Home Make-over 7 - Toilet and Bathroom Re-design.

The bathroom is a significant space in your home, as it is a relaxation, refreshment, rejuvenation and grooming spot. You can spruce up your bathroom to have a calming, invigorating, serene, romantic and cleansing aura, thereby making your shower moments very memorable and worthwhile.

 We all know we cannot afford a treat at the spa regularly but you can make this treat a routine by creating the spa/sauna ambience right in your home. Have your bathrooms and restrooms re-designed  with a few tips like these;

Change your bathroom tiles and fittings if they look really drab and dingy. There are options for cheap and cost effective tiles and bathroom fittings that look really nice and appealing.

Introduce accessories such as fancy mirrors which will give you the pleasure of looking at yourself and also act as decorative ornaments.

Fix towel rails, holders and racks. Use plush laundry racks, bins, baskets etc.You can also install beautiful curtains and blinds on your bathroom windows.

Spice up the ambience of your bathrooms by placing potpourris, scented candles, flowers on very convenient surfaces in your bathroom.

Place fancy floor mats or little centre piece rugs on your bathroom floor at a spot not too close to the shower to prevent them getting wet, you can also place a lovely lampstand on a surface in your bathroom, as a decorative add on.

You can step up your bathroom re-design by using rich colored and boldly patterned tiles, wooden finishes, installing cabinets and shelf fixtures, glass shower cubicles.

All of the new changes in your bathroom would be 'sparked up' by having good lighting. This is definitely also a necessity in the bathroom considering the activities for which this space is meant for.

Simple and neatly groomed modern design bathrooms

 

Bathroom interiors graced with a glass shower cubicle, pretty cabinets and shelves, and wall finishing design done with waterproof wall paper.

 

More bathroom interiors spiced up with bold rich colors and bold patterned tiles.

 

You can also take your bathroom re-design to a new level by installing wood finishing, lovely mosaic tiles, and a pretty 'mix and match' tiling design.

Beyonce & Jay- Z's Celebrity Home Interiors

Let's take a look at the celeb home interior designs of high fashion, high profile entertainment, music, and style icon power couple Beyonce and Jay-Z.

Beyonce and Jay Z with baby Blue Ivy moved into their new home in Bridgehampton, New York city. It is their private home vacation and summer getaway just by the beach.

They spent huge bucks to lease this house in the month of August 2012. The legendary “Sandcastle” as it is called, is one of the most expensive houses for sale in the Hamptons, with an asking price tag of $43,500,000!!.

The Sandcastle is just about 1.5 miles from the beach, approx 31,000 sq.feet of luxury living on three full floors, including a 40-foot long living room with two fireplaces and a library/office sheathed floor and ceiling with high gloss wood work and paneling. The house has 12-ensuit bedrooms ,a walnut library, a 2,800 sq. ft master suite, exquisite walk-in closet. The house also comes with a bowling alley, virtual golf, rock climbing wall, media room, disco, children’s performing area and also an indoor skateboarding ramp.
 
 View images of the amazing luxury interiors of the Sandcastle home of Beyonce and Jay-Z. This mansion arrays rich and state-of-art architecture, taste and style.

Aerial view of property

Facade showing the private drive-in

The indented tennis court for the mansion

The massive poolside at the backyard

The porch which houses the pool and barbeque corner at the back of the mansion.

Overview of pool, spa and landscape at backyard.

The professional chef’s kitchen with a butler’s pantry and a walk-in refrigerator.

Dining room with a beautiful white fire place, lovely chandelier and ceiling design, beautiful white drapery with complementing navy blue trimmings.

Exquisite masculine library made of all polished wood finishings, with a stunning ceiling design made with ensembled wood finishing and architraves, and a gold plated fire place.

Awesome entertainment and bowling room.

Classic and private theatre room

Beautiful TV room, having multiple TV screens for view of different channels at the same time. No need to flip channels.

Wow! this master ensuite bathroom is simply breathtaking!, with beautiful hollow ceiling design, lovely window view, the mosaic tiling is simply classy.

Elegant and classy master bedroom with a rich all white and soft blue theme, lovely ceiling design, window view, rich and exquisite beddings, nicely set built in TV screen.

Cozy guest bedroom.

Simply classy, exquisite, rich and well set walk-in closet. It has everything nicely put away in the beautiful wardrobes and enclosures, and a wide full length mirror.

An indoor skateboarding ramp!

A well furnished and rich gym.

This spa and sauna room is simply ethereal with an ambience of serenity and calm. Cannot help noticing the ceiling which has a state-of-the-art design

The general ambience in this mansion is simply unreal, over the top, and amazing. Does this mansion feel like a home? or does it have a more formal, impersonal and pretty excessive feel?



images from corcoran.com and realestalker.com

Home Make-over-6- Throw pillows and More Throw pillows. Introducing Bean bags & Ottomans

You can never have enough throw pillows in a home, even modern office spaces use throw pillows at the reception, lounge and executive office areas.

