SPY BEDROOM DORMITORIO DE ESPIA

    Video de un fabuloso dormitorio espía para niño o niña.

    Este dormitorio espía, tiene de todo para aquellos niños que les gusta el tema de espionaje, como una manija especial para que sólo pueda entrar el dueño del dormitorio con su huella digital, una cámara de video en un oso de peluche, cámaras de video para ver quien esta afuera, anteojos que toman fotos, un pasadizo secreto, entre otros elementos para que su hijo o hija juegue a ser espía en su dormitorio infantil.
    Este super dormitorio espía del video, fue diseñado en el programa Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
    Boy's spy themed bedroom?
    Spy bedroom to who likes the whole espionage theme
    How to Turn Your Bedroom Into a Spy Base
    Spying. It's fun, cool and interesting. Lots of people spy in their bedroom. The bedroom is a good place to spy, but you can't just walk right in and start spying! You need to get the bedroom ready!
    1. Get everything out of your room so nothing will be damaged.
    2. Decide what items you own are spy-like, and which aren't. Telescopes, ropes, flashlights, mini cameras, dark clothing, blankets that are dark (To hide) and others are all good for spying. Use your common sense on this one.
    3. Make two baskets. One for items that are for spying (As stated in step 2) and a basket for ones that aren't. Ofcourse you can keep needed items, but taking away bright items that are useless will help. Put both baskets in another room. You won't need them for the next little while.
    4. Go to a paint store and get a paint that is dark. Navy blue is good, a dark/forest green is also good, as is cola brown, and beige, and grey. If you have lots of blankets in one good spy colour, lets say navy blue for an example, obviously you should paint your room navy blue, so that you won't have to buy more blankets.
    5. Paint the room and pick some items that will allow you to spy. If you have left over paint, try painting drawers and closet doors. If you have a big closet, try putting in some lights and a computer, note pad and other spy items and make it a spy closet! This even works for smaller closets, just put only a laptop and maybe a blanket or two to sit on.
    6. Get dark, thick curtains. No one will be able to see in when you close them. That will help greatly! It also will insure you that no matter how "spy-ish" your room looks, no one will know!
    7. Get dark bedsheets and pillow covers. Everything dark. Why? Because if you have bright items in your room, everyone's eyes will be drawn to it!
    8. Collect spy items and put them somewhere in your room. Telescopes and binoculars should be placed/hung around you windows, computers close to a corner where no one will see the light of the screen, random blankets all over the room to hide, etc.
    9. Remember that the room should look like it's lived in, just not overly noticable!
    Fuente en inglés: wikihow.com/Turn-Your-Bedroom-Into-a-Spy-Base via Dormitorios
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DESIERTO MINIMALISTA I

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    El desierto es el entorno de estas viviendas modernas, rodeadas de  silencio y bajo un cielo repleto de estrellas.
    Y eso es justamente lo que determina estas viviendas tan abiertas, la exposicion del exterior, y la incorporacion de las visiones al interior.

    El desierto, aun con su economia de verde y agua, resulta interesante, con sus piedras sus plantas autoctonas y esas estrellas en la noche, que nos permiten disfrutar de climas unicos, nos transporta a ideas de lugares remotos y atractivos por si mismos.


    El desierto, tiene magia, atesora un cielo unico e incomparable, salidas y caidas de sol unicas y un clima de gran amplitud durante el dia.
    La vista se extiende como lugares infinitos y la pura naturaleza seduce a los propietarios, asi surjen ideas de diseño cada vez mas originales y vanguardistas.






















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DESIERTO MINIMALISTA II

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    Nuevas propuestas de fachadas minimalistas en los desiertos, un entorno bien fuerte que determina una arquitectura bien abierta y vidriada.


















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Modern Beach House II

HOGARES VANGUARDISTAS

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    Gracias a las nuevas propuestas de la industria,  contamos con diseños modernos de hogares tanto para livings como para comedores o cocinas.

    Los diseñadores tienen a mano estos productos para poder integrarlos a los ambientes, y sumar modernismo en los interiores.


























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SOLO TECHOS

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    Algunos livings tienen la suerte de ser absolutamente transparentes, todos vidriados y con su piso y techo forman un ambiente unico y especialisimo.

