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• How to Position Furniture to Take Advantage of Great Views
• Inspiring Wine Country Home Renovation in California
• Modern Office Building with a Stimulating Informal Atmosphere
• Inspiring Californian Residence with Luxurious Features in Los Angeles
• Designed for Creativity: Leo Burnett’s New Office in Sydney
• Sophisticated Australian Residence: the Elysium 154 House by BVN Architecture
• Open Air Climbing Net for Children Sheltered by the Hakone Pavilion

How to Position Furniture to Take Advantage of Great Views Posted: 29 Mar 2011 06:46 AM PDT Have you ever been in a space that you would prefer to stand, because the views were behind the furniture, as opposed to in front of it? In many homes there is a challenge between the floor plan layout and the exterior views to be enjoyed from individual rooms. The trick is to be able to maximize your furniture placement and make it functional, but be able to drink in the great vistas at the same time. Here are tips to help you position your bed and seating to take advantage of the breathtaking sunset every night. Stand back and observe: When most people get their furniture, they find the wall that has nothing on it, and automatically push the sofa and chairs against it, and hope that the views can be enjoyed wherever the furniture lands. Instead, step back inside of your space and observe where the best views are. If you have multiple windows with beautiful vistas, decide what furniture will look best against the window, and what conversational pieces you can place across from the window. While you need guests to feel comfortable, you also what them to enjoy your gorgeous scenery. How do you like to be awakened? No, this isn't a trick question, but honestly, some people enjoy being awakened by the morning sun, and others would prefer the sun to be to the side, or back of them. Positioning your bed towards a window that gets morning sun may be a beautiful awakening, and to others it feels bothersome. Decide for yourself and you want to take advantage of beautiful views in your bedroom, before moving your bed! A few key pieces of furniture: If your space has floor to ceiling windows and panoramic views, a lot of furniture will clutter your space and compete with the views. Try to limit your furniture to a few key pieces of furniture, such as a sitting chair, dresser, and bed for a bedroom. In a living room space, consider a couch, coffee table and a few complimentary chairs to pull the room together. To take advantage of the views, limit how much furniture is placed directly against the windows, as it will also make the room feel smaller. Play off the colors of the outdoors: When choosing and positioning furniture, play off of the colors outside, inside. A room that overlooks gorgeous blue water should use complimentary blues, greens, and sand colors inside their space.  Positioning your furniture with similar colored pieces will give the illusion of being one with the outdoors. A designer's trick is to mimic the colors of the views with your interiors, and your room will instantly feel larger, and more appealing. Positioning your furniture with the corresponding views is a great way to make your rooms feel more comfortable, and they will be more enjoyable to live and entertain in.  If you're having troubles visualizing how to take advantage of the views, try taking a walk outside and looking back inside your home! You will be pleasantly surprised how seeing the back of a couch from outside, will instantly remind you to turn the couch towards the window for maximum enjoyment of the beautiful vistas! Freshome reader's do you haven any tips for positioning your furniture in your home? We'd love to hear them. Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! Take Advantage of Unused Corners in Your Home : Lorna Corner Shelf Today’s Furniture Theme : The Sea $4,95 million 8400 Grand View Drive Residence in LA Outdoor Furniture – Ultimate Beach Chair Really Strange Bed Innovative G-83 Chair by Guillermo Perez Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

Inspiring Wine Country Home Renovation in California Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:02 AM PDT This beautiful wine country home located in St. Helena, California was recently redesigned by Schneider Design Associates in collaboration with Jean Larrette Interior Design. Even though the owners of the home initially wanted only a kitchen remodel and a bedroom addition, they ended up optimizing the design of the entire residence and adapting it to its beautiful surroundings. According to the project developers, “the design takes advantage of the sweeping vineyard and ridgeline views and transforms a dated ranch style house into a contemporary weekend retreat. The design connects the interior spaces directly to rooms created in the landscape through the use of two large doors on axis with the Living Room, Dining Room, and pool. The layout allows for effortless transition between inside and outside, perfect for summer living and entertaining.” Be sure to pay attention to the last two photos of the post in order to get an idea of how this home looked before the renovation. Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! Stylish Wine Tray Gemma Ahern Apartment Renovation – Cost Effective Designing Stylish Rack For All of You Wine Lovers Inspiring Modern Home Architecture Someone that Holds Your Glass Wine Swedish Inspiration: Turning a Small Apartment into a Gemstone Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

Modern Office Building with a Stimulating Informal Atmosphere Posted: 29 Mar 2011 01:36 AM PDT Design agency Concern in collaboration with de Architekten Cie designed the office interior for ZLTO (Southern Agriculture and Horticulture Organization) in Den Bosch, the Netherlands. Here is a short project description from the architects: “The building gives ZLTO a modern presence, with the facade reminiscent of waving fields of grain and barns,whilst at the same time being a state-of-the-art, representative office building; an embassy for agriculture with a clubhouse atmosphere. By situating vast open spaces with stairwells along the elevation, visual contact is possible between all floors. These spaces function as informal meeting places, helping to promote and stimulate the new world of work. The entrance projects a warm welcome to the visitor with its comfortable informal atmosphere; leather sofas in combination with an open fireplace illustrate the ZLTO approach. The restaurant extends an invitation to enjoy lunch, and the long wooden benches encourage interaction and conversation. Multi-tasking work points furnished with printing and copying facilities also function as informal gathering points and are located throughout the building. The expressive timber roof structure, complemented by the arched vertical window bands, imparts character to the clubhouse.” Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! Los Heroes Building Gets Modern Transformation Awesome Modern Office Chair The House Caught Between The Sea And The Mountains LUNA Contemporary Desk Sakuragawa House by Suppose Design Office 63.02° house by Schemata Architecture Office Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

