Home Design Ideas

Reading Nooks - Set 2

Magneto — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:09:06 +0000

Reading nooks are those nice little nooks in your home where you don’t mind spending a whole day buried up reading a novel or catching up on magazines. The design of these places can be tricky, as usually, focus on comfort overrides aesthetics when you create these spaces. But that doesn’t mean these reading nooks need to be untidy or unappealing to look at.

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by Sarah Leeab

by Erin

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by Yohanes

by Dark Haired Girl

by Aaron

From BeClever

This is not from a home, but you got to love the atmosphere here. Courtesy:Barbara Slavin

If reading means more of the virtual thing for you, this setup would suit you:

by Sage Kitamorn

Here is a private library designed by architect Andrew Berman, in the woods of Long Island for his client who is a writer. The building creates a serene environment that just oozes peace and tranquility.

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Fore more reading spaces, take a look at our Set 1.

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Bookshelves As Room Focus

Magneto — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:35:05 +0000

If you have been following us since September, you will remember some rather odd bookshelves we have featured here before at Home-Designing. Rather than going in the ‘odd’ direction this time, we lay more emphasis on how shelves can effectively become the focus of the room. The collections shown below are from two Italian makers: Mobilieffe & Mazzali

The rest are from Mazzali

Tags: ikea bookshelves, bookshelf pictures, bookshelf designs, bookshelf interior design, pictures of bookshelfs, bookshelf, bookshelves, wooden bookshelves

Kids Room Ideas - Set 6

Magneto — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:49:39 +0000

If you haven’t seen the kids room set from IMA yet, we suggest you take a look. Their designs are good and we especially like their twin bedding options.

Just to remind, we have previously featured about 6 sets now. So feel free to take a look if you didn’t find what you were looking for: Kids Room Ideas Set - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Tags: kids bedroom, kids room pictures, kids room, kids room designs, kids study room, childrens room, kids rooms, childrens rooms, pictures of kids room

Ultra Modern Living Rooms

Magneto — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:09:39 +0000

The modern living rooms of today have surpassed expectations of the sci-fi movies of yesterday. The rooms now not just provide relaxation and entertainment but exhibit an elegance and finesse that provides pure viewing pleasure.

Here is a collection from Presotto Italia that gives you a taste of the modern:

Walk-in Wardrobes

Magneto — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:34:53 +0000

Walk in wardrobes have always been a symbol of luxury. If you are the sort of person who would like to stand back and rub your chin before deciding on what to wear for the day or occassion, these wardrobes would atleast give you some ‘room for thought’ (pun intended). More than the price factor, what goes against such walk-in wardrobes is that they take away significant space from your room. If you don’t mind that, they are for you!

We feature some of our favourite walk-in wardrobes we saw around the web here:

Above two are from Misura Emme

From FER.it

From Gautier

From Komandore

Above three are from Mercantini

From Ortolan

Above two are from Presotto

Tags: italian bedrooms, walk wardrobe, modular walk in wardrobe, walk in wardrobe, walk in wardrobe designs, walk in wardrobe cabinets, italian furnishing

World’s Most Unusual Christmas Trees

Magneto — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:11:05 +0000

It is Christmas Day! What have we got for you? Go, on peel that cover! Yeeeah…It is a round up of the world’s most unusual Christmas trees!!

Some of the trees out there really turn your perspective up side down:

Some go spiral…

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Over the years, we have seen people use innovative items to shape up their trees which include books…

Photo by Anders

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…bicycles…

Photo by Benjamin Lee

…bird cages(?)….

Photo by pbr42

…barrels…

…candles…

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…french fries…

…pencil shavings…

…cigarrettes…

…beer bottles…

Here is the video:(Email reader use this link to view the video: http://www.home-designing.com/2008/12/unusual-christmas-trees)

… and even mountain dew cans.

The knitted christmas tree would interest you if you are into this sort of thing:

Moving on to geekier trees…

Organic Light Emitting Diodes are considered by many as a technology that could transform the future of the lighting industry. As a sign of things to come, GE recently announced the world’s first OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) Christmas tree at its research centre in New York:

Here is a video:(Email reader use this link to view the video: http://www.home-designing.com/2008/12/unusual-christmas-trees)

Even if it may look a bit too geeky for home right now, like we said, this could very well be a taste of things to come.

Have a 9V battery lying around? That’s all you need to light up the Motherboard Christmas Tree.

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Just when you thought you have seen every possible USB device, someone invents the USB powered christmas tree:

The Pacman Tree:

This year Sharp unveiled a 26-foot tall Christmas tree in New York’s Grand Central Station constructed out of 43 televisions.

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Geek not good? How about ‘expensive’?

This diamond studded tree sporting about 400 diamonds offered by Takashimaya Store in China will cost around 8.6 crore rupees ($1.8 million approx).

And if you prefer a slightly cheaper one, take a look at this tree from Steve Quick Jeweller which costs about 2.4 crore rupees ($500,000 approx). If you are wondering why, it is made out of five pounds of solid 18K gold, with a 4.52 carat stone set in a platinum star that adorns its top.

