Indoor/Outdoor Kitchen

Bad Proportion and Scale

This room shows bad proportion because the couch over powers the room and all of the little sculptures and the chandelier. The couch needs to be a little smaller, and the the sculptures/table/chandelier need to all be bigger. 

Bad scale is represented all throughout this room, you can see that the Christmas tree sculptures and the table are too big compared to the couch. Not to mention the decorations on the wall are all different sizes which throws off the balance. And the jars on the table are too big for it.

Emphasis

The focal point of this room is the fireplace, which shows emphasis. The reason being is that it's the biggest component in the room and all of the items that are on the fireplace draw you to that point.

Balance

This first room that I created for my client represents symmetrical balance. The reason being is that you could cut the room in half and it would remain equal on both sides. I made sure to add all the things my client wanted and was open to having. The couch is against the wall, there are paintings up on the wall above the couch, and my client was open to having end-tables and lighting, which I incorporated.

The following is the same room, but a-symmetrical instead. Which means that that room isn't the same on both sides if you cut it in half, but it still maintains a nice style and balance. The bigger pictures on the wall balance out the floor lamp next to the couch.

Split-Complementary

A split-complementary color scheme, is a scheme that uses colors that compliment each other on the color wheel. Which is what I did with my board, by using red, green, and blue; it creates a split-complementary color scheme perfectly due to the fact that these colors are great compliments to each other.

Analogous

An analogous color scheme (shown above) is when colors are adjacent to each other on the color wheel, one is usually a primary color that corresponds with two secondary colors. They are always right next to each other on the color wheel. Which is displayed in the picture above with red being the primary colors, and orange and yellow being secondary.

Monochromatic

This board is an example of using a monochromatic color scheme with different shades of purple. You can do a monochromatic scheme with almost any color that is on the color wheel, as long as you use different shades. Try not to use a lot of the same shade of a color or you can overwhelm a room and throw it off balance. 

Housing Style Accessories-Continued

Bay Window: Set of two or more windows that come out from the wall. 

Casement Window: Opens by swinging inward or outward like a door.

Clapboard: Long, narrow boards overlapped to cover the outer walls.

Classical: Architecture and design that refers to Greece and or Rome.

Dormer: A vertical window in the roof. Often found in upstairs bedrooms.

Eaves: Portion of the roof that projects beyond the wall.

Facade: The front of a building, otherwise known as it's "face".

Fanlight: A semicircular or arched window above a doors.

Palladian Window: Three part window featuring a large arched center and rectangular sidelights.

Pediment: A triangular crown used over doors, windows, or porches. Known as a classical style.

Portico: A large porch usually with a pedimented roof supported by classical columns or pillars.

Rafter: Roof beam sloping from the ridge to the wall. Most houses, rafters are visible only from the attic.

Sidelights: Windows on either side of a door.

Stucco: A mixture of cement, sand, and lime applied to exterior walls as a covering.

Turret: A small tower, often at the corner of a building. Common in Queen Anne style. 

Housing Style Accessories-Roofs

Gable Roof: The triangular portion between the edges of a sloping roof. In the picture below, this house has a side gable on it.

Gambrel Roof: A symmetrical two-sided roof, that has slopes on each side. Popular for barns.

Hip Roof: A roof style where all four sides come to a peak or point at the top of the house.

(this house also has a front gable on the windows)

Saltbox: A roof that has a huge slant to one side of the house and a small slant on the other side of it.

Mansard: A four sided gambrel-style hip roof that has two slopes of each of it's sides and has dormer windows steeper on the roof.



Field Trip

The James J. Hill house was once the biggest (and most expensive) house in Minnesota. It of course belonged to James J. Hill. The house cost around $931,000 to build in 1891. It is a National Historic landmark in St. Paul, Minnesota. James J. Hill was the builder of The Great Northern Railway. He died in 1916, and now the house is a historic landmark that is operated by the Minnesota Historical Society.

Once getting to the James J. Hill House, we toured Summit Avenue. Which I have seen countless times before. I feel as though the houses on Summit Ave. are beyond beautiful. I love Victorian era houses. I especially Queen Ann homes. Mainly because I love the "Rapunzel" towers that grace the side of these homes.

The last place visited was International Market Square. Which is an extremely good place to get up on all the new trends out there in the world. Though most of the show rooms you need an actual Interior Designer to go with you in order to actually get in rooms. But it is a great place if you are really serious about decorating a room in your house. I Suggest going here if you want to remodel your kitchen. It's the best place for that.