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Humble Abode




Last weekend I had my Saturday to myself to do whatever I wanted. I decided to flip flop my weekend routine and get all the “domestic” stuff done on Saturday so that Sunday could be in the running for laziest Sunday of all time. To my surprise, I got everything done I sought out to do and even had time to take the pup out for a mid-day walk. During “Domestic Saturday” I captured some scenes from around the ole humble abode.

Chris Court's Mushrooms




Chris Court’s work is ALL over the place and if you flipped through some Australian interior design magazines, you know what I’m talking about. I’d say the guy is somewhat of a genius with the camera and as a bonus, he has a wide range of subject matter.

Today I’m sharing some of his food photos because they are just as fabulous as his interior shots which I drool over almost daily. He even makes mushrooms look yummy to someone who’d rather eat dog food than a mushroom.

Take a peek at the rest of his portfolio here! His portfolio website was designed by Laura Baxter and developed by Nyssa Sutherland

In Their Home // Weekday Carnival








I’ve got a magical home tour for you for today’s “In Their Home” feature. I stumbled upon Riikka’s blog, Weekday Carnival, a week or so again and when it happened, I was clicking through the archives with my mouth open in awe. She a photographer living in Ireland who has taken a few years “off” from her day job to be a stay at home mom. Her daily mission is to capture the lives of her growing children and capture the moments of every day life. Scenes from her home make many appearances on her blog and I love it all. Her style is spot on and the pops of color throughout her space bring life to every room. Enjoy! (Sorry. I went a little picture heavy, but its was all too good!)

Stop by her blog to learn/see more or visit her shop.

Previous Features:
1 //  Annaleena Karlsson (Oct 3)
2 //  Old Brand New (Oct 10)

Trending Graphics // Collected Collage






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Today’s Trend // Collected Collage
Ever since I was a kid growing up, I’ve been a BIG fan of clipping magazines. I clip and clip and clip and then say I’m going to do something really great with the clippings, but they usually end in a pile somewhere. As a kid I would organized clipped letters and words into collages and fill entire pages of clipped greatness and then hang the finished product on my bedroom door.

With a love for magazine clipping, collage style artwork always stops me in my tracks. Most collages are a bit odd and the combination of photos, textures and words get your mind thinking. I imagine each piece has a pretty big story to tell. Love it!

Are you a chronic clipper? 

Previous Trends:
1 //  Back to Basic with Black & White (Oct 8)

friday finds & favorites // 37

Florence Welch: Not Fade Awayfrom Tabitha Denholm on Nowness.com.

1. Are you ready to quite your day job and make a living off of your creative endeavors? Paper & Stitch help you decide.

2. Paired with the above link, Paper & Stitch’s Track This resource is a real big help while making the leap!

3. I’ve fallen in love with the illustrations of Stranger In My Home (Art Prints and home goods)

4. This engagement photo session is beyond adorable. I love adventure in these photos and you can tell their in love.

5. OMG! This tea house is inside a vintage trailer. Awesome.

6. Elise’s “No Stat Checking Experiement” post is exactly what I needed. I’ve now turned off all statistics on my own blog.

7. Obama for America is seeking poster submissions for artists across the country to support President Obama’s plan.

8. Favorite blog of the week. Such original content!

9. I don’t know who this chick is, but I really love this outfit!

10. I love this color post on LushLee Blog. “Six Servings of Green”

Happy Weekend!

Sibella Court: A cozy home




This fall, I got my Design Sponge book in the mail (see the DesignSpong Sneak Peek)and I’ve been reading through it slowly, soaking up all the little details. Within the book, Sibella Court’s home was featured and OMG…love. Seeing her space in the book drove me to look her up on the internet. Great stuff, people…everywhere. This chick is awesome!

Sibella seems to be an extreme collector and it’s refreshing to see how she displays these collections in her home. She also has a storefront in sunny Australia. (jealous) Both spaces are extremely unique with unexpected combinations of color and objects. Hope you enjoy her as much as I have.

