Decorating with Color - RED -

Start small and introduce red through accents, such as a lamp base or pillow. Use it as a background color on a shelf of collectibles you want to showcase.

Let your house guide you. In a cottage, pair red with blue and white for a nautical look, or soften it to a raspberry pink with pastels.

Use dark tones in a traditional setting and chalky reds in a country-style home. Red stimulates the appetite, so use it in the kitchen or dining room to spice up your entertaining. Try its energy in your home office  and watch your productivity soar". Bhg.com

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14 Cute and Inviting Fall Front Entrance Ideas

The color change of the leaves of the trees is something that amaze me every year. It's so beautiful and surely that is why tourists come every year just to enjoy it!  For me fall is special because it is the time for family and friends gatherings and to be grateful for all the good things that happen to us!

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American Houses - CABIN Off the Grid -

This 872 s.f. off-grid straw-bale project is a getaway home for a San Francisco couple with two active young boys. This simple, straw-bale volume opens to a south-facing terrace, connecting it to the forest glade, and a more intimate queen bed sized sleeping bay. An open loft above the kitchen provides additional sleeping space for kids and guests. Houzz.com

Eclectic Exterior by Berkeley Architects & Designers Arkin Tilt Architects

Contemporary Exterior by Berkeley Architects & Designers Arkin Tilt Architects

Contemporary Exterior by Berkeley Architects & Designers Arkin Tilt Architects

Contemporary Living Room by Berkeley Architects & Designers Arkin Tilt Architects

Contemporary Exterior by Berkeley Architects & Designers Arkin Tilt Architects

Eclectic Kitchen by Berkeley Architects & Designers Arkin Tilt Architects

Eclectic Kitchen by Berkeley Architects & Designers Arkin Tilt Architects

Kitchen by Berkeley Architects & Designers Arkin Tilt Architects

Decorating with Color - MILK CHOCOLATE -

Painting dark colors is more difficult and less forgiving than painting light colors.  Be prepared for three coats of paint -sometimes four- to get the proper dark hue on your walls.  Deciding whether or not to prime is often an issue with dark paint colors. 

                                                                

American Houses - CRAFTSMAN STYLE-

In Southern California the firm Greene and Greene are the most renowned practitioners of the original American Craftsman Style, and were based in Pasadena, California. Their projects for Ultimate bungalows include the Gamble House and Robert R. Blacker House in Pasadena, and the Thorsen House in Berkeley - with numerous others in California. Other examples in the Los Angeles region include the Lummis House and Journey House located in Pasadena California.

Merrill Hall at the Asilomar Conference Grounds, one of the buildings designed by Julia Morgan. Completed in 1928.

In Northern California the architects Bernard Maybeck, with the Sweden borgian Church; and Julia Morgan, with the Asilomar Conference Grounds andMills College projects, are renowned for their well planned and detailed projects in the Craftsman style. Many other designers and projects represent the style in the region.

In San Diego, California the style was also popular. Architect David Owen Dryden designed and built many Craftsman California bungalows in the North Park district, now a proposed Dryden Historic District. The 1905 Marston House of George Marston in Balboa Park was designed by local architects Irving Gill and William Hebbard.

Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the most important and prolific architects of houses in the U.S., was one of the originators of the Prairie School style, which was an organic architecture outgrowth of both the American Craftsman style aesthetics and its philosophy for quality middle-class home design. Wright's career spanned through the Victorian, Chicago School, American Craftsman, Prairie School, International style, and Modernism movements. The Robie House is an example of his American Craftsman inspired Prairie School work.

In the early 1900s, developer Herberg J. Hapgood built numbers of Craftsman-style homes, many from stucco, that comprise the lakeside borough of Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. Residents were called "Lakers," though Hapgood eventually went bankrupt. The homes followed signature styles, including bungalows and chalets.

Common architectural features

• Low-pitched roof lines, gabled or hipped roof
• Deeply overhanging eaves,
• Exposed rafters or decorative brackets under eaves
• Front porch beneath extension of main roof
• Tapered, square columns supporting roof
• 4-over-1 or 6-over-1 double-hung windows
• Frank Lloyd Wright design motifs
• Hand-crafted stone or woodwork
• Mixed materials throughout structure

 Designed by A.W. Smith (1905), the residence fully expresses the wholesome California Arts & Crafts' ideals of simplicity, artistry, & a life in closer harmony with nature. 

Decorating with Color - GREEN -

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