This 4,800-square-foot (445.9 square meters) home is called Makani’ Eka and is located on Hawaii’s Big Island, atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the neighboring Island Maui. The home was designed by US firm Walker Warner Architects to strike a balance between modernity and tradition. Four wood-clad volumes define a central courtyard to...
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The Lily Pad: A Cozy Shipping Container Cabin
Cabins are all the rage right now, and we just can’t get enough of this free-spirited living that they provide, that’s why we keep sharing gorgeous cabins. Called The Lily Pad, this little cabin is located in Logan, Ohio and is surrounded by wooded land. It’s a small shipping container house with only one bedroom,...
Modern Yet Cozy And Warm Euclid Residence
The Euclid Residence renovation was designed to modernize the early 20th-century property while keeping elements that allude to its history, and also provide ample space for entertaining guests. Canadian firm Ancerl Studio has teamed stark white-painted brickwork walls, weathered wooden beams and black steel windows. The client’s brief was to create a bright and fresh...
57 Awesome Masculine Kitchen Designs
If you are a bachelor and not excited about it, we’ll show you that being a bachelor has its own advantages, it’s amazing! We’ve already told you of some ideas to decorate a bedroom for a bachelor and a home office, and now it’s time for kitchen! Men usually aren’t fond of cooking but this...
Eclectic Brooklyn Loft With Plywood Cabinetry
New York studio Dean Works has reorganized a former studio apartment in Brooklyn around a multi-functional plywood volume that forms arches, walls and cabinets. Architect Brandon Dean designed Brooklyn Loft for a young couple from Portland, Oregon that moved to the New York City, bringing with them two large dogs and a house full of...
1892 Historic Cottage Renovated Keeping Its Charm
This historic little house in Leiper’s Fork was decorated by Holly Williams and is called Sweeney Cottage. The style of the dwelling embodies a modern-day chic simplicity. Built in 1892 for the Carl Sweeney family, these walls and rooms are brimming with stories. Happiness and tragedy, laughter and tears; generations who loved and lost there....
An Abandoned Shed Turned Into A Barn Home
Architect Louis Beliveau of La Firme studio has overhauled a decrepit barn in Quebec by turning its hollow core into a holiday home for two city dwellers. The architects disassembled an old shed and moving it to a new location on a farmhouse property. Because the foundations had to be reworked, every salvageable piece of...
Rustic Mountain Home With Gorgeous Views
This charming mountain retreat has a lot of familiar elements in its design but at the same time stands out and brings all sorts of new details to the table. The structure is situated within the Telluride Ski Resort located in Colorado. It was designed by studio Centre Sky Architecture and takes full advantage of...
Contemporary Holiday Retreat For Social Interaction
FGMF Arquitetos recently completed Casa Jordão for a family in Monte-Mor, São Paulo that longed for a holiday retreat. The single-story structure is located on a stud farm that dictates building codes for the area. One of the main rules required that they use clay for the roof, a common sight in Brazilian architecture. With...
72 Fall Coffee Table Décor Ideas
The fall has come, so don’t forget to decorate your house not only outside but also inside. Everybody has a coffee table in the living room, so decorate it for this fall. It’s very easy to make it look fall-style and cozy using tabletop fireplaces, pumpkins in jars, flowers, nuts and other natural things. Gather...