Indispensable Tool for Modern Gardeners: Edyn Garden Sensor and Water Valve |  |
- Indispensable Tool for Modern Gardeners: Edyn Garden Sensor and Water Valve
- Instant Room Upgrade: Mineral Wall Panels by 3DWalldecor
- Modern Turkish City Home Design Introduces Eye-Caching Architectural Candy
- How To Incorporate Marble Into Your Interior Design
| Indispensable Tool for Modern Gardeners: Edyn Garden Sensor and Water Valve Posted: 01 Aug 2014 04:43 AM PDT Another Kickstarter project caught our attention just in time for summer: the fantastic Edyn Modern Garden Sensor and Water Valve with its matching smartphone app. Smart home systems are only days away from having a garden companion with technical arguments that demand attention. This impressive smart garden gadget is somewhat a hybrid between old-school gardening and new-school farming games. By connecting your garden to your smartphone and offering real-time information, the modern garden gadget encourages and reminds you to take good care of your plants’ health. Easy to insert in the ground, easy to connect to your smartphone via the appointed app, this fascinating gadget takes gardeners from guessing to knowing in a matter of seconds. After many years of farming research in Panama and Kenya, soil scientist Jason Aramburu and designer Yves Behar of Fuseproject built not only a smart and “instinctive” garden gadget that provides you with knowledge and your plats with the right amount of water, but a “community of like-minded growers”. By tracking a range of factors like sunlight, moisture or soil nutrition levels, the solar-powered sensor turns free-energy into a healthy vegetable crop. The team’s research shows that gardeners and small-scale farmers were looking “not for something to do the work for them, but to give them a deeper understanding of their plants” and so the whole system was created around this need. “We designed the app to give the user information in a clear and concise way, maximizing their gardening potential. Upon opening the app, you are given a contextual snapshot of your garden – including percentages for ideal moisture, nutrition levels, light, and temperature. The app provides tips based on weather and soil nutrient levels, sends you in the moment updates and notifications, and even shows which plants or groups of plants will grow best in your garden.” Supporting sustainability through their work, the versatile team imagined a sensor that would constantly monitor its environment in order to provide the data needed for informed action. Whether you’re growing vegetable, fruit, herbal, decorative or medicinal plants, this compact garden system relies on the same energy plants use while also proving its aesthetic worth in a cheerful bright yellow package. Together with Click and Grow Smart Herb Garden, the Edyn smart garden system is here to encourage people in their pursuit of sustained health. Now be honest, how bad do you want it?
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| Instant Room Upgrade: Mineral Wall Panels by 3DWalldecor Posted: 01 Aug 2014 12:19 AM PDT
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| Modern Turkish City Home Design Introduces Eye-Caching Architectural Candy Posted: 31 Jul 2014 01:39 PM PDT Just minutes away from the center of Kayseri in Turkey, this contemporary residence beautifies and modernizes the visual appeal of this side of town. One in a row of four houses showcasing the same conceptual design, the BK House was imagined by Bahadır Kul Architects (BKA). The volumetric 450 square meter modern structure takes advantage of panoramas of the highest mountain in central Anatolia – Mount Erciyes. Resting on a spacious 1,000 square meter plot, the beautifully minimalist structure was adorned with a courtyard and poolside that accentuates its beauty through simplicity. A spectacularly modern exterior makes way for a bright, elegant and open suite of interiors. Seamlessly connected to the outdoors in spite of the constrained urban environment, this home displays an encouraging city home design. Boasting glass walls both on the ground floor and the private area upstairs, the home’s architecture captures light reflecting on the surface of the pool. Light- be it natural, filtered through wooden blinds or artificial, flooding the bedroom with mood lighting – is a huge part of the design. According to the architects, “the living room, dining room, kitchen and the entrance hall covers a central point of the design that opens to gallery space. Besides, all the functions are acting as a total space. If you are in the gallery void, you can see the all other spaces in all levels.” Photographs by Ket Kolektif show that city home design made out of glass, timber and aluminum can look elegant and encourage an open lifestyle, connected to the outdoors.
