This holiday apartment is situated in Miami so the owner has beautiful Atlantic ocean views through the window. The design of the apartment is quite extravagant and bold. The apartment’s floor is made from bamboo to add an tropical, exotic touch to the overall look. A beach decorating look is simply a fabulous look for any home – it works well for bathrooms, bedrooms and lounges for a very calm and relaxing feel. The beach decorating style is a fantastic style to live with – very light, airy and relaxing – with a really natural feel. (more…)
Last week, we introduced maverick architecture lecturer Prof Dr M. TAJUDDIN M. RASDI who believes we should be building people-friendly neighbourhoods rather than glorious showcases to political egos. In the first of his monthly columns, the outspoken academic shares his views on how our physical environment can influence intangibles like racial and religious harmony.
WHEN my Chinese neighbour burns joss sticks in his porch, the smoke meanders offensively into my living room and I usually have to close my front door, which reduces ventilation.
Should we forbid this ritual, then? Of course not! A simple solution would be for the architects of Malaysia’s infamously boring and ubiquitous terrace houses to design a metal chimney into the porch ceiling. (more…)
You may live in a two-bedroom ranch, but you can still eat, sleep and relax on furnishings inspired by the biggest American mansion of them all, Biltmore House in Asheville, N.C.
Two new furniture collections by Magnussen Home Furnishings draw inspiration from the 1890s French Renaissance-style chateau in the Blue Ridge Mountains that has become a popular tourist destination, letting homeowners channel their inner George and Edith Vanderbilt.
“People want something to remember an experience,” said Jerry Epperson, a furniture industry analyst with Richmond, Va.-based investment banker Mann, Armistead and Epperson. “In this case, the souvenir just may be your entire living room.” (more…)
Outdoors is going upscale across United States
America is moving out.
We’re creating outdoor spaces with all the comforts of indoors, right down to the area rugs and chandeliers. Thank modern materials for that — and quite possibly, the high cost of housing.
“Americans are looking outdoors and saying, ‘Hey, I have a lot more room than I thought I had,’ ” said P. Allen Smith, a garden designer who has both a TV show and a book titled “P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home.”
Creating a garden room, those homeowners reason, is a lot less expensive than adding on, or pulling up stakes. And with expansive choices and opportunities for customization, “you can get the same level of design detail for the exterior” as you could for the interior, he said. (more…)
