This Russian home, designed by architect Andrew Stuben, holds a slightly unusual approach to a contemporary interior. We have become accustomed to finding stark white walls with zingy accents, or perhaps a smooth all-over cream given edge with black base notes, but the palette of this place is of a different mix. The juxtaposed color . . .
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Kitchens with Contrast
This tasty trip through five kitchens, visualized by Artem Evstigneev, features areas of high contrast within countertop sectioning, unit selections, and indeed between the two. A safe kitchen layout can be completely transformed with a simple addition of tone. Recommended Reading: Kitchen Backsplash Ideas Unique Knives Cool Kitchen Gadgets Kitchen Island Lighting
Faena House: Miami Beachside Penthouse With Layers of Luxury
In 2014, The Faena Group-founded by Alan Faena and partnered by Len Blavatnik-is set to launch its first phase of global expansion in Miami Beach, and it is this beachside location where we will view an amazing layer cake of dream apartments that have sprawling sea views so fabulous that they could make you feel . . .
A Visual Feast of Sleek Home Design
This gorgeous visual feast, featuring the photography of Brad Thom, is jam packed with gorgeous inspiration for interior living spaces, sleek architectural lines, and poolside patios that most of us can only dream about lounging on.
Adding Life to the Living Room
The living room is a place where most of us relax as we are entertained by our TVs, and where we entertain others, so it’s an area where we like our surroundings to be both comfortable and stylish. This collection of lounge designs, that feature sofas from Molteni & C, walks through modern living designs . . .
Striking Home Visualizations by Pavel Vetrov
If your home is crying out for a unique blend of sophistication with a dash of fun flavour, then these four apartments, visualized by Pavel Vetrov, just might give you the right hint. With tasteful lounge décor, dashing dining spaces and lavish bathroom ideas this feature is buzzing with inspiration for unique home style. Lets . . .
A Grand Lakeside Home with Rustic Charm
This sprawling two story lake residence, created by Texas based design firm Cornerstone Architects, enjoys waterside views out front with a tropical poolside paradise to the rear. Within the home rustic charm prevails, with warm wood grain, bold wrought iron, and terracotta tiling.
Five Fab Apartment Designs
A fistful of apartment designs from five different sources to get your place shipshape-or perhaps just to give you a little design to daydream about. Whether it’s a swanky high contrast décor, a twinkly neutral dream, or a color pop pad you’re thinking of, this collection has it all and more…
Beautiful Minimalist Interiors
These refreshing apartment visualizations, by Denis Khramov, are a luminous example of minimalistic interiors that still manage to achieve a practical and relatively homey feel. The apartments might be more suited to a single young inhabitant, but there are many elements that would work just great for a small family unit too. Recommended Reading: Minimalist . . .
Microsoft Co-founder and Billionaire Paul Allen’s New $27M Home
Take a stroll around the grounds and have a peek through the keyhole into a billionaire lifestyle, as we delve into the new home of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Pricey pads like this one prickle almost everyone’s interest, as they afford a kind of luxury that very few of us can buy, though this one . . .
Garden Inspiration
This very grand set of garden inspiration is best suited to classic manor houses and more modern mansions, but that doesn’t stop us all from reveling in the natural beauty that thrives there. As we hop over the stepping stones, across huge manicured lawns, we might also find a few ideas that will translate into . . .
Three Contrasting Home Designs
There are countless ways to decorate a home, so for this feature we are looking at three contrasting home styles, visualized by three different designers. Each space is predominantly of a neutral palette, yet each convey a completely individual feeling and way of living.
Beautiful Home Offices & Workspaces
In order to feed inspiration into the place where you most need to feel inspired, we have collected together these wonderful home offices and work spaces to get your creative juices flowing in your daily working life; forget that humdrum desk shoved in the corner of the spare room, we’re talking serious, spread-out work zones . . .
Lakeside Summer Home
This lakeshore summer home is the cumulative dream of a family who had spent numerous vacations on Lake Okanagan, and who longed to have a hideaway that was as welcoming as their favorite location, and that would continue to welcome the growing family for generations to come. The family began making sketches of their imagined . . .
Casting Color Over Kids Rooms
If there’s one room in the house that really cries out for some fun color treatment, it has to be a kid’s room. Even if the rest of your home is a slightly sombre affair, this is one area where one should shake off any inhibitions and go for broke! Looking to put together a . . .
15th Century Church Converted to Book Shop
This awesome spectacle is medieval Broerenkerk cathedral in Zwolle, Netherlands, complete with a huge jewel of an original stained glass window. The lofty architectural beauty has been carefully transformed into modern book shop Waanders in de Broeren, by BK Architecten, with work that was permitted under the very strict instructions that the renovation must be . . .
Roof Gardens
Take a deep breath of cool clear air as you gaze out at the sky above a city horizon, from these fresh rooftop gardens by Amir Schlezinger of My Landscapes Garden Design. We can almost hear the distant hum of traffic below between the twinkling streetlights!
Apple’s Headquarters [New Pictures & Video]
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Way back in June 2011 we brought you early screen grabs from the presentation of Apple’s Spaceship Inspired Future Cupertino Offices, and today we are tantalizing your tastebuds again with Apple’s updated images of the headquarters. The four story extravaganza, thought to be pegged for completion in 2016, has allegedly been taken on by Norman . . .
Top to Toe Lavish Bathrooms
We couldn’t help but swoon over these bathroom designs, from FAPCeramiche, that shine with lavish style from the top of their seam to seam tiled walls, to the tip of their prettily patterned toes. With so many different bathroom styles to wander through you will be searching for reasons to rip out your old humdrum . . .
Segmented Cubes Residence, Israel
This intriguing dwelling comes from the extraordinary vision of Argentinian architect Nestor Sandbank, who currently lives in Israel working as part of the ‘Extreme Makeover Israel’ team. As well as performing extreme home makeovers, Sandbank also designs high-end homes like we see here for the rich and elite. This particular home explores a mature family’s . . .
Smooth Modern Home Designs by Vitaly Yurov
The greatest thing about these cool room visuals, by Ukrainian designer Vitaly Yurov, is that they are jam packed with detail that can be translated into homes of absolutely any scale. Linger a little over each one, and take out your mental notebook…