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Zen Den: 8 Tips for Cultivating a Calm Atmosphere at Home
Friday, November 20, 2020
We spend many hours in our home. It’s where the day is started and sealed. It should be a place that fosters relief after the many to-dos and ventures of a day. Make the most of time at home by cultivating a relaxing, calm living space for yourself, your family, and your friends and guests. Whether in the living room, family room, bedroom, or other space, there are many small steps you can take to promote peace in the home. Follow these eight tips to transform home into a place you want to spend time in and relax in: 1. Give Everything a “Home”
Having clutter on table tops, floors, and elsewhere can translate to feeling cluttered throughout your life. Make sure that your important things, like those needed on a daily basis (keys, for example), have a space that is easily accessible but not immediately visible. This will alleviate the sense of visual clutter. Keep doorways clear and items off and out of the spaces used for sitting and relaxing!
2. Set Atmosphere With Music
Consider purchasing a portable speaker to connect to your phone, or set up a music streaming service on your TV for playing background music. Choose calming songs like instrumental soundtracks and classical pieces. Keep the sound low so you can hear the music but not too loud that people have to talk over the music.
3. Bring the Outdoors In
Bring vases of flowers or small plants inside. These provide color and calm. Choosing planters with decorative accents can improve the energy of a space as well. Live plants will clean the air and will not gather dust. The smell and life of indoor plants connects us with the outdoors, satisfying a fundamental human need for interaction with nature.
4. Let Light Shine
Open windows, blinds, and drapes to permit sunlight to come in. Natural light will brighten the space, will help regulate hormones during the day, and will make the space feel bigger and cleaner, which has an instantly calming effect. Exposure to natural light is important for maintaining circadian rhythm, so allowing it into the home has health benefits. Reflective surfaces, such as mirrors and clean spaces, can make your space even brighter and feel bigger.
5. Freshen Up
Consider opening windows to bring in natural air. Plug in light air fresheners or burn a scented candle to plant fresh smells inside. Essential oils, aromatherapy, or room sprays may also help temper the atmosphere. Use smells that have a calming or cleaning effect, such as lavender or lemon. Dusting down surfaces will help maintain a neat appearance.
6. Paint With Light or Neutral Colors
Avoid bright statement walls or overly energizing colors like bright red and blue. Don't clutter walls with tons of pictures, photos, or frames. Instead, paint the walls with muted colors, neutral colors, or your favorite relaxing blend of colors. Leave the bright colors to accent pieces or items for display. Consider one or two larger focal pictures or an interesting piece of art to draw attention to a few central points in the room to avoid overstimulation.
7. Prepare for All Temperatures
Have pillows and blankets available for snuggling up on your favorite couch or chair. Have a couple blankets for warmth and ensure that they have different thicknesses and textures so you have "just right" warmth no matter the weather or room temperature. Blanket and pillows are also great for providing texture in the home and can add a sense of calming aesthetic interest wherever they are displayed.
8. Keep Your Favorite Things in View
While it is typically good to avoid overcrowding a space, having your favorite books, magazines, or photos out of the things you love and favorite memories can add positivity and comfort to the room. Keep out only those keepsakes that have special value to you. Use these to keep you calm during your relaxing time, refresh your memories, or motivate you for your next adventure.
Consider these steps as you clean and renovate your home. Keeping your space calm and reflective of your values and personality will transform your home into a place of restoration and peace, which is the best possible effect it could have!
Article courtesy of Olivia Warfield, a contributing writer and media relations specialist for Atlas Heating & Air Service. She writes for a variety of DIY and lifestyle blogs.
Pretty as a Picture: 14 Ways to Display Art at Home
Friday, November 20, 2020
It's really fun and enjoyable to pick out art pieces for our homes. But once you have your favourite art work, how do you display it at home? Framing it up is a good way to do so, but there are actually many ways to arrange a good piece of art to blend in with your interior style. Here are some ideas to easily display your art pieces in stylish ways. 1 Make your art piece a part of your living room's overall style. In this example, the black and white print beautifully complements the sofa setting. Art can even be in the form of pillows like the singular colourful piece on the sofa, which creates an immediate focal point.