Inspiring Californian Residence with Luxurious Features in Los Angeles Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:29 AM PDT Built from concrete, glass and stainless steel, this extraordinary residence is located at 9909 Beverly Grove, in Los Angeles, California. Every time you look at this 7,500 square foot home you will get an overwhelming feeling of modernism and freedom. Built as a robust private home, it features amazing illumined waterways, mahogany walls and basaltic stone flooring. An interior staircase gracefully connects all the floors of the house, right up to the rooftop pool, where you can enjoy an unobstructed 360 panorama of Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean. More mentionable features build a stronger picture of the residence: a gourmet top-of-the-line chef’s kitchen meats you at the second floor, a master bedroom with custom glass doors and a private deck will ensure your rest, while the spa-like bathroom with steam washes away any hard day. Just take a look at the pictures and watch out for fantastic details, because this residence can inspire you to dream and build. For sale here, the residence lacks only one thing: your opinion on where you would feel more comfortable if this was your home. Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! $4,95 million 8400 Grand View Drive Residence in LA Luxurious 23 Oakmount Drive Residence in Beverly Hills Parthenon Place, Luxurious Residence in Vancouver Luxurious Residence by Judy Goodger Glamorous Villa on the Hills of Los Angeles with an Amazing View Luxurious Residence With Stunning Views Over Los Angeles Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

Designed for Creativity: Leo Burnett’s New Office in Sydney Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:23 AM PDT “When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won’t come up with a handful of mud either.” This is just one of the quotes Leo Burnett, one of the advertising “gurus” of all times, is famous for. Today Leo Burnett offices are spread all over the world and their creative work is both fascinating and efficient. Their new office in Sydney was designed by HASSELL and respects the company’s values. Here is more from the project developers: Reflecting the core social and interactive nature of the way a creative agency works, the layout is open, spacious and filled with natural light. Thought provoking spaces encourage the 'generation of big ideas.' Creativity is fostered by making the 'work' and creative process visible in the belief that creativity is a collaborative process. The workplace is open, light and connected to the surroundings to reflect the creative process. Pitching for new business is a vital function. The 'pitch' space is purposely located away from the entry to create a journey that would tell the story of the agency. The journey starts with LCD's showing rotating images of staff and then continues past the workplace and communal area, telling the story of the process and the culture of the agency. Freshome readers, do you have a favorite advertising agency? Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! Mind Blowing 19th Century Terrace House in Sydney Small Home Office Idea for a Small Apartment Modern Home Office Desk – Arches 63.02° house by Schemata Architecture Office Awesome Modern Office Chair The Walker House For Sale in Sydney Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

Sophisticated Australian Residence: the Elysium 154 House by BVN Architecture Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:16 AM PDT The sophisticated Elysium 154 House in Queensland, Australia was designed by BVN Architecture as part of the Noosa project, a residential development in the desired Noosa Heads neighbourhood of Queensland. According to the architects, the house is situated in an urban site “consisting of 189 house allotments, communal leisure facilities (tennis courts, health spa, aquatic facilities) parkland and nature reserves located inland from the Noosa coastline adjacent to Lake Weyba. The undulating, picturesque landscape of the site retains vast pockets of existing vegetation and is afforded distant views to the Sunshine Coast hinterland beyond.” The site slopes gently from the street to the south. The architects created a residence that offers views of the northern parkland areas and connects the inside of the house to the outside space with the help of external textured wall finishes that continue on the inside. The exterior garden and pool complete the luxurious subtropical picture. Just imagine what this house would look like if you lived there: the design, the personal items, the colours – all gathered under a perfectly balanced architecture.   Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! Dang Residence by Pb Elemental Architecture T-House by Den Nen Architecture Sophisticated and Detail-Oriented Home in Melbourne Exotic Transformation of a Residence into a Sunshine Filled Oasis Organic Wooden House : The Dang Residence Green Roofs Collection Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

Open Air Climbing Net for Children Sheltered by the Hakone Pavilion Posted: 28 Mar 2011 07:56 AM PDT Designed by Tezuka Architects, the Hakone Pavilion is an astounding architectural masterpiece created by piling up more than 500 timber logs. The construction is part of the Hakone Open-Air Museum, opened in 1969 as the first open-air art museum in Japan. Using 320 cubic meters of timber, without the help of any metallic parts except for the concrete base fixtures, the architects constructed the Hakone Pavilion in a sheltered space of the Museum’s grounds. It was built for the enjoyment of kids and features a climbing net for children created by artist Toshiko Horiuchi Macadam. Built as a protective space from rain and harsh sunlight, the Hakone pavilion conveys a feeling of playing outside, surrounded by nature. “Cutting-edge structural analysis has been employed to overcome the variability that characterizes timber. While employing traditional wood joints we have searched for a futuristic form, which should result in a completely new type of architecture.” When in Japan, take your kids to enjoy the astounding architecture and works of art at the Hakone Open-Air Museum. Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! Unworldly Fitness Climbing Wall with Odd Challenges in Tokyo Guerrilla Trench Set: Transforming Military Life into a Child’s Play Architectural Association Summer Pavilion 2009 : Driftwood Amazing Pavilion Exhibition At Expo 2010 in Shanghai Children's bedrooms by Dearkids: A splash of color and a dash of delight Fresh Room Designs for Kids Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

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