Remembering The Assassination

This year marks the 145th anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Still remembered today as one of the most tragic events in American history, the United States experienced an outpouring of grief unmatched until perhaps the death of John F. Kennedy.

To help commemorate the assassination and the funerals which followed, I'm planning on a series of posts which will begin on April 14th, the assassination anniversary. The series will continue with posts which will coincide with the anniversary of his death and for each of the funerals held in various cities along his final journey to Springfield.

People often forget that Lincoln was not a popular president while living. He was hated by Democrats, abolitionists (for not moving to end slavery quickly), the elite of his own party, and obviously by the South. Unfortunately, the assassination is what turned Lincoln into "Lincoln," the near mythical figure so many people are fascinated by in our time.

I hope you'll journey along with me as The Abraham Lincoln Blog remembers our first martyred president, beginning April 14th. It's a remarkable story even today.

Fresh and Original Interiors from Ryann Ford

Ryann Ford is a photographer who is specialized in architecture, design and tourism. We found this amazing photos on her site related to the subject of our interest, interior design. Some of the rooms in the pictures below really managed to catch our attention: a bathroom with brick-walls and wooden furniture, a living-room with words written on the walls, a light bedroom with interesting paintings, a chandelier made entirely out of photos, a king-size classic bed. The overall image is that of space, diversity and originality. We also like the fact that all the items seem to integrate perfectly in their environment. Even the cat has the same color as the room it so carelessly sits in.

Inspiring Contemporary Bedroom in Red, Black and White

When it comes to choosing the bedroom furniture and coming up with the perfect interior design, things can get a little tricky. After all, it is the room you spend most of your time in, even though half of it you are asleep. Still, a bedroom should inspire comfort and relaxation. Today’s example somehow comes to mess up those attributes: you are looking at a vibrant room with a lot of personality. A combination of red, black and white transforms this place into a modern and vivid one where sleep will probably be delayed as much as possible. If you look at the overall plan of this interior, you will notice that the room with the bed is connected to another semi-independent space, creating a bedroom-living combo which we find to be quite interesting.