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Design shapes the way we live. So it ought ot serve everyone. Eva Maddos, Interior Architect and Designer
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Classic…
Houses of the best taste are like clothes of the best tailors - it takes their age to show us how good they are. - Henry James, The Perfecly Imperfect Home: How to Decorate and Live Well
Room Bloom…
In the most successful spaces, you don’t see everything at once. The more time you spend in them, the more you discover. They open up like flowers. - Vincente Wolf, Elle Decor, January/February 07
Buying a Home Entertainment Center…
Look for these features when shopping home entertainment centers.
Kiln dried all wood construction
Glued mortise and tenon joints
Dust proof interiors between drawers
All wood drawers with English dovetail joints in front & rear
All wood, waxed, hand fitted drawer guide system for smooth operation
Aligned drawers and doors
Lingerie-smooth, sanded & waxed drawer interiors
Three-ply drawer bottoms
Corner Blocking and glue blocks for strength
Hand finished surfaces
Nailed or screwed back panels rather than staples
Levelers on the bottom
Double doweled construction
Numbered dining table leaves
Veneer pattern matching on dining table tops
Full aproned dining table leaves
Heavy duty table slides
Depth and clarity to the finish
Board selection that matches
Pocket doors
Vented panels
Built in electrical outlets
Adjustable shelves
Pull out media shelves
Interchangeable wood panel or speaker cloth panels
Media storage
Color matters…
I love colors when they don’t exist too much. Life always comes with its own color: your friends, flowers, things. So you don’t have to have so much of it in your decor. -Andree Putnam
Bright idea…
Don’t make something unless it is both necessary and useful; but if it is both necessary and useful, don’t hesitate to make it beautiful. Shaker Rule of Thumb, Source: Home, Kim Johnson Gross, Jeff Stone
Does it all…
Unlike sculpture and painting which produce objects in space, buildings contain space. Moreover, it is space that is intended not only to be experienced and admired but also to be inhabited.
- Witold Rybczynski, The Most Beautiful House in the World
Above: Kansas City Public Library and room inside.
