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With projected”glamping” (glamorous camping) excursions at an all-time high this summer, it’s no miracle that tepees (also spelled”tipis” or even”teepees”) are popping up at the plan world too. The conical tent layout has existed for many hundreds of years, but as of late has surfaced as a trend-setting accessory. Whether you are hosting a backyard bash or creating a rainy-day reading corner, then tepees are suitable indoors and out.

By means of a DIY tutorial, I expect to whip up a tepee of my own this summer (although I imagine I’ll be tempted to purchase a kit). Either way, I officially dub the summer of 2012 the Summer of this Tepee.

Annette Tatum

Host a backyard tepee campout. Fun for kids of all ages.

Jennifer Bishop Design

Create a complex tepee by decorating it with cloths that match others round the room.

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Huettl Landscape Architecture

While the adults chill and grill, the kids can have tepee time. If you are intending to keep it out, look for a tepee made out of weather-resistant fabric, such as Sunbrella.

Jute Interior Design

Create the quintessential playroom having an indoor tepee. Fill it with stuffed animals and drape it with bunting, and you’ve got yourself a portable play resort.

Dalma Darling Designs

Like many childlren, domestic cats also love the shelter tepees provide. This one is available from Loyal Luxe.

Evelyn Muller

A woven, hanging conical fort functions as a modern day tepee. Called Nestrest, this dangling lounger is made by Dedon.

moozlehome.com

Tepee Tent – GBP 120

A tepee kit is fast and easy to assemble. Moozle conveys tons of cuties.

Robin Amorello, CKD CAPS – Atmoscaper Design

A tepee trellis is excellent for developing climbing vines in the veggie garden and adds an eye-catching vertical element into your own patch of edibles. I especially love them for pole beans.

Make one yourself by simply staking bamboo sticks in the soil and tying them at the top with different layers of jute or robust garden twine. Or get a few readymade backyard tepees.

Cosmetic Outburst

A car bed and a tepee — speak about a child’s dream room!

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It feels enticingly like summer lately in the Midwest, and I’m sure kids everywhere are getting the itch to ditch the novels for the wonderful outdoors. Unfortunately, this early streak of hot temperatures is a bit of a tease: It might feel like school is outside, but homework remains on the table.

If you’re having difficulty luring your kids inside to complete their assignments, consider sprucing up their study region. It is hard to make it as tantalizing as a bright backyard, but there are definitely ways to boost its aesthetic and performance — perfect for cracking a couple of quadratic equations.

Neslihan Pekcan/Pebbledesign

Instead of working with a regular desk and seat, consider unusual designs and different designs. You never know; they can inspire your child to become a designer.

Cedo Design

Spruce up the place with paint. In reality, let your kids tag along with you to the paint shop in order that they can help pick. A room painted in a colour they adore and select provides them a sense of pride and ownership in the space, ideally advocating them to invest more time in it. (A TV might not be the best idea, though.)

Moon Design + Build

If painting the walls is from the question, get creative by sprucing up the desk. Give it a fresh coat of paint or add patterned cubes within the drawers to get a hit of colour every time your kids go hunting for a pen.

Fiorella Design

Just as you want in your office, accessorize your kids’ workspace with things they love. These make it more personalized and comfortable, and much less like a bare desk which screams work, work, work.

Artistic Designs for Living, Tineke Triggs

Put in a brand new board so your kids can pin up anything from homework to-do lists for their most recent art projects. Fill it with ornamental pieces so the distance feels energetic and inspiring.

Equip the distance with the right supplies. This will keep your kids from wandering to your storage cupboard to “look for crayons,” just to escape to the swing set whenever your back is still turned.

TruexCullins Architecture + Interior Design

In case you have a couple of kids, figure out how they learn best. Do they prefer to study together? In that case, prepare the desk so it can accommodate two. Your kids might be more prone to come inside if they know they can at least be in one another’s company when researching.

Ellen Grasso & Sons, LLC

In case you’ve got the space, create a really collaborative study atmosphere. Invite your kids to work together to fix their homework issues. Studying feels like a job when everybody teams up.