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| How To Incorporate Marble Into Your Interior Design Posted: 31 Jul 2014 08:38 AM PDT  A marble island will give the room a sleek look. Image Via: Abruzzo Kitchen & Bath In the past few decades, marble has fallen by the wayside in interior design. Odds are that when you picture marble as a design element, you have visions of large, cold rooms encased in floor-to-ceiling stone. Or, of the ornate sculptures that adorn your Grandma's pristine living room. It's hardly modern and sleek – or so you may think. Marble has made a modern comeback in the world of interior design. However, the key to keeping the trend fresh is using it in small doses – accents and statement pieces – rather than in amounts that overwhelm the eye. In this case, less is infinitely more. If you want to be ahead of the curve, check out this list of ways to incorporate marble into your interior design. We'll walk you through innovative ways to use marble to give a classic touch to your décor while still staying modern.  Use marble as a statement piece like this fireplace. Image Via: John Maniscalco Architecture Use Marble Columns To Delineate SpaceOpen-concept living is becoming increasing common. Whether you live in a small studio apartment or a spacious single-family home, this type of floor plan opens up the space and leaves it feeling less stuffy and confined. However, though your home may lack certain walls, you still need to delineate the space in order to keep it looking organized. Let marble do the job. Columns are, of course, the obvious answer. But, there's no need for them to look like they came straight out of a white telephone feature. Choose columns with straight edges and relatively few decorative touches to give the space a more industrial feel. Keep in mind that there's no need for the columns to stretch from the floor to the ceiling either. Consider building a half-wall with columns that will separate spaces while still letting the eye through all the way through the space.  Use modern marble columns to visually separate spaces. Image Via: Vanguard Studio Inc. Make Marble Part Of Your Walls Or FloorsThe "or" part is key in this instance. If both the walls and floors were covered in marble, the space might end up looking too stark and cold. However, by just choosing one, you have the ability to tie just a touch of classical feel into the space while tying it in with more modern materials. Whichever element you pick, there are a variety of ways to execute the design. Think about adding marble to the backsplash in your kitchen. Use marble as an alternative to traditional wainscoting in your bathroom or dining room. Add a pinch of marble to your living space by encircling the room with a marble chair rail. If you would rather add marble to the floor, the foyer is a great option since it is traditionally a more formal space. Add an artistic flourish to your dining room at low cost by using marble to create a design that anchors your dining room table. Marble flooring could add a luxury feel to anyone's master bathroom. If you need more luxury in your life, check out these 10 Affordable Ways To Make Your Home Look Like A Luxury Hotel.  Think about marble for your kitchen backsplash. Image Via: Alice Lane Home Collection Focus On Marble FurnitureThough it may seem could and uncomfortable at first glance, when paired with the correct pieces, marble makes an excellent material for furniture. It is strong, sturdy, and will last a lifetime. Don't be afraid to invest in a statement piece of marble furniture. It can withstand a lot of wear and tear while still looking high-end. A note on choosing the right pieces for your space: Be sure to take measurements. Since marble is particularly heavy and unforgiving, you’ll want to be certain that your new purchase will fit into the space before you make the effort to bring it home. Additionally, don’t feel like you need to stick to neutral tones. A colored marble table top could add just the right pop of color needed to bring your space to life. Tables work particularly well when made of marble. Replace the wooden island in your kitchen with one made of marble to create a visual transition from the stove into the dining area. Add a bit of elegance to your living space with a marble coffee table. Think about using marble tables as outdoor furniture since they are hardy enough to stay put during stormy weather.  A marble coffee table makes a timeless addition to any living space. Image Via: Burritt Bros. Carpets Incorporate Marble Into Your Accessories And DécorIn the past, adding marble into your home's design was a significant commitment. After all, it's not cheap to have a stone company come in and start digging up your walls and floors to replace the old materials with heavy stone. One of the best aspects of this marble reassurance is that smaller marble accessories and décor items are popping up on store shelves. They allow you to try out the trend before taking a lasting plunge or to incorporate it into small apartments that would have previously been deemed too tight of a space. For more information on decorating small spaces, take a look at these 10 Things Nobody tells You About Decorating A Tiny Apartment. When looking at accessories, focus on adding one or two marble pieces to the room. A pair of marbled lamps like the ones shown above would be nice focal point by your bedside or in your family room. Marble candleholders and a soap set can add a romantic touch to your bathroom. For a subtler feel, focus on marble-inspired pieces. They offer the same pop of classical style without the big price tag. A piece of wall art or a patterned throw rug that that mimics the neutral colors and bold lines found in marble could be all you need to tie a room together.  For a less permanent design option, consider adding marble through accessories. Image Via: Kerrisdale Design Inc Marble has fallen out of favor with interior designers in recent years, but it is about to make a comeback. If you are under the impression that marble can come off looking heavy-handed and ornate, think again. This article offers suggestions on how to incorporate marble into your interior design while keeping it subtle and modern. Use them to stay on trend. How do you feel about marble's resurgence? Are you up for incorporating it into your interior design? Have you found any marble products that you absolutely love? Let us know in the comments. The post How To Incorporate Marble Into Your Interior Design appeared first on Freshome.com.  |
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