This is 7 grandest subway stations in the world!

     Dirty and nasty impression often attached to the train station. But not so with the underground stations in some parts of the world. Do not even think only room in your house that can be transformed into a comfortable palace to relax, train stations can be comfortable place at a time artistic. In some countries, the subway station not just the terminal stops and departure of passengers, but also become part of an enjoyable means of travel.  The decor was even very unique, like being in an underground palace when set foot there. You also would like to linger there. Here are 7 underground stations of the world's most beautiful, as quoted from page All Women Talk:

1. Formosa Boulevard

This is a city located in the station Sin sing District, Kaohsiung,Taiwan. There are two different sections of this station is pretty amazing.  First, the exterior roof structure that resembles a form ofpraying hands. Second, the Dome of Light, or entrance station. This is a project of building the world's largest glass and created by Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata. The work of art made ​​from 4,500 panes of glass with a diameter of 30 meters.

Train Station Formosa Boulevard 

2. Stockholm Tunnelbana  

The perfect combination of modern technology and natural,Tunnelbana Sctockholm is one subway station of the most beautifulin the world today. When you go into these facilities, you will feel like being in a giant cave.
Subway station looks beautiful, unique and spectacular natural caves juxtaposed with elevators and trains. Not only the design of underground rock that makes it look natural, unique patterns are painted on the rock wall also makes it look beautiful.

 

 Tunnelbana Sctockholm Station 

3. Mayakovskaya 

Is part of the Moscow metro station. When set foot in there, like visiting an underground palace. Not only that, building underground station is also as evidence of arelic before World War II which was built by Stalinist architecture and stunning interior art deco The salient features of this building is the marble walls, the dome is amazing, and fantastic mosaics. The station was opened in 1938 but still operates to this day.

 

Mayakovskaya  

4. Munich U-Bahn

 If the two previous subway structure gives you a glimpse of the old world, Munich U- Bahn station will provide a different experience. If you are a fan of modern art, then these stations may be a station that you admire. Featuring a minimalist building but decorated with paint paint, lights and wall panels amazing. Each station has its own uniqueness even  be created as  part of the artistic nuances of building decoration.

 

Munich U- Bahn station

  

5. Arts et Métiers

This station is part of the Paris Metro. Stepping into the hall of this beautiful station seemed to take you into the world of Jules Verne with the world of steam punk. Belgian comic artist François Schuiten designer. Not just amazed by its design, but this station also connects you with the museum and craft center at foot out.

 Arts et Métiers

6.  Olaias Station

This station is part of the subway system in Lisbon, Portugal.Looking at the structure of the building, you will instantly know that you are in the midst of works of art of living. This station is the head designer, artist Tomas Taveira. Talented painter and sculptor also helped create a subway station artistic and really unique. Features of the beautiful station makes a lot of visitors feel fall in love, it's no wonder many of those whoperpetuate the beautiful decoration of buildings as souvenirs of travel. Ceiling color and contrast, and lighting fitting, making the hallmark of this station.

 

 Olaias station

7.  Metro Dubai Station

Dubai is a city that offers an impressive architectural wonders. This is not a surprise because some subway stations in the city was part of a work of art.                                                            Like most beautifully structured building in Dubai,Dubai Metro is built under the direction of  their leader Sheikh addressed. Twenty-seven stations open today, but still there are.

Metro Dubai Station

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Design Ideas for an oversized Bedroom to make them feel cozier

     While it can be a great joy to have an oversized bedroom, such room can be a huge challenge to decorate. It may be difficult give a large space the cozy feeling necessary in a bedroom. Here are some ideas to make your oversized bedroom more conducive to sleep, rest and relaxation.

Keep it simple: Just because the room is large does not mean that you need to fill it with lots of things like exercise equipment computer systems. These things do not promote rest. All you really need in your bedroom is a bed, the bigger the better. All other items are expendable.

Get it off the wall: In a very large room, there is no reason to place your bed against the wall. Put it in the center of the room facing the windows with the best view. It is preferable for the bed to be facing a direction so someone entering the room would not be able to see the bed, but only the headboard. You can add to more privacy to the bed by placing a large armoire or dresser with the back of it to the headboard. If the back of the dresser shows through the headboard, you can upholster the back of the dresser with fabric, to coordinate with the bed. Sleigh beds adapt well to this placement because they have high headboards.

