First lady Michelle Obama also tweeted that she has been a Cubs fan since I was a kid and that she was incredibly proud of the Cubs. Regardless of who is in the White House or who may be working for the administration, certainly this has been something that would be viewed as an honor,Green said. It s just a difficult exercise in scheduling. President Obama made the invitation, and we re honored to receive the invitation. Ordinarily, you would [...]
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A good friend of mine once observed that some people eat to live, and others live to eat. Many Chinese people, myself included, seem to fall into this second category. For us, our days revolve around food. After breakfast we think about lunch, and after lunch we plan for dinner. In southern China, there are also dedicated times for morning dim sum treats — zăo chá (早茶) — and guilt-free midnight snacks — yè xiāo (夜宵) . Food is a central part of Chinese [...]
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Your classroom seating arrangement is just as important as your syllabus. Here are some tips on finding the perfect desk configuration that fits your teaching style, your students, and your classroom space. You’ve spent countless hours creating the perfect curriculum. You’ve searched the deepest corners of the internet to find creative lesson plans. You’ve stayed after school to give students extra help more days than not. Don’t squander all your [...]
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Here a professional room-stager and designer offers tricks to help make your rooms look their very best. By Marie Proeller Hueston Stripped of all its furnishings, an empty room can be intimidating — or inspiring! For design consultant Robin Long Mayer, it’s definitely the latter. In her work as an editor for CountryLiving and New York Spaces magazines and as the principal of Robin Mayer Design, she has learned a thing or two about the optimal placement [...]
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Narrow can be functional. Understanding the design principles of furniture placement helps you achieve a well-balanced, functional living room, regardless of the shape of the space. By following the process step by step, you can make an attractive room that suits your needs. Do what designers do and make a plan. It will show you any possible problem areas, show you what furniture will fit and what won’t, and give your movers a plan to work from. Room [...]
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Dr. Fred Jones s Tools for Teaching When you watch natural teachers, you typically see students working while the teacher strolls among them in a most unremarkable fashion. Only after you watch a lot of classrooms and note the differences between effective and ineffective teachers does the importance of this strolling become clear. The most basic factor that governs the likelihood of students goofing off in your classroom is their physical distance [...]
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1. Add a Trunk An attractive trunk at the end of a bed does double furniture duty. As a bench, it gives you a place to sit while you put on your shoes; as a storage chest, it holds extra blankets or pillows. 2. Like to Read in Bed? Mount a painted rectangular wood box on the wall on either side of the bed and you ll have a place to stash all your reading material, plus a reading lamp. Use dividers to organize stuff. 3. Improve Drawer Space Drawer [...]
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Living rooms serve different purposes for different people. In some homes they serve as the main gathering area for family, while in others they re more of a show room, used only when company comes over. Either way, there are certain issues that always come up when trying to arrange living room furniture. Check out these tips for placing furniture in your living room. Living Room Basics There are a few important things to remember when arranging living [...]
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Floorplanning the easy way Floorplanner is the easiest and best-looking way to create and share interactive floorplans online. Whether you re moving into a new house, planning a wedding or reorganizing your living room, Floorplanner has the right tools for you. With Floorplanner you can recreate your home, garden or office in just a few clicks and furnish your plans with our huge library of objects. Great for real estate As a real estate professional [...]
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Arrange the bedroom to make the most of your space. Here s how to get the restful retreat that you crave. Your bed is the largest piece of furniture in your room so start with that. As a general rule, you have 2 choices for where to place the bed, either on the wall opposite your bedroom s door which creates a pleasant view when you enter the room or along the room s longest wall. Most bedrooms have at least one length of wall that isn t interrupted [...]
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When it comes to decorating a home, there are few things more intimidating than standing in an empty room and not knowing where to start. There are so many things to consider—personal aesthetic, lifestyle, budget and more—but the best way to begin is with the furniture layout. In other words, determining the arrangement of sofas, chairs, tables, storage cabinets and anything else that is involved in the room’s floor plan (any item that touches the [...]
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In order to find the right area rug and then properly arrange it to perfectly accentuate your décor you’ll need to consider more than just style, color and material – size and shape matter too. An optimal size rug in a shape that best suits a particular living space will help to invigorate the entire aspect of a room while also displaying the finest qualities of the rug itself. Here are some helpful tips on how to arrange a new area rug. Know the [...]