    Con mobiliario muy moderno, y la integracion perfecta al medio, es lo unico que se necesita si se cuenta con un excelente entorno.


    Es obvio decir,  que el buen entorno es el desencadenante de estos diseños, que se acompañan con accesorios, ademas del mobiliario, como pantallas, LCD de grandes dimensiones y toda la tecnologia moderna en luces y electronica.






















     






     


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DECKS Y PISCINAS

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    Compañeros inseparables, los decks y las piscinas, son soluciones muy actuales y vanguardistas para los exteriores modernos.

    Las piscinas y los decks, hoy dia, ya no son espacios complementarios, en algunos casos son protagonistas absolutos de la arquitectura de una casa. 

    Y con esto, el diseño ha ganado en prestigio y distincion, revalorizando la arquitectura de toda la vivienda y ganando en funcionalidad.

    Hay multiples diseños y posibilidades de incorporar estas soluciones, ademas de toda la serie de combinaciones entre estos materiales.
























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Renovated Basque Villa

    This house in Guipúzcoa, a province in the Basque Country in Spain, was decorated by Iñaqui Mujika. I love the contrast between the dark grey walls and the white woodwork throughout the house. Elegant but not at all stuffy as some wood and wicker furniture and seagrass rugs were used in some rooms which soften and add warmth to the look.


    Beautiful patterned tiles in the porch.


    Rustic chairs made with logs.


    Grey and white striped wallpaper in the foyer.




    Mix of modern and antique furniture.




    A wall with windows separates the living room from the dining room.




    Rustic table and charis contrast with the modern lines of the kitchen. The doors of the island have benn painted black.


    A change to all the grey with light blue and white striped wallpaper.




    Nautical feel in the bathroom.


    Full length mirror leaning against one of the walls of the light filled dresser.



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RUSTICO AMERICANO TRADICIONAL

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    El estilo rustico americano tradicional esta imbuido de las tradiciones y mistica de los antiguos colonos, establecidos en poblaciones lejanas, pero que guardan relacion con un tipo de diseño, que como define el arquitecto norteamericano Downing, esta lleno de libertad.

    Asi es que tienen espacios amplios, compartimentados en un mismo ambiente, plurifuncionales, y son extremadamente abiertas al exterior.

    Por supuesto tiene una base de diseño ingles pero mucho mas abierto, techos mas altos y mucho mas extrovertidas, ademas de mas espaciosas, y alejadas de la caracteristica conservadora de la economia de espacios  inglesa.

    El estilo rustico americano tradicional esta referido a la arquitectura de la Costa Este, Virginia, Pensilvania y menos a Nueva Inglaterra o los Adirondacks.























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You, Too, Can Live In A Bobby McAlpine House!

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    The facade as it was under Bobby McApline:   The lush vines hang over a pergola placed between the carriage house and the front door.   Today, the vines are totally gone!

     

    Recently, we welcomed Bobby McAlpine as a guest on The Skirted Roundtable where he discussed the first house he built for himself – modeled after Edwin Lutyens famous house Homewood.  McAlpine’s house in Montgomery is a favorite of  many of his devotees – and many were especially curious to know who lived in that house now and what it looked like today.  Bobby obliged us by talking lovingly about the house – how it basically was built for a bachelor, yet it wasn’t until he sold it to an architect at his firm with a wife and two children – did the house truly feel complete.   Love was  missing when McAlpine lived there alone, and the family living there now completes it.   How romantic!   

    A few weeks ago on Cote de Texas HERE, I showed the Montgomery house as it was designed under Bobby – three different times.   The last time, the house was bathed in dark paint and fabrics, representing a time in his life when he wanted to hibernate himself against the world and be protected by the dark paint, which would  “envelop him and warm him, like a blanket.”    Still, readers were curious – what did the house look like now, with the new family happily ensconced there?   

    As luck would have it, an eagled eyed reader noticed that the house is currently for sale and emailed me the real estate brochure.   The pictures are intriguing – they show nooks and crannies of the house that have never before been photographed.  As usual, the real estate photos are not staged, so they don’t show as beautifully as a photoshoot done for Veranda Magazine.  But still, it is fascinating to take one more look at the house – decorated by new owners for a fourth time now.  I will also show photos from McAlpine’s time to compare to today.  Enjoy!