Throw pillows bring in  a touch of softness, comfort, coziness and texture into any space. You can also use them to 'spice up' your space and make it 'pop' by having them in very beautiful,colorful textures and patterns. They can come in different shapes and sizes.

They come in  handy and very functional as relaxation and comfort elements when watching TV in the living room, bedroom or any other entertainment space in  the home, whilst chit-chatting with friends and family at the family lounge or guest area, in the childen's playroom and bedrooms.

A new twist to tweaking your space would be introducing ottomans and bean bags. Ottomans are best in your living room, lounge area, bedrooms, dining area whilst bean bags are best in relaxation and play areas like the children's spaces in the home, family lounge, private TV room etc.

Having a mix of throw pillows, bean bags and ottomans in different spaces in your home helps create a 'cuddle-up' feel and atmosphere around your home.

Living rooms beautifully adorned and spruced up with throw pillows of different designs, colors, and sizes.

 

Beautifully groomed beddings gracefully propped up with throw pillows to enhance the theme, harmony, comfort and cuddly ambience in the bedroom.

 

Throw pillows and more throw pillows, you can never have enough throw pillows in your home.

 

More beddings beautifully dressed up with throw pillows, in children's bedrooms as well as adult bedrooms.

 Images of bean bags. They come in different designs, shapes and colors.

 Images of ottomans in different designs, texture, shapes, sizes, colors etc.

Living rooms beautifully designed with throw pillows, an ottoman or a bean bag, which are add ons to complement the theme and harmony in the space and also create a cozy ambience.

A review of the Amen Estate, Eleko Beach road, Lagos

One visit to the Amen estate and you will be completely hooked, it is simply a lovely and classy dream home haven......

The Amen estate is a development of Redbrick Homes International Ltd, an independent, innovative firm with some of the best construction and real estate professionals in Nigeria. Presently, the Company is engaged in the construction of over 700 units at Amen Estate. The estate is built with red bricks in an exotic ambience and style that blends classic, traditional, vintage architecture with flexible, contemporary structures for today's living style.

It is a well planned estate, with tip-top layout and spatial property arrangement, designed to feature an array of homes that portray state-of-the-art design elements which embraces our culture and compliments the functionality of modern lifestyle.

It is strategically situated close to the Eleko beach lekki peninsula, the free trade zone and also the proposed soon to be established new international airport. Development is speedily advancing towards this area in the city of Lagos, with the expansion of the lekki-ajah expressway.

Interesting opportunity is being offered for any prospective home owner as there is a provision of a 10% initial deposit non-interest 2-year installmental payment plan for buyers who cannot afford an outright payment. 
 
Featured homes include 3-bedroom luxurious flats, 4-bedroom terrace houses, 4-bedroom villas, 5-bedroom villas, 5-bedroom mansions and 6-bedroom fully detached mansions. They come fully furnished with very good taste of interior design and also with accompanying BQs.
The homes also come with good prices of between 34M for the fully furnished 3-bedroom all en-suite luxurious flats to 120M for the fully furnished 7-bedroom detached mansion (with a study and 2 room BQ).

view more images from Amen estate.

The facilities, services and amenities within the estate are put in place bearing the concept of a 'Live-Work-Play' community with a provision for leisure and commercial areas. Facilities include; 

• Tarred roads with solar street lights and covered drains. 
•  24-hour lighting and maintenance services. 
•  Fire hydrants, waste and sewage disposal services. 
•  Treated water supply. 
•   Armed security patrol 
•  Concierge and janitorial services 
•  Integrated CCTV and broadband internet for link with main gate and neighbours 
•  Leisure facilities such as a gymnasium, pool, fitness centre, tennis court, football pitch, children's playground, public parks and gardens.
•  Commercial area to cater for shopping centres, schools, parties and events centre etc.

We love the interior design at the Amen estate as it was done with high taste and quality finishing. There are just a few things we would have loved to be done differently. They include;

•  Uniform colour scheme for all the doors, cabinets and wardrobes in the home, preferably ebony coloured MDF laminate doors and wooden surfaces.
•  Use of wooden or aluminium venetian blinds in the restrooms, bathrooms and kitchen area.
• Designing the curtains and drapes using the modern style rings/loops for pinning up the curtains to the rods.
• Lavish and adorn the beddings with throw pillows of various colours, patterns and designs that fit the theme of the rooms and beddings.
•  A more elaborate modern style dressing area in the bedrooms, and also a walk-in closet in the mistress's bedroom. 
•   A more elaborate TV/entertainment area design concept in the living rooms.

For more enquiries on the Amen estate, please contact us.