Exterior Interior Magazine Shares "Jennifer Aniston" at Home

                                                     

Jennifer Aniston collaborated with designer Stephen Shadley to transform a 1970 residence by Harold W. Levitt in Beverly Hills into an inviting retreat where she hosts frequent gatherings. “The making of the house was as significant to me as the living in it,” says the former Friends star.

                                                        

Shadley extended the eaves, which were clad in cumaru, and put in travertine flooring. Umbrellas are from Janus et Cie.

                                                                    

Aniston loved the tall entrance doors the moment she saw them. The Murano glass chandelier just inside is one of the first things she bought for the house. “Jen said things like ‘Zen’ and ‘Bali’ when we discussed the design—rather than doing a theme house, we got at the spirit of that,” says Shadley.

                                                       

The living room is an intimate space that opens to views of the koi pond. Low table, Todd Merrill Antiques. Glant linen is on the sofa, which Shadley designed. Manuel Canovas chair velvet.

                                                                           

“The painting just spoke to her,” says Shadley of Robert Motherwell’s 1963 A Throw of Dice No. 17. In foreground, a Jacques Adnet ashtray for Hermès holds cigarette packs in Motherwell’s favorite blue. Larsen fabric is on the shade of the Vladimir Kagan lamp. 

                                                         

         

The game room, with its bar and vintage pool table, is “a great hangout at parties,”. “And there are lots of places to sit outside.” Larsen sofa fabric. Calvin lampshade silk. Hunt leather on barstools.

                                                     

A pizza oven and wine room are featured in the kitchen. A travertine bar separates it from the sitting area, where Aniston and her guests can relax or watch television. Glant fabric covers the chair and the Piet Hein barstools. Among the actress’s film releases in 2010 is The Bounty Hunter.

                                                                           

“We made major changes in a very subtle way,” . “The house now has a more serene, monumental quality.” Aniston converted one of the his-and-her baths in the master suite into a spa bath with a soaking tub.

                                                            

“I wanted to be able to curl up in it,” she says of the master bedroom. Shadley designed the platform bed, which has a motorized television lift topped with Rogers & Goffigon fabric. Of the shag rug, he says, “It’s wool and silk and very lush.”

                                                     

Jen was a very quick study,” notes Shadley. “Not everyone wants to be that involved in the design process. She loved the communal aspect of it and even did some very good drawings.”

                                                   

Heated travertine floors warm the lanai, which can be enclosed with a bronze chain-mail curtain. The fabric on the love seat and chairs in foreground is from Holly Hunt, as are the pillow fabrics. Chella fabric covers the Shadley-designed chairs near the fireplace.

Home Exterior Designs – Top 10 Modern Trends

According to the Exterior Interior Magazine home exterior design is as important as the interior design. It seems simple, but first impressions matter. To Create a simple house exterior is not easy. When dreaming about a new exterior for your home, think about what you want neighbors and family to see and feel when they arrive at your house. And just like you might for a kitchen or bedroom redesign. pay attention to what you like. When people first look at your house. It is the exterior design part that they will recognize first. Browse through magazines or drive through neighborhoods. take notes of exteriors that appeal to you. Try to identify the features and elements that stand out to create a beautiful home. Think about the impression you want to make and draw from ideas. Colors and themes that you like.

In the event that you arrangement on having another house. you may need to acknowledge having a great exterior home design. Here @Exterior Interior Magazine  we talk about Modern Home Exterior Trends. A beautiful collection. Colorful. able to steal the show from any other piece of furniture and bring a breath of sophisticated fun in any environment.

Here are some model pictures of exterior design. These are some simple ideas to furnish and decorate with style.

Interior lighting tips with LED lights

At EXIN Magazine, this time we have planned to spread some innovative ideas and show you to decorate your home with LED lights.

LED lights are a bit popular now-a-days due to its low energy consumption and effectiveness towards the ‘Go Green’ campaign trending right now across the globe. So here we present a speedy lesson and tell you about LED lamps, lights, fixtures and bulbs.

Experts say that there are two thumb rules on how you should use LED lights. So, firstly, you should introduce a mix and match of light sources at different levels in your interiors to create a flattering ambience. And secondly, you need appropriate task lighting for whatever you do in that space. Task lighting is used to increase illumination in a place for some specific function.

