Open plan studio lofts provide a huge blank canvas on which to base your home layout, but sometimes a blank canvas can be a daunting prospect! Take a look at theses clever loft layouts that maintain a free flowing atmosphere whilst evoking feelings of cozy home comfort
Author: Hanna
Stylish Desk Lamps
Nothing sets off smart work areas like ultra stylish desk lamps, and choosing an office piece that is both useful and attractive deserves some careful consideration. Here are some of our favorites to get you started: The Tolomeo Desk Lamp is a modern icon of Italian design, created by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina . . .
Comfortable Contemporary Decor
Contemporary design may not always look too homey or comfortable when it comes to cold concrete feature walls and exposed brick, but it all comes down to a matter of creating balance. The balance of cozy contempo has been illustrated to great effect in this home by Fertility Design, so lets take a look at . . .
Colorful Kids Rooms
Do you struggle with introducing color to your kids rooms in a tasteful way? This is often the problem when creating rooms for youngsters, as it can be tempting to throw on a crazy wallpaper or litter the area with oversized posters, or to incorporate a whole host of clashing furniture pieces in an attempt . . .
A Room Decorated In Two Distinct Styles
Here’s a little something that we don’t see too often: two distinct décor styles defined over the same interior space, providing two opposing design strategies for the same room layouts. This is the exciting work of Russian designer Vyacheslav Koretsky, and we love the jarring contrast of ideas going all the way from one end . . .
eBay Turkey Offices
The bright new eBay offices in Turkey span a 2.000 m² floor area on a single level of the O.S.O Mimarlik’s Office Building in Istanbul Atasehir, following the trend of ‘open offices’ we have seen so much of lately. This new global trend of borderless working has led to a layout of four flow-through areas . . .
Open Plan Home with Oomph
The design scheme in an open plan home can at times appear at little lost in the generous expanse of space, where the eye is free to wander quickly over each zoning without ever resting on anything particularly interesting. Your job as the designer/owner of an open plan space is to temporarily stop those impatient . . .
Japanese Minimalism: The Ant House
This minimalist residence is the Ant House project, designed by Makinohara-based design studio mA-style Architects, completed in 2012. Via Adelto
Sleek and Sumptuous Poland Apartment
This modern style apartment in Warsaw was sent to us by Nasciturus Design, and is a beautiful example of how to inject a shot of warm luxury through the cool color palettes and strong lines of contemporary living. The apartment has been decorated with the elegant tastes of a professional inhabitant in mind, as someone . . .
Traditional Little Girls Rooms
After seeing their beautifully designed boys rooms, we just had to do a feature on the pretty ideas found in the traditional girls rooms featured on RHBaby&Child too. These are surely the play spaces that little girls dreams are made of! Looking to put together a great kid’s room? Don’t miss these 4 posts where . . .
The Superb SZB House
This architectural creation, by firm Medveczky & Gothárd, entitled the SZB House, is decorated in warm earthy tones, rich woods and creamy ceramics that all work together in perfect harmony to create and cool understated calm amongst the distinctly high spec finishes. Images via Behance
Blur the Boundaries with Inside-Outside Living Style
This home design visualization, created by Valery Kelch, takes the indoor-outdoor living theory to the extreme, with the inclusion of small trees scattered within the interior design, so that there is no distinction to the dweller where the boundary is between the two areas.
A Beautifully Charming Country Hotel in France
Nestled in the heart of the picturesque village of Brantôme, France, is the pretty hotel Moulin de l’Abbaye, complete with bright blue window shutters, pink flora and a blanket in lush green ivy. Do check out the video as well.
Super Luxury Singapore Apartment With In-Room Car Parking
Car enthusiasts will adore the hi-tech Hamilton apartments, situated on swanky Orchard Road in Singapore, that come complete with integrated showcase-style car parking area, which you can admire right from your living room armchair! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGBZSPuO7Jk&feature=plcp#
Bonsai In Interior Settings
Adding a plant is a great way to lift a room scheme, but if you are looking for something just a little bit different, then why not try a Bonsai tree? Bonsai can bring an air of calm and class to many interior design schemes, and can provide a relaxing hobby too as you carefully . . .
Spanish Casa Surrounded by Nature
This Spanish home is a sophisticated attic space, designed by architect Luis Velasco Roldán, looking out over a rich expanse of village greenery, which is continued into the dwelling in the form of small inner courtyards, patio and greenhouse, to promote connection between interior and exterior spaces. The dwelling, based in Selva has a minimalist . . .
Bathtubs with a View of Nature
The bathroom has become a room that is not just for bathing, but is a place for relaxation, reflection, peace and quiet, so what better way to feel calm wash over you then to surround yourself with natures green beauty? Natural greenery promotes a sense of wellbeing, and there are several ways in which you . . .
A Modern Asian Minimalistic Apartment
This exquisite example of contemporary design with a distinctly Asian influence comes to us from talented Tai designer Wu Chengxian. The interior gives a respectful nod to the traditions of Eastern culture whilst bringing things bang up to date with a fresh minimalist air.
Zesty Zoning from Mao López
This trendy home interior, sent to us by designer Mao López, displays clever usage of sporadically zesty décor punches, which we happen to love. The great thing about using accent pops rather than committing fully to an immersive scheme is that this type of decor can be implemented in a short amount of time in . . .
Luxury Villas In Phuket, Thailand
This stunning Thai spa resort is Sri Panwa, a five star luxury hotel based in Phuket, where beauty reigns both inside and out. The interior of a Private Pool Villa is filled with classic and contemporary Thai style, for an unfussy yet luxurious hideaway.
Facebook’s New Menlo Park Campus To Be Designed By Frank Gehry
Facebook is all set to break ground on a giant new campus in Menlo park for housing 2800 of its employees by early 2013. The design for the new HQ extension was drafted by renowned architect Frank Gehry who has a history of designing iconic buildings. Gehry’s creations usually spell magic – The Guggenheim Museum . . .