Japanese Shell House Saving Trees

This unique project by ARTechnic architecture studio from Japan is not classified as a green home mainly due to the concrete used for its dome shell. The reason why I’m showing you this picture is to illustrate how one can work around the trees in a way that’s not intrusive to the environment and...

Sailor’s Tales and Modern Architecture

Check-in Wooden Floorboards Interesting Headboard Breakfast Room 2 Breakfast Room Exterior View I’ve always thought that the art...

Dark Window Frames with Earthy Interior

I’ve always known I liked dark window frames but couldn’t actually define what it was that made them so appealing. Until I saw this picture in Steven Gambrel’s portfolio. Gambrel is one of the top New York’s interor designers. Dark window frames provide much more movement when...

Sleepbox – Funny Hotel Pods from Russia

Russian architects continue to surprise. This time it is the Moscow based studio Arch Group who has come up with an interesting mobile hotel pods called the Sleepbox. Basically it is a small hotel room that can be placed anywhere, but the place that makes most sense is airports. In fact, one of...

What to Do With Bad Floorboards?

So you’ve got this room with those old floorboards and you don’t like the look of them? What do you do – rip them up? Not necessarily. Firstly, it’s worth checking for signs of rot and woodworms. If the boards are healthy but and you just don’t like the look of them, there are...

Things to do with Cardboard Tubes

If you happen to get your hands on industrial toilet-roll tubes or (in this particular case) packaging material rolls, don’t throw them away. Those sturdy cardboard tubes make an amazing material for various lovely DIY things. This practical cardboard wall was spotted in the office of the...