Principles of Design: Harmony

Harmony
Harmony was created in this olioboard with beach and water. This was created using lots of blues and water pictures.

Principles of Design: Proportion and Scale

Proportion
This olioboard shows proportion by the different sized items throughout the room that don't fit.


Scale
This olioboard shows scale with the items all being small for such a big room.

Kitchen Design

The kitchen I designed is for a family living in a subarb area.
I used the U-Shaped kitchen.

Bedroom Design

Design Your Home to Sell: Fast and For the Right Price

The goal of staging a home is to make the home look appealing to potential buyers. You do this in order to sell your home faster. There are many ways to stage a home to make it more appealing. This article will give you some tips on how to stage your home to make it sell.
Tips:
1) Get rid of the clutter in your house. Take out all the items that don't need to be there. This makes the buyer think there is a lot of space to put their own things in.














2) Paint your walls a neutral color. If your walls right now are bright pinks or greens, paint them a more neutral color, like tan. Bold colors will reduce the offers that people put on your home.




3) Get rid of the odor in your house. Do this by baking cookies to give the aroma of baking in the house. This gives the buyer a homey feel.











4) Move all the furniture away from the walls in your house. Keeping the furniture away from the walls make the room look more roomey and larger.


 
5) Clear the closet in the rooms. If the closet is organized it looks like there is much more storage space.


These tips can all be used to stage your home. They will help your home sell faster and for the right price.

 

Housing Styles: Accesories

Gabled Roof

• A gabled roof is the triangular section of a wall formed by the end of a pointed roof. 

Gambrel Roof

• A roof with two slopes on each side, the lower slope having a steeper pitch. 

Hipped Roof

• A roof with slopes on all four sides. 

Saltbox Roof

• A long, pitched roof that slopes downwards to the back.

Mansard Roof

• A roof having two slopes on both sides.

Bay Window

• A set of two or more windows that protrude from the wall. 

Casement Window

• A window that opens by swinging inward or outward, like a door.

Clapboards

• Long, narrow boards overlapping to cover the outer walls

Dormer

• A vertical window in the roof. 

Eaves

• The portion of the roof that projects beyond the wall.

Fanlight

• A semicircular or arched window above the door.

Palladian Window

• A three part window featuring a large arched center and flanking rectangular sidelights.

Pediment

• A triangular crown used over doors, windows, or porches. 

Portico

• A large porch, usually with a pedimented roof supported by columns.

Rafter

• A roof beam sloping from the ridge to the wall.

Sidelight

• Windows on both sides of a door.

Turret

• A small tower, often at the corner of a building. 

Housing Styles

Tudor Home

• This house is classified as a tudor home because of the steeply pitched roofs, the chimney, the gables, and half timber.

Neo-Classical Home

• This house is classified as a neo-classical home because of the giant pillars in the front, the porch above the pillars, and the very formal look to the home.

Queen Anne Home

• This house is classified as a Queen Anne home because of the turrets, the long porch, the bay window above the gable, and the elaborate trim.

Bungalow Home

• This house is classified as a bungalow home because of the long, low pitched roof and the gable dormer. 

Ranch Home

• This house is classified as a ranch style home because of the porch, the attached garage, the windows in front, and because of the single story. 

Prairie Home

• This house is classified as a prairie style home because of the horizontal lines dominating the house and the narrow bricks.

Spanish Colonial Revival

• This house is classified as a spanish colonial revival home because of the flat roof with red tiles, the arched entryways, and the decorative balcony. 

International School Home

• This house is classified as an International School home because of the glass windows throughout, the functional and geometrical shape of the house. 

Cape Cod House

• This house is classified as a Cape Cod house because of the large, central chimney, the gabled dormers, and shaded facade. 

Colonial Revival- Dutch

• This house is classified as a Colonial Revival Dutch because of the gambrel roof and the front shed dormer. 

Neo-Eclectic

• This house is classified as a neo-electic because of the palladian window, decorated by front gables. 

Principles of Design: Rhythm

Repitition: The repitition is used with the wallpaper and the headboard of the bed. The lines are repeated throughout.
Radiation: Radiation is used through the rug because lines radiate moving outward from the center circle.
Gradation: Gradation is used through the vases on the dresser from the one starting out big and the rest getting smaller from there.

Prinicple of Design: Emphasis

Principles of Design: Asymmetrical Balance

Principles of Design: Symmetrical Balance

Element of Design: Exam

The items in the dentist office are all somewhat spread apart, making a crowded room look more spacious. Most of the lines in the room are vertical. From the lines on the window, the desk, and the picture frame. Vertical lines make a room seem more active and usable. The textures in the room are all mostly soft and smooth for a comfortable feeling. The overall feeling of this room is both a professional but relaxing atmosphere.

Element of Design: Texture

The visual items in the room are the mirror on the wall, the clock on the wall, the wooden shelf in the far right, and the lamp shade on top of the wooden shelf.
The tactile items in the room are the couch, the chair, and the flowers on the table, and the wicker basket.
The audible items in the room are the pillow on the chair, the pillow on the couch, the coffee table, and the lamp on the table.
The mirror on the wall appears very shiny. Which omits more light and makes the room brighter. The clock on the wall appears to be a rough texture which makes the item look darker. The wooden shelf is also a rough surface. The lamp shade on the wooden shelf appears to be a smooth surface.
The couch in the room feels very soft. The chair is also a soft surface. The flowers on the table are a soft surface. And the wicker basket feels hard and rough.
Both of the pillows on the chair would make a delicate, soft noise because they are smooth surfaces. The coffee table is a flat, smooth, but hard table so it would make a soft noise. The lamp on the coffee table has a smooth shade so it would make a soft noise.
The effect of the room gives off a somewhat formal, but informal look so you could use it to relax with family or friends.
Overall the textures in the room give off a somewhat formal look because most of the objects are a soft or smooth texture.