Laura Bendik Interiors

Maybe your kids prefer their private space. Allocating a desk to every child provides them sufficient storage for their unique supplies and items. Don’t forget to have a little fun with the décor; vibrant wallpaper and vivid colours make for a far more enjoyable study room.

In case you’ve got a space in your home that’s not being used, perhaps you may convert it in your child’s particular study room. Possessing a private escape may encourage them to invest time in it.

REFINED LLC

Last, do to do your very best to bring sunlight in by putting together a study area near windows. If kids can’t be outdoors, they can feel the atmosphere when handling the intricacies of photosynthesis.

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This past year, ers were looking at kids’ room photographs in virtually every style and color palette for every age range. Nurseries, toddlers’ rooms, and teens’ rooms were on the record of most popular photographs uploaded this season, and designs ranged from traditional to modern.

Have a look at the 20 most popular kids room photographs uploaded to this season, and when you have seen them all, please let us know that room is your favorite.

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1. Although users were ripped about the grey color choice in this room, everyone agreed that these built-in bunk beds produced a perfect setup. Assembling them into the walls not only makes the bunk beds hardy and sound, but the setup allows for lots of distance in the remaining part of the room.

Southern Studio Interior Design

2. These bunk beds have been tucked into the corner in this room, making the most of what could happen to be embarrassing leftover space. ers adored the built-in shelving and reading nooks with lamps on each headboard.

Designs for Living

3. While this entire home was a massive hit this season, users really loved this easy child’s bedroom. The raised bookshelf with a ladder was an especially popular signature. Users also liked the concept of making a built-in bed near a window with a view.

Amy Lambert Lee

4. Doing an all-white nursery could be a little intimidating for new mothers, but ers liked this designer pulled off it. By layering textures and playing reflective surfaces, the nursery feels warm and comfy, but still very clean.

Alicia Ventura Interior Design

5. ers adored the adorable wall mural with built-in shelving inside this space. Many times, it can be a struggle to design a kids room with a theme that doesn’t feel cheesy or on the top. While this design is straightforward, it’s still playful and bright enough to cheer up a child’s playroom.

Kendall Wilkinson Design

6. Designing a teenager’s room is generally an issue of balancing items your teenager wants today with a look that will last through high school. This teenaged boys’ room uses a enjoyable and boyish brown-and-blue palette which will do the job for years to come. Custom built-ins round the bedframe can showcase knickknacks and trophies.

RLH Studio

7. users loved the daring and girly design inside this room. The wall and ceiling murals are magnificent, and the daring pink bedding is the perfect jolt of color.

Robert Young Architects

8. ers bookmarked this photo for its solution to this bunk-bed issue. Assembling the bunk beds in and keeping them clean and white means the rest of the room can be decorated in virtually any style.

Elizabeth Gordon

9. This boy’s bedroom is filled with easy and enjoyable design ideas. Try adding different colors of blue to liven up your son’s room. The mix of this locker cupboard, checkerboard rug along with daring blue walls leaves this room enjoyable without going overboard.

tuba yavuzer

10. Pink is just as popular as ever in little girls’ rooms, but purple is a near runner-up. ers bookmarked this photograph for the excellent bed frame, glittery lighting fixture and all the floral touches throughout the room.

Anita Roll Murals

11. When designing a nursery, you would like it to be a relaxing and tranquil space (parents will be spending a lot of time in there). This nature-inspired wall mural has a very serene texture, but the green stripes and blend of textiles make the room feel modern and happy.

Lauren Liess Interiors

12. ers adored the concept of putting a posh daybed at a nursery or toddler’s room. Not only is it a great area for parents to relax while reading or playing with their kid, but it can also be a fantastic transition bed following the crib. users bookmarked this photo for the kelly green textiles as well as the fun wall artwork .

Jennifer – Rambling Renovators

13. While this chamber is magnificent on its own, ers bookmarked it for the smart usage of Ikea cabinetry. By installing the cabinets on both sides of the window area and framing them with drywall, the designer was able to make it look like they had been built into the space.

Klang & Associates

14. Mixing chocolate brown with brighter colors was everywhere on this season. This designer mixed turquoise and lime green with brown to get a colorful teenage girl’s room. ers loved the look, and wanted to know about the matching products and accessories in this room.

