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ADDITIONAL READING

The Main Elements of Art Deco

Do you have any idea about what an art deco interior design is? What are the characteristics?

An art deco interior décoris basically an architectural design which appeared in 1920-1930 and became famous in both America and European. This type of architectural design presents a glamorous and elegant design with functional and modern touch. Their basic characteristics are geometric and angular forms with an exotic interior and linear decoration. they also use varieties furniture material to support the interior design including stainless steel, inlaid woods, glass, mirror, and lacquer. These elements are considered to be the basic need of art deco interior design. Besides, they also have variations in term of themes including leaves, nude, and skin of the animal.

As for the furniture, we tend to use a darker colour which is quite opposite with the colour for the walling. Choosing darker brown will be much preferable, since the colour will strengthen the materials and the shapes of wooden furniture. Beside the colour, you might also need to consider the use of larger furniture especially for the sideboards and armoires. For the pattern of the furniture’s fabric, applying a geometrical one will be much desirable than the floral. Black and white tiles are basically the main flooring design which can be applied in art deco interior design, since both of them might strengthen the geometrical shape of the house.

How to Decorate Your Home in Moroccan Style

The Moroccan style is one of the most exotic mixtures of several cultural traditions – Arabian, Berber and European as for a long time Morocco was a colony of France.

The Moroccan bedroom is inconceivable without a magnificent bed with a baldachin, a large quantity of pillows and an abundance of a decor.

The Moroccan style has its own characteristic features: walls of houses are not refinished with the tadelakt anywhere in the world – a mix of sand and burnt lime. In a result such surface looks so as if it is executed from a raw marble.

Ceilings in the Moroccan houses are rather original: they are traditionally sheathed with the cedar panels, densely decorated with a carving and covered with a varnish.

Moroccan home decor can be classified into two types urban Moroccan decor and rural Moroccan decor.The urban decor involves the use of ceramics, metal, wood and leather. On the other hand, the rural decor has more of the Middle Eastern influence, with an emphasis on the use of rugs, fabrics and embroideries.

The best feature of having a Moroccan style decoration is that the objects used in it are usually those that have use in practical life too.

When decorating your home Moroccan style, make sure to use bright natural colours. The colours like green and blue, found in the sea of the area, and the ones like gold and yellow, found in the surrounding desert, should be used as much as possible.

Colourful mosaic tables not only give a Moroccan feel to your place, but also help to brighten up a dull room.

Last but not the least, you can buy silk bedcovers or cushion covers, in jewel tones, to create that perfect Moroccan look.

Pop Art in Your Home

Pop art is an abbreviation of “popular art.” Another meaning of the word “pop” is punch. That is something that produces shocking effect. Bright, sometimes kitschy, bold and innovative – all these are pop-art.

Pop art paintings hung above a fireplace, sofa or bed can be used in various sizes for different kind of impact in the interior design and can also be created as wall murals. The bright colour palette of pop art will immediately spruce up any decor and attract attention.

Wallpapers with pop art images (portraits in the style of Andy Warhol, graphics, industrial images, and stylized female image, for example) are the most popular solution for wall design.

The pop art furniture is original and futuristic. As a rule, it is bright, rounded shapes. Such a geometry and colours can give only plastic – so this material – this is another characteristic of the pop art furniture. Two bright contrasting colours and a neutral to balance them out or colour blocks can also be used in furniture together with some prints and patterns.

Pop art style makes for an unusual and colourful interior design. It stems from rebellion against conservative norms in art which is meant to be bold and flashy.