Researchers at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Germany have created TrussFab, a new piece of software that turns digital 3D models into structures made from ordinary plastic bottles and 3D printed trusses. Plastic bottles are everywhere. You’ll find them in the supermarket, in your fridge, and probably in your own hands at some point this week. But bottles can also be found in places where they really don’t belong: in landfills, in the gutters of [...]
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Did you know that a person is more likely to eat two pieces of cheese with holes in them but only one if it is solid? Perception matters. We all know that products sell better on a gorgeous site with great photographs. But even when you’ve got both, you can still be putting off or confusing your customers with the layout of your products. When you re offering too many product choices, displaying too many pictures of your products, or arranging your [...]
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Basic Guidelines The living room should be regular in shape. The living room should be neither too small nor too big. It must have enough room to allow the energy move around. It should be located in the outer half of the house. Hang a large family portrait to enhance the importance of the family members. The living room must not be higher than the dining room. Do not have a mirror reflecting the main door. Avoid poison arrows or protruding corners [...]
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Every teacher likes to arrange their classroom layout for the largest student benefit. Students need to focus and see what is going on in the classroom at any given time. Their seating arrangement can help or hinder a students learning. Although no perfect arrangement exists for all situations, a classrooms layout may need to change based on what a student needs are and how the class material is being presented. It is important for an instructor to [...]
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The right furniture arrangement makes your living space comfy, cozy, and oh-so conducive to great conversation. Take a tip or two from these rooms to get your set-up in sync with your floor plan and your style of living. Don t fence anyone in—no one wants to feel like they have to perform acrobatics by somehow managing to wriggle through your door while simultaneously avoiding a chunky chair or console table. Do welcome family and guests inside with [...]
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Clutter conquered, it s time to get organized in the bedroom and stop clutter from creeping back. The bedroom is our most private and personal home sanctuary. Focus on the room’s function — rest, relaxation and renewal — with these ideas to arrange and organize bedrooms. Given the bedroom’s function as a haven for rest and relaxation, harsh overhead lights have to go. Reading lamps and indirect lighting will enhance comfort and induce a sense of calm [...]
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42017 Spring gets me every year. More than any other time, I crave changes around our house. So, while I was “watching” a basketball game on TV a couple of weekends ago, I jumped up and started moving furniture around our living room. #multitasking The bookcases behind our couch since we moved into the house, but it really made the room feel off-balanced to me. I’d envisioned built-in bookcases around the French doors but moving things around gave [...]
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We are so pleased that you are considering hosting your party at Café Adelaide. We want entertaining at Café Adelaide to have the same ambiance and hospitality as that of entertaining in your home. Scroll down to find guidelines and suggestions developed to ensure that your party will be a great success. We request that you plan one set menu for parties of more than 14 guests. If your party includes 15 or fewer guests, you may choose to order directly [...]
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How does that old saying go? Measure twice, decorate once,or something like that. The spacing and placement of furniture is critical in any high-traffic living space. Doubly so for anyone starting with a small room. No more getting up to set a drink down or having to crane your neck to watch television— Keeping these guidelines in mind when planning a layout will always ensure a well-proportioned living space that s easy to walk and live in. Don [...]
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Arranging your furniture the right way goes a long way towards creating a living space that is both comfortable and appealing to the eye. Although there are no rules set in stone when it comes to arranging furniture, following design guidelines can help you make the most of your space. The goal for any living room is to create a space for socializing and relaxing that’s both functional and inviting. Check out these tips for making your living room [...]
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Graciela Rutkowski Interiors A fireplace gives a room character, structure, and warmth. But designing a room around one can be a challenge. How close do you place seating to the hot flames? Does the fireplace have to be the center of the room? And where, oh where do you put the couch? From spacious cabins to staircase nooks, these seven rooms showcase the most brilliant ideas for styling a room with a fireplace. Take a look, get inspired, and show [...]
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Downloaded over 300, times Thanks for your patronage! Rooms is here to revolutionize the room layout process. Rooms makes the process easy and fun. Enter the dimensions of your rooms and your furniture, then drag, rotate, resize to your heart s content. Sophisticated controls let you arrange with precision. And the color pad lets you create furniture and floors of any color you like. Enjoy creating room layouts with ease! This app is perfect for [...]
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If you have a long living room space, there are lots of fun and clever ways to design around it. You may have a compact living room, but you can make a big impact with the right arrangement of furniture. Here are some great narrow living room layout ideas that are sure to make you feel cozy instead of cramped. 7 Narrow Living Room Layout Tips When designing a narrow living room, these tips can help ensure you create a space that is functional and [...]
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One of the easiest ways to update or improve the look in a room is to simply rearrange the furniture. An unbalanced furniture arrangement isn t just visually unappealing; it can also interfere with traffic flow or the functions of other furnishings in the room. When deciding on the best furniture arrangement in a living room, you must consider the best use first and the best appearance second. Planning the Layout With each of the following furniture [...]
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Where you work affects how you work. Working in a cluttered, messy, or distracting environment will affect your work, and probably in a negative way. If you re like the average knowledge worker, you spend most of your time sitting in front of a computer screen. Even though your work revolves around a computer, your office as a whole should help you to be as productive as possible. A well-organized office has huge benefits. In the first place, it provides [...]
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Bedroom arrangements in feng shui embrace the primary function of your bedroom, which is to serve such activities as sleep, relaxation and sex. Feng shui principles incorporate the right elements and furniture placement to enhance your overall health and well being. These principles ensure the continued flow of chi energy through the balance of yin (female) and yang (male) energies. Clutter To create chi balance, you must first rid your bedroom of [...]
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In feng shui, the commanding position for the bed is as far away from the bedroom door as possible, but in a spot which still allows you to keep an eye on the room s entrance. This gives you a sense of safety and protection while you rest,says Jayme. The corner of the room diagonally opposite the door is usually best, since it distances you from the door while keeping the bed out of direct alignment with the room s opening, which is conducive to [...]
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Top Online Design Tools Top Paint Apps Virtual Room Software Virtual Room Painter With a virtual room decorator you can imagine and envision the exact characteristics of your new room design online to help you choose the appropriate fixtures, cabinets, furniture or materials to create your dream. Maybe you are looking to remodel just one room of your house at a time like a kitchen remodel. With Lowe’s easy to use Virtual Room Designer you can reinvent [...]
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For a Formal Layout The layout: If long conversations and discourse are your thing, it’s important to keep guests focused on one another, and having sofas face each other creates this sense of immediacy. The sofas: two 80″–82″ sofas Round out the space with… a narrow coffee table (20″ x 50″) or cocktail ottoman to provide vital surface space without keeping guests too far apart to chat. Tall side tables make for the perfect perch for a table lamp [...]
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You can fake one with your choice of clever work-around. The idea is to create a pause before the seating area. Check out two solutions below. Solution #1: Introduce an Entryway Position a rug and some key pieces of furniture just inside the front door. Set Up Drop Zones: Bookend the doorway with two greeting areas. “A bench-and-hooks combo on one side lets people know right away that this is an entry area, ” says Shea McGee of Studio McGee in Salt [...]
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