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,...
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Bright And Airy Extension To A California Bungalow
This bright and airy extension to a California bungalow by Melbourne-based BG Architecture is all about flexible open plan living and a seamless transition between inside and out. These stylish family quarters are the perfect relaxed oasis from the bustle of the outside world. The home is full of natural light thanks to the expansive...
9 Tips To Make Your Small Home More Spacious
A small apartment can be comfortable and visually more spacious, if the interior include the “right” elements. Here are some tips that will help you to enlarge your home. Choose sliding doors instead of usual ones. A sliding door can save up to 1 square meter, if you change all of them, you can get...
7 Cool Tips To Easily Renovate Your Living Room
Sometimes you needn’t waste much time or money to transform or spruce up your interior. Here are some designers’ tips to do that quickly and easy with your living room décor. Change the textiles. Curtains, pillows and rugs can give your living room an absolutely new look. Another idea is to reupholster your sofa and...
Luxurious Swiss Chalet With Lots Of Wood And Stone
Swiss chalets are amazing and cool, I can’t imagine a cozier home than that! This chalet by British firm Louise Jones Interiors is pure luxury because it has everything you can dream about – an indoor pool, movie room and spa. The décor style is traditional for chalets – rustic and modern at the same...
Casa Chontay With Two Nature-Encircled Volumes
Located within a beautiful rural plot south-east of Lima, Peru, Casa Chontay by Marina Vella Arquitectos is an example of modern sustainable building. The residence blends with the landscape, mainly due to extensive use of natural materials, and exudes an optimum indoor-outdoor relationship. The two wings of the house are both encircled by vegetation, loosing...
How To Customize Kids’ Desks: 29 Creative Ideas
The new school year has begun. Have you found out that your kid needs a new desk? Don’t hurry up to the store – you can customize the desk applying some original ideas. A desk on usual legs isn’t always comfy, so substitute the legs with props. First, they can be adjusted, second, they can...
Relaxing And Inspiring Modern Residence In Neutral Colors
Finding inspiration in the work of Tadao Ando, a Houston couple designed the concrete house of their dreams. Designers Christopher Robertson and Vivi Nguyen-Robertson conceived their house as an unfolding sequence of simple geometric forms: a low concrete wall, a concrete cube, and a boxclad in Siberian larch. The inside décor is rather minimalist yet...
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...
Rustic And Vintage Kitchen Design Filled With Natural Light
This fascinating eat-in-kitchen belongs and was created by Parisian stylist/blogger Lucille Gauthier-Braud. First of all, she enlarged the windows to fill the kitchen with natural light. The kitchen furniture is Ikea Grytnäs kitchen—counters, cabinets, and a sink—and all of them are personalized. A stainless steel plate rack and Smeg gas range with a stainless backsplash...