More on Interior DesignTrends for 2007

A lot of publications try to predict what will be the 2007 trends for interiors, but there is one thing that I like most: we finally realize that the feel of vacation can be incorporated into our everyday lives. In our nervous and stressful environmet the best help we can get for feeling better at home is to create there a 'cottage comfort'.

The desire for the relaxed but ultra-stylish cottage look has taken off. Even
the trendiest pieds-a-terre in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles are starting to
take on a "lake retreat" attitude as people realize that they can incorporate
the feel of vacation into their everyday lives

says Davis
Remignanti, lead design consultant at Furniture.com.

But what is even better - this flexible and relaxed attitude continues with "new freedoms from decorating restraint". No more "overly matched and overly symmetrical interiors".

"Well-designed rooms are about finding the 'wow factor' in combining seemingly
disparate styles, materials and textures in new ways,"

notes Remignanti.

For COLORS predictions are as varied as the sources they come from. Here below are some:

Colours are soft and natural - "From spicy color combinations to hues that warm the soul "

Here is a link to the Designer Paint Colors 2007 proposed by Pantone, the most famous name for color.

And since 2007 is also the Chinese Year of the fire Pig all warm natural colours that remind us of fire will be favourable - from red to orange and yellow, along with the natural gem-inspired shades and the 'rising star of brown'.

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Easy Desk Aluminum - the Lazy Way to Blog

Another variation of the Bed Desk: now we can blog from our beds comfortably or work in the most lazy position - with the help of this Easy Desk Aluminum it is possible to use your notebook anywhere you can think of.
Easy adjustment, easy folding so that one can put it away, and not very heavy to carry it with you.


Quite on time with the growing trend for working from home.









Easy Desk Aluminum [ GORODE51 ] - Thanko RareMono Shop

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Bed Design - the design world’s new favorite playground?

Happy New Year to all my readers and subscribers! Let it be healthy, happy and peaceful!

Here is an interesting trend that I noticed:

After lighting it seems now that bed design is becoming the new playground for designers. Quite natural - this is the one item we use very regularly and our well-being depends on considerably. Along with the new technologies available this is a good reason for more and more designers to be attracted by the chance to experiment and widen the area of possibilities.
Lago introduced their inspirational Flutua bed (above and below) that seems to be floating in the air:



















We remeber the Clip bed of Urquiola - an elegant combination of feminine approach, modern technologies and comfort:













And several weeks ago Corner upholstered bed (top and below) received the 2006 red dot product design award for its flexible and elegant designthat expresses the current lifestyle trend to multifunctionality: it may be used as bed as well as a piece of furniture for relaxation. An upholstered vertical frame that encloses the conventional mattress can easily be lifted in several steps by lock hinges, individually corner by corner or in an inclined position from 0 to 90 degrees. In this way during the day the bed is transformed into a relax island fulfilling the functions of a sofa:











More on this theme will follow. Check frequently - for inspiration and ideas for your home.
Here is a link to more variety of bed designs in PadStyle - an interesting blog that I found today.

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