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Saturday 9 September 2023

The Amber Room

A Brief History of the Amber Room

Dubbed the “Eighth Wonder of the World,”

The Amber Room was a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg.

Königsberg Castle, 1925

Constructed in the 18th century in Prussia, the room was dismantled and eventually disappeared during World War II. Before its loss, it was considered an "Eighth Wonder of the World". A reconstruction was made, starting in 1979 and completed and installed in the Catherine Palace in 2003.

The Amber Room in the Catherine Palace, 1917

The Amber Room was intended in 1701 for the Charlottenburg Palace, in Berlin, Prussia, but was eventually installed at the Berlin City Palace. It was designed by German baroque sculptor Andreas Schlüter and Danish amber craftsman Gottfried Wolfram. Schlüter and Wolfram worked on the room until 1707, when work was continued by amber masters Gottfried Turau and Ernst Schacht from Danzig (Gdańsk).

It remained in Berlin until 1716, when it was given by the Prussian King Frederick William I to his ally Tsar Peter the Great of the Russian Empire. In Russia, the room was installed in the Catherine Palace. After expansion and several renovations, it covered more than 55 square metres (590 sq ft) and contained over 6 tonnes (13,000 lb) of amber.

Hand-coloured photograph of the original Amber Room, 1931

The Amber Room was looted during World War II by the Army Group North of Nazi Germany, and taken to Königsberg for reconstruction and display. Some time in early 1944, with Allied forces closing in on Germany, the room was disassembled and crated for storage in the Castle basement.Königsberg was destroyed by allied bombers in August 1944 and documentation of the room location ends there. Its eventual fate and current whereabouts, if it survives, remain a mystery. In 1979, the decision was taken to create a reconstructed Amber Room at the Catherine Palace in Pushkin. After decades of work by Russian craftsmen and donations from Germany, it was completed and inaugurated in 2003.

An angel statue featured on the wall

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Saturday 13 February 2016

Happy Valentine's Day !

Give your living room a touch of love.

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Monday 4 January 2016

Modern fire place

This fireplace won immediate success last year with design and chimney fire fans, designed by the french designer Dominique Imbert, Was Conceived in several versions, and is now available with the dual flow technology, Compatible with low energy house (LEB home). Here is some models That will delight those looking to combine beauty, efficiency and ecology.

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Tuesday 29 December 2015

Build your own basement cinema!

I love this basement cinema, a perfect place to spend a night full of relaxation and excitement at the same time, i am very excited to try this experience.

Sunday 27 December 2015

When your Dreams come true

Thursday 24 December 2015

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

DARK ROOMS

If you think that dark rooms can't feel fresh and happy? Or that black walls are a death sentence for a light and airy room? You are mistaken and that is not true. The moody hues and dark colors that are trending right now can be used in unconventional ways to produce some very unexpected results.

Sunday 13 December 2015

BEAUTIFUL DARK COLORED LIVING ROOM

USING WOODEN WALL PANELS FOR LIVING SPACES

I recommend wooden wall panels for those who love luxurious interiors, but some people think that it is hard to be changed or remodeled once it has been installed. If your wooden wall panels doesn’t give kind of impression that you expect from a home decor and you think about whole way remodeling to replace those wall panels, you can find out here some ideas to do so with some alternative ways that enhance your home even with the existing wall panel. (or find more at a1portal.com)

First of all you can paint your wall panel with different painting is one from some ways to enhance that wooden wall panel with modern charm. Ensure to sand the wall panel lightly before applying any paint color.

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Carved wooden wall art panels

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Since, you are aiming for a modern style wall panel, the color option can be stark while, black, or another lighter shade. However, if you prefer bright color for new born wooden wall panels, turquoise or coral will do. Adding wallpaper onto wall panels, this is also a good idea to drag modern feel out from the wall panels. Fortunately, it is very easy for you to get wallpaper pattern and color that accentuate modern to your wall panel as there is plenty of selection which are available. But make sure that you know how to buy that wallpaper properly.

High gloss wooden wall panels

Refinish the surface of wooden wall panels that install somewhere inside your home, this also can successfully turn your outdated wall panel with the new breeze. When you decide refinishing your wall panel as your option, then you need only to sand, then stain that wall panel and if you want to do some extra work, you can add certain color as its finish which offers harmony with the rest of home decor. The last idea to dismiss the lame look of those wall panels, you can add trimming treatment to your wall panels by installing decorative molding to it.

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Saturday 12 December 2015

THE MOROCCAN RUG THAT FITS EVERY INTERIOR

We are always changing our interior styles and with that, we have to chang a lot of details, but you don't have to replace the rugs any more if using a Moroccan rug with its contrasting geometric pattern, usually in black or brown. It’s so neutral and warm that it blends into almost any room. Combine it with pink accents or a lush, leafy plant, it all works. investing in a good rug you love can make all the difference.