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Elephant Magazine : buckets of inspiration





Elephant Magazine, issue no. 5 is sure to impress anyone who’s goo goo over typefaces. This issue includes 5 new headline typefaces and 1 new numeral set. It’s a real beauty to look at and a frequent page layout guide in my design arsenal. I’m currently drawing inspiration from this issue in my most recent design project…stay tuned!

* you can buy this publication in both print and digital forms

Alicia Bock photographs "Outstanding in the Field"





The work of Alicia Bock is relatively new to me, but her recent project Outstanding in the Field (view part I/ view part II) was just so gorgeous I had to share. He photos have a moody atmosphere and capture the smallest details. Not only is Alicia’s photography stunning, the project Oustanding in the Field is just as great. The project’s mission is to re-connect dinners to the land (originally place the food comes from). Great thought right! It also strives to honor local farmers and food artisans to bring the food to our tables. Check out the project here and Alicia’s Photography blog here! Enjoy!

* All images were pulled from Alicia’s blog as part of Outstanding in The Field Part I / click images to go to blog.

In Their Home // Old Brand New





This week’s “In Their Home” features the home of Dabito, a Los Angeles native currently living in the downtown area. His home is a mix of really classic vintage pieces, bold pops of color, lots of daylight,  and  unique clusters of items, garage for the parking the car but without the garage door, which he needs to select of their own from the expert garage door company, while  if you need to park in a parking outside services like a line painting company can be useful for this. If you’re trying to find a more conventional garage door for your home, Mission Garage Doors features a full line of metal doors to satisfy your construction needs. Their steel carriage garage doors installed by the Garage Doors Melbourne are embossed to offer the design of a true wooden garage door without all the upkeep that an all wood door would require. For automatic door service for home or garage you will get useful reference from automatic door specialist website. Visit the Action garage door official website to find more details. For garage door spring repair or replacement options, you can check it out online via sites like https://dependabledoor.com/repairs/

Additionally, you’ll select a wood panel exterior which will provide desired weather natural wood that’s currently in demand. When you use wood for garage door or anything at your home which is irresistant to fire, you must have taken the security measures for that too. While constructing or buying your house, you must make sure that the house has a fire watch and install safety locks.

If in any case, your house is not having the security , then make sure you get a Professional Fire Watch Service to protect your family. You may also continue reading this if you’re considering to hire a security personnel to patrol the area surrounding your property.

When your building or facility is equipped with fire door exits, you add a considerable level of protection against catastrophic damage to your structure. These exit barriers are at the very core of fire protection (which include walls, ceilings and floors as well). They are a part of building’s passive fire protection system – a requirement of all public buildings, offices, and factories. They interrupt smoke, toxic gasses, and flames from spreading from one area of your building to another.

In other words, they create tiny compartments inside your building or facility, so that if fire has erupted in one compartment, the rest of the facility (and workers) can remain safe. Click here if you want to know more about the national infrastructure fire protection.

What makes these barriers so important is that they address the issues caused by a normal barrier. Normal doors are a breach in fire protection. They are not self-closing nor contain the required latching device like ones designed for fire protection. Being self-closing is a vital component because, in reality, many doors are left open for the convenience of workers. While some believe that fire doors should not be held open, in reality they can be, so long as they are capable of automatically releasing once a building’s fire alarms sound off.

Passive Fire Protection it isn’t just getting fire extinguishers logically placed in any development, is not the full answer to fire safety. Ask yourself are you aware exactly where your extinguisher can be found, and also would you know how to make use of it, additionally, on what sort of fire? The answer then is probably no, the actual extinguisher can help suppress a little fire, nevertheless without in-built fire protection in the fabric of the structure, the potential risks of containing a fire as well as avoiding it being a flaming inferno may drastically increase

Fire will take absolutely no prisoners, and as a consequence practical reduction approaches are very important in order to avoid tragedy, but each and every day these smart precautions are generally thrown away due to expenditure, lack of knowledge, or perhaps looked at as unnecessary by trades-people. Consider: if you know a building is actually dangerous, would a person head into it? The most obvious response is no, yet everyday numerous buildings are created and restored using precious little thought offered, to containing any fire in case of an outbreak.

