Archive for August, 2009

Re-Designing a Bathroom

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

If you are in the market for redesigning a bathroom in your home then you should consider the following idea. We remodeled the two bathrooms in our shore house last year, which is closing in on being 40 years old, and now they look like brand new bathrooms. We bought white tiles that were laced with blue paint so they could match the neutral tiles in both bathrooms.

The sinks also got an upgrade. The old faucets were removed and replaced with brand new faucets. Aside from upgrading the sinks, we also painted the walls and redecorated both bathrooms. The walls, without tile, were painted a very neutral white color so that we could hang pictures and other objects on the walls. After the paint dried we needed to find new decorations for the bathrooms. This included art for the walls and new shower curtains.

The new shower curtains have sea scenes on them and they match the rugs in the bathrooms as well. The paintings on the walls are all sea scenes too since the bathrooms we remodeled are in our shore house. It wouldn’t make sense to put up paintings of the Grand Canyon now would it? One of the paintings features scenes of the Jersey Shore and another features scenes of Ocean City, NJ.

Other items added to the bathrooms include a wicker chest topped with a bowl of hand picked seashells from the beach and towels with seashells sewn on them, down by hand by our aunt.

Designing a Uniform

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

There are thousands of sports teams all across the country that range from pee wee to professional and everything in between. Just look at Major League Baseball. There are 30 teams in the Majors and each of those teams has at least 6 Minor League teams affiliated with them that need uniforms.

Every now and then a team, whether in the Majors or Minors, will want to change the design of their uniform including their team logo. Take for example the Tampa Bay Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks, who have been in the league sine 1998, and have changed their logos already.

When designing a uniform one must have some sense of knowledge regarding the history of the team and the history of the team’s logo. Sometimes, when a team wants a new uniform, the team won’t tell the designer what they are looking for. Instead, they will see what  the designer comes up with first and make a decision based on what has been presented.

Sometimes, a team will give the designer a hint as to what type of new logo or uniform design they are looking for. The hints could include colors to be used, size of the logo, location of the logo on the hat, the jersey, and the pants and if the team’s mascot should be present in the new logo being designed.

A designer will take these hints and design what they feel is the best new logo for the team to place on their uniform. If the design is rejected, which is possible to happen, then the designer will head back to the drawing board and try again.