First comes the living room, the space where you connect with your guest and is the highest traffic area in the house. So EXIN Magazine recommends you to focus on three to four corners that you find the most intriguing to place a light, and Bang on! Simply use a combination of table lamps and floor lamps, with some downward glow and with some upward. Place multiple reading places beside the down-glowing lamps. Now a simple LED dimmer, and here it is, the living room got a makeover with LED lights.

For the dining room designing with the LED light or LED strips, you can easily place a chandelier on top of the dining table. Another option is to stick the LED chains in the within the borders of you glass top table. In kitchen, you can use pendants, under-cabinet lights, or a sturdy table lamp but make sure to keep all the light sources away from the sink.

The cozy and most comfortable part of the home, the bedroom need to be handled carefully once you plan to place LED lights there. We suggest placing reading lamps or sconces by the bed, but pointed indirectly. Also, on a low table, place a small, intimate lamp with a tinted low-wattage bulb to mimic candlelight.

One can also decorate the bathroom with LED lights. Place one at the mirror or an overhead LED lamp, perfect for illuminating the area. Stairs and entrances are other two places whre you can place LED lights. In both of the areas you can place bright and high wattage bulbs and strips, according to traffic.  

Waldspirale

The Waldspirale is a residential building complex in Darmstadt, Germany, built in the 1990s. The name translates into English as forest spiral, reflecting both the general plan of the building and the fact that it has a green roof. EXIN Magazines brings for you the details of one of the most intriguing architectural landmarks in the world — Waldspirale.

Designed by Austrian artist Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser, known primarily for his flamboyant art, this residential complex in Germany is designed with the expressed aim of avoiding straight lines.

Waldspirale was planned and implemented by architect Heinz M. Springmann, and constructed by the Bauverein Darmstadt company. The building was completed in 2000.

The Waldspirale (forest spiral) houses as many trees as people with a large variety of species including beech on the roof. No two windows are the same and Hundertwasser even tiled some of the bathrooms himself.

The Waldspirale apartment building is located in Darmstadt’s Burgerparkviertel. It contains 105 apartments and a parking garage. In the past, the topmost part of the building has had restaurants, cafes and bars for people to visit. Currently, there are no open amenities for visitors. The inner courtyard contains a playground for the children of the residents and a small artificial lake. Peculiarities of the U-shaped building are the unique facade, which does not follow a regular grid organization, and the windows, which appear as if they were ‘aus der Reihe tanzen’ (dancing out of line) everywhere and appearing out of order, often with tree tenants. The diagonal roof, planted with grass, shrubs, flowers and trees, rises like a ramp along the U-form. At its highest point, the building has 12 floors.

The windows of the Waldspirale, which number over 1000, are all unique: no two windows are the same. Similarly, different handles are attached in each apartment to the doors and windows. Some of the apartments are decorated in Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s personal style and exhibit the colourful tiles in the bath and kitchen that are characteristic of his work. Furthermore, all the corners are rounded off in these apartments along the roof and walls in an application of Hundertwasser’s dogma “gegen die gerade Linie” meaning ‘against the straight line’. For cost reasons, only a few of the apartments’ interiors were designed individually.

From the outside, the typical elements of Hundertwasser’s personal style attract attention: the gilded onion domes the absence of straight lines and sharp corners, the multi-coloured painting of the building in earth tones and the colourful ceramic columns.

It’s Monsoon! Happy Landscaping!

Maintaining the right balance in rain and landscaping is not everybody’s cup of tea. While many think of landscaping is easy in monsoon, it is actually not so. Monsoons wash away the soil, while the breeze speed and thunderstorms always breaks the plants and devastates the beauty.

To keep your landscape area- be it big or small- here are some tips from EXIN Magazine. As monsoons helps the greens to create new life, make the soil and plan to plant new weeds to enjoy their beauty later at the year.  

EXIN Magazine also suggests covering the trees, especially the weaker ones. A storm is vulnerable to trees, so tie around a cloth to prevent the trees and leaves from breaking.

Also, you can place wind breaks. A windbreak will provide your foliage with much needed shelter from the storm and heavy rains. Trees those are planted on the leeward side of a building will have natural wind protection during a monsoon, said the experts.

EXIN Magazine also suggests pruning your trees before the monsoon rains. It is a natural barrier to the trees and with proper pruning, trees gets healthy and able to protect themselves from the natural calamities.

