There’s a lot happening at designbar and we’re ready to celebrate! Some important things: We’re staying busy! We are still going strong working with our favorite new client, who is a global leader in rental housing. We have been working with them since April of this year and recently completed the Design Development and [...]
Check out our previous blog post “so, what is interior design?” Now that we should all have a greater sense of what interior design is, let’s move on. So, why hire an interior designer? It doesn’t seem too difficult to pick two colors and go to town on the decor for your hotel lobby [...]
If you’ve landed on this page you may be asking yourself, what is interior design? Well you came to the right place because i’m going to answer that for you. The dictionary defines interior design as “the art or process of designing the interior decoration of a room or building”, While true, interior design is [...]
Do you and your significant other struggle with color selection and design because you both like totally different colors? It could still work! You like blue, he likes orange… perfect. Now let’s pair it together. In the world of color, contradictions make beautiful and inspirational statements. We have all heard the term “opposites attract”…. You [...]
The weather is sunny, the sun is warm, flowers are blooming and everyone is generally in a peppy mood. Instead of only getting rid of things you don’t need or want this year, how about some organization about the things you do want while you’re at it? No matter the size of your house or [...]
This week Designbar is taking on our favorite subject: Color! In the next few weeks we are digging deeper into the world of color schemes, and we’re starting with one of our faves: Monochromatic! Is there one particular color that you absolutely LOVE and can’t live without? Let’s take a look at how that one [...]
Accessories don’t just consist of a painting on the wall you cousin made during a wine tasting event, or even those vases scattered around the house waiting to be dusted. Now wall art is 3D...with texture, color, a little bit of spunk, and a little bit of funk! Not only does the artwork entice you [...]
Okay, he’s not literally on my sofa. Actually, Union Jack isn't a person at all; it’s the national flag of the United Kingdom. It’s also an expression of unity in the United Kingdom and a symbolic combination of the national symbols of England, Scotland, and Ireland. So what is it doing on my sofa? It [...]
In design, variations on a theme often signify deeper meanings and context, the subtly of which must be slowly massaged from the space by the person experiencing it. For the designer, this is the act of the art, gleaning purpose and meaning where none existed before. In China, “eight” is considered a very lucky number; [...]
Sometimes I walk into a beautifully decorated and arranged room and I take a few minutes to really pay some attention to the detail and take it all in. Then I look up and … I see NOTHING. A lonely little light fixture or an antiquated brass fan maybe, if I am lucky. It is [...]
