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The Elements of Japanese Home Style
Oriental grace is tradition rich with a sense of prescribed order. The Japanese home style of decoration is serene, disciplined, and uncluttered. You can also apply this in conjunction wit modern Western furniture. If you want to achieve this look, here are some guidelines that you can follow: Quiet walls. Japanese walls are among the [...]
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How to Display your Art
Even if your art is not a masterpiece, you can still get an elegant look by your art presentation. A good print looks wonderful when matted nicely, framed beautifully, and displayed, either alone or in a group, with sensitivity. Choose a great frame as it can make even a thrift-shop piece of art look exquisite. [...]
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The Modern Contemporary Home Design Must-Haves
The modern contemporary look is the look of the cutting edge, and that edge is linear. The aim is to achieve smooth, unbroken, unadorned, architecturally faithful lines, not only in each piece but in the look of the whole room. To achieve this look, utilize geometry as angles are everything in this look. Some of [...]
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The Art of Country Home Design
The country home design is the look of warmth, cracked, slightly shabby, rich country patina. If you want to achieve this look, there are certain elements to be considered including the art that this home design uses, some of these are: Folk Art. Some of the examples of this are exquisitely painted toy soldiers, tin [...]
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The Complementary Colors in Home Design
Though the trend toward neutrals and earth colors are in, complementary colors still add an interesting extra oomph. Complementary colors are the colors you get by mixing the 2 other primary colors. Hence, the complementary color of red is green, of blue is orange, and of yellow is purple. In color theory, when placed next [...]
Avant-Garde
Avant-garde is the trendy experimental forms of post-modern art and decoration. Two influential avant-garde schools have been Pop and Memphis. Pop Art was a sixties avant-garde movement. Artists like David Hockney, Andy Warhol, and Jim Dine found inspiration in the ‘schlock and kitsch’ of comic strips, magazine advertisements, and detergent boxes. These artists created an [...]
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