BOARDWALKEMPIRE

SEPTEMBER

ROCKPORT MASSACHUSETTS

10+ Principals &

Elements

Design ideas to add a little seaside style to your home

Cranes Beach

Ipswich Massachusetts

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Back Beach: View of the Town

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Principles of DesignBalance P. 41

Harmony P. 46

Emphasis P. 51

Rhythm P. 54

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Letter From The Editor

BONUS! Some creative ways to add a

“beachier” feel to your home

Her inside look on the quaint New England Beach Towns

Get InfoWhy should you get Beached?

ON OUR COVER

A pier view of Cranes Beach in

Ipswich Massachusetts.

The perfect neutral

colors for an everyday home.

Elements

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Lines P. 6

Texture P. 11

Light P. 16

Scale P. 59

Massing P. 62

Proportion P. 65

Color P. 21

Space P. 26

Shape P. 30

Form P. 35

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Letter From the Editor:

Always,

Katie Reilly

Dear Readers, For 18 years I have lived in the beautiful town of Rockport, Massa-chusetts and have been inspired by my surroundings every day. This beach town is filled with a variety of cultures, colors, and inspiration every where you go. The different smells of the New England seasons and the seafood that is fresh off the boats are things that I keep near and dear to my heart. I will forever be 6 years old building sandcastles pretending to create my own house out of sea glass and blue & purple mussel shells. Growing up in this calm setting has allowed me to take certain elements and principles of design and apply them to my own life in the way that I decorate and become inspired. As my grandmother used to say, “Never be afraid to take your shoes off and take a moment to soak in your surround-ings... and then make a footprint in the sand.”

Waves

is a magazine about coastal home decor. Beach homes have a very relaxed and open feel to them creating a more peaceful living space. The ocean has an abundance of color schemes, shapes, textures, rhythms and many more design elements and principles. Inspiration from these natural spaces is far from limited and can be added to any home or space.

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Who

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ELEMENTS OF DESIGN

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LINES

Horizontal

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The horizontal lines of board-walks and the horizons create calming and relaxing feelings to any visual. Creating long lines around a room using fur-niture such as a table or couch can elongate a room and create a peaceful setting.

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A flowing curve in nature can be seen in the rolling waves of

the beach rocks

Tightly Curved

LinesTightly curved lines or busy lines can be visually stimulating and create a sense of “fun” to the interior space.

Textures and patterns play a big part in this element. Different pat-tens in fabrics add life to boring or dull spaces.

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Curved flowing lines can be seen as resembling the rough ocean waves. They are long lines that have soft edges and curves creating a very clam and peaceful movement.

Adding a long curtains can en-hance the length of a room and add a sense of volume. This added dimension

CURTAINS ARE ALSO A GREAT WAY TO KEEP IN THE HEAT DURING THE HARSH NEW ENGLAND WINTERS.

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TEXTURE

TACTILETEXTURES

Woven textures are a great way of creating a feel for texture. The fabric used in this couch gives it a grainy look and creates a nice patterned texture.

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REFLECTIVE TEXTURE

Using a polished granite counter top can create a highly reflective surface. In a kitchen, this type of counter top is incredibly easy to clean and reflects light upward to give the room a brighter feeling.

When a light from a fixture or sunlight will hit a reflective surface and be reflected upward to give

the room a brighter feeling.

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NON-REFLECTIVEBEWARE!

Rugs need plenty of

maintenance and up-

keep. Cotten rugs clean

up the nicest!

Rugs have great non-

reflective material that

soaks up the sunlight and

add a softness and

warmth to an area. There

are many patterns and

fabrics that can be used

to match the scheme of

your house.

RUGS.. RUGS.. and more RUGS!

These rugs fill up the nega-tive space on the floor and define the area of a room. The volume of the brown rug determines the outline of the living room of this open house

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IMPLIED TEXTURE

An implied texture is when an object such as a wall or floor gives the impression that it has a texture or 3 dimensional aspect when in reality it is flat and smooth.

Implied texture is read visually not by touch. This patterned floor has added something new and different to a plain wood floor and visually adds interest to the ob-server to see if it is smooth.

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LIGHT

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LIGHTS

TASK LIGHTINGBATHROOM

KITCHEN

Bathroom lights are designed to illuminate the face for personal grooming and creating bal-anced light.

This room uses two different types of light fixtures as task lights; recessed lights and minipendant suspended deco-rative luminaries. These lights are used for hand-eye cordina-tion for preparing meals and light for when someone will sit at the bar or island to eat.