Kayron Brewer, CKD, CBD / Studio K B

15. Here’s another amazing purple room, designed to get a teenage girl. ers adored the dress form in the corner along with the bulletin board over the custom dining room area.

DIVA INTERIOR CONCEPTS

16. If you’re going to perform a themed space for your teen or tween, it’s ideal to keep it easy. This tennis-inspired room can readily be transformed to a guest room following college graduation with just a small paint.

Grace Blu Designs, Inc..

17. The designer of the mod-style room went out with color and design. The grey base paint retains the look contemporary, but the drapes and colors give it a fun retro look that any teenage girl would love.

Carla Aston | Interior Designer

18. ers bookmarked this photo for the smart daybed design at the corner of a space. The corner headboard and pillows mean that the bed can serve as a couch during the day. Take off all of the cushions at night, and you get a comfy place to unwind and sleep.

Ben Dial

19. This bed is the perfect solution to get a space with slanted ceilings. A good deal of teens move to the top of the home after they’re done sharing a space — but it can be hard to utilize the limited space a sloped roof provides. This built-in mattress retains a high ceiling over the bed itself, and there was space for just a tiny bookshelf where the ceiling slopes.

GDC Construction

20. A contemporary version of a bunkhouse, this chamber can fit as many as five kids — all with lots of sleeping area. The designer worked together with all the long and narrow shape of this space by putting custom bunk beds from one wall and a crib and changing table another.

Inform us: Which of the reader favorites from 2011 would you enjoy best?

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About 20 years ago some friends were giving us a tour of the new home. After we got to the master bedroom, then their bed was slap in the center of the room, angled to make the most of the view. I was totally enthralled with how glamorous that sensed and have desired to float my bed ever since.

I finally got my opportunity when we moved to our home in Oregon 6 years ago. In my own bedroom, if our bed is straight back against the wall we have a view of the woods, but if we have the bed in the middle of the room we can see the river beneath also. So, we went for it. We state we did it for the view, but there is something extra luxurious about getting that space all around the bed that is hard to describe until you try it.

If you reside in a wide open loft, or if you’re blessed with a specially big bedroom, then drifting your bed away in the walls is an option for you — or perhaps even a necessity!

If you choose to try this, your headboard, side tables and light all require some special consideration. Check out these designers made it feasible to just float off into dreamland.

David Gray Architects

Opt for a bed that is beautiful in the trunk. When your bed is going to be seen from all sides, you don’t want to have an unfinished MDF back showing! This fully upholstered headboard looks great and it provides a cozy place to slim down. The small side table is placed behind it, however, the headboard is low enough to reach over to get the books. Their light comes from ceiling stains.

Hint: in case you don’t have a lamp near your bed, you might want to check into having a remote control so you can turn off the room lights without getting out of bed.

MusaDesign Interior Design

These people have a front row view of town. Can you imagine that view have to look at night with all the city lights?

Speaking of mild: Lamp wires trailing across the floor will not do, and that means you need to organize your lighting nicely. In this room two suspension lights hang from the ceiling. Weights in the base keep the fittings vertical to the cable rather than dangling straight down. It’s a nice detail that offers visual interest behind the bed.

usona

If you want table lamps, then floor-mounted electric outlets are your buddies. The cord can disappear under the bed. In this case, it helps that the bed has room underneath so you can get at the plug if you need to.

No side tables are needed here. The headboard has a nice, wide top to hold the lamp and some other bedside items.

Lisa Adams, LA Closet Design

Most tables marketed as”nightstands” are created to go from the wall and don’t look fine from all sides. This is a wonderful opportunity to get creative with your bedside table! This one is just the correct height to slide over the edge of the table. The tiny table lamp will not fall over when moving the table out of the way and the cord disappears under the bed, presumably into a floor-mounted outlet.

Robert Granoff

I know this bed isn’t floating, but I am including it here because the bedside tables are such a nice oval shape. A lot of the time, when you float the bed, it has its back to the entrance of the room. I like rounded backs to furniture when it has its back to you. That is why I feel these side tables could make a great choice next to a floating bed.

