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Home design Mid-century home designs

Mid-Century Modern Extension For A 1940s Home

Mid-Century Modern Extension For A 1940s Home
The homeowners of this 1940s house wanted more space for living but didn’t want to tear down the original building. Grasshopper Studio and Courtyard came up with an alternative solution: ‘courtyard urbanism’ that maintained the original structure while adding a multifunctional studio along the back alley. The architects added triple the usable square footage of... 
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Home design Modern home designs

Modern Barn House With Relaxed Interiors

Modern Barn House With Relaxed Interiors
This gorgeous farmhouse in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands was created by architect Lisa Rorich and interior decorator Robyn Constantinou. The whitewashed façade is classic yet burnt Japanese cedar-clad courtyards give it a contemporary feel that hints at the stylish young family for whom it was designed. The gable roof with wooden beams brings that barn yet... 
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Contemporary home designs Home design

Contemporary Residence That Seems To Be Carved Out Of Stone

Contemporary Residence That Seems To Be Carved Out Of Stone
Located in Armadale, an up-and-coming leafy suburb of Melbourne, Australia, this monolithic-looking residence by b.e architecture appears as if it has been carved rather than built. The house is characterized both by a sculptural heftiness and an ethereal weightlessness, most seen when the sunlight illuminates the stone’s texture. On the ground floor, the generously day... 
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Home design Minimalist home designs

Peaceful Minimalist House With Raw Materials Decor

Peaceful Minimalist House With Raw Materials Decor
Architecture studio Whispering Smith has completed house A, a carbon-neutral residence in Perth, Western Australia. The three-story ‘mini tower’ packs all facilities in less than 200 sq-m, including an underground garage and a loft bedroom on the top level. Whispering Smith’s sustainable, compact residence is made from high-recycled-content concrete panels and whitewashed, recycled brick. The... 
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Dream home designs Home design

Casa La Quinta: A Perfect Weekend Retreat

Casa La Quinta: A Perfect Weekend Retreat
Summer is the time when everyone dreams of having a weekend home and those lucky guys who have one, think how to improve their house. This Mexican weekend house is sure to inspire you and make dream even more if you still don’t have a retreat. This house is designed by Pérez Palacios and Alfonso... 
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Decorating Kitchen designs

25 Trendy Window Backsplashes With Pros And Cons

25 Trendy Window Backsplashes With Pros And Cons
A kitchen backsplash isn’t only a functional thing, it’s part of decor that will highlight designs and looks. There are many trends and you may see more and more unique ideas to use plaster, glass, metal for making backsplashes and much more. The idea we are discussing today became popular several years ago and is... 
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Home design Mid-century home designs

Paramount Residence In Mid-Century Modern Style

Paramount Residence In Mid-Century Modern Style
This mid-century modern home by Baldridge Architects is a renovated 1959 brick bungalow that underwent amazing transformations. The balance of materials, textures, and color feel are in perfect harmony, let’s take a closer look at the home. The house is done in mid-century modern style at its finest: there’s elegant furniture, bold artworks in several... 
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Decorating Kitchen designs

Airy White Kitchen With Various Textural Touches

Airy White Kitchen With Various Textural Touches
The redesign and extension of this 1750s building by Reed Watts Architects shifted the focus away from a busy road in front towards the rear, opening a kitchen and dining addition onto a more secluded rear courtyard. Let’s take a closer look at this amazing space. The space is airy and opened to outdoors in... 
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