10 Tips in Designing Fun and Lively Kid’s Bedroom

10 Tips in Designing Fun and Lively Kid’s Bedroom

When your kids are ready to have their own bedrooms, for sure, they are excited to have a well-designed bedroom made according to their likes. You will also be excited on how you could make your kid happy by Continue reading 10 Tips in Designing Fun and Lively Kid’s Bedroom

Designing a Home on a Budget

Designing a Home on a Budget
Want to design your home or do a make-over but you do not have a budget? Don’t worry for you can still design your home even if you are low in budget. You just have to be creative. Look into your home’s storage area, scout for items that you can still use and do some retouches on it. But before you start with your makeover, clean your home first. You can also list down the Continue reading Designing a Home on a Budget

10 Budget Friendly Tricks Interior Designers Use to Create Luxurious Looking Spaces

We all want to have our homes look like that of high end professionally decorated mansions, but often lack the funds to achieve it.  Living in a space that looks expensive and is easy on the budget does not have to be out of reach. Anyone can have dapper dwellings with a few careful considerations.

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1. Crown Molding

A space that lacks crown molding tends to look average.  The lack of detailing tying the walls and ceiling together gives a space an unfinished cheapened look.  For very little money, cro Continue reading 10 Budget Friendly Tricks Interior Designers Use to Create Luxurious Looking Spaces

15 Beautiful Mediterranean Bathroom Designs

15 Beautiful Mediterranean Bathroom Designs

There are indeed so many designs and concepts one can choose for an interior. And that doesn’t exempt the bathroom. Today, we will feature Mediterranean bathroom designs which will not just lead you back to classic interiors but will also show you how the classic look can be combined with the current ones. Yes, a Mediterranean interior can also look great once it is integrated to a modern or contemporary space.

Mediterranean interior design was taken from the design influence of Italy, Spain, Greek neoclassim and Spanish revival. It would include features like murals and granite. It uses natural color scheme that would give the space a cool feel. It could also bring in Tuscan-inspired palette of warm colors. Look into the bathroom spaces we have collated below:

Parade 2012- Hacienda

Parade 2012- Hacienda

Image: Bella Villa Design Studio 

The granite in this bathroom is Copper Bordeaux. One Mediterranean space that has rustic touches from its cabinets and lighting.

Interior Design – Residential Photography

Interior Design - Residential Photography

Image: Grossman Photography 

One luxurious bathroom that highlights a bath tub in the center. This drum chandelier added drama to the space.

Montecito

Montecito

Image: Godden Sudik Architects Inc. 

Two separate vanities, a large spa tub and a dual shower are all in this master bathroom of lovely mosaic tiles and granite.

Rough Hollow Master Bath

Rough Hollow Master Bath

Image: Cornerstone Architects 

A neutral color scheme is a sure win especially if the bathroom is design this way.

Historic Hillsborough

Historic Hillsborough

Image: Allwood Construction Inc. 

The bath tile with Carrera marble and lovely touches of peach on the wall.

French Provincial Master Bathroom

French Provincial Master Bathroom

Image: Jonathan Ivy Productions 

Tree wall patterns give this space a natural touch. That chandelier, curtain and other elements in this bathroom are very elegant.

Master Bathroom Hers’

Master Bathroom Hers

Image: Fratantoni Luxury Estates 

Luxurious bathroom with a bath tub on the center and wooden vanity for storage.

Project 32

Project 32

Image: Giffin & Crane General Contractors, Inc. 

A relaxing bathroom with warm tones in it. That bathtub is the focal point of this space.

Pasadena Showcase House of Design

Pasadena Showcase House of Design

Image: Kathryne Designs, Inc. 

Square lines in the bath tub and curvy lines from the decors- this sum up to a stunning small bathroom with patterns on the floor and walls.

Bathrooms (Mediterranean Style)

Bathrooms (Mediterranean Style)

Image: Ancient Surfaces 

Antique stone elements used in creating the crème de la crème of this bathroom allowed it to garner recognition from around the world.

Sullivan Master Bathroom

Sullivan Master Bathroom

Image: Gina Bon, Airoom Architects & Builders LLC 

Check out the different stones combined in this bathroom for its walls and flooring.

Old World Influence

Old World Influence

Image: Martin Perri Interiors, Inc. 

Varnish finish with heavy glaze wash and dark glaze in contours of molding profiles were used for the cabinets of this lovely bathroom.

The Akarra II

The Akarra II

Image: John Cannon Homes 

Traditional craftsmanship is evident in every detail of this bathroom.

Rustic Mediterranean Ranch

Rustic Mediterranean Ranch

Image: Leedy Interiors 

Combine rustic and Mediterranean themes and get this kind of bathroom design with intricately carved cabinets and use of different stone combinations.

