The Essential Holiday Guest Room

The holiday season is one of the prime times during the year when family and friends visit and since many of them are often coming from out of state it’s likely they’ll need to stay over. For this reason it’s important to make sure they are as comfortable as possible so they’ll want to come back and maybe even host you some time.

To do this means making sure there are a few essentials in the guest room. They are things which can help guests relax and give the host peace of mind that his visitors are enjoying themselves.

Wall Art – Beautify Your Walls by Well Chosen Artwork

Perhaps you do not possess a professional degree in art or any prior knowledge and understanding of art, but you might still want to decorate the walls of your home in the best possible manner. Art is considered as a byproduct of human inventiveness. With the never ending possibilities of the human mind's eye, wall art can reach way beyond mere diversity. The most common form of wall art used in the modern times is the one that can be easily hanged from the wall or simply can be used as a decal without any hassle. Adding a wall art to any room can serve good number purposes besides adding additional charm to the room.

Room Portraits From Above

German photographer Menno Aden comes with a series of Berlin rooms from an unusual perspective, looking downwards from the ceiling. In each and every scenario the camera has been placed at the center of the ceiling to make a photo that appears flattened and abstracted.

" The views into private homes and secret retreats bring up associations of the ubiquitous observation camera.The notion of surveillance is Systematically played out by the artist to society's voyeuristic urge hint at that popular culture has made mainstream." - mennoaden.com

In The "Walking Dead" Dressing Room

All text is translated from the Russian language, we apologize in advance for spelling errors.

Comes a new series «Walking Dead» (walking dead). Actors extras who played a zombie in a new film not only have to go through this "school zombies" to learn how to howl and dragging his feet, but still required the entire day of shooting to be in makeup, over which hours working professionals. We bring to your attention a brief excursion into the dressing room.

Not so easy to turn a man into a convincing zombie. Actors have to sit for hours in front of a mirror, until the master of make-up work on their way. In addition, sometimes it is necessary to use special prostheses, contact lenses and dentures.

Tools in the dressing room, where the working team of designers Greg Nicotera.

Tools in the dressing room, where the working team of designers Greg Nicotera.

"Our Zombies - tall, thin, with gaunt faces. The key to success lies precisely in their distinctive faces, "- said Nicotera.

The key to success lies precisely in their distinctive faces, "- said Nicotera.

Nicotera also said that every day, once again came into the dressing room, the actor falls into the hands of a new makeup artist. "If we were always the same zombie - it would have quickly tired of the viewer, and every time a new employee contributes to the image of something special, a sort of its own distinction."

Nicotera also said that every day, once again came into the dressing room, the actor falls into the hands of a new makeup artist. "If we were always the same zombie - it would have quickly tired of the viewer, and every time a new employee contributes to the image of something special, a sort of its own distinction."

In those days of filming, when the area employed hundreds of extras cast in the form of zombies, Greg Nicotera and his team were forced to begin its work before dawn.

"What kind should have decayed zombie?" - On this point, we had great controversy. Everyone had an opinion. The solution? Try it! "We decided to keep it visually interesting for the viewer," - he said, "some look more" fresh ", some in a state of decomposition." This should show the degradation of zombies and lead us to success.

Greg and his team make-up artists should make every effort to ensure that their zombies looked convincing throughout the shooting day, because very often carried out shooting in daylight, which can easily reveal any lack of makeup. "During the filming of all makeup is constantly under the vigilant control of make-up," - says Greg.

Since shooting the series were held in Atlanta, the film team was confronted with the problem of constant heat. Because of the high temperature was not very easy to maintain "a terrible form of" zombies. "Make-up artists are always present on the set and tinted actors."

"I do not know if there's a world of zombies are better than ours," - says the author and director of the show Frank Darabon.

Impressive Star Wars House

And you thought *you* was a Star Wars fan? Incredible room belonging to Cho Woong - a few more pics at his blog. Not only is that a huge collection, he still somehow remains to keep everything in style. The layout is amazing, and the colour scheme matches the whole Star Wars motive. The blue lights for the display cases is a nice touch. I especially love the mind bogglingly large Mellenium Falcon sitting in the middle of the living room which seconds as a tea table.


















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