Light colored furniture like wicker or light woods can create an atmosphere of serenity, while dark and heavy wood gives the home a regal and staid quality. Hardwood flooring can add warmth, while lighting can be arranged to create a mood, or to make the home cheery and bright. Color...
International luxury brands are increasingly integrating Chinese traditional cultural elements into their designs. Examples include:Celine’sbag clasps resembling Qing Dynasty longevity bracelets,Louis Vuitton’smonogram pattern echoing Tang Dynasty zitan wood carvings,Cartier’s"Full Bloom" exhibition in Shang...
Alternatively, you can push your trees to grow tall and straight which leads to better quality wood but fewer nuts. Walnut wood is used in furniture, flooring, cabinets, carvings, and gunstocks and is very valuable. Popular nuts to grow include walnut, almond, pistachio, macadamia, chestnut, ...
Khufu's interior is no less impressive than its façade. Intended as a tomb for the king and his queen, its primary purpose seems to be housing their bodies and storing the goods they need for the afterlife. Compact shafts and dark passageways weave serpentine paths through chambers and dea...
Today, terra cotta tiles and adobe accents make a wonderful, earthy complement to the warm wood tones of logs. Southwestern-style furnishings may be carved Spanish Colonial wood tables and case pieces that remind us of centuries-old missions. The cruciform is repeated in carvings, recalling the ...
Temple of Chen Family, the largest and best-preserved ancient architecture existing in Guangdong province, is now the site of the Museum of Guangdong Folk Arts and Crafts. It houses a large collection of wood carvings, stone carvings, brick carvings, pottery, plaster and iron carvings. Visit Te...
Cut the stem of a leaf toabout an inch; put a semicircle of glue on the back of the leaf and insert the stem into the foam through one of the apertures in the holder. Continue in this fashion, inserting leaves all around the outside of the holder. Finish with two leaves that you ...
think give the table a little bit of a retro modern feeling too. We're also really happy with how the satin finish topcoat created a bit of a sheen on the top of the table without being glossy or high shine — it really allowed the natural intricacies of the wood to take center ...
In the middle of the Potomac, the 91-acre Theodore Roosevelt Island was named for our 26th President, considered the country's first environmental leader. It's considered a wilderness preserve that you can explore in a free 60-minute guided tour offered through the Park Service. If you go,...
Workers will attempt to preserve the infrastructure of the Notre Dame over the next 48 hours, French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner told reporters outside the cathedral. There is still structural risk to the building, which is being surveyed, he said. ...