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LUXURIOUS GLAMOUR

2017

HIS DESIGN IS BROUGHT TO LIFE WITH THE USE OF BOLD COLORS, INTRIGUING WALL AND CEILING STRUCTURES, AND POPS OF GLITZY METAL. SPACE LAYOUTS ARE SYMMETRICAL, AND FEATURE FURNITURE PIECES WITH MODERN, ANGULAR SHAPES. MIXING LINEAR 3-D WOOD SLATS ON ACCENT WALLS AND CEILINGS CREATES A STREAMLINED LOOK THAT IS MATURE YET FUNKY. AMONG FURNITURE FABRICS ARE FUR, VELVET, AND SUEDE WHILE CONSTRUCTION CONSISTS OF HARD METAL. THE SOPHISTICATED MONOCHROMATIC COLOR PALETTE IS COMPLIMENTED BY POPS OF BLUE AND BRASS. THE KEY TO SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVING THIS AWE-INSPIRING LOOK IS TO INCORPORATE FLASHY ELEMENTS WITHOUT MAKING THE SPACE FEEL OVERWHELMING. THE OBJECTIVE TO IS TO CREATE A HOME ENVIRONMENT THAT IS SOPHISTICATED YET COMFORTABLE AND GLAMOROUS YET LIVABLE.

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URBAN ZEN

2017

HE ESSENCE OF URBAN ZEN CAN BE DESCRIBED AS "HARMONY IN SIMPLICITY." THIS DESIGN COMBINES NATURAL ELEMENTS, ORGANIC SHAPES AND MATERIALS WITH THE CLEAN, SLEEK LINES OF CLASSIC FRUNITURE PIECES TO CREATE A SPACE WITH UNDERSTATED ELEGANCE. URBAN ZEN DESIGN CULTIVATES A BALANCED YET COZY VIBE BY USING NATURAL MATERIALS LIKE TEXTURED BRICK AND WARM STONE TILES. LOTS OF PLANT LIFE AND MULTIPLE SHADES OF WHITES, GRAYS, BEIGE, AND SOFT REDS, WHICH ADDS A CHEERFUL BURST OF COLOR TO AN OTHERWISE MONOCHROMATIC PALETTE. THE USE OF NATURAL LIGHT IS VERY IMPORTANT, AS IT COMPLIMENTS FRESH WHITE WALLS, EARTHY TONES, AND RUSTIC MATERIALS. MATERIALS ARE SUSTAINABLE YET RELAXED, AND FURNITURE PIECES ARE CASUAL YET DO NOT LOOK OVER-WORN. THIS SPA-LIKE DOMAIN GIVES MAKES ONE FEEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE COMING HOME TO THEIR PERSONAL, SERENE HIDE-AWAY. URBAN ZEN IS RENOWNED FOR BEING SIMPLE, FUNCTIONAL, AND NATURALLY CHIC.

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2017

HE KEY TO A MODERN + FRESH SPACE IS AN OPEN FLOOR PLAN, MODERN FURNITURE, AND EXPOSED MATERIALS. THE COLOR SCHEME IS VERY SIMPLE WITH LARGE WINDOWS THE BRING THE OUTDOORS IN. THIS STYLE HAS AN INFORMAL ELEGANCE, WITH COMFORTABLE AND MODERN LIVING AT ITS BEST. THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THIS STYLE IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RAW MATERIALS. POLISHED STONE, DISTRESSED WOOD, RUSTIC MATERIALS, AND PAINTED BRICK ARE THE FINISHES THAT MAKE THIS TOWNHOME STAND OUT. THE NATURAL VIBE OF THIS HOME IS CARRIES THROUGH THE UPHOLSTERY AND RUGS. LINEN THROW PILLOWS, JUTE AND SISAL RUGS AND A TOUCH OF TEAL VELVET GIVE THIS STYLISH HOME A PLUSH APPEAL.

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MODERN + FRESH

2017

HIS ELEGANT AND WELCOMING STYLE EXHIBITS A WARM COLOR PALETTE AND SIMPLE RUSTIC TEXTURES. COMFORTABLE FURNITURE WITH CURVED LINES CREATES A GLAMOROUS BUT APPROACHABLE ATMOSPHERE. THE RICHNESS OF THE DARK HARDWOOD FLOORS IF SOFTENED BY NATURAL RUGS. ACCENTS OF BLACK LINEN ESTABLISHES A DRAMATIC EFFECT IN THE FAMILY ROOM. EACH INDIVIDUAL ROOM SHOWCASES SOMETHING UNIQUE, WHETHER IT BE A ROUGH LEATHER CHAIR, A POP OF PALE PINK, OR A DEEP PLUM PLUSH FABRIC. THE HEART OF THIS HOME IS FOUND IN THE BASEMENT GATHERING AREAS. HAVE A FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT ON A COZY SECTIONAL IN THE BONUS ROOM, OR ENTERTAIN GUESTS BY HOSTING A WINE TASTING IN THE LOUNGE. 

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RESTORATION HARDWARE

2017

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ID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE REAPPEARED ON OUR RADAR SCREENS MORE THAN A DECADE AGO, BUT POPULAR SHOWS LIKE MAD MEN AND SIMPLER TRENDS IN FASHION ARE PUSHING IT EVEN FURTHER INTO THE LIMELIGHT. JUST AS THE NAME IMPLIES, IT SPANNED A PERIOD OF ROUGHLY TWO AND A HALF DECADES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 20TH CENTURY (MID-1940'S TO 1970). ITS UNCOMPLICATED, FRESH AESTHETIC AROSE FROM A DESIRE TO PROPEL POSTWAR AMERICA INTO THE MODERN ERA AND RECAST DESIGN THROUGH A BOLD NEW LENS. MID-CENTURY MODERNS' EMPHASIS ON PARED-DOWN FORMS, CONTEMPORARY PATTERNS, NATURAL MATERIALS, AND A SEAMLESS FLOW BETWEEN INDOORS AND OUT ALL CREATE A MEDLEY OF FUNCTIONAL COMFORT AND CHIC STYLE. JEWEL TONE PAINTED WALLS, PATTERNED TILE FLOOR, AND NATURAL WOOD FURNITURE SET THE MOOD  FOR THIS SWANKY MID-CENTURY TOWNHOME.

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