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Putting the Green in Mediterranean Design
Before we get started on how we incorporate green principles and ideas into Mediterranean homes, let’s first revisit what it means to actually be a Mediterranean home. You can visit our post on Mediterranean Home Design or read below for a … Continue reading
Getting into the mood
No, not that kind of mood…the mood that gets us inspired, energized, and in a happy place to design and be creative. When it comes time to start a new project from scratch a clean and organized desk is a … Continue reading
Cape Cod Home Design
Cape Cod in Washington, Baugh! …or …YES? Well, just for argument’s sake, let’s compare the two regions: Cape Cod Pacific Northwest Local Climate: Coastal … Continue reading
Ripple Design gets a new look!
So we’ve been toying for a few months now with the idea of updating a few furniture items and accessories around the office. One day, after a site visit we bopped in and out of a few furniture stores downtown … Continue reading
Posted by admin at 3:12 pm
Tagged Humanscale, Ripple Chairs, Ripple Design Studio, Ripple Lighting
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Spanish Home Design
Today we are continuing our thought process on what it means to distinguish one Home Design Style from another. This is our fourth post and our focus du jour is on Spanish Homes. Please see our other posts on Mediterranean, Tuscan, … Continue reading
Posted by admin at 12:14 am
Tagged Spanish Design, Spanish Home, Spanish home architecture, spanish home design
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Now that’s a bright idea!
It can be a very difficult decision determining just the right style of lighting fixtures for your new or remodeled home. Sometimes looking through catalogues and showrooms can be limiting and frustrating for sure, given that most of us only … Continue reading
French Home Design
In our third post on specific types of home design we are focusing today on the region of France, which is a part of the Mediterranean bordering the southern tip of Italy. For earlier installments on other types of residential … Continue reading
Tuscan Home Design
Today we are continuting our discussion from this post on Mediterranean Home Design. Today’s home composition is inspired by Tuscany! Ah, tuscany, pronounced Toscana in Italian, is the home of beautiful countrysides, genius artistic works mastered by Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Boticelli, Basilicas, Olive … Continue reading
Posted by admin at 7:22 pm
Tagged Tuscan Architecture, Tuscan Home, Tuscan home design
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Mediterranean Home Design
We are doing a series of blog posts that explain our thoughts and opinions on specialized types of residential architecture common in our portfolio. Today’s post about regional architecture is brought to you by: The Mediterranean Before I start wandering … Continue reading
2011: All Wrapped Up
This has been a very exciting year for Ripple! Not only have we added to our body of work both in Washington and California, we added actual bodies to Ripple Design and to our family. Jim, our principal, adopted the … Continue reading