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Traditionally, folks tend to place a double, queen-sized, or king-sized bed against the center of the wall opposite the main door to the room. With this arrangement, the headboard is the center of attention as you enter the room. If the dimensions of your room prevent you from positioning your bed on the wall across from the door, other possible choices depend on which walls are long enough to accommodate the bed. Diagonal placement works well when [...]
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A bed positioned in front of a window offers a layout solution in a bedroom with numerous doors. Some bedrooms have numerous doors to contend with when you re trying to arrange the furniture. Ignoring these doors is a design recipe for an awkward and inefficient furniture layout. When you open a bedroom door that bumps into a bed, dresser or chair, you can damage the furniture, as well as the swinging door. Professional room-arranging secrets can [...]
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One of the great things about moving is the chance to start over in a new place, and by using floor plans, you can create a unique space that works well for you. With the help of some great online tools, creating that perfect new space is even easier. As I ve mentioned in previous articles, we re in the process of planning our next move. And since we already know what the layout of our new home will be, I m starting to plan where everything will fit [...]
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Mitzvah planning often requires extra special attention to the event seating arrangements due to the number of guests who are children in relation to the number of adult guests on the list. Seating arrangements for the kids vary greatly from the seating arrangements for adults as they each have different needs and expectations. This is important to know so that you can effectively arrange your seating charts for your mitzvah party. The Adult Guests: [...]
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Let’s face it. It is no secret, really. We’ve all got them. Televisions, I mean. For most of us, our lives don’t revolve around the black rectangular screens…but our furniture arrangements in a room with a TV can be so blatantly TV-focused that no one would believe us. If you’ve ever wondered how to have a TV in your living room without having the thing take over the aesthetics of the space, here are some easy (read: requiring no expensive custom-built [...]
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One of the best ways to make sure your living room looks and feels inviting is designing a layout and floor plan that works for your space, not against it. The right layout allows you to entertain guests, relax with family, and do activities like watch TV or play games in comfort. But be aware long, open or square living rooms present different design challenges. What might work for one space doesn t necessarily make sense for another. Here are the [...]
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Photo © Reader Submittal This arrangement provides a lot of storage, while still providing plenty of seating. The long wall has enough room for a large shelving unit, and the table behind the sofa provides additional storage and a possible place for lighting. This furniture arrangement is ideal for a single adult or a couple. With the exchange of the bar for a slightly larger table, this arrangement could also work for a small family. During entertaining [...]
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The arrangements are calculated for five basic styles: Hollow Square A quadrangular table arrangement with all occupants facing the center of the room U Shape Three-sided arrangement with either a podium or head table Classroom Multiple rows with multiple seats all arranged to face the front of the room Luncheon Tables arranged such that occupants may easily eat facing each other across the tables. This style may be modified to allow for a head [...]
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Child Care Training, Resources and Networking Create clear visual boundaries, making it apparent to children where learning areas stop and start. Define child care areas with shelving units, equipment with backs, area rugs, etc. Each learning area should be separate, and its own entity and area. Strategically arrange your room to eliminate runways. Long, straight isles and paths encourage running. The Art Area and sand/water play should be located [...]
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The first step in arranging a space is determining its size. Use a tape measure to get the dimensions of a room. Or, a quick tip: Measure your foot and then walk heel to toe across the room. This is an easy way to estimate the basic size. Then, check the dimensions of the hallways, stairs and door widths leading to the space. This is the eternal challenge for a homeowner, being sure the entrance and egress of the room are large enough for potential [...]
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Sugar and Spice, and everything nice, that’s what little girls are made of. Yes. And makeup, and jewelry, and art projects, and books, and clothes, and… Does walking into your daughter’s room make you want to walk back out again? It probably does to her, too. I have had some of the best conversations spending the day with my kids organizing their bedrooms. I view my kids’ rooms as their mini apartments in our home. As they age, I update the décor [...]
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Welcome to another installment of Ask a Pro! Today Dream Team member and interior design pro Jennifer Adams advises a reader on how to arrange furniture in a high-traffic room. Q: My question is about how to arrange furniture in a room where people have to walk through the middle to get to other rooms. The room is a rectangle, 16 x 20, with 2 entryways on one of the smaller (16-foot) sides and a big entryway at the end of one bigger sides (20-foot) [...]
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