     

    image TODAY:     The area between the house and the carriage house is open and free of the overhanging vines.  I wonder if the vines were actually damaged in a hurricane or storm or if they died in a harsh winter?   I miss the vines, but I do love the line of pots with round balls of green.  I also love the picket gate and the gravel driveway.  

     

     

     

    image TODAY:   The same view, showing the carriage house.  I love the gray wood front door and the windows on the carriage house.   I wonder what that room looks like upstairs?   

     

     

     

    imageTODAY:    A closeup view of the carriage house – the garage is open and faces the front door.

     

     

    image TODAY:  The view from the opposite side of the house.  Here you can see the two projecting wings housing the kitchen in one and the guest room in the other.   

     

     

     

    image TODAY:  The gravel garden area outside the living room.   You can see the wooden gates on the driveway towards the back, left.  The carriage house is behind the tall cypress tree at the back, right. 

     

     

    image TODAY:  The front doors.  I’ve always wondered about these doors – in some pictures they looked like they were solid, in others they looked paned.  Here is a close up view of moveable cypress wood shutters that were the reason for those two different looks!   The front doors can be completely closed off by the shutters or left open.   Also, note that the garage is open on both sides.  Interesting.  Another detail never seen before. 

     

     

     

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    TODAY:    The living area – open to the front door.   The kitchen is seen to the left – right past the cypress paneled wall.   Is that a walkway to the left of the front door?  Perhaps it houses a guest closet?      Notice that the current owners have removed all the dark paint off the walls and returned the entire house to white – as it was during Phase I and II during McAlpine’s time.   And note, isn’t that the same area rug that McAlpine used during Phase III?   See below:

     

     

     

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    PHASE III:   The Dark Phase:  Here is how McAlpine left the house, with dark walls and dark curtains.  The area rug certainly looks similar to what is being used today.

     

     

     

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    TODAY:   The other side of the living room, shows a candle lighting fixture and a large screen, similar to what McAlpine used during Phase II – the White Phase.   Maybe it’s been recovered?    Notice how this family put the dining room table in the main area.  McAlpine placed his dining table more towards the front door during Phase I.  And the bust in the fireplace – notice that it was there during Phase III above.  Is it the same bust?

     

     

     

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    Phase II:  The White Phase:  The large screen – similar to what is being used today by current owners, although their screen does appear to be not as wide.  I loved this phase! 

     

     

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    TODAY:   White curtains replaced the darker ones that McAlpine used in Phase III.  These sheer white curtains look more like those used during Phase I and II.  I think the sconces have been also been replaced.  Notice there is a piano against the tall windows.    

     

     

     

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    TODAY:  Looking down at the living room from the upstairs window.   I love the chandelier!  Here you can just spy a bookcase that leads into the kitchen on the back, left.   Another new detail just revealed!  Isn’t this picture reminiscent  of Phase I (see below?)    

     

     

     

     

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    Phase I:  The Green Phase:    There was more color used during this first design scheme.   This  picture is similar to how the house looks today.    Notice that McAlpine placed the dining table behind the sofa in the entry area. 

     

     

     

     

    image TODAY:  The kitchen appears the same – except for the sconces.   Here, the scones are rustic looking with cowhide shades.   Also, you can see the small tiled countertop – another new detail for me. 

     

     

     

    image Phase I:  The Green Phase:   The sconces here were one light fleur-de-lis torches.

     

     

     

    image PHASE III:  the Dark Phase – the sconces look more refined with a large rectangular backplate. 

     

     

     

    image TODAY:   A new view of the kitchen.    It looks like there is a small eat-in area, never seen before.   I think I would paint the cypress wood all gray instead of leaving it with the white paint showing through – but that’s me.  I just like things neat and tidy (except my own house!)   Here you can see up close the bookshelves that are located between the living area and the kitchen. 

     

     

    imageTODAY:  Another new view of the house never seen before – a butler’s pantry!    The current owners have kept the cypress paneling painted dark gray throughout as McAlpine left it.  The cypress truly is a beautiful wood and it makes such a statement – used throughout the house, upstairs and down. 