2 Affix open shelves on the walls to display your art. Placing it next to a mirror also adds depth and gives your wall a focal element.
3 You can also use your favourite prints to enliven empty corners in the house by creating a collection of displays on top of a console.
4 You don't need to frame up prints all the time. Polariod shots or printed photos in their original non-framed state make great art displays at home as well.
5 If you are framing a different set of paintings or prints, use similar frames. If your paintings are similar in style and tone, you can use different frames to create visual interest.
6 You can also create symmetry by grouping prints and frames of the same style and colour palette.
7 An art piece makes a great decorative feature for your dining room walls. Choose something that brings out your table setting.
8 For a more casual look in the dining space, mix up your framed art pieces. In fact, let it hang randomly on the wall - you don't have to keep the frames straight and stiff all the time.
9 However, if you prefer a more formal look, arrange your frames in a straight and linear fashion. You can break the monotony by introducing a circular frame.
10 For bedrooms, an art piece over the headboard is always an easy yet effective way to enhance the appeal of the room.
11 For something a little different, you can try layered groupings of framed art.
12 In lieu of actual paintings or prints, how about maps on the wall?
13 Use art to introduce colours to your living spaces.
14 For a touch of eclectic and exotic appearance, choose art work that have an antiquated and handcrafted treatment. We have more tips here on how to make your living spaces stand out with unique decorating elements.
Zen Den: 8 Tips for Cultivating a Calm Atmosphere at Home
Friday, November 20, 2020
We spend many hours in our home. It’s where the day is started and sealed. It should be a place that fosters relief after the many to-dos and ventures of a day. Make the most of time at home by cultivating a relaxing, calm living space for yourself, your family, and your friends and guests. Whether in the living room, family room, bedroom, or other space, there are many small steps you can take to promote peace in the home. Follow these eight tips to transform home into a place you want to spend time in and relax in: 1. Give Everything a “Home”
Having clutter on table tops, floors, and elsewhere can translate to feeling cluttered throughout your life. Make sure that your important things, like those needed on a daily basis (keys, for example), have a space that is easily accessible but not immediately visible. This will alleviate the sense of visual clutter. Keep doorways clear and items off and out of the spaces used for sitting and relaxing!
2. Set Atmosphere With Music
Consider purchasing a portable speaker to connect to your phone, or set up a music streaming service on your TV for playing background music. Choose calming songs like instrumental soundtracks and classical pieces. Keep the sound low so you can hear the music but not too loud that people have to talk over the music.
3. Bring the Outdoors In
Bring vases of flowers or small plants inside. These provide color and calm. Choosing planters with decorative accents can improve the energy of a space as well. Live plants will clean the air and will not gather dust. The smell and life of indoor plants connects us with the outdoors, satisfying a fundamental human need for interaction with nature.
4. Let Light Shine
Open windows, blinds, and drapes to permit sunlight to come in. Natural light will brighten the space, will help regulate hormones during the day, and will make the space feel bigger and cleaner, which has an instantly calming effect. Exposure to natural light is important for maintaining circadian rhythm, so allowing it into the home has health benefits. Reflective surfaces, such as mirrors and clean spaces, can make your space even brighter and feel bigger.
5. Freshen Up
Consider opening windows to bring in natural air. Plug in light air fresheners or burn a scented candle to plant fresh smells inside. Essential oils, aromatherapy, or room sprays may also help temper the atmosphere. Use smells that have a calming or cleaning effect, such as lavender or lemon. Dusting down surfaces will help maintain a neat appearance.
6. Paint With Light or Neutral Colors
Avoid bright statement walls or overly energizing colors like bright red and blue. Don't clutter walls with tons of pictures, photos, or frames. Instead, paint the walls with muted colors, neutral colors, or your favorite relaxing blend of colors. Leave the bright colors to accent pieces or items for display. Consider one or two larger focal pictures or an interesting piece of art to draw attention to a few central points in the room to avoid overstimulation.
