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Monthly Archives: October 2007

Dezine Tip - The Key to Successful Interior Design

October 28, 2007 – 11:44 pm

In my opinion the key to successful interior design is a good client brief. This is where you define the parameters of the design project so that you know what your desired end outcome will be. It is a long process, but if done correctly saves time in the long run by ensuring that you […]

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Dezine Tip - Asian Decorating

October 23, 2007 – 12:36 pm

Asia decorating is a very broad brush way of describing a style. As you know Asia is is a vast region rich with different cultures and traditions. We seem to have stereotyped an Asia style for interiors.
Asian decorating is becoming more popular in the western world, we love it’s simplicity and it’s subtle use of […]

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Color Dezine Tip - The Amazing Color Red

October 23, 2007 – 3:27 am

The amazing color Red is powerful, fabulous for the dining room, and used frequently in Asian inspired interior decorating. It is making a huge comeback for living rooms as bold accents of red (cushions, glass vases, armchair, area rugs, flowers) make a very assertive statement of style. Teamed with black and white it is timeless, […]

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Dezine Tips - What we need to know about stairs as a designer.

October 18, 2007 – 10:28 pm

Stairs are an item that we take for granted, we complain about having to walk up and down them, and don’t even blink to think about the time and effort that a designer has put into making them comfortable for us to climb as well as look at!
Interior designers can really make an aesthetic […]

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Style Dezine Tip - French Empire Style

October 17, 2007 – 3:52 pm

During the early 19th Century the French Empire Style emerged from the court of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
It’s defining features were heavy classical designs and geometric form. The retention of fineness combined with soft draped fabrics and highly polished veneers were key aspects of the French Empire Style.
The introduction of strong colors for the use in […]

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Color Dezine Tip - selecting floor color schemes

October 16, 2007 – 7:41 pm

Choosing a floor color is a very important exercise as it does dominate the interior space. So here are a couple of tips to help you out! To make your color scheme feel grounded or bottom heavy, select a dark color flooring ie dark stained timber floor boards, dark blues, greens or browns carpets, dark […]

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Kitchen Dezine Tip - What kitchen style suits you?

October 15, 2007 – 4:52 pm

We all love the crisp clean looking kitchens in magazines, then we look at the way we use our kitchen and realize that it would never look like that in reality, so how do we find out what kitchen style suits us? The first consideration whether remodeling your existing house or starting out with a […]

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Dezine Tip of the Day - grout for your tiles

October 14, 2007 – 5:29 pm

Dezine Tip of the Day
Selecting the right grout for your tiles can make a big difference to the overall finished look. By choosing the same color grout as your tile, you create and even monotone look which keeps the space open if the tile is light or bold block of color if the tile is […]

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Dezine Tip of the Day - 670 Lounge Chair & Ottoman 671 - 1956

October 13, 2007 – 7:26 pm

This is a chair and ottoman that you will have seen time and time again but have no idea of it’s brilliant history! This set was the first popular lounge chair and was designed by Charles and Ray Eames. This furniture design concept was conceived for Bill Wilder and presumed to have a short run […]

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Dezine Tip - Learn from viewing your peer’s design work.

October 12, 2007 – 2:10 pm

I have set up a website for all our readers to share their design work online. Feel free to create an account and upload your photographs of your projects, we have numerous categories to choose from, if you can’t find one then you are able to suggest new
categories. I usually make comments on most photos […]

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