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So Your Style Is: Transitional

What it is: If Goldilocks were decorating a home, transitional design would check all of her”only right” boxes: not too cold, not too formal, not too fussy. It blends the comfort and warmth of conventional design with all the clean profiles and understated colours of the contemporary look. The outcome? Gracious, compact spaces that exude [...]

Main Colors Bring a Room to Life

There’s nothing elementary about decorating with primary colours, particularly when they are against a complex, neutral backdrop. Bold, bright, and beautiful, they are the basis of all colours and create a highly effective color announcement in a box of crayons and in our home’s decor. Without much effort, primary colors capture our attention even when [...]

The Glass Bathroom Wall: Love It or Lose It?

Glass walls in architecture really are nothing new. You will sometimes see them behave as an whole wall of windows, or an unobtrusive yet protective side into a stairwell. But how can you feel when glass walls are used to enclose the restroom? It is no secret that glass walls remove a certain level of [...]

Traditional Country Style Speaks to a New Generation

Whether it’s traditional Americana, the mauve and powder blue nation appearance of the ’80s or, most recently, shabby chic, the idea of country-style living and designing has been a part of our vernacular for quite a while. There’s a reason that nation living and styling never truly die. They’re bred into our genes and hark [...]

Vanity Towers Take Bathroom Storage to New Heights

I’m sure most of us can agree that our toilet storage is insufficient. Input the dressing table tower. Since it sits over your existing dressing table or bathroom counter, it is a fantastic way to add storage without raising the size of the dressing table or taking up valuable floor space. Gast Architects Ideally, you’d [...]

Regional Modern Architecture: Seattle Splendor

My Regional Modern series now goes to the West Coast, the house of and therefore a fantastic deal of the houses on the website. We start at the Northwest, in Seattle, a town which is”blessed with a putting unsurpassed in natural splendor by any other town in the nation,” according to Sally Woodridge and Roger [...]

Great Space: New Take on Cabin Chic

This California mountain retreat in Lake Tahoe’s Sugar Bowl is a warm space that glows with soft neutrals and organic light. The interior design of the house, constructed and created by John Maniscalco Architecture, was greatly affected by the customer’s love and knowledge of design. Its use of natural materials — from exposed timber grains [...]

New Classics: Philippe Starck Gnomes

I really like it when designers don’t take design or themselves too seriously. That is why I adore Philippe Starck so much. The designer took the omnipresent garden gnome and flipped it into a kitschy table. I almost wonder if somebody asked him to determine if he could acquire stylish modern retailers to carry a [...]

Houzz Tour: Contemporary Family Retreat on Lake Michigan

This residence nestled in the forests on the coast of Lake Michigan functions as a second house for a few with a lot of family in the area, and it has become a year-round retreat for family gatherings. This home was created to be a portion of the landscape, ” says project architect Pam Lamaster-Millett [...]

Fantastic Design Plant: Bulbine Frutescens'Hallmark'

‘Hallmark’ bulbine (Bulbine frutescens‘Hallmark’) is a favourite plant for low-water backyard configurations, from Mediterranean to modern. “It is a great accent plant, an almost nonstop bloomer and looks great during the seasons,” says landscape designer Eileen Kelly. “It is magnificent massed, and both beautiful mingled with companion plants that have contrasting foliage and flower colors.” [...]