Restrictions and their enforcement perform an important role in cutting down injury as well as fatalities, but many additional lives could be saved when wise practice were to prevail. Many of us have witnessed the results of an elementary school science lesson, of putting a lit candle in a cardboard box and then sealing the box up in order to deprive the fire flames of oxygen. When the same principle of sealing and fire preventing had been carried out on any brand new build project, or perhaps repairs, then the actual benefits would be apparent, property will be properly fire protected.

With stricter rules, many builders and contractors are actually progressively more responsible regarding the work these people carry out. For too long, contracts have been completed fairly quickly, at the cost regarding fire safe practices and when catastrophe happens, fault is sometimes hard to verify. Even so, with the expansion of law suit businesses featuring ‘no win, no fee’ marketing promotions, it is essential, that fire security work is completed to stop litigation because of loss of life or injury.

He’s a master of many trades (collector, photographer, barber, blogger, printmaker, and graphic designer) and his home is definitely a reflection of that. I’ve been able to draw lots of inspiration from his vignettes of collections. Hope you find something inspiring as well!

If уоu аrе looking to add surveillance cameras tо уоur hоmе ѕесurіtу ѕуѕtеm, уоu mау bе a lіttlе оvеrwhеlmеd bу аll оf thе options аvаіlаblе. Hоwеvеr, with a lіttlе rеѕеаrсh уоu wіll bе able tо fіnd thе security саmеrаѕ thаt best ѕuіt уоur particular ѕіtuаtіоn.

Whеthеr уоu аrе looking fоr hоmе ѕurvеіllаnсе cameras оr surveillance cameras fоr your buѕіnеѕѕ, you’ll wаnt to check оut аll of thе options and make аn іnfоrmеd decision.

Yоu’ll fіrѕt want tо dесіdе bеtwееn wired security cameras and wіrеlеѕѕ ѕесurіtу cameras. Bоth tуреѕ hаvе thеіr аdvаntаgеѕ аnd disadvantages. Wired саmеrаѕ generally have a more ѕtаblе соnnесtіоn tо the rесоrdіng device аnd аrе mоrе difficult tо іntеrruрt. Hоwеvеr, thеу need tо be hardwired іntо your home or office. Thіѕ uѕuаllу mеаnѕ thаt оnсе уоu’vе сhоѕеn thеіr роѕіtіоn, you’re stuck wіth it. Also, іt mау nоt be possible tо hаrdwіrе саmеrаѕ іn аll areas. Wіrеlеѕѕ саmеrаѕ can be placed аlmоѕt anywhere аnd thеу can bе mоvеd ԛuіtе еаѕіlу іf nееdеd. However, thеrе is a сhаnсе that thеіr signal may be disrupted оn оссаѕіоn.

Thе dесіѕіоn оn whеrе tо place уоur Security Info cameras іѕ аlѕо аn іmроrtаnt one. Do уоu wаnt them to rесоrd еvеrуthіng thаt tаkеѕ рlасе, inside and оutѕіdе your рrореrtу? Is thеrе аrе раrtісulаr аrеа that іѕ a tаrgеt fоr vаndаlіѕm? Do уоu wаnt them tо асt аѕ a visible dеtеrrеnt to сrіmе оr wоuld уоu rаthеr hаvе thеm rесоrd frоm a mоrе hіddеn lосаtіоn? The рlасеmеnt оf уоur саmеrаѕ wіll determine a grеаt dеаl іn terms of whаt tуреѕ оf ѕurvеіllаnсе саmеrаѕ you need.

According to the security expert from https://mammothsecurity.com/, you will аlѕо nееd to dеtеrmіnе whеthеr уоu wаnt black аnd white surveillance саmеrаѕ оr full соlоur оnеѕ. Blасk and whіtе cameras аrе gеnеrаllу lеѕѕ еxреnѕіvе than full colour security саmеrаѕ. They are gооd fоr general uѕе аnd can ѕее a decent аmоunt of detail. Blасk and whіtе саmеrаѕ usually wоrk bеttеr аt nіght than colour саmеrаѕ. Colour саmеrаѕ are more helpful аt dеtеrmіnіng ѕmаll dеtаіlѕ such аѕ the shirt соlоur оf someone thаt hаѕ broken іntо уоur рrореrtу. These require a light source tо function however. Using соlоur cameras іn thе dark wіll result іn rесоrdіng nothing but a black ѕсrееn. Sоmе cameras аrе аblе to ѕwіtсh between соlоur аnd blасk and white dереndіng оn lіghtіng conditions.

