Living in the trees on South Pender Island, B.C. – and with that view of the water? Spectacular! Open, airy, and cozy is what they love the most. A custom-designed family holiday home by Marrimor Design Studio balances comfort with contemporary, privacy with open-ness. The décor is done in soft, earthy tones: nude, grey, beige,...
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26 Relaxing Soaking Tubs With Cool Therapeutic Designs
After a long day at work, relaxing soaking tubs are a wonderful way to rejuvenate the human spirit. We all face so much stress in our daily lives that it makes perfect sense to build a home with the means to relieve those burdens. Whatever reasons and challenges exist, a good soak can help snap...
Asian Boat-Inspired Bathtubs Made Of Pressed Woven Veneer
Tal Engel throws old ideas out the window and looks at traditional boat building techniques for inspiration. Otaku is a bathtub made of a pressed woven veneer sheet that’s held by a steel frame. The bathtub looks at the similarities of bathing and sailing – the relaxed states of mind both produce and the fact...
Kitchen And Bathroom Trend: 31 Flowing Faucets
Sinuous shapes with sweeping curves characterize these contemporary faucets. Taking inspiration from a swan’s elegant form, Brizo’s Vuelo faucet features an arched profile, available in their new polished chrome, matte white finishes with plenty of additional configurations including their high-rise, pull-out design. Drawing inspiration from the movement of water, British tap manufacturer Triflow has teamed...
Beautiful Black And White Wooden Kitchen Design
Today we’re spotlighting a compact kitchen that interior designer and furniture maker Katrin Arens Arens designed for a young restaurateur couple in Bergamo. The kitchen is built largely from salvaged scaffolding wood with a dramatic back wall of iron sheeting that wraps around the range hood. The dishwasher is to the right of the sink...
Forest Cabin Combining Small Living With The Camping Experience
Architect Bill Yudchitz asked his son, Daniel, to help him create a self-sustaining multi-level family cabin in Bayfield, Wisconsin. Floor-to-ceiling doors open the structure to the elements and provide a protective layer when not in use. The inner décor is simple and modern, with lots of natural wood incorporated. Aluminum pipes were repurposed as ladder...
Minimalist Concrete House With A Large Vertical Garden
Let’s go green! Architecture studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects designed a unique sustainable house with a vertical garden as facade in Ho Chi Minh City. The front and the back of the building consist of concrete planters that can be watered through an automatic system, which collects rainwater. Additionally, the facade helps to regulate sunlight,...
Eco-Friendly And Efficient Prefab Assembled In One Day
Only 29 hours were required to install this “off-the-shelf” Seattle prefab home that packs a plethora of energy efficient features. The project features passive design strategies to maximize natural daylighting and temperature control. The home incorporates ductless mini-split heating/cooling units—one in every room—that use inverter-driven compressors to provide exact control 100% of the time. Perhaps...
Small Moonlight Cabin That Embraces Outdoors
Jackson Clements Burrows Architects built a small shelter overlooking the coast of Victoria, Australia. Envisioned as a place to get away, the structure allows inhabitants to engage with its natural surroundings. Sized at only 60 square meters, the small footprint aims to explore how small is too small, questioning what is really necessary in a...
Stylish Modern Take On A Traditional Mountain Chalet
Znameni Ctyr Architekti created this adorable mountain chalet in the Czech Republic that combines traditional and modern details. The adapted staggered profile with angles outwards on both of its end walls protects the walls from rainwater. The house contains four storeys: two set into the sloping ground and two upstairs. Granite flagstones give the building...









