Bringing Home Six Best in American Living Awards

Over the last couple days our firm has been featured in the Grand Rapids Press and on MLive in both the Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo areas for our success in winning 6 national awards in the Best in American Living Awards (BALA) competition. We are very proud of the work our team was able to accomplish in designing these homes and we would like to thank all of the talented building and design teams that worked on these projects. 

Decorating a tiny Apartment

Interior bedroom apartment idea

For those of you who have a large apartment, do not need to be so hard to organize the pattern and space requirements. But for other small-sized apartments that matter. It is a bit tricky to organize the vast space requirements in order to impress but the functions are met. For it may be the following tips useful:

The use of a glass / mirror will provide a broad space to be redoubled. Glass / mirror can be mounted on walls, furniture, or even just like a window opening. The use of glass / mirror will make the room as if the volume is doubled. This is in accordance with the laws of reflection of light. With mirrors, the room will feel more spacious.

The play of light will greatly affect the impression of space. Dim light will make the room feel warm and make a view would wander to the corners of the room. So the room will feel destined narrow as the original. Similarly, the use of floodlights (spot lamp) mounted on the ceiling or wall, will give the feel, charm and atmosphere of the room is very different. The light is indeed a powerful moment to make space so different atmosphere.

 

Decorating a tiny apartment

Use the short-sized furniture. Short table, short sofa, a low bench, will make the room airy due to the reduced volume of the furniture-furniture yet so functions can still be met. Great Selection of furniture is not recommended. Use small-sized furniture. If you use a large sofa, a chair that put the long-legged and slender.

 

Interior bedroom design for small apartment

Leave the installation of curtains in the old way. Try to put up new curtains in a way that is full up to the ceiling. Fitting in this way can give the impression of space is high. Of course curtain motif coupled with the vertical stripes for example. The room will look more spacious.

Lake Style Cottages

The warm up yesterday gave me hope that spring will be here soon, however, as I am watching it snow (again) I cannot help reminiscing about warmer days spent at the lake...

When it comes to lakefront living there are few things to consider. Waterfront: Take advantage of the views provided by mother nature. Lot size and slope:  Both can impact the decision of the size of your cottage and the style. How will you use the cottage: Will it be a private retreat or are you interested in hosting large groups of people, will it be a single family home, have room to entertain or will it be a multifamily cottage? 

The Vision you have for your lake cottage will be executed perfectly when working with the team at Visbeen Architects. Your dream home will be drawn out on paper in detail and you will know exactly what you are getting before your home is even built. Check out these before and after images of lake style cottages designed by Visbeen Architects. 

Emmett:  Detached Garage to fit the narrow lot.

 Allenwood:  Multi-family cottage with dual master suites and room for guests.

Stoney Pointe:  The perfect size with plenty of outdoor entertainment space.

Tupelo:  Built on a steep slope resulting in a 20 foot drop from the front door to the second lower level.

Hasserton:  Single-Family modern lake home that takes advantage of the panoramic views.

West Wind:  Sitting on a narrow lot this home lives large by taking advantage of every square foot.

With the never ending fall of snow it is difficult to think that sumer will ever come... I am sure many of you have been dreaming of warmer days where the sun is shining and we don't have to wear our parkas and boots. Hopefully our home design Inverness can give us all a little hope to last us until summer comes. Go ahead, dream of those warm sunny days on the beach with your toes in the sand and nights spent sitting around a crackling fire. Enjoy!

Simple way to arrange the interior small bedroom

Simple small bedroom decor

For those of you who have a small size room interiors are simple and certainly very tough to organize a large variety of furniture or furnishings inside. Here are a few tips to organize the interior of the bedroom For small and simple to be pleasant atmosphere of the bedroom.

• Making of beds

The bed was made close to the wall, then we can put on the table opposite the bed. Leave space between the two objects to the bedroom window. If you are not using a bed just using the mattress, use a foam mattress or spring bed easy to clean and collapsible. After getting the position of the bed, then you can put furniture or other furnishings that were smaller in the room based on your habits.

 

Simple small bedroom design

• Cabinets

Use cabinets with a width of about 40 cm because in order to save space, use cabinets to store clothes or anything else. No matter the size of a closet essential that can function properly.

• Small dresser

The presence of a dresser in the bedroom is no less important. Especially when the bedroom occupied by women. Dressers should not always great. The important thing is you can make up yourself to taste. Place the dressing table near the wardrobe. Arrangement between a wardrobe and a dressing table is intended to allow you to indulge in the morning.

 

Simple small bedroom idea

• Set your interior bedroom paint colors

Color paint enough to affect the impression of broad or narrow is shown by a narrow room space. To give the impression of a wider try to match the frame color with wall color, because the color contrast between the walls and the frame will give the impression of fuller and narrower. For small rooms, use neutral colors and avoid using two contrasting colors or flashy.

 

Simple small bedroom remodel

Hopefully some tips on how to organize and narrow bedroom with this simple for you.

Choosing a color for Minimalist Simple Bathroom

 

Minimalist Modern Bathroom

 

Minimalist Modern Simple Bathroom

 

Minimalist Simple Bathroom

The selection of interior colors for the bathroom is very necessary because it would create a sense of comfort and relax if was in the bathroom. Currently the bathroom is not only clean but also need to be beautiful and comfortable.

Many sources to look for the interior design of the bathroom such as books, magazines or the internet. 

Then why the bathroom interior design also need to be considered? Yes, because the bathroom including a private room where you replenish your physical needs such as clean the body after the move. There are some who think that the bathroom is the second bed. If you have bathup in your bathroom, of course you can relax after a hot bath beraktivtas day. To that end, preferably supported by interior design proper bathroom.

Paint color or wallpaper suitable for children's rooms

 

Interior design for children's rooms

 

Simple design for children's rooms

Paint colors or wallpaper that is suitable for the baby's room is pastel colors are the result of a mixture of primary colors with white. Pastel colors create the impression of a soft and quiet as well as to stimulate the motor nerves of children. Colors that are too dark or too bright like red, purple, dark blue, orange should be avoided because it can make the baby fears.