Masterson Studio

At first glance, the bed in this photo looks like it is back against the wall, but they have built a minimal partial-wall/headboard to coincide with the other partial wall behind it. It serves as the headboard and provides a place for wall sconces to be mounted to get light.

Pepe Calderin Design- Modern Interior Design

If the floating bed feels just a little too, well,”floaty” for you, here is a concept: The combination of a significant headboard/cabinet and side tables that match this stage bed create just enough of a framed atmosphere all around this bed so it feels more like it is in its own niche, rather than just loose in the center of the room.

Smith & Vansant Architects PC

This custom cupboard does triple duty. However, we can see, it is a bookcase. Although we can’t find the other side, notice how the endings are closed on this side. I wager that on the side toward the bed there are drawers or shelves for use as the bedside table. Also, judging by the light switches on the finish, my guess is that there are lights on the opposite side also. Super functional!

Trigg Smith Architects

Modern rooms aren’t the only way that can benefit from drifting the bed. In this room, with each the angles and windows, it looks like it would have been hard to set the bed without drifting it. The traditional canopy bed gives this the feeling of being an island in the room.

Anthropologie

Barnwood Hanging Bed – $2,898

Rock-a-bye-baby! This mattress provides a whole new meaning to the floating-the-bed idea. A bed such as this needs space so it can influence a little without banging into anything. I have not ever slept in a bed like this, but I adore swings, so I believe I’d love this too!

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Almost all of us could use more exercise in our lives. More power to you, if you do not! I find it really helps you to make workout space as accessible as possible to decrease the chance for excuse-making. That is why home gyms, regardless of the size, are so beneficial. Gym memberships are great, but there are days when exercising at home would be enough.

Sometimes all we could spare is a few square feet for our home health club, but when done right, that is more than sufficient. Regardless of what kind of space you have, there are methods to make it seem great and inspire you.

Crisp Architects

Trainers and complements to gyms (such as saunas) could be carved from awkward space you are not sure how to use — or if you are one of those lucky few who have an excessive amount of cupboard and not enough stuff.

decordemon

If you’ve got the space for a home gym, do not make exuses for this, celebrate it! I love this challenging concrete flooring and boxing bag, paired with the elegant tufted seat for breaks.

Cosmetic Outburst

If you are like me, all you’ve got to work with is really a strip of flooring and a nearby cabinet. No matter! That is only enough space for impromptu yoga, pilates plus a little light lifting.

Maintain a mat rolled up in the cabinet along with a pair of little dumbbells and also a towel. Your workout will forever at the ready.

A home gym does not have to consist of a room full of workout gear and a rubberized floor (although that is fine ). Half the battle becoming moved and enjoying your surroundings, so if there is a bit of equipment you love to use and also a spot in your home you love to maintain, consider plopping your favourite machine in your favourite spot and you are guaranteed to be motivated to workout there.

Paul Francis Shurtleff Architect

I understand. I understand . We can’t all have this little slice-o-heaven in our homes. But for those who will, more power to ya!

Eisner Design LLC

It appears to me that one challenge for many parents is finding a sitter for the children so that they could go workout. Childcare is already so expensive that adding another hour or two seems indulgent. Nonetheless, it’s important for parents to make time for their wellbeing. Setting up a little workout spot where you are able to keep an eye on the kiddos might be the solution.

Becker Architects Limited

Yes, another luxurious lap pool shooter. But I am focusing on the crops here. Help your fitness spot blend in with a little bit of greenery, which also adds life and freshens the air.

Harrell Remodeling, Inc..

This room looks like it could double as a guest bedroom. Move the mattress aside (or hide it at the wall, Murphy bed-style), and you have yourself a small workout spot.

Although this gym is not at a residence, the layout and total feeling could be modified for use at home. The extended textile is a superb method to separate a workout area from the remainder of a space without blocking light. All of the equipment (and furniture, and accessories, for that matter) in this image looks great. The space is bright, clean airy and does not scream”GYM!”