Canopy beds would work as well because you can use fabric hanging from the bed poles as a screen. Folding floor screens can be placed at the head of the bed if you do not have a dresser or armoire that will fit in the space. For side tables, find pieces that look good from all sides like round tables instead of traditional nightstands. You can also choose to purchase a headboard unit designed for such a placement. Side tables are usually attached.

 

Break it up: Break the room into two or three zones, sleeping, lounging and dressing. Creating a sleeping area is obvious. Place the bed and side tables in one area of the room. For the lounging area, add sofas and chairs to the bedroom for an area to sit and talk, or even furnish an area where the children can feel comfortable. If you find you are sharing your bed with children, and want them to transition into their own beds, make sure that your bedroom sofa or lounge chair is comfortable. You may even want to add a day bed to your room. This way they can sleep in your room, but not in your bed.

Minimalist home to various circles of society

     The development of real estate today is very fast, this is marked by numerous property development units, for example: apartment or a super-exclusive luxury condominium or building small houses that simple.

     Along with the development of the property world, the needs of the community will house these days is very high. If the lack of sufficient budget to purchase a home that middle-end, or a simple little house would not be an obstacle to realizing the desire to have a house. Almost all developers offer a small house lots or products, due to high public demand for housing / residence, then only a short time able to sell hundreds of housing units. The problem is, many developers take advantage of the momentum by building a small house with the facilities and environment perfunctory as long as we know, the House Very Simple.

Describe the tiny house with a condition like that it's time to change. Consumer is king, people also who should be given the best. Houses must be beautiful, healthy and environmentally friendly. That's the key word to build whatever size house, including building or choosing a small house. Little house on the market usually has an area of ​​100 square meters with a maximum variation of size 6 X 15 m, 7 x 15m, or 8 X 12 m, and standard forms of building houses.

Top Interior Decorating Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

     Here are some common mistakes that during designing the interior, ranging from the selection of furniture that does not fit (too big or vice versa), to the decorations that are too focused on the decorating trend curve. Please note that the trend decor is something to recur, choose the decor trends you like, make a plan, and follow your plan wisely. So you do not need to throw too much money on parts that do not actually need.

• Choose Furniture That Doesn’t Fit

You wouldn’t wear clothes in a size that’s baggy or skin tight, so why would you choose furniture that doesn’t fit in your room?

Before you shop for furniture, whether you’re buying new or at a garage sale, measure your space, think about where you’re going to put the piece, and write down notes. Resist the temptation to buy a too-big sofa, thinking you can put it on an angle if it doesn’t fit. Write down the measurements an stick to it.

It’s just as bad to buy pieces that are too small, thinking you can add more pieces to fill the space. Plan out your arrangement, think it over, and then find the pieces that are just right.

•  Use Too Many Patterns and Prints

Don’t pick up just any fabric or piece of furniture you like, thinking you can work around it. Plan your color scheme, select a main pattern, then find coordinating stripes, small prints, and plaids that enhance your choice.

Follow the Rule of 3: Select one main pattern, usually a large print. Then find one small, coordinating print and one stripe or plaid. Then call it quits. If you need another fabric, think about using a solid-colored texture or interesting weave instead of another pattern or print.

•  Float a Rug in the Middle of the Room

The elements in a room should be connected, both visibly and physically. A rug on the floor adds color and a connection between pieces of furniture. The rug should be tucked under the front legs of chairs, sofas, and tables.

A rug placed in the middle of a room, unanchored, poses a safety hazard. It would be easy to trip on an edge or corner of the rug or slip and slide if the rug moves

• Push All the Furniture Up Against the Wall

You may think that a room will look larger if the middle of the floor is open, without furniture. But the opposite is true. Unless you’re going to have a dancing party in the middle of your room, move the furniture into groupings in the center.

Arrange a sofa with a table behind it, away from the wall with a walking space behind. Show off the back of the sofa and arrange decorative items and a lamp for reading behind it. Move chairs out of corners and you’ll have a more open, airy look in your room.

•   Put Out All Your Collectibles

Whether you collect knick knacks from travels like ash trays or salt and pepper shakers or fine pieces of sculpture or one-of-a-kind hand-blown glass, you shouldn’t put everything out at one time.

Do your best to select only the most important pieces, either in monetary or sentimental value, and get rid of the rest. If you can’t bear to throw the pieces away, put them away and rotate the items on display. Less really is more!

•  Decorate With Family Heirlooms Whether You Like Them or Not

Just because your grandparents chose to decorate in Victorian style doesn’t mean that you have to. If you want to use something that was handed down, select one special piece and use it as an accent in your home. But get rid of the rest of the pieces that you don’t want. Your space should reflect who you are, not who the people are who went before you.

