Posts by James
Colorful wallpapers with funny images have always been a popular trend for kids room, and that’s not surprising – they look fun and don’t depress your children. Nowadays you can create even better looking play room with those wall stickers by Acte Deco. The stickers can be applied to any surface, it doesn’t necessarily have be a wall, and they resemble the cartoon characters and funny animals your kids love, all with bright vivid colors. There is a large selection of stickers of any size and shape apart from those that you can see on the images below.
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This building isn’t exactly a house for living, this Conservatory House in Bulgaria is intended to host small music events. But it has so many original architectural solutions, that we just couldn’t leave it without review. Diagonal and horizontal intersecting lines in it’s exterior make it look futuristic and yet remind of the tree branches to help the building blend with the surrounding nature. But that the main purpose of those beams is to be building’s frame to resist tectonic activities. This project in many aspects recalls Ignatov Architects’ other projects – this studio’s style is easily recognizable.
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This contemporary compact house is located in South Africa. It was built in about 4 days and at quite a small price. Impossible? Not with the new Ecomo technology of modular construction which allows to build the house in any place and of any size using as many modules as you need. The modules are custom made and mostly of wood so the resulting houses are green to the environment not to mention the solar panels on the roof. During the summer or in the hot geography this house is absolutely autonomous and doesn’t even needs the power line. Building a house from blocks affords high efficiencies – there almost no waste, eliminating of which is usually expensive. For more information check out the Ecomo’s web site here.
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The Brick House is a web blog started by Morgan Satterfield and her boyfriend Jeremy Chlebik. They are writing about their own house and what they do to make it better. Remodeling began back in 2008, still goes on and to Morgan it seems like she would like to do that forever. And why not if this hobby makes her house better and doesn’t costs too much – she has a rule of $100 which means that she doesn’t spends more than that on one item. But most of the thing they do themselves and with the help of their family and friends. It’s hard to believe all that when you look at the pictures – the interior Morgan created is great and it’s amazing how many great ideas she found. If you are going to remodel your home in near future you should definitely refer to her blog here.
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Take a guess about where this nice house is located. I don’t know about you, but I subconsciously feel by looking at the pictures that this is a British house. Maybe that’s because there is a plenty of neoclassical elements and this style has been popular in Britain for ages and still is, actually. There is a very original mixture of neoclassical and modern styles, the interior looks sober and calm. The only thing that we don’t get is how those floral-laced chairs are supposed to fit in to the interior, I guess the designers had to put that white-blue bowl in the kitchen to justify the chairs. The kitchen is rather good, black tiles contrast well with white surroundings and it seems to be very comfortable to cook in.
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It’s nice to fall asleep watching the stars glow, but most of the time you can’t do that, because you would have to sleep outdoors. However there are many ways to decorate the ceiling of your bedroom to make it look like a starry sky. The simplest way is to basically paint the ceiling in dark blue and draw the starts in it with glowing paint. You could also get some glowing stickers in shape of stars to escape the hard work. But there are some ways that can provide better results – for example a special photo-luminescent painting, that look transparent in the daylight and starts to glow as soon as you turn off the light. It’s absolutely safe and looks tremendous, you can find out more about this painting here. Another way is using the Star Ceiling Kit that is based on fiber optic and actually is a great night light at the same time. It’s great that it can be turned off, unlike the painted glowing ceiling.
I’ve got one more solution and it’s to use the projector, like many professional astrologists do. The best part is that it can be animated, but this is probably the most expensive way to “reach the stars”.
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Alanna Davey is a stylist and interior designer in Toronto. We already reviewed quite a lot of interior designs, like this outstanding work by Yabu Pushelberg, but this Lady’s works are not just professional, but also very cheerful and cozy. You would never be unhappy while living in such a bright residence. She uses a wide variety of tricks and styles, absorbed from many cultures, ranging from neoclassical style like the one on the last picture, to the modern cozy style. We also loved some of the furniture on those pictures, like this original stand on the third picture.
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