Cottage Decoration: James Hardie Sponsors Katrina cottage decoration
The hottest new home to premiere at this year's International Builders Show may be the smallest.
Although Katrina cottage Decoration 1 is only a bit larger than 300 square feet, it can fill a giant need on the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast.
James Hardie, which produces the fiber cement siding used in this version of the cottage decoration, is a principal sponsor of the display in space No. 6 at the IBS outdoor exhibition area.
"We're proud to be associated with design efforts such as the Katrina cottage decoration," said Robert Russell, vice president, James Hardie.
"Our products and this approach to building in storm zones are a perfect fit."
The cottage Decoration plan was created by New York designer Marianne Cusato, one of more than 100 planning specialists brought to Biloxi in October of 2005 by the Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal.
The out-of-town group was led by famed architect and planner Andres Duany and organized under the umbrella of the Congress for the New Urbanism.
They joined with a like number of colleagues from the region for a week-long planning charrette called the Mississippi Renewal Forum.
From that Forum came designs soon to be published by the New Urban Guild in a series of plan books also sponsored by James Hardie.
Katrina cottage Decoration 1 is the first to be built.See Also Interior Decoration Are Clocks:Brass and copper objects. Many small objects, even of great antiquity, are still available to the collector in the antique shops of Europe, but the purchase of ornamental brasses in the United States is largely limited to objects of household use and furnishings of the Colonial period.
If copper articles are kept polished, their warmth of color and patina may contribute greatly to the character and the decorative effect of a room intended to reproduce a style that is consistent with their use. Among objects made of brass and copper and suitable for interior Decoration are clocks, candlesticks, candelabra, and oil lamps; fireplace accessories such as andirons, fenders, warming pans, fire covers, coal scuttles, and tools;
The use of metals in the interior Decoration of both England and America has followed similar lines. In the 17th century most of the hard¬ware in both countries was made in wrought iron, although in England far more thought was put upon design than in America, where the village blacksmith usually made a latch, bolt, or hinge with utility as the only consideration. Fireplace accessories were also made of iron, although in the more elaborate homes in England brass Ornaments often enriched the baser metal. During the 18th century both brass and iron were used for hardware and irons and firetools, and far greater elaboration was given to ornamental details. The 18th century was also the great period of silver tableware and Ornaments in both countries, and France exported shelf clocks and Ornaments in ormolu that were designed especially to appeal to the English and American public.
On The Other Hand See Form Of Decoration Are Fast-dry¬ing:The preparation and application of the patented materials used for the effect of rough plaster are simple. The material, in the form of a flour-like powder, is mixed with water and, in some cases, with oil. Powdered color may be added to the mixture, thus finishing the Wall in one operation. It is also possible to apply the white, colorless plaster—a thick pasty sub¬stance—alone, and when it is thoroughly dry, to add the desired color by means of a thin glaze, to give the effect of age.
For applying the plaster, a trowel or brush is customarily used. For textural variations, all sorts of implements may be employed. These plasters, as a rule, will not crack, and if cracks do occur, they may be easily filled. Most commercial products for this form of Decoration are fast-dry¬ing, very hard, and permanent.
Fine example of a marbled Wall designed in panels and enriched by a painted
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filled. Most commercial products for this form of Decoration are fast-drying, very hard, and permanent.
Graining and marbling. Economic conditions, short leases, and frequent changes of residence today often require substitution for the more expensive materials of decoration. While, judged purely from the point of view of esthetic morals, such substitutions are indefensible, they are often practical and necessary. Within this class of work comes the graining or marbling of surfaces to imitate natural wood or real marble. Such work is a highly developed craft, and can by no means be accomplished by the amateur, but painters and artists in all periods have been able to develop an extraordinary technique in this line. Although it would be impossible for the average decorator to do this type of work himself, it is his duty to design the surface of the Wall in panels, planks, or other divisions that would be consistent with the material that he wishes imitated.
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