The best interior design ideas for beach houses revolve around the colors, textures, and accessories of the sea and the seashore. Bright sunny colors, rough sand-like textures, and interesting accessories that help to bring the outdoors inside are all essential elements to beach house design. The Beach home style is an architectural interpretation of summer and warm weather living. (more…)
This house on Maui, Hawaii is one of those houses. A rich variety of spaces exist within the buildings, ranging from double-height living areas open to the sea views, to more internalised lounges nestled into falling land at the more road end of the sites. The pool in the courtyard and many small water canals make it possible to hear water flowing from any outdoor patio or terrace. Landscape designers and architects are making these hoop dreams come true by incorporating well-conceived plant designs with new materials for outdoor recreation and year-round family fun. (more…)
In many modern Finnish houses the sauna is a main part of the bathroom. The heater is electrical but other aspects of bathing in a sauna remain mainly unchanged. This ‘Everything You Ever Dreamed Of’ bathroom idea is conceived by B+S Finland Sauna, a European company based in Germany. Including their gorgeous and spacious Viitta Finish sauna in the corner, the rest of the spacious bathroom likewise becomes dedicated to pampering, and maintaining the body beautiful! The room with the bright red Finnish sauna concentrates on physical fitness – including a welcoming exercise area with large white cushions and exercise equipment attached to the wall. (more…)
Want to get a feel for what’s hot in the world of home decor these days? All you have to do is visit a couple of model homes in your community and take a good look around. You’re sure to recognize a recurring theme.
The cabinets you saw in the high-end kitchen closely resemble the furniture in the adjoining breakfast nook, and the ceiling molding in the dining room matches perfectly as well. These days, designers are going out of their way to carry a single theme throughout the entire house. It’s a design trend called unification. (more…)
IF YOU’VE EVER DAYDREAMED of appearing in your own fairytale, the reality isn’t that far away. You’ll need to supply your own Prince Charming or Sleeping Beauty, but the fantasy location is just a phone call or e-mail away. The five-star Enterkine Country House Hotel at Annbank has long been established as an elegant weekend break destination. However, its latest project takes getting away from it all to a different level.
In the mature grounds of the hotel, a small wooden structure is tucked away among the trees. From the outside it looks like something from a children’s storybook. The walls slope and the roof curves and you wouldn’t be terribly surprised if it grew legs and upped and walked away because you were staring at it. It’s quirky, cute and unique.
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