as flooring. Furniture painted in a harlequin pattern is also popular. Enjoy these pictures and be inspired to try a bit of this pattern in you home. pinterest.com pinterst.com Harliquin floors are associated with the elegance and classical refinement of past ages. However today they can be brought into many different styles of interiors. pinterest.com Kitchens are perfect rooms to bring in some harlequin to your interior design. liakeyes.tumblr.com google.com google.com Entryways are my favorite spaces for harlequin flooring.. bhg.com This is a beautiful outdoor entertainment area. Not everybody has a stone floor But if you have smooth concrete porch, why not paint it in a harlequin pattern and seal it with polyurathane. sherimartininteriors.wordpress.com thezhush.blogspot.com stylecompass.1stdibs.com Remember it is not written in stone that the pattern has to be black and white!! georgianadesign.tumblr.com google.com contentinacottage.blogspot.com oldhouseweb.com The picture on the right shows how a painted floor can cover a multitude of sins. This floor doesn't match up and has different lengths and widths. The harlequin pattern evens things out. google.com tubler.com Gorgeous! hviturlakkris.blogspot.com Grey and white harlequin is lovely in this shabby chic kitchen. google.com This and the following picture shows the elegance a harlequin patterned floor brings to a room. williamreubanks.com http://thecolorfulbee.com/venetian-plaster-fact-fiction/ Harlequin painted walls are trendy in today's homes. heystudios.com You can find a number of furnishings and accessories in home decor stores today. erasofelegance.com liakeyes.tumblr.com You can choose variations on the pattern. This still gives you the impression of harlequin. google.com This kitchen floor has a larger pattern. Something for every taste. torontodesigners.com A fabulous contemporary twist on the harlequin pattern. pacificheightsplace.com Baths are great spaces to try out a bit of harlequin. desiretoinspire.net This patterns works well with certain other patterns. Just select carefully.
Many claim Brussels to be the Capital of Art Nouveau. Wherever one strolls around the city, would be hard to miss some outstanding art nouveau facades. To mark the World…
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Gothic plans and elevations Graphic History of Architecture by John Mansbridge
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Dark Academia subculture draws on romanticized aesthetics of boarding schools, higher education, old books, Gothic libraries, and classical art.
like past projects surrounding gaudí's works, cardelús was drawn to the visual impact of the simplest lines, colors, and forms that comprise the inimitable structure.
Architecture is meant to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic purposes. When you look at a structure, you can distinguish these two ends but they cannot be separated, and the relative weight each of them carry can vary widely. Plus, every society has its own, unique relationship to the natural world and its architecture usually reflects that as well, allowing people from other places to learn about their environment, as well as history, ceremonies, artistic sensibility, and many aspects of daily life.
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In an inauspicious corner of Minnesota lies an extraordinarily well preserved piece of French history: a remarkable, entirely intact Parisian interior from the 18th-century. How did it get there? Taylor Hall O'Brien investigates.
GRT Architects has designed the interiors for an apartment in the 1902 Onyx Court building, in New York’s East Village, inspired by local architecture history and featuring a series of rooms, each defined by a different mood
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Over the years, we at Bored Panda have released quite a few pieces on subpar design. And while these publications are incredibly fun to prepare and scroll through (just take a look at this one), we need to balance them out a little. After all, not every designer is an incompetent 3-year-old. Some of them are 4... light-years ahead of the competition.
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It’s photographs like this that stop me in my tracks when I’m browsing the internet, and I’m always saving them away in some folder that I never do anything with– until today! The time has come to unload my favourite art nouveau stunners on you. Let’s start with this flower-shop in Brussels, designed by Paul…
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The Hutchinson House 1903 (rear view) Ypsilanti, MI I love the "Queen Anne" style homes and one of my friends on facebook loves the "Victorians". I thought Queen Anne homes were Victorians and indeed they are from Queen Victoria's time. But they have much more history and I thought I'd share some of that with you today.. The Hutchinson House is in Ypsilanti Michigan and has quite a story behind that building as well. I once worked there and I actually held a candle party in it! The party was quite successful as the invitees bought candles just so they could visit the home. Good idea. 1899 Queen Anne Asheville NC What is the Difference between Queen Anne and Victorian houses? A Queen Anne home -- one of many styles classified under the broad heading of Victorian -- was built primarily during the latter part of Queen Victoria's reign from 1870 to 1910. As the last Presbyterian Stuart who held the throne, Queen Anne reigned 135 years before Queen Victoria. Even though a well-known furniture style that developed during her reign has her name, it would be more than 150 years before she had an architectural style named after her. The decor style is specifically known for its complex, ornamental curvilinear turrets and towers, and steeply pitched roofs. Eureka California The home most people think of when they imagine or see a Victorian home is actually a Queen Anne home. Typically outfitted with a turret or tower, the home often has wrap-around porches and is made from brick, wood or stone, many with clapboard siding. The Queen Anne style is known for its graceful curves and paneled insets. Look for angled bay windows, steeply pitched roofs with finials, stained glass, and handcrafted chimneys. Asymmetry. Towers, turrets, bays, porches, and roofline break the box. Roofs and massing are often complex. Texture. Surfaces are broken by a switch from stone or clapboard to shingles, often with fancy-cut butts. Belt courses, gable ornament, turnings, brackets, balustrades, and sawn-wood “gingerbread” keep it interesting. (Polychrome painting plays up surface texture even more.) Wood trim. Sawn, chamfered, carved, lathe-turned, and applied ornament is used on porches, gables, cornices, and story breaks. Other features include patterned shingles, decorative trim, and intricate spindles, banisters and staircases. Queen Anne homes have a storybook quality to them. Choosing Queen Anne/Victorian paint colors The History of Queen Anne, Victorian-Architecture Style Despite roots in the English “Queen Anne Movement”—a return to early, vernacular architecture—it is here a peculiarly American style in its mass-produced ornamentation (including “gingerbread”) and lavish use of wood. The Northeast, already heavily populated in the 1880s, has comparatively fewer examples that you might expect. Go south and west, however, and the style becomes more popular and more fanciful. The West Coast and resurgent areas of the New South have the most dizzying examples.
Laying untouched for seven decades the abandoned home was discovered three years ago after its owner died aged 91.
Photographs of immaculate, domestic interiors are common to us today, with countless images of private homes readily found in design magazines and on social media.
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These are the best Arts and Crafts Movement places in Britain. From Arts and Crafts houses in the UK to museums with the furniture and art, it's all here.
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The Arts and Crafts movement was an international movement in the decorative and fine arts that began in Britain and flourished in Europe and North America between 1880 and 1910, emerging in Japan in the 1920s. It stood for traditional craftsmanship using simple forms, and often used medieval, roman