Social Media...Again!

Okay, another great grandma brag here. (Remember, it's my blog and I can do this any time I want!) ;-) This is Miss Juliette as of just a few days ago. She's now a few months old. Her sister just loves her a lot. When she went to her daycare to visit with her friends, she called out, "Everybody, this is my Juliette!" She's a very proud and loving big sister. Juliette loves to be held and is a very sweet baby, sleeping through the night already. She's also a very happy little girl.

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The kids are after me again to...well, let me tell you—upgrade my cell phone. If you know me or have read my blog for any amount of time, you know my feelings on social media; I hate it. I have a Facebook account under an fictitious name to see my grandkids and great grandkids. I don't twitter, although, I tried it for a couple of days and then deleted it. Why would anyone want to know what I'm cooking that day or if I'm in the bathroom on the toilet? Boggles my mind. Even at the continuous nagging by my kids, I don't text. Gasp!!! I want to hear their voices and emotions and I'm just horrible at "two-thumbing" talking. I also hate, hate, hate with a passion people in line at the store talking about their very private lives while the rest of us are appalled at them. In restaurants, I've been watching the folks around us and a couple or a family will all pull out their cell phones and are talking on the cell phone or playing games. Where's the family sociality there? No wonder families are in danger! They don't talk to each other; they text each other. I know this to be true with some families we know. I make Love Bunny turn his off before we go into the restaurant. Mine is rarely on except if I'm shopping and need to ask hubs something we might need. I just don't use it much at all. My granddaughter is the same way and she works for Microsoft. She just got one these past few months when pregnant with her 2nd child and her hubby couldn't find her and thought she'd gone into labor. He had a fit so we gave her an old one of ours we never threw away and put her on our plan for ten dollars more a month. NO data plan, no fancy apps, just a phone she can let someone know if she's in trouble. She and I think so much alike, it's as if she's my daughter and not my granddaughter.

And we don't have a television, which brings up my newest rant.

Why do I have to go out to a restaurant with televisions spread all over the place blaring out sports events while my hubs and I are trying our best to talk? I love Applebee's best of all but I'm getting sick of the loud noise. Olive Garden or other restaurants at which we dine don't have the televisions blaring. Actually, Olive Garden has a separate room on the other side of the dining area at our local one here in town. I truly appreciate that. But while dining we should be chatting with the person or couple, not trying to talk above a blaring sports event. Okay, I'll slither back into my hole now and calm down. :-)
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This is a gorgeous room I think. Love the striped curtains.

Just eye candy roses and lilacs.

I have no clue where this building is but it is stunning with its architecture.

Radishes even make a gorgeous flower arrangement.

Fairies? If they say so, it must be true. Can you spot them?

Gorgeous wallpaper.

Gorgeous balcony and french doors.

A small little private area in a big city.

I think Claudia would like this island. ;-)

Gorgeous, stunning fuchsia chairs and curtains.

Pretty pillow cases with embroidered lace edges.

Eye candy tag for you.

My kind of license plate!

Yummy cookies!

Another place for your pretties, hanging in the windows overlooking an ocean.

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Tidbit:
It is illegal in the U.S. to sell raw almonds. They must be pasteurized before sale.
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Best Home Design Architecture

Best Home Design

Best Home Design, as you know that this blog is the best place to browse for best home design, best home architecture, best home decoration and best home trends. I really recommend this blog as a source of best home design. On this time, I will share you several best home design with best architecture.

The process of home design architecture requires you to spend enough time and effort to achieve best results. Best Home Design architecture can be a complicated process if you do not know how to deal and handle it. Perhaps you might need professional to help with your home design plans if you are not pretty sure how will you do it in the first place. But even if you hire professionals to aid you in your home design plans you still have to know a few guidelines to achieve the best.

Here are several ideas to achieve best home design

1. Set your budget for the home plans

The first thing that you should consider as you begin the process of home design is by knowing how much you are willing to spend. Your budget will determine the extent and limit of your home design plans.

2. Choose the best home design plans

Home design can give your home a newer and fresher look and if ever you live by the house which design you do not prefer, the need for home remodeling and decorating is absolute. The new home design must be according to what your heart desires that reflects your personality.

3. Think of home design that just need simple remodeling in both present and future needs

Unless you have the capacity to change your home design in a matter of few years, you can have design that will cater only your present needs. But if you can’t do that then you should consider a home design that can satisfy both your present and future needs.

4. Hire best home decorator with professional jobs

Home design planning can be easy if you know specifically what you need and what you want, but putting it in action can be the most critical one. That is why many opt to hire professionals that can help them in achieving best results.

Extremely Unique Architecture Design of Upside Down Home Idea

Unique Architecture Design Upside Down Home

Have you ever seen the house upside down? When you come to a region that has recently occurred earthquake, then you will easily find it. And in a state badly damaged, of course. But it would be different if you came to visit Szymbark, a small village in Poland. There was a famous house, visited by many people because it has extremely unique architecture design. The uniqueness of this famous design, because it was built upside down. This upside down house project was designed by Daniel Czapiewski, a Polish bussinesman and philanthropist.

Requires 114 days to build this house, much longer than build a normal house that is usually completed within three weeks. That is because the workers are confused, disoriented, in understanding the idea of ​​building the upside down home. The walls are generally built straight, it must be built with a slash. So is the case with certain parts that belong in the top, turn under. Not only the workers who like to be disoriented, even if you do not see these images, might have trouble understanding the upside down home design presented in this article.