Mark Brand Architecture

While a sitting room in a master bedroom sounds like a fabulous idea, in my experience, it’s rarely employed. How about turning it into a well-appointed and beautiful workout space?

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It’s fun to check through all the lovely, professionally designed rooms here on Houzz — such as those within this ideabook — for great ideas and inspiration. The designers make it appear simple, don’t they? But if you take a look at the Houzz Design Dilemmas segment, you understand that people frequently have a hard time getting it right and bump into mistakes all of the time.

That will help you get it right, I’ve compiled a private collection of the top 10 decorating mistakes individuals make. See Part 1 here, along with photos showing how Houzz designers have successfully handled these decorating issues.

If a few of those design mistakes are familiar — oh, yes, I am not exempt; I’ve heard some of this the hard way — I hope that you find that this ideabook helpful.

RYAN ASSOCIATES GENERAL CONTRACTORS

This residence is a great illustration of a beautiful color palette that harmonizes with the exterior and flows throughout the house. The colours are warm and vivid, holding their own against the magnificent view of the ocean and landscape.

Notice how all the colours come in the painting, and the yellowish and terracotta have exactly the identical intensity. The square support column beyond the room is the main color of the home’s exterior — almost precisely the same as the wall color in this room.

This averts Mistake No. 6: Lack of color or poor color palette

I often see houses that are a sea of beige and brown with no variation in tone, texture or pattern. Snooze! You don’t need to paint your walls a bright shade, but for heaven’s sake; include just a little shade through art or accessories. Those are equally low-risk approaches.

Artwork is a terrific starting point for a color palette. For adding colours if you find some art you love, use that as your manual.

RYAN ASSOCIATES GENERAL CONTRACTORS

The bedroom of the same home demonstrates how you can use the same color palette in another room to find a different look. Terracotta and yellow would be the main colors again, yet this time, the white is about the walls and ceiling rather than the carpeted flooring.

The hardwood flooring in this room is not technically terracotta, however it is a really similar color. The art also picks up the mixture of colours and adds blue, which will be in full harmony with the ocean view.

The yellow and blue of the dining room may look like a surprise if you had only seen the living room revealed previously, however the exterior of the residence is terracotta and blue and it plays off of the ocean perspective beautifully.

This averts Mistake No. 7: Poor color flow from room to room

I’ve been in houses where it seems every wall is a “accent wall” and each room has a different color scheme with no link to any other room. A Cirque du Soleil point set springs to mind! Outstanding for the queen, however to your house. Bless their hearts for being courageous enough to put color in their houses, but using a well-planned color palette that flows from room to room really makes the house feel larger!

The 3 photos of this home show that each room can look quite different by varying the proportions of colours used from room to room and such as colours in some rooms but not others while still having great color flow.

Garret Cord Werner Architects & Interior Designers

Just like in the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, everything within this dining room isn’t too large and not too little, but just right. The art is the right size for over the fireplace. The rug is big enough to allow the seats to be dragged back without going over the border and not overly big for the room. As is the centerpiece the dining table room is in proportion to the dining table.

And if you look at the back of the room, you can see that the mirror is just the right size for the wall area and sideboard and that the group of candle holders are big enough to be the only accessory on the sideboard.

This averts Mistake No. 8: Incorrect scale and ratio

The most common places where I see scale and ratio out of whack comprise:

1. Art that is too little for the wall on which it is placed: Try to cover 2/3 of the available area.

2. Bedside lamps that are too little for the side tables: The bottom of the shade needs to be about even with or just over your shoulder when seated in bed.

3. Sofas that are way too large for the room: No easy guideline here. If you are having an impossible time placing the couch, it is likely too big.

4. Accessories that are only too small: Just like the phrase “Go big or go home,” a few big accessories will probably always look better than a bunch of small objects.

5. Area rugs that are either too big or too little: there are lots of ideabooks composed on the various considerations here.

Tip: To help you get scale and ratio right, print several large photos of all of your rooms and write down dimensions of current furnishings and room dimensions. Carry them with you and store where you will find artists to assist you get sizes right. Again, I emphasize providing big photos of your spaces or rooms. There’s nothing more useless to some designer than a tiny picture in your cell phone.

