Walls are predominantly textured. A bullnose edge is a common design detail on countertops and fireplace mantels. Here's how the style breaks down: Colors: Mediterranean colors echo those of the sea and sky and, depending on the region, can also include warm terra cotta, lavender and yellow.mediterranean_room.ou can also simulate the look of tile with a stenciled mosaic border on floors, walls or furniture. Accessories: Burnished bronze urns, filigree light fixtures and a wrought-iron fireplace screen exemplify a Mediterranean look with a Moroccan influence.
George Stephenson, the son of a colliery fireman, was born at Wylam, eight miles from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on 9th June, 1781. The cottage where the Stephenson family lived was next to the Wylam Wagonway, and George grew up with a keen interest in machines. George's first employment was herding cows but when he was fourteen he joined his father at the Dewley Colliery.
Replica of the Rocket in its original condition in the Transport Museum in Nuremberg during the exhibition Adler, Rocket and Co.. Stephenson's Rocket was an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement.It was designed by Robert Stephenson in 1829, and built at the Forth Street Works of Robert Stephenson and Company in Newcastle upon Tyne.t the time that Rocket was being designed and built at the Forth Banks Works, he was living in Liverpool overseeing the building of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. His son Robert had recently returned from a stint working in South America and resumed as managing director of Robert Stephenson and Company.