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Monday 30 November 2015

The Siller/Hokanson house

Article by: Joni Webb

The two houses designed by architect John Ike. The one on the right, the Neoclassical styled house, is Siller & Hokanson’s first collaboration with Ike. The house on the left was built a few years later – and Siller did the interiors for that house too. As you can see, their former has a much dressier façade than the one they live in today. Read about the Georgian house in Architectural Digest

The Siller/Hokanson house is based on the 1794 Summer Derby House, built by Samuel McIntire, in Massachusetts. The Summer Derby house was moved in 1901 to Glen Magna Farms, which is today a popular wedding venue. Considered one of the finer examples of Federal style in the United States, the Summer Derby house is a National Historic Landmark. The resemblance to the Houston house is remarkable. If you look at the two houses, you can see that the corner urns are included in the Houston house, but the two large wooden figures of the shepherdess and the reaper were excluded. Other similar details are both houses are white with black accents and the arched window placements are the same as are the shutters and door. The main differences are the center window is much larger in the Houston house and the wing that juts out to the right side is unique to the Houston house. The fabulous picket fence and gate that surrounds the Houston property also sets it apart from the Summer Derby House.

While the exterior of the house is a rare look for Houston, the interiors are too. Houston is known for its slipcovers, light linens, and painted antiques, but Michael Siller definitely marches to his own fabulous beat. His personal aesthetic is far from what is called the “Houston Look.” He has a love of fine antiques – the finest there are. He loves color and pattern and delicate silks. And most importantly, he and Hokanson have a particular affinity for anything Russian – Royal Russian, that is. This love of Imperial Russia all started when Hokanson read the best selling biography Nicholas and Alexandra. I can totally relate. I read the same book and became consumed with the mystery of the Princess Anastasia who was purported to have escaped the execution that killed her entire family, including her parents the Czar Nicholas and Czarina Alexandra. For years – almost her entire adult lifetime – the Polish Anna Anderson proclaimed she was the missing Anastasia. Some relatives of the European Royalty families, believed her story and visited their “cousin” sporadically during her long life. Unfortunately for Anna, DNA testing became available - and after her death, she was proven to be a fraud. The real Anastasia’s bones along with her brother, were eventually found – separate from the rest of their family – and DNA also proved this. One of the great mysteries of the Russian Revolution was cleared up, thanks to modern technology. The story of the of the Romanovs, the Russian royal family, with their untold riches, glorious palaces and opulent lifestyle, along with the misery of the hemophilia which struck the crown Prince, is a great romantic tale of epic proportions. Since I too fell under the spell of the Romanov’s tale, I can understand how Hokanson, and then Siller, got hooked on everything Russian. Most exciting though, the two were fortunate enough to take their obsession a little further than most of us.

When designing their previous house – the Neoclassical one, Siller and Hokanson went to St. Petersburg’s State Hermitage Museum where they were interviewed for two days by curators in hopes of purchasing some reproductions of the royal furniture. The designing duo had a list of antiques from the Hermitage they wanted copied – but first they had to pass inspection to see if they and their house were worthy. The number of people who are in possession of these Russian reproductions is quite small, actually tiny, and includes European royalty. Siller and Hokanson, along with the plans for their house, passed the inspection and today are owners of exquisite furniture hand made and hand carved in the same exact manner and out of the same material as they were originally crafted. Besides these pricey reproductions, they have a large collection of Russian art work and antiques. They happily lived in their Russian inspired Neoclassical house for several years, before the bug to create a new house bit them. They spent several years with John Ike, fine tuning the plans for their new house – laboring over each and every tiny detail – and that house became the Federal style house seen in Luxe magazine.

For this new house, Siller changed up his color scheme. Instead of the more vibrant reds, bright yellows and forest greens of their former house, there is now a sea of gray, platinum and silver which Siller feels updates the look of the period antiques. But, have no fear, despite being primarily gray, there is nothing Shabby Chic or Rough Luxe about this house. Instead it is a house that is the height of elegance and rarefied taste.

Despite the changes in the color scheme, one design element didn’t change. Both houses that Ike designed for Siller and Hokanson are Piano Nobiles, with the main floor being on the second story. Additionally, both houses have intricate and extensive molding and classic detailing. One interesting note – when a prominent Houston couple toured Siller’s former house, they tried to buy it from him and Hokanson. At the time they wanted to stay put, so instead, Ike designed a Piano Nobile in the Georgian style, right next door – and Siller decorated it.

Sunday 29 November 2015

Using large area rugs

Even when you have beautiful floors, an area rug makes a perfect anchor to a seating area for that layered, photo-shoot-ready look — but only if the rug is large enough. If it merely floats between the seating pieces instead of tucking fully under, it’s usually better to go without one.

Try a custom-cut plain Berber carpet to get a perfectly sized rug without spending too much money.

Article by Yanic Simard

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Texture Variation

A rich variety of physical and visual textures takes a room from OK to truly engaging. Here, texture makes a simple color palette look beautiful.

An easy way to add texture is to introduce a piece that includes wood, another that includes metal and another that includes glass. For a truly designer look, find places to include as many of these materials as you can: leather, paper (books or art), plush fabrics, mirrored surfaces, tufting, lacquer, basket weave, sheers, ceramics, concrete and textural patterns

Layered Lighting

It cannot be stressed enough: Lighting should come from more than one source in any room. Those well-spaced recessed lights won’t be enough to eliminate the shadowing that inevitably harshens a room.

Try to include task lights or spotlights, hanging lights, and table or floor lamps to get light from different directions. An extra advantage is that you can go full bright (as in this photo), then turn off a few lights for a more dim and moody atmosphere in the evening.

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A look inside a small home in Sweden.

Found on Design-elements-blog.com

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Wednesday 25 November 2015

Contemporary living room

Using texture variations and mixing between more than one material to make your living room more rich and stylish.

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