Vintage Rural Cottage With Modern Furniture

Vintage Rural Cottage With Modern Furniture
How to integrate modern decor into a vintage rural cottage? Fashion designer Sun Min and architect Christian Taeubert showed how to do that renovating a neglected cottage and its courtyard in rural China. The dwelling is 76 square meter and was built in the 1970s but had collapsed perimeter walls and overgrown grounds. It retains... 
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Bat-Shaped Summer House In The Swedish Countryside

Bat-Shaped Summer House In The Swedish Countryside
Batman fans, welcome! The house we are featuring today is shaped as a bat, for real! It may be a nice example of gorgeous modern architecture that can give your home any shape you dream of! Villa G was designed by architect André Pihl to replace an existing 1960s cottage in Swedish countryside. Actually, such... 
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A Stone Cabin Turned Into A Rustic Holiday Retreat

A Stone Cabin Turned Into A Rustic Holiday Retreat
Amsterdam-based studio Laura Alvarez architecture has designed a rental holiday retreat in the natural park in the north of Spain emerging from a stone-ruin within a more than two-hectare terrain of natural landscape. The home typology is based on a traditional construction of the area called ‘cabaña pasiega’ (peasant cabin) but with a contemporary twist.... 
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Winter Vacation Retreat With Magnificent Views

Winter Vacation Retreat With Magnificent Views
Winter is bit far away but it’s high time to think how you could decorate your winter holiday home if there’s any. This bright and spacious home in Fuller Hill, Vermont, is full of ideas to steal and looks very inviting. It was recently completed by the creative team at Touloukian Touloukian. A winding road... 
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Picturesque Retreat In Italy With A Lush Garden

Picturesque Retreat In Italy With A Lush Garden
American-born art historian and curator Peter Benson Miller has been collecting seriously since he was 13, so it’s no surprise that, many years later, he and his partner Giovanni Panebianco were beginning to find themselves squeezed out of their Rome apartment. They eventually found the perfect home in Puglia, where the hundreds of objects collected... 
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Summer House With Scandinavian Design And Belorussian Touches

Summer House With Scandinavian Design And Belorussian Touches
Minsk-based Zrobym Architects completed the design of a summer house in the village of Raubichi, Belarus. The 731 square-foot wooden cabin was envisioned as a cozy retreat for the client’s mother, and if you like modern design with lots of natural touches, you’ll be excited by this home! Trying to execute all the wishes of... 
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Italian Country House Covered With Living Vines

Italian Country House Covered With Living Vines
Situated in Treviso, northern Italy, this country house is offered a new life by Zanonarchitettiassociati (Zaa) through the renovation of its interiors and the expansion of the living space. The latter is designed in the extended structure made of a glass and corten steel framework. In this renovation project, Zaa has realized a volume that... 
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Back Country House Inspired By Traditional New Zealand Huts

Back Country House Inspired By Traditional New Zealand Huts
David Maurice of LTD architectural has completed Back Country House, a two-storey residence in New Zealand that seeks to establish a close connection with its rural surroundings. The house is a reinterpretation of the country’s backcountry huts — simple shelters found in the wilderness that can be inhabited by the general public. The project consists... 
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Classic Irish Cottage With A Pastoral Landscape Around

Classic Irish Cottage With A Pastoral Landscape Around
Ever dreamed of staying in a charming little Irish cottage? This white house with a red iron roof is an incarnation of such a gorgeous home. It’s set in the remote lakeside town of Treangarrive in County Kerry, lost within a wilderness of emerald green farmland and cloud-shrouded mountains. Let’s take a look at it.... 
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California Country Home With Outdoor Living Spaces

California Country Home With Outdoor Living Spaces
This solar-powered retreat in Northern California’s Sonoma wine region was designed by US firm Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects to include outdoor living areas and framed views of the landscape. The owners requested that the residence be suitable for outdoor living during the summer months, with easy access to the pond and a swimming pool. Providing... 
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