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Three Interior Inspirations for Autumn
Read on for three inspirations to use this autumn!
1. Colours:
Colour in interior design is a wonderful way to display unique personality, create balance and define an area. Autumn is the season of colourful changes and the colours to use this year will help to create a perfect living area, bedroom, office space, kitchen, or bathroom.
The favourite colours to use as a base in an autumn-themed interior include a rich palette of dark browns and creams with accents of yellow, orange, and even bright green to make the room pop.
2. Texture:
Perhaps one of the most understated elements of inter...
Six Bathroom Trends for 2019
Getting your bathroom designed correctly can be a challenging experience, especially as trends move ahead rapidly, often leaving bathrooms outdated. Fortunately, we are ahead of the curve with the latest updates here.
Here are six trends which are guaranteed to create the most enviable bathrooms…
1. High Contrast
Bathrooms can be relatively small rooms when compared to the rest of the home, therefore they need to be designed in a way that creates a statement. Bathrooms that make use of high contrast in colours and textures often have the best expressions of design and are the most memorable.
2. Neutral Palette
There are many reasons to make use of a neutral palette for y...
A World of Applications
Bathrooms
Unleash the ultimate serine bathroom experience with the stunning decors from The Novolam Collection that inspire a relaxed atmosphere. Click here to view a few of the bathrooms made using The Novolam Collection: http://ow.ly/xB9g30nrKZM.
Kitchens
Allow the kitchen to mirror your unique style with the Novolam Collection and tactile finishes for a true heart of the home. Click here and see the beautiful kitchen created using Sonae Arauco decorative wood-based panels: http://ow.ly/AJSX30nrNTY....
How to Refresh Your Living Area?
Start with a Focal Point
Decide what the focal feature of the room is, possibly a fireplace, a couch or piece of furniture that already stands out, and accentuate it further. Painting or cladding a wall could also be used as a feature to add depth, texture or comfort to the room.
Add Depth
Depth allows for the dimensions of a room to come to life; it can create a sense of added space or create a cosier environment for a more intimate setting. Visual elements such as contrasting shades and layering textures will add a complexity to the living area that is both inviting and intriguing. Consider pairing dark shades of decorative wall panelling with lighter furniture and accessories for a modern, trendy living area interior.
Bring in Texture
While often an afterthought, texture plays...
5 Offices Which Speak for Company Culture
Google
Google offices around the world have been designed to make employee lifestyles a higher priority. Possibly one of the most desired places to work in the world, Google believes that by providing a healthy environment for their employees, they will be encouraged to be more productive and feel more connected to the business. Employees at Google are free to take their work away from a boxy desk and practice creative collaborations in what the company calls “third spaces”, or relaxed areas where potential is found. Have a look at what Google employees have to say about the workplace here: http://ow.ly/F3Un30niFL5.
Dropbox
Dropbox’s headquarters have taken a new approach to how the office space is designed by diversifying the sizes, shapes, materials, and sensory elements within their offices. This has allowed for an abundant range of environments, each catering to a different style of working. The company has a village-style community within its building, with each employee being able to enjoy the style of environment they need to get a particular job completed. Take an inside look to some of the best interiors at the Dropbox offices here: http://ow.ly/EoPa30niFn6....
The Lifecycle of Sonae Arauco Wood-Based Panels
Sourcing the wood:
Sonae Arauco ensures that all our trees are sourced from eco-friendly and community conscious forestry partners. The trees grown on these sustainable farms are very efficient at producing high levels of clean oxygen while also absorbing and storing up to 40% of manmade carbon emissions. Learn more about our forestry principles here: http://ow.ly/mo2q30niAct.
What happens with the wood:
Once the trees have been harvested, the logs are divided depending on their width and weight. The smaller logs are sent to the wood-based panel industry, where they are manufactured into our quality particleboard and medium density fiberboard. The larger logs are sent to an approved sawmill to be sheared into sawn wood. Both panels and sawn wood are purchased by furniture companies and component industries that make use of this material.
Recycling processes:
Recycling is an extremely important element in the w...
2019 Decor Trends
Dark Kitchen Colours:
The kitchen is at the heart of our homes, our lifestyles and indeed the social circles we create. To show off this love for kitchen interior design, a dramatic shift from bright and white cupboards to dark and luxurious decorative wood-based panels will be seen throughout 2019. These beautiful and elegant cupboards with complementary textures provide a rich visual space that brighter colours and shades simply cannot achieve. Mixing up the mediums with metal and marble styled finishes on cupboard doors provide the quintessential finishing touches.
Bring More Life into Your Space:
A new trend has swept the world of interior design off its feet and is gaining traction in homes and offices across the globe. Indoor vertical gardens, herb pots in the kitchen and big indoor pot plants have become the new must-have interior decor for both their visual beauty, innovative design and various health benefits such as purifying the air. By incorporating these features into any indoor environment, a vibrant and living atmosphere is created that is second only to nature itself.
A Bright Splash of the New Pantone colour for 2019:
The winner of the Pantone Colour of the Year f...
How to Choose a Kitchen Manufacturer
1. Recommendations and Accreditations:
The first step in finding your ideal kitchen manufacturer is to find one that comes highly recommended. Companies who have worked to set a particular standard in workmanship and service will continue working to maintain this reputation with all their clients. Ask friends, family, or a neighbourhood social media group for their recommendations. Of this list, find out which companies have accreditations for their work quality and show dedication to customer service.
When looking for a kitchen manufacturer in South Africa, a company accredited with the Kitchen Specialists Association (KSA) provides quality workmanship. If you will require an architect for your kitchen renovation, be sure to choose one from The South African Institute of Architects (SAIA) list of accredited companies.
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Mix Up The Mediums
- Find a focus:
Whether in the office or the home, the addition of tasteful focal points to a room can be the key to inspired sophistication. These accents will draw the eye to an area of the room you would like to accentuate. Mixing up mediums like stone on walls can create the most stunning effects when designing your space. However, make sure you do not use too many focal areas as it may become too cluttered and feel overbearing. - Marble Countertops:
Instead of marble countertops, try using a marble decorative wood panel on the cupboard doors and keep the countertop plain and simple. Being fashion forward-thinking and making a bold statement often means that you will need to take risks that no one else has. - Wood panelled walls
Using wood panels to clad a wall is a new trend in the interior in bed...
Old Melamine vs New Decorative Wood-Based Panels
Here’s how the transition took place.
- New Colours & Styles:
In the past, melamine products were uninspiring when it came to colour and style selection and was often limited to a standard white that faded over time. New processes in decorative wood-based panel manufacturing has allowed us to bring an enormous selection of new colours and styles, inspired by nature itself, and with the most loved trends throughout the design industry. - New Finishes:
Understanding that texture can be as vital to interior design as colour has encouraged us to pursue a new range of finishes for our decorative wood-based panels. These finishes, Stucco, Silhouette, Alpine, and Textured bring a three-dimensional aspect to our products which helps to add depth to any room. ...