     

     image TODAY:   The study located behind the fireplace has a large Bobby McApline sofa from Lee Industries.  Such a gorgeous sofa!!!    It’s one of my favorites in the line.   This sofa is the Castle Praha #3901-03 from Lee HERE.  This room looks totally different in each Phase.  Here, the owners have placed a desk behind the sofa,  probably to use as a small office.  The family most likely watches TV in this room – right next to the former guest bedroom, located behind the cypress wall on the right.

     

     

     

    image PHASE I:   The Green Phase:   The study is warm and cozy here, very traditional decor.   You can see into the guest bedroom on the right.    

     

     

    image PHASE II:  The White Phase.  Here McApline used it as an extra dining area.   The guest room is past the cypress paneling on the right. 

     

     

     

     

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    PHASE III:  The Dark Phase:   The most sophisticated and “decorated” phase of the house with Saladino shelter sofas and Rose Tarlow chairs.     Today, these dark walls are white again. 

     

     

     

    image TODAY:  The guest room, with its low rafter ceiling, is located off the study.  McAlpine used it as a guest room, but the current owners use it as the master bedroom.   Their two children use the two bedrooms upstairs.   This room looks so cozy and warm – just like a centuries old English cottage!   They don’t need a headboard when there is the cypress wall available instead!

     

     

     

    image PHASE I:   The Green Phase:   The guest room seen here during McAlpine’s time.   I love the way the room is designed here!

     

     

     

    image TODAY:  Before, there have been no pictures of the bathrooms, but in the real estate brochure, they are shown.    There appears to be a floating concrete countertop with a bronze vessel sink.    This bathroom is off the master bedroom, formerly the guest room.

     

     

     

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    TODAY:   The upstairs bridge is remarkably the same as seen during Phase I and II and III.   Even the urn remains in the identical place, as do the pier glass mirrors placed at each end of the long hall.  

     

     

     

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    PHASE I:   The Green Phase:  Seagrass cover the bridge floor here – you can see the gorgeous antique tapestry, left,  hanging in the living room.   And there is the same vase.  Do you think McAlpine forgot it on his way out – or did he gift it to the current owners, an architect in his firm?    Hmmmm…..  Beautiful photograph.

     

     

    image TODAY:   One of the two upstairs bedrooms – I never realized the doors to the bedrooms were closed off  by the cypress wood barn style door.    I love the bed in front of the gorgeous window.   Outside the door, the pier glass mirror in the bridge area remains.  

     

     

     image TODAY:   The second bedroom upstairs.   The two bedrooms appear to be mirror images. 

     

     

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    PHASE II:   The White Phase.      McAlpine used this second floor room as his master bedroom. 

     

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    PHASE III:   The Dark Phase:   Here a long sofa was placed in front of the window, making the bedroom appear more like a living area.

     

     

     

    image PHASE III:   The Dark Phase:   The same bedroom, with the bed in front of the paneling. 

     

     

    image TODAY:   The upstairs bathroom, with a concrete countertop and interesting hammered metal sink.

     

     

     

    image TODAY:  The house sits on a large corner lot.   Here is a view of the yard and another dog!  

     

    The Montgomery house has 3,757 sq. ft. and  is listed HERE for….. are you ready for the price?????  $499,000.   A STEAL!!!!!!   I am shocked at this price.   Just shocked!  Are you?????   The house would list for at least twice that amount in Houston!!!!    I am so thankful to the reader who spotted this real estate listing – especially when everyone was so interested to see how the house looked today.    Amazing it is for sale now. 

    So, of course, curiosity got to me and I wondered whether  there are any other Bobby McAlpine designed  houses now for sale around the country?    Of course there are!   Here are a few that I saw:  

     

    For Sale:  House #1:

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    The first house for sale designed by Bobby McAlpine is located in a gated community near the Blue Ridge Mountains in Boone, North Carolina.     There is a pool, stone walls, and lots and lots of room.  Built in 2000, it is located on over 12 acres of land.   The asking price is $2,285,000 – and that’s after a reduction of over $200,000.  Here, the back side of the house overlooks the swimming pool reached by a Lutyens style wooden gate.    

