http://design-sherpa.com A Social Media System for the Home Design Industry Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:07:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When you buy a home, you don’t expect everything to be the way you want, but you expect some thought to have gone into the planning. How about a home on the lake with no bathroom in the walkout basement? That’s right - everyone has to run through the ... http://design-sherpa.com/2010/03/05/what-were-they-thinking-bad-design-layouts/ When shopping for furniture, you may often think of the core items that we need to function. Like a sofa, a couple of chairs, a coffee table and a lamp or two to get by. Before long, these items begin to look the same while you are out ... http://design-sherpa.com/2010/03/05/alternatives-to-sofas-and-chairs%e2%80%a6cushions-galore/ Are you feeling like your wall needs a pop for little cost? Painted stripes might just be the perfect answer for you! Stripes can fulfill a need for a subtle or dramatic look depending on the colors you use. First of all, decide on a color scheme ... http://design-sherpa.com/2010/03/05/are-stripes-the-answer-for-your-plain-room/ When you want to make a space look bigger, you have to get lighter as you go up. A dark ceiling can make a space feel closed in, so naturally doing to opposite and making a space lighter towards the top will give the space expanse. A light-colored ceiling reflects ... http://design-sherpa.com/2010/03/05/thinking-vertically-%e2%80%93-making-the-most-of-the-space-you-have/ Remember that cornice that my husband and I wrote about that we created for our super long window?  Well, apparently we hadn't thought ahead to far. When the cornice was up, we then wished we had thought of adding light to it! We began the process of trying to find a ... http://design-sherpa.com/2010/03/04/when-is-a-cornice-a-lighting-fixture/ Everyone has some form of “dining area” in their home. Whether it be a countertop in your kitchen with a bar stool or a 12’ dining table that seats 10, we all find a way to eat and perhaps be social in and around the topic of food. ... http://design-sherpa.com/2010/03/04/finding-the-right-dining-table/ We have the basement bathroom toilet installed. We could have just done a pedestal sink, but oh no. I wanted to have a cabinet so there could be storage for soap and toilet paper, some hand towels, you know the drill. And it couldn’t be just any cabinet; it had ... http://design-sherpa.com/2010/03/04/what-was-i-thinking-my-bathroom-building-experience/ It’s a boy; I must use blue and white…. It’s a girl; I must use pink and white…. Are you tired of feeling trapped in what society views your baby’s room should look like? Well, here are some thoughts for bringing a new look for our future generations. Light pink ... http://design-sherpa.com/2010/03/04/a-new-look-for-baby-rooms/ The challenges that a lot of my clients experience today is finding a style that they like. Whether it is a modern Le Corbusier chair or a hand carved Queen Anne table, you may like both items and find yourself puzzled with how to make them work in the ... http://design-sherpa.com/2010/03/04/breaking-the-rules%e2%80%a6modern-mix/ I am all about planning for more than one purpose. Recently I was reading through some articles and I saw this great image of storage and stairs combined. I know that currently in my apartment, the space under my stairs to my loft is a dead space – I actually ... http://design-sherpa.com/2010/03/04/stairs-that-double-as-storage-%e2%80%93-why-have-we-not-thought-of-this-before/