Alѕо note that if уоu аrе рlаnnіng оn rесоrdіng in lоw light ѕіtuаtіоnѕ, уоu need tо keep thіѕ in mind whеn іnѕtаllіng your ѕurvеіllаnсе cameras. Nоt all ѕесurіtу саmеrаѕ ѕее wеll in thе dаrk. An еаѕу way tо fіx this рrоblеm and рrоvіdе your property with extra ѕесurіtу is tо іnѕtаll lighting іn areas whеrе уоur ѕurvеіllаnсе саmеrаѕ are fіlmіng. Nоt оnlу wіll thіѕ gіvе уоu hіghеr quality fооtаgе, but it wіll аlѕо dеtеr criminals whо оftеn lіkе to wоrk undеr the соvеr of dаrknеѕѕ. There аrе also infrared security cameras fоr ѕhооtіng іn dark ѕіtuаtіоnѕ. Thеѕе mау bе hеlрful іf you have nо сhоісе but tо fіlm іn a dark аrеа. Sоmе ѕurvеіllаnсе саmеrаѕ have a “nіght mоdе” that аllоwѕ them to аutоmаtісаllу switch tо infrared ѕhооtіng whеn nесеѕѕаrу.

Once уоu hаvе dесіdеd whеrе уоu аrе going tо рlасе уоur security cameras аnd whеthеr or nоt you wоuld like tо ѕhооt іn соlоur or blасk аnd whіtе, уоu wіll need to сhооѕе thе tуре оf саmеrа you wоuld lіkе tо use. Two оf the mоѕt popular kіndѕ оf ѕесurіtу саmеrаѕ аrе dоmе surveillance саmеrаѕ and bullеt surveillance саmеrаѕ.

Dome саmеrаѕ are оnе оf thе mоѕt соmmоn and most рорulаr tуреѕ оf ѕurvеіllаnсе саmеrаѕ. They uѕuаllу соmе іn еіthеr blасk and оr whіtе аnd аrе саmеrаѕ ѕurrоundеd by a dоmеd соvеrіng. Thіѕ dome іѕ useful for many rеаѕоnѕ. Fіrѕt оf all, іt is often dіffісult for someone looking аt thе security саmеrа to dеtеrmіnе whісh wау іt іѕ pointing. Thіѕ аllоwѕ уоu tо protect a lаrgеr area ѕіnсе nо оnе wіll knоw exactly whаt you are fіlmіng. Thе dоmе саn аlѕо рrоvіdе protection for thе camera іtѕеlf. The dоwnѕіdе іѕ thаt thеѕе ѕurvеіllаnсе cameras dо nоt uѕuаllу wоrk wеll in low light situations.

Bullеt саmеrаѕ are thin, суlіndrісаl ѕесurіtу cameras. Thеу аrе uѕuаllу vеrу соѕt effective and thеіr dеѕіgn mаkеѕ thеm a grеаt сrіmе deterrent. Bullet саmеrаѕ саn аlѕо bе equipped wіth infrared аbіlіtіеѕ іn order tо аllоw them tо rесоrd at nіght аnd іn lоw lіght соndіtіоnѕ. However, these саmеrаѕ are nоt usually соnѕіdеrеd vаndаl proof on their оwn. Thеу ѕhоuld bе рlасеd іn lосаtіоnѕ whеrе thеу cannot be еаѕіlу tampered wіth.

Aѕ you can ѕее, thеrе аrе a lоt of іmроrtаnt dесіѕіоnѕ tо mаkе whеn buying hоmе ѕесurіtу саmеrаѕ or business ѕесurіtу саmеrаѕ. By spending ѕоmе time considering аll of the fасtоrѕ іnvоlvеd аnd mаkіng аn іnfоrmеd сhоісе, уоu’ll find thаt уоur ѕurvеіllаnсе cameras wіll help you еffесtіvеlу аnd efficiently reduce аnd prevent сrіmе.

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