Dig a pond to store the monsoon rain water. A stored water area will serve together- increase the water level and a nice, small water area to spend leisure time with the family.

Seasonal tree maintenance is also another confusing, labor intensive and sometimes dangerous option for monsoon landscaping of to your garden. So now click photos in front  of the vivid green luster.

The History Of Your Bath Mate - Loofah

Loofah – People use it for showering. It’s generally used for exfoliating dead skin and can also be used as a sponge. But how did this little thing become one of mankind’s most treasured item? EXIN Magazine looks back at the history of loofahs.

There are many answers and a few misconceptions regarding its origin. Loofah, also spelled “luffa”, is a vegetable in the Cucurbitaceae family. It’s considered a gourd, and is related to pumpkin and squash. The gourd is believed to have originated in Asia, and Egyptians used it as a sponge. According to an article written by biologist David Erickson and published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States of America, the loofah traveled to America about 10,000 years ago and was considered an “Old World” plant, meaning it is native to Asia and Africa. People who settled in America brought the plant to domesticate it. It’s considered a “utility” species and was one of the first plants to be domesticated. Radiocarbon dating has shown the gourd has been in America for over 9,000 years. It’s now used mostly as sponges. However, it’s gourd was used as filters on ships prior to World War II. It has also been used to stuff pillows and for insulation.

Although it originated in Asia, it is now a very important part of South American agriculture. It’s called the “poor man’s kitchen and bath sponge”, because it can scrub the kitchen and is used as a bathing tool.

Over 11,000 individuals cultivate the loofah vegetable, and many of these are learning to cultivate the plant without harming the environment. It can offer 50 percent more income than cotton or grain crops.

When grown, it doesn’t look like loofah found in stores. It’s usually a foot long and has a yellow flower that grows with it. The plant produces male flowers first, so the first season does not produces fruit.

Alright, as we got to know about the origin of loofah, we again realize how fascinating history can be. Although, wait! Do not try to take a bite out of a loofah in your bathroom. It’s only edible when young. But, we do recommend you to try to grow the plant.

Bath Salts

Bath salts are water soluble, pulverized minerals that are added to water to be used for bathing. They are said to improve cleaning, enhance the enjoyment of bathing, and serve as a vehicle for cosmetic agents. Bath salts have been developed which mimic the properties of natural mineral baths or hot springs. EXIN Magazine brings for you the varied usages of bath salts.

The ‘salt’ part of the bath salt comes from their appearances being similar to the crystals of common salt.

They are extremely easy to use. For a bath, fill the tub about halfway to the desired level. Take a handful of bath salts and pour them into the bath by holding your hand under the faucet, allowing the bath salts to fall with the water into the tub. While pouring the bath salts into the bath, their fragrance will be released into the steam, allowing for a very fragrant bath.  Depending on their size, bath salts will dissolve quickly once in contact with hot water. Once you have poured one to two handfuls of bath salts into your bath, you’re ready to relax!  Be sure to stir the bath salts into the water and circulate them well, so the fragrances are released into the steam. 

Bath salts come in many different colors, sizes and textures. Colors are thought to have an effect on mood, so be sure to use bath salts in colors that match your mood — or what you would like your mood to be. For instance, red symbolizes excitement, passion and love; pink symbolizes caring and tenderness, yellow signifies optimism and hope; blue signifies peace and harmony; violet symbolizes spirituality, enlightenment and mystery; orange symbolizes flamboyance; green symbolizes vigor, renewal and nature; brown symbolizes comfort, endurance, reliability and earth, etc. The color of the salt changes the color of the water in tub. Besides, they also look beautiful in glasses and jars they come in. Size and texture varies too. Large grained salts although take more time to dissolve, but they make for more splendid views in tub. Small grained salts can be used for exfoliating. For exfoliating, just take a small handful of bath salts and add a tiny bit of water to it. Work the mixture into a paste and smooth it over your skin.

Bath salts also come in various fragrances, although non-fragrant bath salts are also available.

Bath salts can react differently to person to person. So, make sure that you test the product — by applying it on your hand or shoulder first and waiting for a couple of minutes to see any sort of allergic reactions are coming or not — before letting your entire body come in contact with it, although, sometimes the allergic reactions can come out overnight.