Thursday, August 25, 2011

DIY with wooden pallets

I've always been attracted to recycled items in gardens and homes and wooden pallets have long held obvious 'potential' for useful and creative things. I'm also always daydreaming up future build-your-own cabin ideas and pallets seem like a good material to keep in mind for...well, anything really. So I've been keeping my eyes out for pallet ideas that I might personally use and thought I'd share some of them here.

Images hyperlinked when I have that information, but found a lot of these through Pinterest without references to where they came from.

A pallet staircase. (Okay, I think this takes up a ton of room so I'd only really use in indoors if I had the space, but I think it has definitely potential for outdoor garden/ cabin use as stairs).

A pallet garden. Love it - especially for small spaces like this balcony!

A rustic shelving unit.

A pallet dining table.

Pallet shelves. LOVE these.

Pallet dish holders. Not sure if I'd actually do this as it seems like a space-heavy way to store dishes, but I do think it looks pretty.

More garden-friendly ideas.

Now to keep an eye out on craigslist for free pallets! I could definitely get started on the garden ideas - the crew at the farm would love them.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

retro on the outside, modern on the inside

More visual trailer inspiration! Found here.









caravan inspiration

I'm planning on painting my caravan (aka trailer) soon. Been collecting some caravan colour inspiration. Enjoy!


More images on my Pinterest page.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Nice Home Office Spaces




Very stylish home offices....love em !!!!

Monday, August 15, 2011

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Sunday, August 14, 2011

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Saturday, August 13, 2011

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Friday, August 12, 2011

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

House Plan Guru Creates New Concepts!

I received a call from a fellow a couple of days ago.  He told me that he has been exhaustively searching for house plans but cannot find one that fully meets his needs.  I always find  it amazing how many people have this problem given the tens of thousand of house plans available online.  But the fact is every client has individual needs.  Why should they settle for a house plan that comes up short?

His condensed building program is this:

  • 1 level home with walkout basement - walkout will initially be unfinished

  • 2 main floor bedrooms - one with en-suite - one using a shared public bath

  • walkout lot from front to rear

  • views of mountains at the rear of the house - rooms should take advantage of that

  • finished floor area  must be 1500 square feet or less 


So based on his building program I sketched out a couple of concepts.  See below.




Spaces are spread across the width of the lot to take advantage of the mountain views.  Simple massing with one dominant gable form running from front to rear.  













A more compact arrangement with a "bungalow" inspired form.





































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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

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Pool House Design - Minimalist Home Design

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Monday, August 8, 2011

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New House Plan - The Willowbrook

Over at Simply Elegant Home Designs we will be coming out with a new design in the next couple of weeks.  Below is a sneak preview of our "Willowbrook".




Birdseye View




Main Level Floor Plan



Upper Level Floor Plan



Front Elevation - house left, entry and stairs middle, garage right.

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Whats YOUR dream bed ?





Do you like LOTS of pillows, pattern ? Or are you more of a streamlined type of person, crisp white sheets...calm pale walls...this is your "dream" bed, so dream big !!!

Saturday, August 6, 2011

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New Unique Small House Plan!

Simply Elegant Home Designs is introducing a new unique small house plan - "The Willernie Cottage" as illustrated below.  Architect Ron Brenner had this to say about the home:  "The design is definitely eclectic.  We combined farmhouse, shingle style, cottage and modern elements into a carefully composed exterior envelope. The interior layout is smart.  Like all of our designs we pay much attention to circulation patterns and potential furniture arrangements to ensure functional yet efficient use of space." 

Image from front

Main Level Floor Plan

Upper Level Floor Plan - Three bedrooms with two baths.

Front Elevation

Right Side Elevation
For more information on the home design you can follow this link:  Willernie Cottage

Friday, August 5, 2011

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

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Monday, August 1, 2011

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