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Dutch Barn Renovation through Color

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Barn renovations are sacred grounds for me and if you add color, I’m in heaven! In the Dutch countryside interior designer Larissa Van Seumeren and her partner, Peter Kool, have given a new life to an old barn through color. For the couple and their two children, they’ve created a home with nineteenth century soul and modern colors and comfort. Continue reading

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Battery Park Studio Apartment: Geniusly Small

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Studio apartments can be, frankly, stifling in their size and physical limitations. And with a bustling noisy city outside it can feel as though spaces are too small and there’s no place to relax. Well, forget all those troubles and let’s explore a genius solution brought to life through exquisite finesse and detail, in Battery Park, New York. Continue reading

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3 Blind Mice: A bright and airy home remodel in Seattle

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Seattle has a reputation for gloomy weather and if you need a refuge from that, this home is always bright! Completely remodeled, each spacious room has a sunny and airy disposition. The tricks used by JAS Design Build to make this happen are abundant and work like magic. Start by painting all the formerly dark stained wood white with a very soft sheen. And I mean paint nearly all the simple yet precisely crafted wood work white from the beams and beaded wood overhead to the wainscot and window frames. Can you picture the dramatic difference from the dark to white wood? Continue reading

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Agape Bathroom Collection: Bathing Beauties

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The Agape line of bathing products is built on 30 years of passion for sleek, fashionable, timeless style. With the innate elegance of renowned designers seeking to simplify and elevate washing rituals, Agape succeeds in offering jewels for the bath. Continue reading

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R-N Penthouse: Saluting the skies in Madrid

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Having spent three and a half years living in a little Penthouse loft apartment, I confess to having a preference to places that seem to easily greet the sky. Not that detached houses, ground floor apartments or whatever else for that matter cannot move me, so long as the spaces are filled with charm, light , love and of course good interior design planning and details. Continue reading

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Ochre Barn: Renovation and Relaxation in agricultural Norfolk

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The office of Carl Turner architects in London had a triple role when working on the Ochre Barn, situated among a beautiful agricultural backdrop in Norfolk. They acted as architects, project managers and main contractors and brought to new life a multi purpose building which houses a retreat, a studio space and a private residential accommodation. Inspiration, joy and relaxation are fused together in this quite intriguing barn renovation project. Continue reading

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P13: energized life in a mini loft in Bratislava

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How about a little trip to Bratislava in order to witness ourselves the magical transformation of a not so inspiring one bedroom apartment to a lively, comfortable mini loft? Thanks to demolishing walls and completely removing the bathroom, a new floor plan was able to be designed, creating a cool tiny living space of no more than 44 square meters. Continue reading

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The tiny 12 square feet Innermost House

It seems that Diana Lorence and her husband Michael have been aiming to find their personal true essentials and sense in life. They have begun their quest and experienced a seven year adventure much different to what you might be thinking. An Innermost adventure. An Innermost House. Leaving all kind of luxuries and even prerequisites of modern life, much like electricity, behind, they set up home in the middle of the Californian woods in a tiny wooden cabin designed by Diana’s husband himself with the basic size of 12 square feet. Continue reading

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Hypernuit Offices: Clean Slate Office Design

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Close your eyes and picture the offices of art directors and graphic designers. I bet it’s colorful in your mind, as it was in mine. It’s filled with their colorful tools and samples of their work or works in progress fill every wall. h2o architects created a clean slate for these creative individuals using white on white on white. Continue reading

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Light is the Answer in Crouch End, North London

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All you need is light in this new four level home in London. LLI Design finessed brilliant touches to create a delightful family haven. The ground floor and second level are contained within white shells with an entire wall of glass opening to the garden. The second level floats over the kitchen below and is reached by the most minimal delicate stair. Continue reading