Parade of Homes – Greenshores Lake Austin 1

Parade of Homes - Greenshores Lake Austin 1

Image: Rob Sanders Designer – Custom Home/Remodel Design 

One lovely Mediterranean bathroom that looks neat and luxurious. Check out the shower area, isn’t it nice?

What can you say about these spaces? Well, this might surprise you that a Mediterranean interior can actually be combined with a modern and contemporary space. You have also seen that even those that have traditional Mediterranean designs also looked good. Want to see more bathroom interiors? Check on traditional bathroom designs or modern bathrooms so you can get more doses of ideas and inspiration.

15 Contemporary Wooden Kitchen Cabinets

15 Contemporary Wooden Kitchen Cabinets
Cabinets, cabinets, cabinets! Why do we actually need them? Number one answer is for storage – definitely for putting things away. There are pretty much a couple of materials we can use for our kitchen cabinets at home. Primary choice is wood. It may be made from Oak or Walnut – but whatever the wood choice you chose, for it to look its best, maintaining it is key.

Today, before the weekends, we will be showing you 15 Contemporary Wooden Kitchen Cabinets. Before we have already created a list about modern wooden cabinets, so now, we chose to create another list about the wonderful wood cabinet collection we have over the internet. Without further ado, let us check out the list below.

Boston Black & Green Kitchen

Boston Black

Image: Charlie Allen Renovations 

Simple natural maple cabinets and granite countertops create a clean and fresh look – and new appliances and better storage options greatly improve the functionality of the space, too.

Boston Kitchen Project

Kitchen Project

Image: Metropolitan Cabinets & Countertops 

The cabinets are a natural maple with a high gloss finish which was paired with granite countertops. What more can be perfect?

Chelsea

Chris Snook

Image: Chris Snook 

Light cabinets, tile floors, dark countertop – what more can you ask for in a small kitchen? The space may be small but using a modular system, we can pretty much say that this space is divine.

Contemporary Kitchen Remodel

Contemporary Kitchen

Image: Metropolitan Cabinets & Countertops 

The Maple cabinetry in this Boston home is very pretty – it seems like you’re looking at a show house.

Pittsburgh Home

Pittsburgh Home

Image: KEA Design House 

The warm tones of wooden cabinetry lend softness to the clean lines of the kitchen. Although the space receives only ambient natural light from the loft’s bank of windows, the stainless work table reflects to brighten the area from all angles.

Goleta Residence

Goleta Residence

Image: Jessica Risko Smith Interior Design 

With walls this pretty, any design for wooden cabinets would really make this room stunning. Simple design, yet beautiful outcome.

Home # 19

Home 19

Image: Homes by Architects 

Widen the aisles. Whether you opt for the traditional work triangle or to break up your kitchen into work zones, pay attention to your kitchen’s aisle widths.

Massachusetts Federal Home

Massachusetts Federal

Image: Mary Prince | Boston and Cape Cod 

Choose light colors. Lighter-colored cabinetry will appeal to more buyers. “Dark kitchens are out,” notes Gangi. “People prefer light and bright.”

Oakes

Koch Architects

Image: Koch Architects, Inc. 

We note friends saying that the peninsula with stove and hanging cabinets is just magnificent.

Old Oak Kitchen

Old Oak

Image: Remodel West 

If you want to try your hand at making and finishing a wood countertop yourself rather than ordering a fully finished product, Waterlox is the sealer and finish that comes up repeatedly; just like how this kitchen space was done.

Portland Kitchen

Jordan Iverson

Image: Jordan Iverson Signature Homes 

Jordan Iverson Signature Homes did great in choosing the cabinet color of clear lacquer on maple, the bamboo flooring, and the concrete color of Ceaserstone counter top.

San Francisco Contemporary

San Francisco

Image: Remodel West 

The light treatment done for this San Francisco home is just lovely – the pendants by the kitchen island are simple but definitely functional. The cabinets grain contrast with the flooring but sure looks great!

Serenity in Maui

Serenity Maui

Image: Scottsdale Interior Design 

The counter top in this kitchen is honed absolute black granite; but note how astonishing the cabinets are. We can only hope we have them at home.

Snowmass Country Club Townhome

Snowmass Country

Image: Green Line Achitects 

The cabinets are white Oak quarter sawn and the floors are oiled Walnut. How do this kitchen space make you feel?

Sonoma / Sea Ranch Redux

Sonoma Sea

Image: Marcus & Willers Architects 

In the kitchen more modern updates include white precast concrete countertops. “You walk up to it and you really don’t know what it is, but it has a sense of permanence, a quality that’s innate,” Willers says.

And there you have it! The 15 Contemporary Wooden Kitchen Cabinets for you own perusal. The list was pretty short but direct to the point – we can definitely say that the list was stunning even when they were not really out of the ordinary. Simple, functional and world class! Check out the 15 Perfectly Distressed Wood Kitchen Designs for more wooden cabinet inspiration!