•  Put Decorative Pillows Everywhere

You can buy pillows in every size, shape, color, and texture. But just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Pillows are great accessories to use to add interest and softness to a space, but they should be functional, not just decorative.

It’s almost a natural that you’d use a decorative pillow on a sofa or at the back of a deep chair. Several on the top of a bed would be logical too. But don’t place pillows on furniture that you have to take off to sit down or lie in bed. Make pillows decorative, soft, comfortable, and, above all, useful.

•  Protect Your Furniture With Slipcovers

Slipcovers are wonderful for covering up worn fabric or patterns on fabric that are out of style or don’t go with your decor.But any slipcover should be decorative and add to the piece, not distract from it. The worst of the worst are clear vinyl slipcovers. You might be tempted to choose one to protect the beautiful silk fabric on your furniture. But they just look awful. There’s no question about it and you should avoid them at all costs.

If you must cover a piece of furniture, choose a slipcover in a color that resembles the upholstery you’re covering. Hopefully it will blend with the space and no one will really notice. Remove the cover whenever you have guests and replace it for everyday activity.

• Hang All Your Artwork and Mirrors at the Same Height

You’ve probably heard the rule about hanging art at eye level. That’s all well and good, but people’s eyes are not at the same height. Think about it: a 6-foot person’s eyes are higher than those of someone sitting on a chair.

Please read previous post about How High to Hang Art that will guide you through the process of deciding where to hang pictures and mirrors so that they create a focal point on a wall and enhance the space instead of detract from it.

• Use 100 Watt Bulbs in All Your Lamps and Light Fixtures

Of course you’ll want to have a good light for reading, but the other lights in your room should be selected for specific tasks or to create a mood.

Choose your lighting to match the function of the space. For the kitchen, you might want recessed lights or a small lamp in the corner of a counter. You’ll need a good lamp over your desk and maybe track lights over your computer and work space.

For total light control, install dimmers on all your wall light switches and on lamp cords.

•  Choose Dining Room Chairs to Look Good, Not for Comfort

Not! A dining room is a place for people to gather, visit, and enjoy each other’s company. The dining chairs should fit comfortably around the table. But the most important thing they should be is inviting, giving guests no reason to get up and move out. Create a welcoming room and your dinner will be a time to remember.

• Decorate With the Trend of the Day

Even if it doesn’t match your decor it’s fun to be up to date with trends and fads, but your home is not the place to be “au courant” every season. Decorating and furniture are expensive investments and you can’t expect to change colors and styles with the calendar.

Choose trends you really like and decide how you can get the look without spending a lot of money. There are ways to incorporate decorating trends into your decor without making a total change. You’ll save money but not be left behind the decorating curve.

Some, in fact most, rules are made to be broken. Choose the rules you’ll follow wisely. The things listed here are absolutely not to be done.

US Presidents’ Office

     The Oval Office inside the White House is the US President’s formal workspace. This is where he meets and confers with the heads of the state, diplomats and other dignitaries. When a new president assumes office, it is not uncommon for him to renovate the Oval Office to suit his taste. In fact, nearly all presidents do a mini-makeover when they come in. They change the paint, put in a new rug on the floor, get different drapes and do most of the stuff that an average person does when he moves to a new home. In this post we take a look at the changing face of the Oval Office during different Presidencies and how each president added his own touch to the White House decor.

Oval rooms became popular in eighteenth century neoclassical architecture, and it is likely that the architect of the White House, James Hoban, was influenced by the elliptical chamber of an Irish Mansion called Castle Coole. Here is a hand-tinted photo of the first Oval Office, designed by Nathan C. Wyeth for President William Howard Taft in 1909.

William Howard Taft’s Office in 1909 (White House Historical Association)

Warren G Harding ‘s Office in 1923 (Library of Congress)

Calvin Coolidge’s Office in 1925
It can be said that from Howard Taft(1909) to Herbert Hoover(1933) the main decor of green rug, dark green drapes with eagle valances and olive green walls remained pretty much the same. When Franklin D. Roosevelt joined office in 1933, he redecorated it with a blue-green rug and gray green walls.

Replica of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Office in 1933 (Roosevelt Library)
During Franklin Roosevelt’s Presidency, the office was moved to the southeast corner of the West Wing in 1934, and this is what the modern office looked like:

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Office in 1936 (Wikipedia)
Harry S Truman in 1945 changed the tint of the room to grayish and his desk was famous for a plaque with a motto that read: “The buck stops here.”