John Lum Architecture, Inc.. AIA

I just can not say enough about the beauty and the wonder of built-in cabinetry. This bedroom cabinetry includes 15 — count ’em — 15 drawers in which to hide your pants, shirts and what-have-yous. The display space above provides an opportunity to respect a collection. Beautiful!

This averts Mistake No. 9: Inadequate or unsightly storage alternatives

I encounter poor storage most frequently in bedrooms and home offices. Do you have a giant armoire plus a few dressers lined up across the wall in your bedroom? I run across this scenario frequently.

One dresser or armoire won’t deal with the storage needs, so another and yet another is purchased and lined up like they’re in a firing squad. Whenever two or even three storage pieces of furniture are lined up at a row on one wall, the room looks busy and oppressive, even if the furniture pieces are good quality and fine looking.

Rather than buying several storage pieces, put your cash to a well-designed built for the best utilization of storage area. Customized cupboard storage is better than regretting several dressers at a room.

Warmington & North

Here is yet another bedroom with beautiful built-in cabinetry. Incorporating window chairs and building at around the windows was a superb idea. They have a single armoire into the left and the rest of the storage needs are cared for by the built-ins. So much nicer than extra dressers would have been.

Ana Williamson Architect

If you have an office lined with a conglomeration of plastic drawers and bathtubs holding everything and have piles sitting on the ground, look at this slick cabinetry made of plywood. Storage solutions don’t need to be high-end to hold all you want and look great.

Michael Abrams Limited

This last space seems to embody everything I’ve been talking about up to now. The window treatments are all impeccable. Furnishings are nicely proportioned, comfortable, durable and therefore are arranged to encourage interacting. The color palette and lighting are all beautiful. Just how does a room get everything? This space was clearly well planned out.

This averts Mistake No. 10: Lack of planning

Have you ever done something and then had to reverse that something in order to do anything else you should have done before? This sentence will make perfect sense to you in case you did not plan your house project nicely.

One of the first things I have my clients do is sit down and compose an inventory of all their wishes and desires for their property. Many clients don’t execute all their decorating or remodeling plans at a single stroke for many reasons. The list is ensured by sense of urgency and budget, but we also evaluate everything to be sure projects follow along at the perfect order.

As an example: if you’re planning to paint the interior walls and ceiling, and you wish to include lighting fixtures at the ceilings or walls, then you should do all the electrical work. Otherwise, you might find yourself having to cut open a wall or ceiling to run wiring and then having to repair drywall and paint all over again.

Coming up with a master plan provides you the best shot at good design. It stops you from making expensive mistakes and out of boxing in because of decisions that were made without respect to future endeavors.

This finishes my best 10 common decorating mistakes. Check out Part 1 out of this week for help on the other five stumbling blocks to good design.

How on your experience? Is there another mistake that you think belongs in the top 10?

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So, the joke is that you shouldn’t make your guest room overly fine because your friends or family will overstay their welcome. However, that is only an old expression rather than something to be taken. There’s something special about creating a warm and inviting living area for the guests — it shows how much you care. Take a room in your home and fill it with all the best amenities to create a relaxing environment. Then send out the invites. Your guests will appreciate the thought that went into their stay.

Making the ideal guest area is a fairly simple process. Here are six ideas on how to make your guests feel welcome and encourage them to hang outside for some time.

Allied ASID, LORRAINE G VALE

1. Infuse a sense of humor. Tell your guests, “The fish was ‘that’ big!” (While holding your arms out as if you are telling a fishing story). In what is a beautiful and well-appointed guest room, the bluefin tuna mounted on the wall brings in a much-appreciated humorous touch.

2. Play with color. In my view, a guest room should be fun and vibrant with something a little unexpected. This tasteful black green and white area is all about color color and more color. With three or four different shades of green, a tasteful chandelier over the bed and a bevy of black and white patterns, this room is wrapped in color.

Lisa Benbow – Designs that are Garnish

Bright splashes of crimson and a graphic object of art balanced against cool blue make me feel of the beach. This guest room feels like an ideal landing spot after a day on the beach or strolling the boardwalk.

