☼ field trip overview

James J. Hill House

- Owner: James J. Hill. 

He not only lived there with his family, but also servants. His family had 8 children at the time the house was built, and they then had 2 more while living there.

- Architect: Peabody and Stearns

Summit Avenue

- People That Lived There: Unknown, I couldn't find any information on the owners.

- Architects: Clarence Johnston, Edwin Lundie, LeRoy Buffington, and many others.

- Styles: Queen Anne, Italian Renaissance, Georgian, etc.

- Favorites: There was only one I personally liked, which was a Georgian style with a bunch of ivy growing on all the outside surface of it.

- Learned: I had no idea Summit Avenue even existed, so everything they presented was new to me. Especially the fact that there is a law on the houses now that you can't change anything on the outside to preserve the historical accuracy.

St. Paul Cathedral 

- History: Archbishop Ireland officially bought the land for the church in 1904, in 1905  Emmanuel Louis Masquery was hired as the designer, and was pretty much finished in 1941 (however it was not officially "opened" at that point in time.)

- Interior: On the inside I noticed all of the stained glass windows, pipe organs, statues. and little sections off of the main chapel. The ceiling was even designed, and many carvings adorn the walls, pillars, ceiling, etc.

☼ family floor plan

1ST FLOOR

2ND FLOOR

I picked this 2 floor house with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and two car garage, staring at around $800. The family I picked this for was the Dasters, containing a mother, a father, a young son, and younger daughter and one more child on the way. This house also has a lot of yard space for the kids which was key to me. Yes, I understand the baby on the way will not have its own room right away, so one of the bedrooms will not be used for that purpose, but it can easily be used as a simple office or storage room if they so desire. There is plenty of room for the kids, as well as a large porch possibly just for mom to relax. In my eyes, this house could last them many many years, and longevity was what I was going for simply because this is a growing family that will most likely want to settle down for a good long time.

☼ kitchen design

I created this kitchen designed to the expectations of an outdoor kitchen, which is the exact reason I was minimalistic in my kitchen. Now, I know what you're thinking; she used the most simple kitchen layout because she was lazy. Not so, because if you had an outdoor kitchen, how decorated would you want it? What if it rained? Would you want to restock your whole kitchen because of waterlogged decor? Of course not. A single-line arrangement was exactly what I wanted to use (also because it's personally my favorite layout.) I made sure it had most things you would need such as a sink, grill, and refrigerator, but where is the dishwasher? Let's be real, who in their right mind is actually going to have a dishwasher outdoors rather that indoors? I tried to think in the most literal terms possible for this assignment, and made my kitchen functional and reasonable.

☼ harmony in a room

Beach Harmony

The whole room I created uses many elements to really pull my beach theme together. The colors are blues and tans to make it have the feel of sand and ocean water, as well as sort of shabby chic decor, which makes it feel as if it's actually been weathered at the beach. I used a circular table to draw attention to the center of the room, then used very strong lined pictures on the wall to make sure there were still clean lines in the room. Altogether I think I created harmony fairly well.

☼ types of rhythm

Today in Interior Design, we learned about the types of rhythm a room can have. There are three main types and down below I will be putting two examples of each, as well as explaining what elements of rhythm are in each.

Repetition

In this picture, you can see the repetition of a certain floral pattern, as well as the colors yellow and grey.

You can see in this example, the repetition is the flooring and overall shape of the squares. Not only that, but the olive and green tones are repeated as well.

Radiation

For this dining area, the rhythm is focused on radiation, and you can see that because of the circular table and the placement of the chairs around it. Because of the shape, it draws your attention immediately to the center of the room.

This other example is even more obvious for the radiation rhythm. The ceiling, floor design, table, and the chair placement all curve around and draw your eyes towards the overall vibe of circles.

Gradation

Gradation usually focuses on the colors of a room, and how they blend together well with the softs and darks. I believe this portion of a kitchen area displays this well with all the different greens.

This children's  room uses gradation with all the pinks around the small space, such as the soft pink walls blending down to the darker hot pink of the bed.

☼ room emphasis

☼ symmetrical & asymmetrical

SYMMETRICAL

ASYMMETRICAL