If your fireplace mantel is in need of a makeover, start the new year by adding or remodeling a mantel. This home improvement project will not only give your fireplace a facelift but will freshen up the look of the entire room. Converting a boring fireplace into a beautiful feature also creates an upscale vibe within the home.

The mantel design should compliment the style of the room but still reflect the owners personality and taste. This can be achieved by having the mantel custom designed or by selecting a pre-designed layout. Cast stone is an attractive and practical material to use to create a beautiful mantel because of its design versatility, texture and lightweight benefits.  To further enhance the beautiful feature and not only create a focal point but a bold statement piece– include a custom overmantel in the design.

So if your home is in need of a new year’s remodeling project, start by revamping your fireplace with a remarkable mantel. Realm of Design is happy to work with you in order to create a beautiful mantel design that will not only reinvent your fireplace but will enhance your entire space.

Columns have come a long way from being solely utilized for structural supports. With the improvement of building and engineering, columns were able to be transitioned from necessary building blocks to decorative architectural accents.

 

 

By today’s standards, decorative columns are considered a luxurious detail that adds style and beauty to any home. When the vertical design feature adorns a property’s front porch or entryway, it not only makes the exterior more visually appealing, but it creates greater curb appeal. In addition to the outside exterior of a property, architectural columns can also benefit and add splendor to a home’s interior. When positioned at a room’s entryway, the luxurious accents create an upscale classy room transition for an exquisite finishing touch that will enhance the beauty and richness of any space.

 

Architectural columns can be customized by Realm of Design to reflect a homeowners taste. They can be simple and sleek or artistically ornate.  For those that wish to make their outdoor designing columns even more interesting, creatively garnish the pillars with foliage and/or greenery. The natural grace will create a charming ornamental focal point that is the perfect design enhancement for a posh patio or courtyard. Whether decorative architectural columns embellish a home’s exterior or interior, they are certain to present an elegant, sophisticated touch.

 

 

Whether you are remodeling your kitchen or designing it from scratch, a kitchen backsplash should be included if you want to give the room style and character. The kitchen backsplash is no longer considered just a practical element that protects walls from splashes and spills, but rather an important style element that can revive your kitchen. And because the kitchen backsplash provides form and function, it has become an essential component when transforming a tired kitchen.

The backsplash can be customized to be low-key and subtle, just enough to bring the room together. Or it can be elaborately designed, allowing for the accent to be the kitchen’s focal point. Whatever the design choice, the embellishment is certain to add taste and beauty to the room. However, the kitchen design trend seems to be leaning toward homeowners wanting to be unique and showcase their kitchen’s wall area with a distinctive attention-getting backsplash that makes a statement. By choosing to decorate with a creative, customized, kitchen backsplash, homeowners can present their individuality and personality in addition to amping up their kitchen’s aesthetic appeal. Not to mention, that by creating a focal point within the space consequently improves its visual appeal, which typically equates to a greater value of the home.

When deciding on the backsplash material, the stone is always a popular choice because it is elegant and timeless. Realm of Design’s Eco-Friendly GreenStone may also be utilized within the kitchen’s accent for those wanting to be “Green.”. Realm of Design can help your kitchen reach its full potential by designing and creating an original customized kitchen backsplash that will not only reflect your personality and style but will reinvent your kitchen.

 

A top French Television news station, France 5, recently paid a visit to Las Vegas Nevada suburb, Henderson, to film a documentary segment on the infamous Morrow Royal Pavilion aka the Beer Bottle Building–which was constructed with Realm of Design’s patented recycled glass material,GreenStone. The documentary segment will feature the world’s largest building constructed with recycled beer bottles on the station’s popular weekly TV Show “Echo-Logis” focusing on Architectural Green actions and environmental innovation.

The sustainable building, which acts as Realm of Design’s manufacturing facility, gained the attention of the French show producers after reading about it on the internet. They were fascinated by the MRP’s architecture and how the recycled glass building contained over half a million beer bottles from the Las Vegas Strip that were originally destined for the dump. And for France 5, being a news network station that covers and promotes green initiatives, producing a segment on The Morrow Royal Pavilion and Sustainability in Las Vegas seemed an excellent journalistic choice.

The station’s French news crew visited the Morrow Royal Pavilion Thurs. Sept. 12 & Fri. Sept 13, 2013 where they spent both days filming the Booze Building from all camera angles. The crew even filmed some footage using a high-tech drone video camera, looking similar to a miniature helicopter, that captured high-definition video while remotely flying around the building. The segment producers and journalists also interviewed the building’s designer/ builder, and GreenStone inventor, Scott McCombs along with his Realm of Design co-owner and wife, Cindy McCombs to discuss GreenStone and the challenges of promoting green products in Sin City.

The Eco-friendly Morrow Royal Pavilion first made national and international headlines when it was featured on DIY Network show “This New House.” The show illustrated how the patented GreenStone material is manufactured and how it was utilized to construct the Morrow Royal Pavilion as well as other architectural accents Realm of Design manufactures. The popularity of the DIY TV show triggered a media frenzy that included a spot on HGTV’s “Extreme Homes,” as well as news articles published in the Huffington Post, Yahoo News, DailyMail, Inhabitat and TreeHugger just to name a few.

The France 5 Echo-Logis television segment is scheduled to air in December 2013 on the French Network. The exact date and time TBA. More details about the French station and its programs can be found at www.France5.fr.

 

With the housing market improving and home values increasing, it is a great time to consider a home improvement project. One particular project that gives you the most bang for your buck is the addition of custom pavers. Adding customized paver stones to a home’s exterior is a relatively inexpensive home improvement that instantly boosts aesthetic appeal, as well as gives your home a high-end look.

Decorating your home’s exterior with custom pavers is a practical architectural accent that will greatly improve the home’s outdoor appearance while giving a visual dramatic flair to your property. If you wish to further improve your home’s outdoor area, custom pavers can also be incorporated within a walkway, patio, porch, driveway and/or garden. Whether you add custom pavers to the frontyard or backyard, these stone beauties are certain to give your home an impressive rich look while creating a beautiful custom landscape. And because Realm of Design’s pavers are completely customized, the unique outdoor appearance they afford your home, cause the property to stand out even more, hence, further increasing its curb appeal and value.

The newly enriched outdoor appearance of your home will not only be visually appealing to you, your neighbors and potential buyers, but the luxurious look will reflect style, class and sophistication. So jazz up your house with a visually impressive paver project– It’s an excellent low-cost way to assist your property in reaching its full high-end potential.

Realm of Design can creatively design pavers to fit any home style.