Home Tree Atlas: Home Decor Ideas and Mood Boards

Curb Appeal: Design Tips For Modern Garage Doors

In the pictures in the mood board above, you can see a lot of similar design traits when it comes to modern garage doors.

Straight Edges and Lines

The design of modern garages are very straight. They are very boxy. You just see rectangles and straight edges from the panels for the doors, to the framing of the garage door and the windows.

Neutral Colors

For a luxurious and modern look, go for a dark neutral color for your garage doors. Such as back or a dark wood.

Bring in Some Natural Light

The garages in pictures 1 – 5 all have window panels embedded in the doors. This brings in some natural light into the garage space. And being frosted, they provide privacy too.

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April 19, 2016 in Modern, Outdoors

A Bright Safe Space: Modern Outdoor Lighting Ideas

A modern home is a well lit home. This includes the outdoor space. You’ll want to make sure all of the exterior areas are well lit: from the front door and driveway, to the garden and around any steps. The modern outdoor lighting ideas in this post will help you light up the outside of your home with style

What Kind of Lighting Fixtures?

The first thing to decide with outdoor lighting is whether you’ll want to go with solar powered or wired lights. Solar powered lights are cheaper, and are easier and faster to install. Wired lights are more expensive and do require you to possibly dig up your garden to lay down the wiring, but they add more value to your house than the solar lights.

Outdoor Living: Modern Patio Design Ideas

Uplights: These are lights that point upwards, usually onto a wall or can be placed around trees. They add decorative ambient lighting, and help highlight different features in an outdoor space.

Motion Sensor Lights: These are usually used for security floodlights, hanging above the garage door. But you can also put them around the garden or by the front door.

Outdoor Wall Lighting: Look for ones that have a clean and sleek design, just like the light fixtures in the Amazon window above. And make sure you have enough wall lights to light up the whole space – just like in picture (5).

Path Lighting: These lights will be low down to the ground, and are especially needed around staircases and steps for safety. Picture (5) shows some lights lighting up some steps. And for a cleaner and more modern look, see if you can have these lights built into the wall so that it hides the light fixture.

The Beauty of the Flame

These days you can find good looking and modern tiki torches. They will usually come in a sleek metal casing (get yours in the Amazon window above).

Or how about a modern outdoor fireplace? Create a straight edge fire place to house a gas or ethanol burning pit – just like the ones in pictures (6) and (7)

And for the tables, look to get some modern candle lanterns or stands. Just like the candle stand featured in the Amazon window above.

Here are some other outdoor posts to get ideas from:

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April 19, 2016 in Lighting, Modern, Outdoors

Color Style Guide: All White Bathroom Ideas

So you want to go with a white bathroom design? This means having all of your walls in white. This post is going to be about creating a balance in your white bathroom by infusing subtle shades of light grey or another color. For ideas on how to create a black and white bathroom design, check out my post here: The Classic Look: Black and White Bathroom Decor Ideas [coming soon].

If you want to go with a completely all white bathroom, like the ones in pictures (5) and (6), then you are set to go. Have a look at my bathroom page for a collection of posts to get ideas for the different areas of your bathroom (lighting, decor, vanitieis, etc.).

Here are some ideas on how to break up all of that white in an all white bathroom.

Your Walls

White walls are the way to go. But if you want to add some style to these flat surfaces, here are some ways to do it:

Add decorative crown molding
Wainscoting is another idea. Have the wainscoting go up high, and paint the walls a light grey or off white color. Or you could just leave both the wainscoting and the walls white (The Finishing Touch: Wainscoting Ideas and Designs)
Use white Anaglypta wallpaper – just like in picture (4) that you can get here. This is a 3D patterned wallpaper that you can paint over, or leave white.

Flooring

Try to stick to a light colored bathroom floor to keep the bright and spacious feeling of a white bathroom. Have a look at the bathroom in picture (2) that uses the light grey tiles, and a white border. Or how about the bathroom in picture (1) that uses marble white bathroom tiles for the floor which adds in a little bit of grey into the overall color scheme.

Bathroom Flooring Ideas Guide: Designs and Material Options

Pops of Color

Here are some ideas on how to add some color or other tones into a white bathroom:

Take a page out of Scandinavian design, which uses a white base. They add neutral colors to the design – such as grey or black. And they add warmth through the use of natural materials, which brings in other tones to the space.
Add in some wooden features to the bathroom to bring in some earthly brown tones – use a teak shower mat, a wooden counter, or a wooden vanity mirror frame.
Bring in some greenery into the bathroom with some plants
If you want to add a pop of color (red, blue, orange), then how about hanging up some colorful towels or curtains. How about using a colorful vanity backsplash, or painting the bathroom door a pop of color. An area rug, shower curtain, and mirror frame are other ways to add in some color to a white bathroom.

Here are some other bathroom posts to get ideas from:

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April 18, 2016 in Bathroom, Color Palettes

Simple Yet Stylish Modern Wall Decor Ideas

When creating a modern room, you want to keep the space looking sleek, clean, and clutter free. This includes your walls. When it comes to modern wall decor ideas, this post will show you how to keep things simple yet stylish.

Gallery Wall – Use matching frames that are either black or white, with black and white art or photograph pieces
Texture – See if you add texture to your walls. This can be done by painting your walls two different shades of the same color (say grey) and using a sponge to create a marble effect or a thick brush to create a linen effect (Textured Wall Painting Ideas). Or check out the living room in modern living room in picture (2) that has the marble veneer covering the wall. Modern wall paper is also a option (A Fine Selection of Modern Wallpaper Designs).
Hang up a modern clock
Modern wall lights are another item to put up

Put up floating shelves and decorate them with plants (3) or lean framed pieces on them (5). Add a different colored backing to the shelves to create a unique design element, just like the shelves in picture (4)
Crown Molding – You can get modern crown molding with a simple sleek shape
And have a look at my post here (The Finishing Touch: Wainscoting Ideas and Designs) for an example of modern styled wainscoting.