Making the Most
Organizing & Sharing
Designing
Elements and Principles of Design
Cleaning and Safety
100
Provides shelter, security and a place to live
What is a home?
100
When furniture is arranged to facilitate talking with one another
What is conversation area?
100
A feeling that something is different from the way it really is.
What is illusion?
100
the most important element of design, the easiest to change, and most economical designing tool
What is color?
100
free of germs
What is sanitary?
200
A rented multi-family housing unit that shares commomn walls
What is an apartment?
200
storage places for clothes
What is closet, drawers and shelves?
200
line that moves at an angle and suggest action
What is a diagonal line?
200
A tool used in selecting red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, or violet
What is a color wheel?
200
steps to avoid danger - thinking about what might happen if.....
What is precaution?
300
Two residential units that share a common wall
What is a duplex?
300
Knocking on doors, not looking at other's mail, keeping music low so as not to disturb
What is respecting other people's privacy?
300
the way something fells to the hand
What is texture?
300
using two similar items to create equal visual weight or stability
What is balance?
300
a list of daily, weekly and occasional household chores, and who in the family is responsible for each
What is a cleaning plan?
400
Organizing the room for more than one use
What is function?
400
Each person gives up something he or she wants in order to reach a solution to a problem that satisfies both people
What is compromise?
400
a diagram of a room arrangement - a representation of a room on graph paper
What is a floor plan?
400
Principle of design that uses one element to dominate the others - greatest point of interest in a room
What is emphasis?
400
1. Install smoke alams 2. Make sure electrical cords are not frayed, in good condition 3. Keep a fire extinguisher in the home 4. Do not let curtains, towels, or pot holders, or loose clothing get near your stove
What are 4 ways to protect your home from fire?
500
The path people take to move around and in and out of the room
What is traffic pattern?
500
1. Furniture should be arranged in functional groupings 2. Related items should be grouped together 3. Space should be left around furniture so it can be used comfortably
What are three guidelines for room arrangement?
500
items added to a room to make it look more interesting
What are accessories?
500
the relationship of certain elements to the whole and to each other - the way one piece of furniture relates to the others in the room
What is proportion?
500
1. Hang up clothes by category 2. Clean soiled items before putting away 3. Keep small articles used only occasionally in small boxes that are labeled so they are easily found
What is keeping your closet organized?