Here is some unusual door handles picture gallery
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Odd Spaces
We all have those odd ball spaces in our homes. Those spaces your not quite sure what to do with. Rethink them! Make them useful or decortive. You can put a shelf or a small chest there. Know your space and what you need !
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Style File: Modern Cottage
I love this kitchen.. thats all. Its sunday, so just some personal eye candy I like. (Click on post title for link about this kitchen)
Saturday, July 25, 2009
New small house plan available today!
You have got to check out this new home design by Jo Nagasaka and Schemata Architecture. The "PACO house" offers complete self contained living in a 3 square meter cube.
The Paco House is available in four basic plans. Plan A features the kitchen, shower, bathroom, epoxy painted floor and ceiling lighting at a total price of 6,300,000 yen. Plan B boasts a kitchen, epoxy painted floor and ceiling lighting at a price of 5,250,000 yen. Plan C features the epoxy painted floor and ceiling lighting for 4,725,000 yen. Plan D is the home’s basic shell, which you can customize to your needs and interests, selling for 4,200 yen.
Clearly much time and money have been spent developing the prototype. Indeed this is one very well thought out box. But I have one question. Who is actually going to buy this thing?
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Friday, July 24, 2009
New Cottage House Plan
Kyle Hunt & Partners is a builder that specializes in crafting Architect designed homes. They have created strategic partnerships with several Architects including Ron Brenner Architects to provide services for their clients. This design will be featured at their Locust Hills neighborhood in Minnetonka, MN.
The two images below depict the design in two color studies.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Thinking Outside of the Box
Design is about you. What you like. What makes you happy when you walk in your home at the end of a day. A raw ceiling, bright colors, art in a unexpected place. Go ! Do what you love !!!
Friday, July 10, 2009
Childrens Rooms
Chances are if your in a small space, your kids are sharing rooms. For chidlrens rooms or tweens and teens the first thing I think of is STORAGE ! I doubt you can ever have too much storage space. The above rooms have great style with clever storage ideas. Do you have any great storage ideas for a childs room? Let us know!
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Bedrooms !
I've seen bedrooms 3 times the size of these but with a lot less style. All 3 of these rooms demand attention! The color pop in two of them is perfection. The double trunks as a side table brilliant! Inspiration for sure!
Architects love modern house plans
Dwell, the design magazine, has unveiled the newest project in its own line of prefab homes: The Skyline series (as seen below), designed by Marmol Radziner.
This is one more example of the direction the prefab industry seems to be taking - the trend towards Modenism. But the market has been reluctant to embrace the concept of modern prefab. So on one hand you have the "trailer trash" image of a cheaply constructed mobile home, and on the other hand you have this modernist expression. And as much as I love modern design, I don't think it necessarily belongs on every infill lot in America.
There seriously must be an alternative architecture that works for prefab. An architecture that embraces the modesty and the economy of materials that the prefab industry has been known for; but packaged in a high quality, functional and sustainable design that can be compatible within most existing neighborhoods. An architecture that the people can actually see themselves living in. Come on prefab industry, let's give the people what they want!