Tobi Fairley Interior Design

3. Create a relaxing environment. The traditional mix of light blue and chocolate brown specify the elegant nature of the relaxing guest room. The coverlet and duvet mix is a great way to supply the necessary flexibility to how your guests like to sleep. Some like lots of covers, some like fewer.

Smith & Vansant Architects PC

4. Don’t overlook the younger guests. I see a huge slumber party going to occur in this guest room made just for your youngsters. Four bunk beds and plenty of storage provide the kids their own spot for an extended stay.

Olga Adler

5. Give a writing desk for an entire vacation experience. Part of the vacation experience is sitting down and placing pencil to book to discuss special memories with those back home. A simple writing desk can be a post card writing station or provide your guest a place to check on the hottest Houzz upgrades.

Inside this spring green area, a secretary doubles as a nightstand, which is also a excellent space-saving trick for smaller rooms.

Moroso Construction

6. Nothing sweeter than a package for your guests. A converted attic, complete with sleeping arrangements, sitting area and a writing desk gives your guests a home away from your home. Just be careful because they might never wish to leave.

Susan Diana Harris Interior Design

This little modern guest suite provides all of the conveniences of home: a mattress, TV viewing area and a desk. If they are not careful, I just might move in. The deep brown wall can help to make the room look longer than it really is.

How can you make your guests feel welcome?

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I recall going to my buddy Chad Nelson’s boy hood residence in Delaware a couple of years past. It ended up being a splitlevel late 1970s- 80 ‘s sub Urban house. The best thing in the home was the WALL OF CHAD, which highlighted every college image taken of Chad in 26 years, difficult middle school years contained, however a close 2nd went to the white conversation pit in the walkout basement. You simply do not see these and I believe they were the coolest spot to hangout with a team and drink or bury yourself under a down comforter for a snooze.

I ‘ve a hypothesis the Arts and Crafts movements and Frank Lloyd Wright sowed the seeds of the idea by making custom nooks and built in furniture that eventually grew in to the 60’s dialogue pit, but I’ve not shown it. Take a look at the Fallingwater picture under and I would like to know that which you presume.

Properly, even on Houzz it really is difficult to get pictures of retro sunken dialog pits (PLEASE leave me some links in the comments area in case you locate any more, therefore that I could add them to this ideabook), but I am discovering that there are modernized variations of the notion everywhere I look.

P.S. Chad, if you’re studying this, PLEASE add an image of your youth cellar! As well as the WALL OF CHAD!

Here is the Frank Lloyd Wright created dialog place at Fallingwater. I do believe it is a suitable precedent to the dialogue pit.

Roger Hirsch Architect

It is a wonderful retro space which is not false to the deep-set dialog pits of the sixties. Frequently times, ring-shaped pits like this you might encompass a fireplace that is fantastic.

Studio William Hefner

A deep-set outside dialog pit, filled with with hearth and wonderful tall horse tail reeds ( believe that is what these crops are called, but I constantly fought in plants group).

AARON GREEN ASSOCIATES

This picture reminds me lots of a conversation pit as well as the Fallingwater picture, particularly as the furniture is reduced as well as the ceilings are large and really so fine.

The totally outside variant of the dialogue pit, filled with with fireplace in the middle!

I guess one could look at this this revered hot tub a dialogue pit that is submerged. Am I stretching it far too also much here? Probably.

Mahoney Architects and Interiors

The contemporary kitchen nook, which likewise has its origins in the Arts and Crafts movements, is just another type of the dialog pit, because it compels them to look at one another till they socialize and gathers together folks on delicate pillows!

Michael Merrill Design Studio, Inc

The couch, soared within my my youth to its pinnacle of popularity, followed the entire conversation pit age. It only required that place and place it above groundlevel

Susan Jay Style

Notably in comparison to the Fallingwater dialog place, this kind of shot makes me grin. The positioning harks back to that of FLW’s, plus they remember the stone outcropping that juts through the ground.

Lori Gilder

Thanks so much for pointing out this wonderful, openair, tropical dialogue pit!

Eifler & Associates Architects

Bondanelli Design Team, Inc.

Doug Burch