     

     

     

    image The front of the house.   Somehow the entry reminds me of the Montgomery house with the tall paned windows over the shorter front door!!!  Here, another Lutyens style wooden gate leads to the front courtyard.   A low stone wall surrounds the house.

     

     

     

    image Blue Ridge Mountains:   the pool house is so charming, as is the gate and stone fence on the left leading to the area.  

     

     

     

    image The family room overlooking the back porch is bright and airy with its wood ceiling and bay window.   I love the furniture in this room!  As usual, the real estate photographs of this house leave much to be desired.   To see more pictures of this house, visit the listing  HERE.

     

     

    For Sale:  House #2:

     

    001 The next Bobby McAlpine designed house for sale is located in Atlanta, Georgia in Tuxedo Park.   Built in 2005, it has 7 bedrooms and 7 and 2 half bathrooms.   Asking price?   $5,200.000.    Listing is HERE.  The house was built by Benecki HERE.    The lot is problematic - hilly and very narrow, but deep.   Here McAlpine solved the issue by placing two carriage houses located streetside.   The main house is seen between the two.

     

     

     

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     The front of the house with a clock above the window!  How charming! 

     

     

     3965854_14 The back of the house: the yard is long and narrow and hilly which caused many design issues.  

     

     

     image Close up of the pool and the wooded area past it. 

     

     

     

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    The front entry with wonderful wood walls and glass paned doors.  Great lantern!   The entry here becomes a room the way McAlpine has designed it. 

     

     

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    Another view of the entry showing the beautiful staircase. 

     

    image The front living room overlooking the courtyard and the carriage houses. 

     

     

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    The house is deep and narrow.  Here the kitchen is off the main hall that leads from the entry and past the dining room. 

     

     

     

     

    image The family room, off the kitchen, leads to the upstairs porch that overlooks the back yard and the pool. 

     

     

    FOR RENT:  

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    What do you do if you want to live in a McAlpine house, but are unable to?  You can rent one!   This beach house in Rosemary Beach Florida is available for rent.    Three bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, the house is white stucco.    Here the front gate leads into the courtyard where the swimming pool is. 

     

    Built by Benecki Homes, HERE with interiors  by Melanie Turner (Mrs. Benecki), this Rosemary Beach house designed by Bobby McAlpine  is available for rent at $5,500 a week.  Now, remember it sleeps 10 – so you can divide it up and charge every adult and child 1/10 and then it is not so expensive.   I wouldn’t recommend charging children who are still in diapers, but anyone potty trained has to pay up!   Personally, I’m not sure where you would fit 10 people here as there are only 3 bedrooms.    The swimming pool is said to be largest in Rosemary Beach at over 20 by 40’.    Several blogs have shown this beach house, but I just love it too much not to include it and what’s wrong with repeating a good thing????   For information on rentals, go HERE.  

     

     

     

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    The main living area with the kitchen behind the curved wood rafters.   Melanie Turner designed the interiors – all in white slipcovers.   A smaller sitting area is in the alcove to the left.

     

     

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    The view of the main living area from the other side.  Here the stairs are located behind the curved rafters that are a mirror image of the kitchen.  Tongue and groove wood walls and ceilings.   

     

     

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    View of the main living room with the high back sofa and wonderful driftwood lamp.  The courtyard lies beyond this paned window.  

     

     

     

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    A view of the disguised kitchen.   Notice the x feature at the end of the island.   Just gorgeous!   The door leads to the courtyard and the swimming pool.  

     

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    The small alcove off the main living area – two large sofas and a beautiful fireplace.  

     

        image The main bedroom – designed just as the rest of the house is.  I absolutely love the decor and could live in this beach house year round!   McAlpine has designed more than a few houses in Rosemary Beach and surrounding areas.  Be sure to look at his portfolio and press pages to see more HERE.

    A HUGE thank you again to the reader who spotted the original Bobby McAlpine house for sale!   Let me know if any of you buy it!!!!

     

    AND:  A reminder – the new Skirted Roundtable is up.   It’s Linda, Megan and me talking about the current state of magazines.   Listen HERE.

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