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How Interior Design Firm Taylor Yang Transformed a Vanilla Home in Tiburon, California
When architect and interior design firm Taylor Yang signed on to re-imagine a five-bedroom home in Tiburon, California, the existing interiors were what they called “vanilla.” In other words, they were the perfect starting point for the designers to create a transformation. Their work touched virtually every interior surface of the “coastal fresh” contemporary home, which is clad in shingle and clapboard on the outside. While the windows and doors remained, they made architectural interventions, such as exposing the ceiling beams and opening up a tight corner between the living room and study to create space for an open bar. (Hetherington Building was their contractor for these and other elements.)…
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The lure and fashion of interior decoration – Opinion
Editor”s note: Four decades of reform and opening-up have not only turned China into the world’s second-largest economy but also changed its people’s way of life. Those changes include people’s attitude toward interior decoration, which a veteran journalist with China Daily tries to analyze. For more than two years, my wife and I have been deferring the decision to repair and redecorate our apartment. Fifteen years after the last decoration, the varnish on the wooden floor and the paint on the walls are peeling off and the drains get clogged now and then. It is definitely time to get things fixed. But every time we decide to redecorate our apartment,…
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How Interior Designers Look for a Steal
We could all use a refresh this spring and what better way to give yourself that new start than by sprucing up your space? Before you start mood boarding and adding inspiration to your Pinterest, it’s important to hone in on a budget. Now, for those who think this will hold back the look and feel of your place, guess again. We chatted with top notch designers who have solid recommendations for sourcing quality, affordable home design. Keep scrolling and you’ll find hot tips from creatives including well-known jeweler Ben Baller, HGTV star Taniya Nayak, and more. You’ll truly be impressed and inspired by their secrets, so much that it’ll…
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Interior Design of Banyan Tree Nanjing Garden Expo / CCD
Interior Design of Banyan Tree Nanjing Garden Expo / CCD © Ting Wang + 36 Share Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whatsapp Mail Or https://www.archdaily.com/979465/interior-design-of-banyan-tree-nanjing-garden-expo-ccd Area Area of this architecture project Area : 35000 m² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year : 2021 Photographs Architecture Design : Kai Cui © Ting Wang Text description provided by the architects. Banyan Tree Nanjing Garden Expo is a luxury hotel located on Tangshan Mountain, which was once a paradise dense with clouds and mists. However, the exploitation and destruction by humans have stripped its vegetation, changed the geography, eroded the soil, and damaged the landscape, turning Tangshan Mountain into devastated industrial ruins.…
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Japandi interior design: Explained | CNN Underscored
Move over, modern farmhouse decor; there’s a new design aesthetic in town. Blending Japanese minimalism and Scandinavian hygge, Japandi is the latest trend gaining traction in the interior design world, bringing with it a cozy but simplistic look that’s popping up in homes all over the world…and piquing the interest of design lovers like us. Case in point: Searches for Japandi on Pinterest in 2021 were up 100% since 2020 alone. To get to the bottom of what exactly Japandi is — and how we can channel the serene style in our own homes — we talked with interior designer Shanty Wijaya, founder of Allprace, a boutique home design, build and landscape firm that…
