If you’re searching for an easy way to give new life into your bathroom, think about swapping out your light fixture. A new light fixture has the power to provide not only the upgrade your bathroom deserves, but a fresh look and feel without a complete and expensive renovation. Seek out a fixture within your …
Close your eyes and think of the word “porch.” Chances are, you’re imagining a wraparound veranda on a farmhouse furnished with rocking chairs and a porch swing. However, modern architects have been reinterpreting the porch for years, stripping it down to the most basic components while keeping the benefits and uses undamaged. Occasionally they remove …
Why do artful objects — like sculpture, salvaged architectural items or even a birdbath — create such an impression in the garden? Like incorporating jewelry to a little black dress or a few bright cushions to a tired sofa, intentionally put sculpture can take any garden from normal to extraordinary. When sculpture is thoughtfully introduced …
There are gardens with full-frontal vulnerability, and then there are gardens which look like fortresses. And neither extreme is gratifying for people who live, work and play . Inside her book Landscaping for Privacy (Timber Press, 2011), Seattle design and horticulture author Marty Wingate hits the great sweet spot, offering property owners a range of …
It’s been said many times, however, light does make a space. Nevertheless, it is not just that luminous, bright things that comes from these (fine for reading and seeing your food); it is the fittings themselves. Statement lighting fixtures may shake up entire rooms. They can be focal points, as important as art or furniture …
Like bathrooms, attics often become catchalls for all sorts of odds and ends. When they are not renovated, they become a simple and convenient space to store the furniture, old clothes and other products. However, a loft can quickly turn into additional space for your home. These four attics started out as dark and cluttered …
Permeable hardscapes help reduce a home’s carbon footprint in numerous ways. They replenish the groundwater table with filtered water, decrease runoff and its impact on town infrastructure, mitigate heat island effect … and they’re so lovely! There’s such a wonderfully wide array of permeable substances, and in future ideabooks I will illustrate how lovely, architecturally …
A new movement in space redesign is afoot: In case you do not use a space for its first function, transform it to serve a better purpose. This concept is no more popular than with the formal dining area. Consider your home. When was the last time you used your formal dining area for a …
With a rich history which includes Delft tiles and Vermeer, Amsterdam now is home to many inspirational independent designers and artists that always appear to be ahead of the curve. I was lucky enough to devote a little portion of my honeymoon on a houseboat in Amsterdam, also I shall always remember the wonderful creative …