Madrona Live/Work Conversion by Tyler Engle Architects

From Tyler Engle Architects: A storefront from the early 1900’s, which had served as a drug store, soda fountain, ... with and extensive art collection. Creating the modern equivalent of a traditional courtyard house, the new design centers around a large skylight over the living and dining areas.  A wood-clad service [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 11:29:58

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Eco-friendly lightbulbs get a designer makeover

plumen-lightbulbs.jpg Now that we're moving on from traditional lightbulbs to more eco-friendly designs, designers have much more freedom with what they do with light. Design house Hulger is tackling ... that you won't want to hide behind a shade. The new bulbs, called Plumen, should be hitting the market soon [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 16:52:08

The Connecticut living space residence by Studio Daniel Libeskind

This incredible living space of a Connecticut residence is formed by a spiraling ribbon of 18 planes, defined by 36 points and connected by 54 lines ... image Challenging both traditional and modern notions of “the house in the landscape,” this design gives nothing of itself up to its natural setting, but selectively incorporates the elements [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 09:44:54

Happy Inauguration Day!

With my crystal ball intact I foresee that… 1.) You already know who the Obama’s have chosen as their interior designer ... European tradition and American modernism.” Michael Smith To take a look at Michael Smith’s previous ... wallpapers in the White House. Just a suggestion. I also guess that… 2.) Since [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:00:55

Ugly as Sin (Mollie)

Ugly as Sin (Mollie) There’s a good book on church architecture with that title and it is woefully adequate for describing way too many houses of ... traditional image of all — a Gothic belltower that could be on a medieval cathedral — over more modern designs. This comes at a time when many new churches are being built with all the charm of a Ho [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 21:10:05

How to Build Animal Housing: 60 Plans for Coops, Hutches, Barns, Sheds, Pens, Nestboxes, Feeders, Stanchions, and Much More

Since you've decided to raise chickens, you'll need a little house for them. Some people use the traditional shed style coop and some are using innovative designs ... has plans, sketches and dimensions for several different sizes of chicken houses. It also has 60 (yes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:47:36

Decor - A Smorgasbord of Textiles to Customize Your Swedish Bed

just scandinavian josef frank himalaya design When a client said she wanted to do Swedish fabrics in the bedrooms of her remodeled vacation house ... -friendly fabrics,  including Traditions, a folk art brocade, and the ultra-modern Louisa's Squares ... source for fabrics (as well as other modern decor) gives discounts to trade members who register [more...]

Date: 2008-07-03 11:00:00

What should I buy? (searching for products that represent my personal brand)

What should I buy? (I just made like a hundred dollars doing some freelance design) ... about life.' S0 tough to be a consumer in our modern world with s0 many choices, yall... Should I buy ... /meaningful-core/Iranian-Power-Pop and traditional French House music. Whenever u buy a computer [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 19:55:45

Wall of windows

I recently had the opportunity to tour a house that was just built in Brookhaven, one of the most beautiful parts of Atlanta ... has low ceilings (7'10"), but the architect and designer used a lot of floor to ceiling windows and an open floor plan to make the space feel expansive. Traditional Home, October 2008. Interior design [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 19:30:00

New House in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England

David, a prolific photographer of neighbourhoods around London, has snapped this new home in the town of Borehamwood ... with a neighbourhood full of older traditional homes.  If you like contemporary designs, but you don’t want to piss off your neighbours with something extremely modern, this is a reasonable compromise [more...]

Date: 2008-06-13 15:24:28

Chic New Fabrics

Celerie Kemble's new line of fabrics are up on the Schumacher website and look amazing! I especially love the Hot House Flowers pattern in Spark as seen on the pillow above. According to the website, "Celerie’s look is based on beautifully refined traditional design [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 16:28:00

operation 48: TRADITION

seeing as how i hardly ever did the paper adventure pages in order even when i was (more or less) on schedule, i figure: why change now??!( ... in our house. the journaling (below) essplains the rest.(sheet of notebook paper glued to back of the photo & cut to size; epoxy heart: cloud nine designs; xmas sticker & rub-on: creative imaginations [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 12:51:00

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