This mid-century home by Roger Lee was designed in 1954 and completed in 1955. The house has loads of character and you can tell that it was loved and very much lived in. Roger Lee was a native Californian of Chinese decent born in Oakland in 1920 who died in Hawaii at the age of...
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Texas House With Dramatic Black Brick Cladding
Called the Main Stay House, the dwelling is located on a slender urban lot in Austin’s Bouldin Creek neighborhood. Encompassing 3,271 square feet, the two-storey house contains four bedrooms, an office, a playroom and a slender yard with a swimming pool. The project was designed to enable “lifestyle flexibility” through clean lines, modest materials and...
28 Cool Plunge Swimming Pools For Outdoors
It’s summer now and nothing can be better than staying outdoors. We are all striving to our terraces, balconies, pools and gardens. Don’t have a swimming pool yet? Go build one! Even if you have a small terrace or tiny backyard, you can always accommodate a plunge swimming pool there. Whatever your outdoor style is,...
Eye-Catchy Glam Kitchen Design In A Mix Of Patterns
Kitchens are very important in every home, they should be functional for cleaning, cooking, storing and eating and stylish at the same time. It’s pretty hard to create a balance, and especially to give a character and mood to the kitchen. Not everyone can keep this equilibrium but some designers and owners manage to do...
Traditional And Cozy Island Beach Cottage
This Bainbridge Island beach cottage sits right on the water with views of the Seattle skyline and Mount Rainier in the distance. It was built in 1915, but after extensive renovations, it looks like a new house inside yet outside it preserved that special retro charm and coziness, it looks very inviting. Inside the house...
1900-s English Countryside House Breathing With Style
Welcome to Hummingbird House in English countryside. It looks like something out of a storybook, doesn’t it? It was built In the early 1900s and now it’s for rent. There are heavy wooden beams and hand-carved oak in the entry hall and throughout the house. The bedrooms radiate grown-up sophistication with luxurious linens, plump duvets...
Minimalist Concrete Casa Branca In The Tropics
Sao Paulo-based architecture practice Studio MK27 designed ‘Casa Branca’, a concrete retreat inspired by Brazilian modernism. In order to withstand the area’s extreme tropical weather conditions, the minimal two-story structure was created with a combination of wood, concrete and white aluminum. To ensure air ventilation throughout the building, the architects decided on the installation of...
Adorable Garden Furniture Collection From Roberti Rattan
What could be more peaceful and relaxing than spending quality time outdoors with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine in hand? The Roberti garden collection offers a view that never looked or felt better. What could be better than relaxing on Roberti’s Portofino Swing Sofa suspended from a tree or a porch...
Edgy Modern Andes House Wrapped In A Rusty Metal Shell
The Evans House is located in Argentina and was built by A4estudio. It was designed as a compact volume which sits on a basement structure, rising over the vegetation line in order to capture views of the valley and the mountains. The facades are covered with rusty metal sheets and this allows the house to...
125-Year-Old Duplex With Modern Interiors
Named ‘the Lejeune Residence’, architecture open form has revitalized a once neglected duplex building in Montréal into a single-family home with flexible interiors and an exterior garden. The open-plan spaces have been organized to provide a subtle distinction between inside and outside. During the summer, the living room furniture is moved outside to the terrace,...