Thursday, February 17, 2011

Glenside Remodel

Here are few photos of our recently completed remodel project, the Glenside, in Battle Creek, MI. What a transformation!

Front Exterior - Before

Front Exterior - After

Rear Exterior - Before

Rear Exterior - After

Living & Hearth Room - Before

Living & Hearth Room - After

Kitchen - Before

Kitchen - After

Master Bathroom - Before

Master Bathroom - After

Lower Level - Before

Lower Level - After

To see more photos of this project, please visit our website - www.visbeen.biz > gallery > residential > american neighborhood > glenside remodel.

This project was built by Newman Construction.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Room Design Lighting

Room Design Lighting Another important aspect that should be considered is light as it forms an integral part of home theater room design. The home lighting makes an important element of a home theater. It is better to opt for dimmed light. While watching the movie, some of the lights should be switched off as doing this will enhance the colors. Even the minutest details will be clear if the lights are switched off. The home theater room should not have many windows as light might penetrate through these windows which can be a problem while watching the movie. 

You can put a small ventilation. But, if you have an aircon, then there is no need of this ventilation also. 

Master Room Design

Master Room Design The furniture for the bedroom includes a double bed, closet, side tables, dressing table and a writing table. Some people prefer a kind of an informal seating arrangement in their bedroom as well, especially if they have a terrace attached to the bedroom. The bedroom furniture should be chosen according to the theme of the bedroom. Even if you are not working around a particular theme, make sure that all the furniture is of the same kind. If you are looking for comfort and old world charm to your bedroom interiors, go in for country style furniture.

 If you prefer a sleek, sophisticated look with clean cut lines in your furniture, then go in for modern style furniture.

Room Design Color

Room Design Color good ideas Before spacing up the apartments, you need to add proper boundaries according to the loft design ideas. While adding walls can be a tough task, there are many other easy ways to add partition and create separate rooms here. A tall cabinet or armoire is a great way to have a partition in the loft apartment. 

One of the loft decorating ideas is to have a nice tall and wide cabinet with lot of storage space and doors so designed that one can't easily make out that it is a cabinet.

Kids Room Design

Kids Room Design The furniture starts with a perfect, comfy bed. As mentioned above go for a car bed or other such designer beds that match with your boy's taste. You can go for the bunk beds if the room is shared. A trundle bed is great for added storage. A two tier bed with shelving and study table attached is a great piece of furniture for boys room. 

Headboard with hockey sticks, bats or football designs are best elements of bedroom furniture to enhance the boys room designs. 

Modern Room Design

Modern Room Design good ideas Decorating a baby's room is as time consuming as any other room of the house. More so because this room is going to be your baby's home until he grows up and is ready to stand on his two feet . Hence, it makes sense to go for some modern baby room ideas. One purpose they serve is that they are fairly neutral baby room ideas and so you don't have to fret about whether or not it is color co-ordinated. 

Secondly, since it is a modern design, it will not have too much furniture in it. Space and compactness is the key to a modern room design. 

Monday, February 14, 2011

Wolverine World Wide Riverfront Development: Design Concept #2

The second conceptual design Visbeen Associates and GMB Architecture+Engineering created for Wolverine World Wide's proposed Riverfront Development involved tearing down the existing structures on the property to make room for a new retail outlet and conference center building. Just like in concept #1, the second concept integrated a retirement village, independent and assisted living facilities, a new home for Rockford's farmer's market, as well as a community pavilion and a riverfront bandstand for summer concerts.

If you missed our blog feature on design concept #1, click here to view it.

Conceptual Site Plan

Main Street View of New Retail Outlet Building with a Contemporary Flare

New Retail Outlet & Conference Center with Permanent Location for Rockford Farmer's Market

Independent Living

Independent Living

Stay tuned as we will be featuring the final design concept here on our blog next week!