REMEMBER!Task lighting should

ALWAYS be paired with natural or ambient light when possible to avoid unnecessary light and

dark contrasts.

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ALL NATURAL

LIGHTING

Natural lighting is pure sunlight that comes through windows throughout the day. It can make the colors of the room vibrant and happy.

Depending on the season the color can lean towards a warmer or cooler color.

The light in this golden painted room creates a very vibrant and warm feeling.

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ALL NATURAL

LIGHTING

Natural lighting is pure sunlight that comes through windows throughout the day. It can make the colors of the room vibrant and happy.

Depending on the season the color can lean towards a warmer or cooler color.

The light in this golden painted room creates a very vibrant and warm feeling.

FLOOR LAMPS

Floor lamps are a great way to have portable light. They provide light near seating areas such as this chaise for tasks such as reading or hand related tasks.

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TABLE LAMPS

Choose lamps that are similar in size and shape

to have unity in the room. The glass base of these lamps are perfect for a

seaside feel representing the sea glass found on the

beach.

Table lamps illuminate light up-ward and downwards as ambient light to illuminate a small space.

Lamps can also add balance to a room or table like in the image to

the left.

Table lamps are often on side ta-bles or bedside tables used as task

lighting.

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COLORS

NEUTRAL PALETTE

INSPIRATIONA NEUTRAL PALETTE CON-TAINS VERY NATURAL AND LIGHT COLORS. WHITE,BROWNS, YELLOWS, BLUES & GREENS ARE ALL BASIC COLORS THAT CAN BE FOUND IF WALKING ALONG THE SHORE AND CAN ADD A VERY CALMING AND RELAXING FEELING TO ANY ROOM.

GO FOR A WALK!Getting out into the world and the en-

vironment around your own home can give you inspiration for colors, different patterns, and what palette you might like in your own home.{{

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MONOCHROMATIC PALETTES

BEACH STYLE HOMES LOVE TO USE THE BOLD WHITE COLOR AS THE MAIN COLOR OF A ROOM.

SPLASHES OF COLOR CAN BE ADDED TO

THESE TYPES OF

PALETTES THROUGH

FURNISHINGS AND AC-

CESSORIES SUCH AS STOOLS OR A SIDE

TABLE.

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ANALOGOUS SCHEMES

An analogous color scheme are colors that are adjacent on the

color wheel. The warm tones include the yellows, oranges, and reds while the cool tones are blues, greens and

purples. Generally 3 to 4 of the colors are used in a single scheme.

The color scheme of this room uses a variety of yellow hues and tones

and there are accent colors of blues and

greens in the pillows and curtains.

DIRECT COMPLEMENTARY

COLORS

Direct complementary colors are exactly what the name sounds like.

They are colors that are exactly opposite on the

color wheel.

This Lake house room uses different tones and hues of blue and red to accessorize this room. Even tho they are not the pure hue color they are still direct complementary colors.

ANALOGOUS SCHEMES

An analogous color scheme are colors that are adjacent on the

color wheel. The warm tones include the yellows, oranges, and reds while the cool tones are blues, greens and

purples. Generally 3 to 4 of the colors are used in a single scheme.

The color scheme of this room uses a variety of yellow hues and tones

and there are accent colors of blues and

greens in the pillows and curtains.

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SPACE

Positive Space POSITIVE SPACE...Is the space filled in with a two or three

dimensional form or shape

The area of this bath-room holds three di-

mensional objects such as the bathtub, shower, sinks and cabinets. The

space is transformed with this objects taking

up space, creating a closed in space that is

peaceful and not to crowded.

picture of upstairs bathroom

drawn picture of positive space of bathroom

Positive space in a room is the objects in a room.

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NEGATIVE SPACE... is the area between the forms in a two or three

dimensional design.

drawn picture of negative space of bathroom

bathroom

The negative space in this bath-room can be seen in the area

where there are no objects taking up space. This can be seen in the pathways between the sink and

bathtub and from the door to the shower.

CROWDINGTERRITORIALITYThe term crowding rep-resents the area where people are grouped to-

gether in tightly re-stricted areas. These are areas like living rooms, small nooks in kitchens, or dining rooms where

people gather to talk and have company

Territoriality is the personal attachment to a

certain territory or space.

Some homeowners will be very careful about

what rooms they have company in and what activities go on there.

Some people don’t allow food in their

living rooms to keep everything precise and

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SHAPES

Abstract shapes can be seen in furniture

design and in the fabrics and prints they are covered

with.

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ABSTRACT

SHAPESThis coffee table has a

very abstract base which resembles the shape of coral from a coral reef. Abstract

shapes are representa-tions of real life im-ages or objects in a

different view.