Replica of Harry Truman’s Office in 1945 (Truman’s Library)
Dwight D. Eisenhower assumed office in 1953 and though he did not change the decor much…

Dwight Eisenhower’s Office in 1956 (EisenHower Library)
…he showed his taste in paintings.

(EisenHower Library)
The John F Kennedy’s Oval Office was redesigned by Stéphane Boudin in 1963 with a new red rug and pale curtains but it was dismantled after the President’s assassination, before Mrs. Kennedy returned.

John F Kennedy’s Office in 1963 (JFK Library)
Lyndon B. Johnson succeeded Kennedy and used his rug and curtains temporarily but he did not use the Resolute Desk.

Lyndon B. Johnson’s Office in 1963 (White House Historical Society)
He later changed the rug to gray.

Lyndon B. Johnson’s Office in 1968(Johnson Library)
President Richard Nixon started out with Johnson’s decor…

Richard Nixon’s Office in 1969 (NARA)
but he later changed to a Navy blue rug with gold drapes.

Richard Nixon’s Office in 1973 (NARA)
During Gerald Ford’s presidency which started in 1974 he opted for a pale gold rug with blue florettes and pumpkin drapes with gold curtains.

Replica of Gerald Ford’s Office in 1976 (Ford Library)
Jimmy Carter assumed office in 1977 but he carried through with Ford’s decor.

Jimmy Carter’s Office in 1976 (NARA)
Ronald Reagan too did not change the decor until during his second term when he opted for a pale gold rug with sunbeam design.

Replica of Ronald Reagan’s Office in 1979 (Reagan Library)
George H. W. Bush went back to the blue theme in 1989

George Bush’s Office in 1990 (NARA)
When Clinton came to power he changed to a colour scheme reminiscient of the Nixon era with navy blue rug and gold drapes.

Clinton’s Office in 1996 (Clinton Library)
Oval Office floor was replaced during the administration of George W. Bush. Based on a 1933 design by Eric Gugler, the 2005 installation is arranged in a contrasting cross pattern of quarter-sawn oak and walnut.

(Wikipedia)
George Bush, Jr. revealed he delegated the decision of choosing the rug to Laura Bush, who chose a yellow sunbeam design. Here are a few snaps of Bush’s office:

George W Bush’s Office in 2005(White House)






(White House)

Place fighter meet- Colosseum

     Colosseum is a historic relic in the form of a big theater called the amphitheater-shaped or elliptical with the original name of the Flavian Amphitheatre, which is one of the Seven Wonders of the World Middle Ages. The site is located in the state capital of Italy, Rome, founded by King during the Roman Empire Vespasian and completed by his son Titus [1], and became one of the greatest works of Roman architecture ever built. 

Regarding the year of manufacture until now there are still differences of faith. Some argue that the Colosseum was made in the year 79 BC, there is also an opinion that was made between the years 70-82 AD. But, most archaeologists believe that the Colosseum was made in the year 70-82 AD Originally Colosseum name comes from a statue 130 feet or 40 m are called Colossus. Colosseum is designed to accommodate 50,000 spectators.

• Construction of buildings

Reconstruction of the Colosseum started from the command of King Vespasian in 72 AD and completed by his son Titus in 80 AD Colosseum was established adjacent to a magnificent palace that was built before Nero, who called Domus Aurea [2] which was built after the great fire in Rome in AD 64 Dio Cassius a historian said that there are about 9000 wild animals who have been killed in 100 days as a celebration of the inauguration and opening of the Colosseum. The floor of the Colosseum arena was covered by sand to prevent blood-the blood does not flow anywhere.

• Show

In the Colosseum at the time was venue for a spectacular show, which is a fight between animals (venetaiones), the fight between prisoners and animals, the execution of prisoners (noxii), water fight (naumachiae) by flooding the arena, and the battle between gladiators (munera .) For hundreds of years, the estimated thousands of people and animals die in the show Colosseum.

• Naming History

The name of the Colosseum as in the above is taken from the name of a statue 130 feet or 40 m, Colossus. Colossus Statue remade as a substitute for Nero as the parable of the sun god Sol, by adding the crown of the sun. In the mid-year, Colossus statue has disappeared. An expert said that since the statue was made of copper, the statue has been merged for reuse.
In addition to a name taken from the Colosseum, the Colosseum is also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is not known who gave the name. In Italy, the Colosseum was named il colosseo but other Roman languages ​​use the name Le Colisée and el coliseo to mention the Colosseum