Originally built in 1876, this dark home got an extension with an open layout. Architecture practice Timmins + Whyte has added a double-height gabled extension to it illuminating its formerly light-starved living spaces. The owners wanted to live, cook, gather, lounge, read and socialize in one sunny, externally connected space. The studio created a contemporary...
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Light-Filled House With Rethought Patios
OOIIO Architecture have completed a single-family home, GAS House, in Toledo, Spain. Their clients, a young couple, wanted a bright home built on a plot where natural light was not particularly abundant. Therefore, OOIOO’s team had to organize the house around four patios strategically placed on the site to serve as light wells and natural...
33 Delightful Shared Nurseries For A Baby And A Toddler
Many young families with a toddler decide to have one more kid today, and if you don’t have a separate room for him or her, it’s time to make your nursery a shared one! Designing such a space may be a bit difficult cause your children are of different age and have different needs. If...
43 Creative Modern Bathroom Lights Ideas You’ll Love
Lights and lamps can absolutely change the space and make it cozier, cooler and more eye-catching. Today we’ve prepared a bunch of adorable light ideas for your bathrooms, and believe me, they can make up the space. Going for hidden lights is a great idea that can turn your bathroom into a super modern space,...
Contemporary Double-Height Apartment With Natural Light
O. M. Shumelda Design and Architecture Studio has built a two-story apartment for a young creative client at the top of the city of Lviv, Ukraine, connecting the first and second levels to create a light and open interior. Titled 2 in 1, the project features a double-height space at the heart of the flat...
Original Bella Swan’s House From Twilight
Are you a fan of Twilight movies? If you are, you gonna scream with excitement – this is Bella Swan’s house from Twilight! The house is located in St. Helens, Oregon and was built in 1935; it’s in a quiet neighborhood in downtown Saint Helens, within walking distance to the historic riverfront, short drive to...
25 Practical Living Room Lights Ideas
Old outdated light fixtures which look ancient or plain ugly? Not enough light to do anything? You shouldn’t have to suffer in the dark! Get some new and bold lighting to get enough light and add a chic touch to the space. When deciding how to decorate a living room with better lighting, there are...
4 Bathroom Lights Tips And 25 Examples
Great lighting is important in every room in the house, but it plays a particularly vital role in a bathroom. Choose the wrong bulb and you wind up looking jaundiced as you put on your makeup; place a fixture in the wrong spot and you’re shaving in the shadows. You want a few different sources...
3 Types Of Kitchen Lights And 25 Examples
A kitchen is a functional space where you cook, sometimes eat and can do a thousand things more, that’s why it should be lit up properly. Installing the right lighting in your kitchen will bring out the best in your kitchen design, the food you prepare, and the way you feel when you are in...
Dreamy And Light-Filled Minimalist Home In White
314 architecture studio conceived a house meant to be experienced as a scenographic space – making the main volume as a stage on which actors ‘perform’ their daily routine. The architects also ensured the privacy for the users by encasing the home with an exterior curtain-like shell with asymmetric, curvy cutouts. The fence surrounding the...