7. Prepare for All Temperatures
Have pillows and blankets available for snuggling up on your favorite couch or chair. Have a couple blankets for warmth and ensure that they have different thicknesses and textures so you have "just right" warmth no matter the weather or room temperature. Blanket and pillows are also great for providing texture in the home and can add a sense of calming aesthetic interest wherever they are displayed.
8. Keep Your Favorite Things in View
While it is typically good to avoid overcrowding a space, having your favorite books, magazines, or photos out of the things you love and favorite memories can add positivity and comfort to the room. Keep out only those keepsakes that have special value to you. Use these to keep you calm during your relaxing time, refresh your memories, or motivate you for your next adventure.
Consider these steps as you clean and renovate your home. Keeping your space calm and reflective of your values and personality will transform your home into a place of restoration and peace, which is the best possible effect it could have!
Article courtesy of Olivia Warfield, a contributing writer and media relations specialist for Atlas Heating & Air Service. She writes for a variety of DIY and lifestyle blogs.
Delectable Hues: Rich Tones of Burgundy and Blue to Warm Up Your Interior Palette
Friday, November 20, 2020
Curtains Place presents a rich palette inspired by warm colour tones in the burgundy and blue range, from colours ranging from deep pink to faded shades of the ever popular purple and intense blues. Adding a warm touch to the interior, the room-high Breeze is the featured fabric in this look with wanderlust leaves in beautiful blend of these warm colours. To complement this look, intense dark hues of blue are the perfect key colour. The use of stronger and darker colours remains a strong trend in interior decoration. Here, the Arezzo collection is featured in the dark denim tone on the chair.
Burgundy goes well with a range of blue shades, in particular with equally warm dark hues. The timeless tones of deep navy blue used here evoke warmth and add to the intensity. Together these colours create a cosy elegance.
Styling Tips:
- Let navy blue serve as a backdrop for burgundy highlights in your room. Use an accent wall with this colour to add depth.
- Both burgundy and blue look dramatic and decadent in a luxury velvet, chenille or satin fabric. You will also find many complementing tones to combine in accessories with ranges of pinks and purples.
- For a striking curtain choice in burgundy and blue, choose collections that will work well with your theme.
- Add metallic touches to your accessories in gold if you are looking for a more classic and regal look. Antique gold finishes add a great statement to the palette.
- These colours are also great on translucent materials – vases or table tops in these tones add glam to a room.
- You can also soften down the palette with warmer shades of grey with hints of purple in it - a rug in warm grey or combined cushions for example. Alternatively, you can add these rich tones to spice up your grey interiors.
- With these warm colours keep the accessories to the minimum to avoid cluttering.
Pretty as a Picture: 14 Ways to Display Art at Home
Friday, November 20, 2020
It's really fun and enjoyable to pick out art pieces for our homes. But once you have your favourite art work, how do you display it at home? Framing it up is a good way to do so, but there are actually many ways to arrange a good piece of art to blend in with your interior style. Here are some ideas to easily display your art pieces in stylish ways. 1 Make your art piece a part of your living room's overall style. In this example, the black and white print beautifully complements the sofa setting. Art can even be in the form of pillows like the singular colourful piece on the sofa, which creates an immediate focal point.
2 Affix open shelves on the walls to display your art. Placing it next to a mirror also adds depth and gives your wall a focal element.
3 You can also use your favourite prints to enliven empty corners in the house by creating a collection of displays on top of a console.
4 You don't need to frame up prints all the time. Polariod shots or printed photos in their original non-framed state make great art displays at home as well.
5 If you are framing a different set of paintings or prints, use similar frames. If your paintings are similar in style and tone, you can use different frames to create visual interest.
6 You can also create symmetry by grouping prints and frames of the same style and colour palette.
7 An art piece makes a great decorative feature for your dining room walls. Choose something that brings out your table setting.
8 For a more casual look in the dining space, mix up your framed art pieces. In fact, let it hang randomly on the wall - you don't have to keep the frames straight and stiff all the time.