GEOMETRIC SHAPES

Geometric shapes can be seen in the outline of picture

frames that are hung on a wall.

The two- dimen-sional outline of these rectangular frames create a

geometric shapes within shapes.

The general out-line of the entire

space also creates a rectangular

shape.

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&Natural

Organic

SHAPES

The outline shapes of the starfish that were printed on top of the fabric creates natural

lines from the ani-mals.

Each leg of the star-fish are original, flow-

ing, and organic.

DYNAMIC SHAPEShape is the contour or outline of an external

surface of a form.

FORM

&Natural

Organic

These lines are fluid and their inspiration comes from nature and natural

lines.

We use natural and or-ganic lines as accents to

a room. It deletes the idea of repetitiveness

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This kitchen stool from IKEA is unlike most seating options you would see in a beach cottage. However, its composition of birch wood and its design is

very nautical in the way that it looks like it could come off of a

boat as some kind of equipment

The rope base of this lamp is an organic and abstract de-sign creating new lines and

movement.

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The abstract shapes of the sea glass pieces create a great back splash in a bathroom or kitchen.

Abstract shapes can be seen in furniture

design and in the fabrics and prints they are covered

with

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OF DESIGNPRINCIPALS

BALANCE

BALANCE

VISUAL SYMMETRYThis can be seen in this twin bed room. Each bedding is the

same with picture frames hanging above while the dresser in the middle adds a different kind of

balance and line of symmetry.

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VISUAL ASYMMETRY

Although this bedroom has the same furniture and windows, the room is asymmetrical be-

cause the furniture layout is not directly symmetrical along an axis line. However, the room

does have the same amount of balance in weight because the furniture is exactly the same.

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STRUCTURAL SYMMETRYThese two cabinets create structural symmetry on either side of this room. The line of symme-try is down the center line of the windows and

next to each end of the couch.

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STRUCTURAL RADIAL SYMMETRY

In this outdoor patio and fire pit, there is radial symmetry created by the adarondak chairs surrounding

the pit.

FIRE PITS ARE A GREAT WAY TO ADD TO SUMMER FUN BY ROASTING A FEW MARSHMALLOWS OVER THE FIRE AND GATHERING FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN ONE PLACE.

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MONYMONYMONYMONYHARHARHARHAR

REPETITIONTHROUGH

COLORIn this seaside home, the sea-foam green and aqua colors

are constantly being used in a variety of materials. This cre-ates unity through the repeti-

tion of color.

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UNITY THROUGH LINES

We can see unity in this room from the horizon-tal lines that are continu-ous in this room.

The horizon-tal molding that cuts the room in half

creates a calming line

along the walls and en-

hances the hight of the

ceiling.

These rectan-gular table tops continue the horizontal lines throughout the room.

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UNITY THROUGH SHAPE

Common Shapes that we see in all types of houses are rectangles and circles.

Most accessories in a home can be pictures,

Here, the home is given a sense of unity through shape by using a collage of rectangular picture frames.

Adding a wreath to the outside windows during the holidays can add a sense of unity to the out-side of a home as well.

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UNITY THROUGH COLOR

Adding unity to a room is very easy! Pick one color

and look at the other hues of that color in a color

wheel or by using paint chips at a hardware store. Once you have found the color pallet you like, those colors can be used in fab-rics, wall colors, accesso-

ries, and in furniture.

IN THIS COLOR PALLET... the main color chosen was brown. Brown is a very neutral color and has many different hues. On top of this window seat are different pil-

lows with different patterns and colors, but because they are all from the same color or hue, there is a

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EMPHASIS

FOCAL POINT: STRUCTURAL

THE FURNITURE IN THIS ROCKPORT HOME LEAD THE

EYE TOWARDS THE FIRE PLACE, MANTLE, AND CABI-

NETRY.

To create a focal point, you need to have objects that will lead the eye to what

you want to be focused on in the room.

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HAVING FOCAL POINTS CAN ADD EMPHASIS TO ANY MAJOR ROOM IN A HOUSEHOLD

FOCAL POINT: VISUAL

A good way to open up a room and make it look bigger is to add a larger mirror as a rooms focal point or to place smaller mir-rors around the space.

MIRRORS

A VISUAL FOCAL POINT IS CREATED BY HAVING AN OBJECT OR A GROUP BE THE MAIN FOCUS OF A ROOM. THIS SHOULD BE PLACED AT THE HEAD OF A ROOM AND BE ONE OF THE LARGEST PIECES IN A ROOM.

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RHYTHM

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