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Interior design market catches light with well-off’s move into smart homes
The market for home interiors and renovation in Bangladesh is growing fast on the back of a booming real estate market, rising income levels of people, and urbanisation. The domestic interior design market is estimated to have witnessed a four-fold growth over the past decade and currently stands at around Tk20,000 crore, according to industry insiders. The market is projected to double over the next five years. Experts have attributed the sharp rise in demand for interior design services to people’s increasing inclination towards smart homes and commercial spaces amid the influence of social media, and changes in their living standards and lifestyle. People are choosing theme-based designs for their…
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This Home-Renovation Show Wants to Get You Into Bed
As far as home improvements go, sex rooms are not generally considered smart financial investments. What future buyer would want anything to do with someone else’s adults-only romper room? But practical considerations did not deter Brody Danger, an artist’s manager by day and burlesque drag dancer by night, from appearing on the new Netflix home renovation show, “How to Build a Sex Room,” which premiered July 8. “My favorite thing about getting older is you stop caring what people think,” said Mx. Danger, 31, whose mother, a real estate agent, strongly advised against embarking on such a specialized project. “You’re the ones that are living in it now.” Mx. Danger,…
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Kitchen ceiling ideas: 12 designs for the heart of the home
Our kitchen ceiling ideas can help you establish a stand out design for this central hub of the home. When planning out a scheme for a room, the ceiling is generally not considered in the design, usually painted white, however, this surface area provides a whole host of creative possibilities. From modern paint and wallpaper designs, to uncovering traditional architectural features, exploring ceiling ideas can ensure that every inch of a room has been thoughtfully considered. The kitchen is often one of the largest rooms in the home, so is the perfect place to make a statement with the ceiling. No matter the size of style of your kitchen, factoring…
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Tour a Brutalist Home in Milan With Ties to Ettore Sottsass | Architectural Digest
Buzzing up to architect Luca Cipelletti’s latest residential project in Milan, it’s impossible not to notice two other names on the door: Nathalie Du Pasquier and George Snowden. The designers (who happen to be husband and wife) were founding members of the 1980s radical design movement, the Memphis Group. And when Cipelletti first set foot in the Porta Nuova building’s windowless, L-shaped attic space, which he’d had been hired to make more habitable, the door was labeled with the names of the movement’s founding father, Ettore Sottsass, and cofounder Marco Zanini. “They were the first radicals,” Cipelletti says of the group, known for their irreverent use of zany shapes and…
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Sadie Gordon | Obituary | The Joplin Globe
Sadie Cole Gordon was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on February 23rd, 1947, and died in Tulsa on July 12, 2022. Her parents, Earl and Sadie Cole preceded her in death. Sadie lived in several different places throughout her lifetime and attended several universities. Sadie obtained her doctorate degree from OSU in 1979. From that time until 2000 she worked as a psychologist in private practice in Joplin, Missouri. While living in Joplin she was on the staff of St. John’s, Freeman Hospital, and taught at Pittsburg State University and Missouri Southern State College. She was active in numerous community organizations including St. Phillips Episcopal Church and Spiva Art Center where…