9 However, if you prefer a more formal look, arrange your frames in a straight and linear fashion. You can break the monotony by introducing a circular frame.
10 For bedrooms, an art piece over the headboard is always an easy yet effective way to enhance the appeal of the room.
11 For something a little different, you can try layered groupings of framed art.
12 In lieu of actual paintings or prints, how about maps on the wall?
13 Use art to introduce colours to your living spaces.
14 For a touch of eclectic and exotic appearance, choose art work that have an antiquated and handcrafted treatment. We have more tips here on how to make your living spaces stand out with unique decorating elements.
Delectable Hues: Rich Tones of Burgundy and Blue to Warm Up Your Interior Palette
Friday, November 20, 2020
Curtains Place presents a rich palette inspired by warm colour tones in the burgundy and blue range, from colours ranging from deep pink to faded shades of the ever popular purple and intense blues. Adding a warm touch to the interior, the room-high Breeze is the featured fabric in this look with wanderlust leaves in beautiful blend of these warm colours. To complement this look, intense dark hues of blue are the perfect key colour. The use of stronger and darker colours remains a strong trend in interior decoration. Here, the Arezzo collection is featured in the dark denim tone on the chair.
Burgundy goes well with a range of blue shades, in particular with equally warm dark hues. The timeless tones of deep navy blue used here evoke warmth and add to the intensity. Together these colours create a cosy elegance.
Styling Tips:
- Let navy blue serve as a backdrop for burgundy highlights in your room. Use an accent wall with this colour to add depth.
- Both burgundy and blue look dramatic and decadent in a luxury velvet, chenille or satin fabric. You will also find many complementing tones to combine in accessories with ranges of pinks and purples.
- For a striking curtain choice in burgundy and blue, choose collections that will work well with your theme.
- Add metallic touches to your accessories in gold if you are looking for a more classic and regal look. Antique gold finishes add a great statement to the palette.
- These colours are also great on translucent materials – vases or table tops in these tones add glam to a room.
- You can also soften down the palette with warmer shades of grey with hints of purple in it - a rug in warm grey or combined cushions for example. Alternatively, you can add these rich tones to spice up your grey interiors.
- With these warm colours keep the accessories to the minimum to avoid cluttering.
Styling Your Outdoor Spaces With Colourful Accessories
Friday, November 20, 2020
Elevate your outdoor space from a mere extension of the living room to a spot of magical potential with colourful add-ons.
Even when subjected to unpredictable weather conditions and wilful sprawls of greenery, the outdoors is just as viable a canvas for creative expression as the interior – and a home would be profoundly incomplete without an inviting yard or patio to extend living areas. If you have the outdoor space to spare, you may be thinking of providing an alternative to lounging indoors by setting aside a patch of grass or floor and adding furniture to it. Appointing your lawn with furnishings in white may be the strongest initial compulsion, but if you want to imbue your outdoor hangout with some semblance of colour, we have some ideas on how to make that happen.
Bright Nights
Image Credit: Lights4Fun
A standard seating arrangement is a sufficiently practical consideration for providing a place to relax, but a certain measure of magic is necessary to make an outdoor space captivating. To dress a space as though it was transported from the realm of fantasy, consider pairing a boldly coloured rug with fairy lights strung over tree branches to mimic the stars of the night sky.
Image Credit: Lights4Fun
Through both the mystical quality of floating illumination and the striking contrast of bold colours against a natural backdrop, the result is that even the most temporary of lounge spaces are elevated to enigmatic heights.
Bold Fun
Image Credit: Carpetright
Other than surrealist landscapes born of imagination, few visual compositions are as striking as a product of human hands throwing boldly saturated colours against the verdant green of Mother Nature’s work. The contrast is perhaps as much thematic as it is about colour or shade – the same effect can be achieved with everything from a decorative sculpture to a practical arrangement of furniture.
Image Credit: Carpetright
With a background of green grass, the stage is set for a stunning contrast to be made with brightly coloured furniture, decorations, or accessories to facilitate entertainment in your outdoor space.
