If you indeed choose to use the Gross Margin method, you’ll need to have the conversions either memorized (as if you need one more thing to remember!) OR… simply use this handy little conversion sheet I put together for you!

In addition, with its sophisticated and majestic appearance, your friends will think you bought this stunning lamp at an artisan market or well-to-do estate auction somewhere in the Far East. The ceramic porcelain base of this lamp features a complicated floral design while the linen color adds a contemporary, fashionable style.

Aside from the Aqua Celestial Cloud Lamp, you may also like the Echo Off White Lamp, especially if you have a vintage style house. This also shows modernity in any kind of house and will harmonize well with any given motif. The 1960’s style of the textured base of this lamp as well as the linen color of it adds a clean accent in any place you want to use it. Furthermore, you can utilize this spectacularly fashionable and distinctive furniture as a central point in any room. It is also the ideal kind of lighting for a modern house that is in need of visual interest with a classic and modern touch.

On the other hand, if you are always holding parties or simple gatherings in your home, then check out this Sequins Collection Gold plate. Some people never saw plates as elegantly striking as these. Featuring a rolling style, it can match any occasion.

Founded in the midst of a recession, Miami based Pepe Calderin Design, successfully tackles the challenge of bringing every day life to a new level of happiness, joy, form and function – by helping you to envision the “beauty” that your surroundings could offer.

Whether it be redesigning your living space, recreating your design style, or reaching beyond the four walls to empower your outdoor living in a manner that renews your sense of contentment, and brings a little bit of peace and serenity to your soul.

Reaching beyond America’s backyards and home interiors, Pepe Calderin and his innovative design firm have also influenced countries abroad, including Europe and Saudi Arabia. Offering over 20 years of collective experience, this design firm can efficiently and effectively get the project started with 3D renderings, permits and construction documents … and bring it to completion by adding furniture, Lighting Design, and purchasing accessories for that final touch.

Family Room designed by Pepe Calderin Design

Pepe Calderin’s outstanding work ethic and unsurpassed reputation has garnered the respect and admiration of the Design Industry and fellow designers, alike – which, in turn, has allowed this firm to network with the finest professionals in their respective fields of expertise; ensuring their clients receive a top-notch level of service that is simply unparalleled.

Stunning master bath by Pepe Calderin Design

Thinking outside the box is one method that has allowed Pepe Calderin Design to create a name for themselves, as well as a buzz amongst other Interior Design Professionals. Bringing a fresh, innovative approach to how you should “feel” within a space – versus focusing on how it should “look” – shows their ability to truly care about how design affects a client on an emotional level; thus, keying in on their wishes, dreams and desires, and helping them to discover the “beauty” within Interior Design that can change their every day way of life.

Living Area designed by Pepe Calderin Design

For ideas on finding beauty within your living area, please visit our Interior Design Ideas page where you’ll be inspired and motivated to make a change in your surroundings that could positively impact your life today.

Mathieu Gabiot really had the bibliophile in mind when he designed “Le Bouc”. Really made for the book addicts, this portable and useful book table is just so delightful and useful as a bedroom design idea that you will surely love it.

It can accommodate and store quite a few reading materials (books, magazines and etc.) plus it has an angled surface at the top so you can place what you are currently reading at the top without losing the page. Ingenious, right? This is also great as a teen bedroom design idea for your book-loving teenager.

The table also functions as an organizer at the same time. The table can also be a great addition to your office space. It is available at LeBuoc.

Want to put your feet up and get cozy? The Park lounge chair and ottoman would be your perfect companions. They’d be warm and comforting additions to your family or entertainment rooms.

The lounge chair would be nice for those cold drafty days where you just want to be secluded in the warmth and serenity of a chair. It appears to be a good choice to add to your modern interior design ideas.

It has a molded foam body with elastic webbing to make it even more comfortable for whosoever takes comfort in the chair. The chair is available at Hivemodern.com.

Mix travel and furniture and you get Heal’s travel-inspired drawer furniture to decorate your lovely bedrooms.

The drawer sets would look fantastic and evoke a feeling of being worldly should you decide to incorporate the luggage drawers in your bedroom design ideas.

The luggage pieces somehow lend that artsy feel to any part of your home and if you are looking to add that art nouveau interior design idea look, these luggage drawers would be perfect. You can check them out over at Heal’s.

The usual sofas that are predominant in today would be those upholstered and big huge sofas that seem to lack a few important points if you want cozy and comforting sofas complete with a luxurious appearance. The Greyson sofa from Bobo Intriguing Objects seems to be the answer to this dilemma. This sofa would be a fancy addition to your living room decorating ideas.

The sofa brings to mind something contemporary yet traditional. The sofa with its different take on design and the traditional with the dainty clawed feet it has. This would be a fine addition to your transitional interior design idea board.

Good enough to sleep 2 comfortably, you can check this sofa out over at Bobo Intriguing Objects.

The living room gives a relaxing feeling as well. From the colorful carpet to center table and the sofa, you can see the perfect combination of these kinds of furniture. The color also complement well with every piece of furnishing in this living room. You can also add different kinds of frames on the wall or even China plates. These decorations will give a classic look in your villa.

Though this may show classiness in your villa, you can still design the other part of it with modern designs and styles like the pictures below. You can see the various designs on the walls as well as the lights used. However, it harmonized well with the other designs of the villa that give you a classic, but modern look of it.

I must confess, when Jason Haloosim asked me to write for InteriorDesignPro, my first reaction was to refuse. Writing technical articles on SketchUp in a professional search directory made me feel out of context. After a few minutes to reflect, I realized that in all the interior design groups I belong to, there is always a constant need to design, introduce and sell our ideas. I’ve been an instructor for many years for different software, but none has given me the freedom and speed to consolidate my ideas as it has Sketchup.

SketchUp is currently used by millions of users for designing, modeling and visualizing projects. Its vision to be a 3D modeling for everyone has allowed modelers worldwide to express design concepts easily. An extensive third-party developer community provides solutions for a variety of customers. These third-party developers have provided solutions from creating organic shapes to photorealistic renderings.

My team and I have been able to please architects and designers in many different ways. Lately we have had the opportunity to create interactive renderings that work like a video game. These renderings are created with LightUp, a plugin that creates acceptable photorealistic renderings in a very short time. Obviously, they are not professional quality because they use a biased method but they have proved to be an excellent marketing tool since they capture the emotions of the client immediately. For the price of a still image our customers won the bid for this auditorium.
In the below link you can see this interactive rendering as a new way to showcase your projects. You will need to install the LightUp app to be able to play with. Use the mouse and key buttons as you were playing any video game. With Alt key you can move up and down. If you went outside the room just press the Reset button. Uncheck the Inertia button to have less speed.

http://www.light-up.co.uk/index.php?t=webplay&l=http://www.nextcad.net/assets/auditorium.luca

As SketchUp has been used for the creation of diverse objects, it would be a great contribution your questions or concerns. I hope I can be useful for all of you. Wait for my next article on how to make a vaulted ceiling using the plugin Roof.rb

Music and homework is the theme for this Accordion inspired table by designer Nika Zupanc. Functionality and form mix in this sleek creation. This would be a modern culture piece and nice to add to your urban loft interior design idea functioning as a work space table.

You could also add this table to your library interior design ideas. This would make an eye catching table piece.

But best of all if you have a home office, this table is a great alternative to the common desk and bringing your home office interior design idea to the next level. Check this out over at Nika Zupanc’s website.