Avant-Garde Modern Furniture Blog: Modern design ideas, trends, and picture showcase

About Alexander Calzadilla

Alexander Calzadilla is a Cuban male originally from Philadelphia, who has happily called Miami his home since moving here at the age of 15. He attended Southwest Sr. High School and Florida International University, ultimately receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. While in college, he began working as a paralegal for the Law Offices of Jeffrey E. Reichenbacher, a position he kept for seven years after graduation. He subsequently worked at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Associates before landing at Costa Nursery. After distinguishing himself with many accomplishments, he was promoted to the position of Director of Specialty Products, which included the orchid, bonsai and lucky bamboo departments. When Alex was first put in charge of the three departments, they ranked near the bottom. By the time he left Costa after seven years, Alex had transformed the floundering departments into unqualified successes, posting record earnings, sales and profitability. In 2008 Alex was named the Costa Employee of the Year. Alex now puts his formidable prowess as a businessman into his newest venture, Avant-Garde Home Furnishings, LLC, serving as Managing Partner.

About Avant-Garde

We offer home furnishings and decor for every area of your home,both inside and out, always striving to bring you the most current design elements being used by today's top designers, at a fraction of their retail cost. Whether you are completely redecorating an area of your home, looking for the perfect accent piece to finish off an existing room, shopping for a unique gift, or simply "window shopping" to get design ideas, Avant-Garde is the place to go for everything modern & contemporary for your home.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Modern design ideas, trends, and picture showcase

I found the following design home decoration trends 2011 article on:

http://levelx.me/art-design/inspirational/home-decoration-and-interior-design-2011/

A very interesting and good intellegent article on home interior design trends.. Very well written, sems to have a little something for everyone's particular taste of modern contemporary living and lifestyles, and overall very informative..

Home Decoration and Interior Design 2011

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Home is where the heart is – that is the basic concept underlying all home décor techniques. Your home is not just a brick-and-mortar “shelter”; it is a place for social animals to show off our personalities. From floors to ceilings, wall panels to tiles, furniture to carpets and color choices to lighting, every element speaks out who you are. Home décor is our way of portraying ourselves in our surroundings, a way of making our house, home.

Even cave men decorated their cave walls with murals about their life. But of course, home décor has gone much farther than abstract hieroglyphs on the walls. Today, home décor is “a multi-faceted profession in which creative and technical solutions are applied within a structure to achieve a built interior environment”. For last several years, designers have been experimenting with furniture that evolved after wars in the 1960s. Interior designers are now portraying “themes” in their designs. There are also designers who are combining themes from different eras together to create captivating ensembles.

This post showcases various interior designs furniture design and latest home décor trends by mainstream design companies from around the world.