Your Own Message - Photos & Ideas

This colorful new work is a little different from most of my recent paintings. Rather than following an overriding geometric pattern, it consists simply of two rows of six squares. Within each square, I’ve added different textures, patterns and markings, giving each one its own personality. As with much of my work, the colors are intended simply to be pleasing and joyful. And with twelve individual squares seemingly saying twelve different things, the title Mixed Messages seemed particularly appropriate.

Sharing Renovation Experience: A Novice's Self-Renovation of Their Dream House

MODIVO LIGHT

This is our first time decorating a house. Starting from knowing nothing at all to now having the hard decoration completed, we have experienced every emotion along the way—anxiety, doubt, tiredness, hesitation, joy, satisfaction, and touch. We learned and explored on our own, and bit by bit, we finished decorating our home. We’ve accumulated so much experience in this process, and now we want to share it, hoping it can be of a little help to all of you who are doing your own home decoration. Preparations in Advance 1、Clarify your own ideas: Whether you are looking online, talking to designers, or copying ideas from friends' homes, you should have a clear vision of what your home should look like before designing—such as the style, color scheme, and elements to be used... It is crucial to avoid wanting to install everything that looks good in others' homes in your own. This way, you can clearly put forward your requirements during the design and decoration process, and also avoid frequent revisions to the plan, which may lead to unnecessary rework. 2、Understand your own needs: You need to first figure out the needs of your family, such as how many people live in the house permanently, how many rooms are needed, everyone's living habits, and daily preferences... A home is always for living in, so functionality is always the most important. It is best to list these needs and give priority to meeting them during the design and decoration. This way, you won't find out after decoration that many necessary things are missing, while a bunch of installed things are useless. 3、Determine your budget: There are ways to decorate with more money, and also ways to do it with less. No matter how much money you have, the decorated house can be both beautiful and practical. Therefore, it is essential to decide exactly how much you want to spend on decoration. In every link, such as designing the plan, making a budget table, selecting materials, and construction, you should act in accordance with your own budget. 4、Understand the advantages and disadvantages of your house: There is no perfect house in the world, and every house has its pros and cons. Your design plan should avoid its shortcomings and amplify its advantages. I once wrote an article about the drawbacks of my house ("My house is not perfect, but I still want to find ways to save it"), so we figured out solutions to these problems during the decoration. 5、Learn as much decoration knowledge as possible in advance: Although you can pick up this knowledge in the subsequent decoration process, it is better to learn more beforehand. This will make you much more calm when facing problems. 6、Know your strengths: Before decoration, you must be clear about what you are good at and what you are not. If you are good at design, do the design yourself; if you are skilled at bargaining, go buy building materials on your own; if you have strong hands-on ability, you can even do the decoration and repairs yourself... During the decoration process, you should focus on what you are good at, and leave what you are not good at to others.

The Kirby Front Door

TKG Custom Homes

Front door exterior of the Kirby home.
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The Jasmine Front Door

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Front door of Jasmine home.

4-Piece Tri Board

CB2

write your own story. Brooklyn-based designer Ceci Thompson angles a graphic take on keeping it together. Envisioned as one part geometric wall art, one part interactive organizer, four triangles align four different surfaces: cork, white dry erase board, chalkboard and mirror. Jot to-do's, pin photos and check your reflection in any configuration you choose. Arrives ready to make your mark with a dry erase marker, chalk and six magnets.

PLANTING

Montgomery Robbins, Inc.

Whether your landscape style is formal, Mediterranean, modern or eclectic, what really brings it to life are the plants! Sun and shade plantings, drought-tolerant gardens, and exciting container combinations work in harmony with hardscape to create the perfect look for each of our clients based on their own unique style. If time has taken its toll on your garden, we can give you a fresh new look.

Transitional Nursery

Nursery - mid-sized transitional gender-neutral carpeted and beige floor nursery idea in Chicago with blue walls