Design 101 - Dramatic Outdoor Curtains

Chad Oppenheim

Perhaps you have a a grand opening to curtain or perhaps your design calls for yards and yards of fabric to be gathered and tied back either way there is a big wow factor.  Outdoor curtains of this magnitude make visitors exclaim "Oooooh!".

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Dream - Outdoor Spaces for Cat Naps, 3

Chad Oppenheim, Architect

Design 101 - Using a Daybed in Your Outdoor Space

Chad Oppenheim

With so many distinctively different shapes and sizes of outdoor daybeds now available we wanted to get the designer perspective on how to incorporate them into an outdoor space. So we spoke with Angie Thornbury owner and designer of la-Fete™ Design about how to incorporate a daybed into your outdoor space.

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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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