Image Credit: Carpetright
Tip: Put against the background of a lawn, nearly any manufactured object is instantly made worthy of attention – thanks to the subtle difference in natural or artificial colours and the obvious disparity in theme.
Image Credit: Carpetright
Pastel Pretty
Image Credit : Annie Sloan
There is an undeniably distinct relationship between pastel shades and rural settings, perhaps due to the prevalent sight of sun-bleached colours in provincial landscapes. Despite the fact that most people now live in urban areas, the association between pastel colours and the serenity of the countryside has moved from a feature of some people’s memories to a cultural trope that is recognisable even to those born and raised exclusively in cities. Selecting architectural finishes, furniture, or decorations in pastel shades, reinforces a rural theme in the yard and immediately transports anyone who rests there to a simpler time and place.
Image Credit : Annie Sloan
Tip: A rural theme consists of more than just pastel shades – consider mimicking the weathering effects of the elements, then embellish the space with greenery and pale fabrics.
Natural Hues
Image Credit: Annabel James
Bright splashes of colour do not necessarily need to come from products injected with dyes or coated in pigments – after all, Mother Nature is the single most prolific artist around. As can be observed in any place where foliage is given free reign, Nature tends to utilise all the visible colours of the light spectrum, and every definable shade in between, in the formation of flower petals.
Image Credit: Annabel James
While entailing a greater degree of care and maintenance than a manufactured piece of furniture or decoration, there are few sources of colour as powerful or authentic as a bed of vibrant flowers.
Image Credit: Annabel James
Home Styles: Warm Industrial
Friday, November 20, 2020
In contrast to the potentially cold character of industrial décor, there is a friendlier variation with warming shades and a range of textures layered over finishes of urban appeal.
With sturdy materials in utilitarian designs reminiscent of minimalism, industrial style has been found appealing by urbanites even before the turn of the millennium – but new families living in converted lofts and townhouses often sought a softer ambience not quite so replete with edgy contours and unfinished textures. As the earliest industrial properties evolved, a more nuanced and family friendly variation of industrial style emerged: with contemporary sensibilities portrayed in a blend of neutral colours, a reliance on wooden decorative features, and a purposeful sprinkling of rustic embellishments to turn cold, urban spaces to warm and rural sanctuaries.
While a neutral palette is likely the single most ubiquitous feature of most modern homes, a warm industrial décor entails raw or lightly treated architectural finishes such as hand-trowelled cement floors and exposed brickwork in place of glossy expanses and bold colours. As demonstrated by ID Industries in the pictured home, reflective surfaces and bold shades are not completely avoided, but are instead relegated to serve as accents alongside repurposed antiques and upcycled materials.
As the finishes consist largely of materials such as exposed cement, roughly hewn bricks, and carbonised metal, the resulting décor appears aged and definitively industrial. The majority of colours and textures observed in the pictured home are supplied by vintage finds and sturdy materials seemingly appropriated from industrial settings – contributing to an assembly of textures saturated in the faded shades of the neutral palette.
While the majority of this home relies on a palette of tones softened by age, the furnishings of the pictured seating lounge are upholstered in bright yellow to serve as eye-catching accents against the weathered finishes. The striking contrast of whimsical colour thrown against a sombre background is a novel sensation to most people – though likely a familiar sight to loft-dwelling artisans – and all but guarantees a surge of interest when the gaze first falls to this scene.
Bolstering the décor of a warm industrial home are structures typically formed out of aged materials such as darkly stained or weathered wood. The pictured television console is constructed from blocks of wood that could have once served as railway sleepers, while the dining arrangement consists of side chairs that put their implied antiquity in direct contrast against a table of modern design.
In adherence to the larger considerations of industrial style, the open layout is extended to the far end of the home to include the cooking space. Ordinarily set apart from the rest of the home as a practical consideration in modern homes, this pictured kitchen is brought into the fold with the rest of the décor by way of hand-trowelled cement rendering the floor, walls, and an island surface projecting from the wall.
