Housing Choices
Elements of Design
Principles of Design
Colors & Color Schemes
Home Cleaning & Maintenance
100
Homes that are built in rows and are attached to one another at the side walls.
Townhomes
100
Provides a sense of direction and causes the eye to move side to side or up and down
Line
100
Does this room have symmetrical or asymmetrical balance?
Asymmetrical balance...
Side tables are both different
Different items on each table
100
What are the three primary colors?
Yellow, blue, red
100
Washing dishes and sweeping the kitchen floor would be a daily, weekly, monthly, or seasonal cleaning routine?
Daily
200
You own the unit, pay a mortgage, a monthly fee, but you share common areas such as the hallways and the grounds.
Condominium
200
Gives great life and beauty to a room, expresses your personality, sets the mood of a room, makes a room seem warmer or cooler, and changes the apparent size and shape of a room
Color
200
Does this room have symmetrical or asymmetrical balance?
Symmetrical balance...
Identical objects on both sides of the central point (large mirror in center)
Arrangement of pillows
200
What are the secondary colors?
green, orange, purple
200
Deep cleaning carpets and wiping walls and baseboards would be a daily, weekly, monthly, or seasonal cleaning routine?
Seasonal
300
A free-standing residential building that may be one story or many.
Single Family Dwelling
300
Refers to the area around or between objects within that space
Space
300
This term is known as the center of interest in a room, usually a fireplace, window, work of art, or dominate piece of furniture.
Emphasis or Focal Point
300
Name one example of a tertiary color.
Yellow-green
Yellow-orange
Red-orange
Red-violet
Blue-violet
Blue-green
300
Cleaning the refrigerator and washing blankets and comforters would be a daily, weekly, monthly, or seasonal cleaning routine?
Monthly
400
One building that contains two separate units.
Duplex
400
The way an object's surface feels.
Texture
400
Visually satisfying effect of combining similar or related elements
Harmony
400
Variations of only one color
Monochromatic
400
Vacuuming the floor and washing bed sheets would be considered a daily, weekly, monthly, or seasonal cleaning routine?
Weekly
500
An old warehouse or building that has been turned into living units that has high ceilings and few walls.
Loft
500
The outline of an object, can make objects appear heavy or light
Shape
500
The ratio of one part to another or of one part to the whole
Proportion
500
Two or more colors next to one another on the color wheel
Analogous
500
Name one way you can conserve energy in your home.
1. Cold wash clothes
2. Allow clothes to air dry
3. Run FULL loads of clothes and dishes