As you drive around the historic neighborhoods of American cities and towns, you’ll see a lot of old houses. Big windows peer out at you, some with curtains and some without. Large trees will shade the front yard, kept and overgrown flowerbeds alike. There might be a young family drawing with chalk along the sidewalk...
Photos>>>At the workplace a large desk is most often a must and can really increase productivity whereas a small desk can be more practical at home. Of course, there are always exceptions. For those of you who are convinced that a small computer table is the right choice, we have a few design options that...
Photos>>>Walk into any tile store these days and you’ll be confronted with a vast array of options, not only in designs but also in materials. Even with so many choices, two of the most popular types are porcelain tiles and ceramic tiles. Before you head for the store, it’s a good idea to understand each...
Photos>>>What would you do with your Pagani Zonda R if you had one? Only 15 of these supercars have ever been manufactured and that makes each one of them extremely rare and special. Naturally, it’s understandable to want to proudly display them and one ingenious owner found a very unusual and interesting way of doing...
Photos>>>Canopy beds appeared out of a need for warmth and privacy rather than a need for style and extravagance. Until the 18th century the canopy beds used by noblemed in Europe were fairly simple and understated and lacked the ornate designs that were later adopted as a symbol of status. The modern canopy bed is...
Photos>>>There are many different types of windows and skylights are among them. They’re sort of like regular windows installed into the ceiling or the roof of a structure, or so it would seem to the untrained eye. A skylight window is in fact quite special and not at all the same as a roof or...
Photos>>>A lot of contemporary residence situated in remote areas are designed to be in perfect sync with their surroundings and to blend in as best as possible, featuring geometries that mimic the landscape around them and textures and colors that connect them to the topography of the site. That’s not the case with the H...
Photos>>>You don’t usually hear people talking about chapels in terms of their architecture and design and that’s most likely because chapels are usually small structures, sometimes rooms inside institutions such as hospitals or schools. They’re worship spaces for people that are just passing by so it’s very difficult to become attached to such a space...
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