In a deliberate echoing of the colour contrast observed in the seating lounge, a pair of Eames-inspired bar stools in bright yellow are selected to accompany the kitchen island.
Tip: As a general guideline, warm industrial style is composed from largely raw materials of minimalist designs – as is the case with postmodern industrial style – albeit with generous doses of dark wood and a few bursts of whimsical colour.
Comprehensive Practitioners
A renovation, refurbishment, and contracting company that provides the complete range of services involved in the total transformation of a property. Their services include design conception, architectural planning, documentation, quantity assessments, quotations, through to project implementation and completion.
From left to right: Cindy Hu, Peggy Yap, Andy Lai, Jessie Tai, and Chew Kok Ming
Venue: GoldenHome Kitchen @ Glenmarie
Kitchen Appliances: Teka Küchentechnik Malaysia
Photographer: Gavin Yam
ID Industries Sdn. Bhd. A-G-06 & A-3A-06 Block Allamanda 10 Boulevard Lebuhraya Sprint, PJU 6A 47000 Petaling Jaya Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Other Outlets
+603 6157 3933
+603 6156 7833
www.id-ind.com
@idindustries
Styling Your Outdoor Spaces With Colourful Accessories
Friday, November 20, 2020
Elevate your outdoor space from a mere extension of the living room to a spot of magical potential with colourful add-ons.
Even when subjected to unpredictable weather conditions and wilful sprawls of greenery, the outdoors is just as viable a canvas for creative expression as the interior – and a home would be profoundly incomplete without an inviting yard or patio to extend living areas. If you have the outdoor space to spare, you may be thinking of providing an alternative to lounging indoors by setting aside a patch of grass or floor and adding furniture to it. Appointing your lawn with furnishings in white may be the strongest initial compulsion, but if you want to imbue your outdoor hangout with some semblance of colour, we have some ideas on how to make that happen.
Bright Nights
Image Credit: Lights4Fun
A standard seating arrangement is a sufficiently practical consideration for providing a place to relax, but a certain measure of magic is necessary to make an outdoor space captivating. To dress a space as though it was transported from the realm of fantasy, consider pairing a boldly coloured rug with fairy lights strung over tree branches to mimic the stars of the night sky.
Image Credit: Lights4Fun
Through both the mystical quality of floating illumination and the striking contrast of bold colours against a natural backdrop, the result is that even the most temporary of lounge spaces are elevated to enigmatic heights.
Bold Fun
Image Credit: Carpetright
Other than surrealist landscapes born of imagination, few visual compositions are as striking as a product of human hands throwing boldly saturated colours against the verdant green of Mother Nature’s work. The contrast is perhaps as much thematic as it is about colour or shade – the same effect can be achieved with everything from a decorative sculpture to a practical arrangement of furniture.
Image Credit: Carpetright
With a background of green grass, the stage is set for a stunning contrast to be made with brightly coloured furniture, decorations, or accessories to facilitate entertainment in your outdoor space.
Image Credit: Carpetright
Tip: Put against the background of a lawn, nearly any manufactured object is instantly made worthy of attention – thanks to the subtle difference in natural or artificial colours and the obvious disparity in theme.
Image Credit: Carpetright
Pastel Pretty
Image Credit : Annie Sloan
There is an undeniably distinct relationship between pastel shades and rural settings, perhaps due to the prevalent sight of sun-bleached colours in provincial landscapes. Despite the fact that most people now live in urban areas, the association between pastel colours and the serenity of the countryside has moved from a feature of some people’s memories to a cultural trope that is recognisable even to those born and raised exclusively in cities. Selecting architectural finishes, furniture, or decorations in pastel shades, reinforces a rural theme in the yard and immediately transports anyone who rests there to a simpler time and place.
Image Credit : Annie Sloan
Tip: A rural theme consists of more than just pastel shades – consider mimicking the weathering effects of the elements, then embellish the space with greenery and pale fabrics.