From the overall picture in this article, you can see that all parts of the house was built upside down. In fact, to reinforce the impression, the upper house looks like a building foundation. In our imagination, can probably imagine there is a giant coming, then unplug the house and its foundation from the ground. But then the giant made ​​a mistake by putting the house upside down. Of course, this is just an ordinary joke, because it is in fact a unique architecture design of the upside down home really exist in Poland. If there is spare time, could become one of the objects to be visited. And don't forget, take pictures in front of the house as proof that you really have to visit it. [via]

Unique Architecture Design Idea

Extremely Unique Architecture Design Upside Down Home

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Modern Architecture Design Applied to Vodafone Headquarters Building by Barbosa & Guimaraes

Vodafone's Modern Architecture Design

Vodafone has a new building as their headquarters, located in Porto Portugal. The building design uses a modern architecture, designed by Barbosa & Guimaraes. Building that serves as the new headquarters, has a slogan Vodafone "Vodafone Life, Life in Motion". When we look more carefully, the first image above, the building has an irregular shape, with many facets as a display face. Maybe we will be stunned while thinking: "How is it possible to make structural design like that?" Concrete structure be the answer to your question. Yes, this building is dominated by the performance of the functions of concrete structural and exterior. In many building designs, we know, more concrete functioned to support the structure. But in this Vodafone headquarters building design, concrete plasticity optimized to obtain a design that is truly unique and unusual. One thing we can learn here, that the concrete can carry out multiple functions properly, structure and exterior function.

When peeled from the technical point of view, this building has a high complexity. With an unusual concrete structures, clearly reduce support for building on it, but to provide flexibility in terms of interiors. On the ground floor which is right next to the auditorium, a room overlooking the Boavista Avenue, cafeteria and offices. While on four floors above the office a place to work, an open space and terrace. Going down to the basement, floors -3 and floor -2 serve as parking vehicles, and the -1 floor is occupied by a technical field and functioned as a training room. This design is sufficient for a building that serves as an office. [via]

Vodafone Interior Modern Architecture Design

Modern Architecture Design and Interior Furniture

Modern Architecture Design Vodafone Headquarters Exterior

Modern Architecture Design Landscape Gardening

Modern Architecture Design Vodafone Headquarters Building

Contemporary Wooden Architecture Building by Pieta-Linda Auttila Architect

Wooden Architecture Building

Architectural design in this article is very unique, in the use of materials and in shape. About 90% of the entire building uses material from the timber, except for the window because we can not change the timber to be transparent like glass. The form was somewhat unique, in particular the use of a square shape, and in some other part using curved forms. So far, we use wood as an ornamental building, among others, to the ceiling and floor of the room. But in this design, the function is evolving toward more distant, more than just a trimmer. For this design, the wood runs the main function as a protector, because it's almost entirely made ​​of wood construction.

The architectural design of this wooden building located in the maritime heart of Helsinki, designed by Pieta-Linda Auttila. If you look closely, this design is really amazing. In some parts of the curved shape, we can imagine how the carpenters have been working hard to get the forms that are not uncommon. Embodiment of harmonious cooperation between Pieta-Linda Auttila as architects and carpenters who have worked hard, producing stunning wooden architecture building design. via

Unique Architecture Building

Modern Architecture Building

Amazing Architecture Building

Architecture Building Using Wooden Material

Exterior Architecture Building

Interior Architecture Building

Contemporary Architecture Building

Home Architecture Designs in Modern Style

Home Architecture Designs - Front View

The history of modern home architecture designs has not been so long, began in 1945 in southern California. At that time, many residential houses were destroyed by war. So, a designer produces a new idea, about a house that uses a completely different design to the design of most of the time. This idea is even contrary to traditional designs, many dominated by the use of building materials of glass and steel. This design is made with the aim that reproduced by developers across the country. It is intended to address the problems of post war housing. Modern design can be identified to offer open-concept interior floors, with walls less. The use of exterior building materials is more dominated by glass and steel. Has a characteristic that is an inclined straight line and tilt, not curved, tapered, or carved.

Home Architecture Designs - Living Room

Home Architecture Designs - Bathroom

Home Architecture Designs - Bedroom

Collection of Modern Architecture Houses

Collection of Modern Architecture Houses - The Beachfront Mirage Estate

  

Luxury Dhigu Spa Resorts Design in Dhigu, Maldives

Luxury Dhigu Spa Resorts Design in Dhigu, Maldives - Front View

This is a stunning spa resort design Maldvies, named Dhigu. A relaxed holiday is on the cards if you choose to visit Dhigu. With tranquil surroundings, luxurious interiors, comfortable living, and exotic settings, It has everything one can ask for in terms of luxury, class and comfort. A fairytale like setting in midst of water on all sides – it is just the perfect place for a young couple or a honeymoon getaway.

Luxury Dhigu Spa Resorts Design in Dhigu, Maldives - beautiful view at night

Luxury Dhigu Spa Resorts Design in Dhigu, Maldives - resting room

Luxury Dhigu Spa Resorts Design in Dhigu, Maldives - spa room

Modern Architecture of Hicksville House by Raffaele and Thomas

Architecture should be clearly organized, humanly scaled and respectful of its surrounding environment.  Accommodating views, harnessing natural light and utilizing appropriate materials are attributes of well designed architecture that we strive for.This is a project of modern home residential named Hicksville House, designed by  Raffaele and Thomas.

On small residential lots it is always a delicate balance to both fulfill the owner's program, yet create an appropriately scaled design that does not overwhelm the neighboring residences. Asymmetrical gables at the new second floor addition, that reinforce the hierarchy of rooms within and a shallow front porch allows the house to gently fit within the existing neighborhood context.-rocarch-