Design 101 - Designing for Outdoor Privacy with Eric King

Rick EckersleyWhen it came time to finding answers to the “How to” questions of creating privacy for your outdoor living space we turned to landscape architect Eric King who has been designing award-winning gardens for homes in Atlanta for decades.

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Inspiration Board - Privacy Solutions

We all like to spend as much time outdoors on the patio or around the pool but how do we create privacy without sacrificing design? This week we will be offering design solutions, examples and inspiration on how privacy and design can blend together.

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Top Topic - Fun with Artificial Foliage

Random finds from the Web for your Friday entertainment.  This Friday’s Top Topic search query – fun with artificial foliage.

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Design 101 - Saxon Henry Part 2 - Florida Modernism

Updated on October 22, 2010 by Home Infatuation

Design and architecture journalist Saxon Henry has just recently released a book, Four Florida Moderns.  The book concentrates on four current masters of Florida modernism and we will look at them in this post.  In Part 1 of our interview with Saxon she started to talk about Florida Modernism by mentioning one of its greatest moments - the Sarasota School era. Before we give you Part 2 of our interview with Saxon we'd like to take a moment to mention the Sarasota School Era.

Rupp-Seibert HouseThis post-war and regional style of architecture is associated with Florida's Central West Coast or more specifically Sarasota, Florida hence it's nickname of "Sarasota Modern". This style is still popular and many great examples still exist today. The Sarasota Architectural Foundation's charter is "to promote preservation and awareness of Sarasota's architecture and design, beginning with the Sarasota School of Architecture and beyond."

For more examples of Sarasota Modernism we found this great virtual tour movie at the PupuluxeBooks Blog

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Design 101 - Saxon Henry Part 1 - The Floridian Style

Decor Fall 2010, Photograph - Michael Partenio, Stylist - Stacy Kuntsel

In between her travels to Decorex we got the chance to talk with design and architecture journalist Saxon Henry of Roaming by Design about the Florida design style.  Saxon's has just written a book called Four Florida Moderns (which we'll talk about tomorrow in part 2 of this post) and she's spent a lot of time immersed in the world of Floridian design.

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Designer Profile - David Scott

The Two Faces of Hamptons Design Through the Eyes of One Designer
There are two very distinctive architectural styles in the Hamptons.  First came the quintessential grey shake shingle siding, rough wood shake roof shingles and pitched roof lines dotted with dormers.  These outdoor spaces are typically furnished with classic teak and wicker furnishings with either neutral color schemes and garden style decor or decidedly nautical color schemes and décor   Then came the new look of the Hamptons – the sleek, flat roof, floor to ceiling window, mostly stark white modern homes.  These outdoor spaces are typically furnished with very contemporary metal or molded plastic furnishing in monochromatic color schemes and minimal to non-existent décor.  The two looks could not be further apart on the design spectrum yet they both epitomize the Hampton look.  We think designer David Scott works beautifully in both design vernaculars.

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Before & After - Coco from COCOCOZY

We ran across this outdoor room makeover from Coco at COCOCOZY and we thought it was a perfect example of Before & After for our week long discussion on color.  It was fortuitous that we ran across this great post because our blog is so new we have not received any reader submitted photos to share.  Send us your before and after photos - we can't wait to start posting them!

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10Questions - Kate Smith, part 1

10Questions is a feature where you the reader and we the editors get to ask 10 questions of someone of note.  Soon we will unveil our next notable and ask you to submit your questions so stay tuned.

To jump start 10Questions we had the opportunity to ask color expert Kate Smith our most burning questions about this year's hottest color trends and much more.

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Inspiration Board - Color

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The quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.

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Get the Look - From Temporary Event Vignette to Permanent Outdoor Space

I get a lot of my design and decorating inspiration from reading wedding blogs.  Event designers dream big with their clients and pull out all of the stops for this special day so the events are full of great ideas.  Take this great example I found from Atlas and Campbell Designs, and photographed by Abby Ross on one of my favorite wedding blogs Style Me Pretty.

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