Natural Hues
Image Credit: Annabel James
Bright splashes of colour do not necessarily need to come from products injected with dyes or coated in pigments – after all, Mother Nature is the single most prolific artist around. As can be observed in any place where foliage is given free reign, Nature tends to utilise all the visible colours of the light spectrum, and every definable shade in between, in the formation of flower petals.
Image Credit: Annabel James
While entailing a greater degree of care and maintenance than a manufactured piece of furniture or decoration, there are few sources of colour as powerful or authentic as a bed of vibrant flowers.
Image Credit: Annabel James
Home Styles: Warm Industrial
Friday, November 20, 2020
In contrast to the potentially cold character of industrial décor, there is a friendlier variation with warming shades and a range of textures layered over finishes of urban appeal.
With sturdy materials in utilitarian designs reminiscent of minimalism, industrial style has been found appealing by urbanites even before the turn of the millennium – but new families living in converted lofts and townhouses often sought a softer ambience not quite so replete with edgy contours and unfinished textures. As the earliest industrial properties evolved, a more nuanced and family friendly variation of industrial style emerged: with contemporary sensibilities portrayed in a blend of neutral colours, a reliance on wooden decorative features, and a purposeful sprinkling of rustic embellishments to turn cold, urban spaces to warm and rural sanctuaries.
While a neutral palette is likely the single most ubiquitous feature of most modern homes, a warm industrial décor entails raw or lightly treated architectural finishes such as hand-trowelled cement floors and exposed brickwork in place of glossy expanses and bold colours. As demonstrated by ID Industries in the pictured home, reflective surfaces and bold shades are not completely avoided, but are instead relegated to serve as accents alongside repurposed antiques and upcycled materials.
As the finishes consist largely of materials such as exposed cement, roughly hewn bricks, and carbonised metal, the resulting décor appears aged and definitively industrial. The majority of colours and textures observed in the pictured home are supplied by vintage finds and sturdy materials seemingly appropriated from industrial settings – contributing to an assembly of textures saturated in the faded shades of the neutral palette.
While the majority of this home relies on a palette of tones softened by age, the furnishings of the pictured seating lounge are upholstered in bright yellow to serve as eye-catching accents against the weathered finishes. The striking contrast of whimsical colour thrown against a sombre background is a novel sensation to most people – though likely a familiar sight to loft-dwelling artisans – and all but guarantees a surge of interest when the gaze first falls to this scene.
Bolstering the décor of a warm industrial home are structures typically formed out of aged materials such as darkly stained or weathered wood. The pictured television console is constructed from blocks of wood that could have once served as railway sleepers, while the dining arrangement consists of side chairs that put their implied antiquity in direct contrast against a table of modern design.
In adherence to the larger considerations of industrial style, the open layout is extended to the far end of the home to include the cooking space. Ordinarily set apart from the rest of the home as a practical consideration in modern homes, this pictured kitchen is brought into the fold with the rest of the décor by way of hand-trowelled cement rendering the floor, walls, and an island surface projecting from the wall.
In a deliberate echoing of the colour contrast observed in the seating lounge, a pair of Eames-inspired bar stools in bright yellow are selected to accompany the kitchen island.
Tip: As a general guideline, warm industrial style is composed from largely raw materials of minimalist designs – as is the case with postmodern industrial style – albeit with generous doses of dark wood and a few bursts of whimsical colour.
Comprehensive Practitioners
A renovation, refurbishment, and contracting company that provides the complete range of services involved in the total transformation of a property. Their services include design conception, architectural planning, documentation, quantity assessments, quotations, through to project implementation and completion.
From left to right: Cindy Hu, Peggy Yap, Andy Lai, Jessie Tai, and Chew Kok Ming
Venue: GoldenHome Kitchen @ Glenmarie
Kitchen Appliances: Teka Küchentechnik Malaysia
Photographer: Gavin Yam
ID Industries Sdn. Bhd. A-G-06 & A-3A-06 Block Allamanda 10 Boulevard Lebuhraya Sprint, PJU 6A 47000 Petaling Jaya Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Other Outlets
+603 6157 3933
+603 6156 7833
www.id-ind.com
@idindustries