Mukesh got himself a Boeing last Christmas. We wonder if he might be interested in one of the above two. On second thought, he might not, considering the state of the economy these days. The recession itself has spawned quite a few frugal christmas trees, like….

….Houseplant Christmas trees…

…Christmas trees made from ladders…

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and even tripods!

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That’s it from us, guys. We at Home-Designing wish all our readers a Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!

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Tags: christmas tree designs, awesome christmas trees, christmas decoration ideas, amazing christmas trees, christmas tree, christmas tree decoration, christmas tree ideas

Designer Lighting - Set 3

Magneto — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:18:44 +0000

We had featured two sets of amazing lighting options (Set 1, Set 2) before at Home-Designing , but if you are hungry for more, this post is for you.

Branch Light by Michail Komarov allows you to shape and grow your own lighting by fitting togethor a multitude of straight and curved pieces so that you have complete control of how your lamp looks. [via]

Tree Light designed by Wan-jin Joo, Hyun-Joung Yoo. Here is what they have to say about the design:

Since the beginning of the 21st century, environmental friendly design in material and shape has been getting increasingly important. So I made lightning that gives us a feeling just like nature is getting into the house literally by using tree-shape. For light, LEDs are used, while recycled plastic is used for the branch part. Arbre utilizes a module method of lighting. To use this light, the user must put the branch shaped pieces into one another. As the human inspires life into the tree, the tree releases the light through its branches.

Rough Diamond, is a project by leebroom. We just hope there ar no loose wires.

If you would prefer tor have your floor lit up rather than your chair, how about the Floor Lamp by Ira Rozhavsky

Oh, it is not broken. It is the shape. Scheisse by Northern Lighting.

The Butt-On lamp by Aashish Choudhary turns on, when you pinch its…. well, butt. No jokes, now!

It seems Flourescent lamps just cannot forget their past. This design from Formstark reminds us of the incandescent days of lighting.

The feminine form has also inspired a few lamps, like for example, the Profile Votive from supermarkethq.

The lamp above was designed by Pottinger & Cole to remind you of this famous shot of Marilyn Monroe:

We are not kidding! They even call it the Marilyn Lamp.

And the design above should remind you of nothing but a glass of white milk!

Here is a another cool shaped lamp designed by Igor Pinigin:

Alert! Bizarre lights with a viral infection! (Designed by Pieke Bergmans)

Designers are an odd bunch. I mean, they tend to get inspired by strange things. Like, for example, MRI Scans. Designer Alexander Lervik designed this brain lamp after having his brain MR scanned!

We are guessing this lamp by Mark Beam was probably X-Ray inspired!

And inspiration can come from anywhere, really. Not just from MR Scans and X-Rays.

It coud be a bird…

It could be a plane…

It could be…

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Tags: awesome lamps, lighting, lamps, pictures of lamps, lamp, inspirational lamps, awesome lighting, pictures of lights, creative lamps, designer lamps

Bathroom Design Ideas - Set 4

Magneto — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:50:57 +0000

It is ready! The 4th of our set of inspirational bathrooms that we picked from around the world. Take a look at these spectacular bathrooms. You will love them!

Bringing more and more green into the bathroom definitely seems to be a trend these days:

Designe by Evan Mandala

Or if you are unable to bring the green ‘in’ how about taking the tub out?

by Kim Stapleton

Anyway, it seems inviting to soak yourself in a tub while watching the greenery outside…

by Piotr Czech

by Bora

Şemsa-Bilge is an architectural designer from Turkey. Her eye for colour and the overall vibrancy in design has led to her work getting featured here more than once. Here are two outstanding bathroom designs from her collection:

Here is a bathroom by Wily Gufron

Another couple from Ukrainian designer Masha. (Check out the lighting on them)

A touch of the Oriental from Guste Wastubali

And we wind up with a bathroom that has a very unique colour scheme:

by Serdal Ertas. He is a 3D Modeller from Turkey. Check his stuff out.

Home Offices and Workplaces - Set 4

Magneto — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:02:14 +0000

Nothing like images of neat, uncluttered and well organized home offices to inspire you to clean that room of yours! Studies reveal that a cleaner workspace increases efficiency and reduces frustration. Try it, you will love the change!

by JAGWired

by Scleroplex

by M.Rully

by Nando

by Romivolentino

by Kim

by Unknown (Please let us know if you know)

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John Muir is an exceptional photographer specializing on interior design. You can see more of his photography work here.

by Angela

Christmas Special - 1

Magneto — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:34:14 +0000

Oh, we have shifted to top Christmas gear not just with our christmas rendition of logo and feed icons but also with clean fresh Christmas content! In this post, we give you the gyan on decorating your christmas tree and also bring you some of our favourite christmas shots from around the web.

Here we go! (If you are reading this by e-mail you will need to visit the following link to view the videos: http://www.home-designing.com/2008/12/christmas-special)