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Bamboo WineTable
Personalized Beaded Antique Oval Silver Jewelry Box
Nice DIY Colorful Kitchen Island
Fun and Colorful Office by Marc&Co+Coarchitecture
Wonderful School Conversion in Boston
Remodeled Lincoln Park Residence by SPACE Architecture + Planning
A Modern and Fresh Apartment of 50 m ²
Classic Style Bacco kitchen from Neolith
Grand attic loft in Prague by A1 Architects
Summer House by Andrade Morettin Arquitetos

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 11:55 AM PDT

It is very nice to have a meal outdoors, even if it is just a picnic or a barbecue. It is simple, but nice and you will enjoy it a great deal. But when you have dinner or lunch in the park or on the beach you lack the comfort of a steady table where to place all the dishes. However, somebody had this great idea of designing a special table for such events, so they created the Bamboo wine table. It is a small table for two, especially designed for outdoors, as it is pretty sharp on one end and you can push it in the ground until it is perfectly balanced.

This table is made of bamboo, so it is very lightweight and you can carry it around easily. But there is one extra feature that makes this table really interesting and desirable: the two holes on the sides of the table that fit a wine glass perfectly. The wholes communicate with the exterior through a narrow opening, large enough for the glass foot. This is perfect for the evening meals on the grass or sand and you don’t have to worry that your wine glasses will spill by mistake. And the price is pretty good , too – $22.

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Personalized Beaded Antique Oval Silver Jewelry Box

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:46 AM PDT

Women are very fond of jewels and they like wearing jewels all the time. But even if you have just a ring and a bracelet or you have a whole collection of different jewelry pieces, you must keep them some place safe, but handy at the same time. And these are usually the jewelry boxes that are bigger or smaller, more or less embellished or carved, but all pretty nice and precious for their owners. So if you want to buy a special gift for your wife or mother or girlfriend, you can’t fail if you choose this beautiful Personalized Beaded Antique Oval Silver Jewelry Box.

This exquisite box is silver plated and you can personalize it by by requesting a monogram engraved in the lid. It is oval in shape and looks antique and has velvet on the inside so that it can protect the jewels in it. I can imagine this great looking jewelry box on the side table of a beautiful woman. And you can have it for just $24.99.

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Nice DIY Colorful Kitchen Island

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 09:07 AM PDT

Every space in the house needs a storage place where you can place all sorts of things that you need. For the bedrooms the drawers and the wardrobes are very useful, for the kitchen and the bathroom the cabinets proved to be very practical and necessary.

If for the bedrooms you need a lot of space for clothes or books, kitchen is a place that needs a lot of storage spaces for its equipment, dishware or other necessary items.

For those who would like to add more storage space to their kitchen here it is an idea. Actually it refers to a nice DIY Colorful Kitchen Island made of some old doors. Old and recyclable materials have always proved to be very useful for this type of project. If it happens to get some secondhand drawers, a salvaged door and other old stuff you will be able to build a wonderful kitchen island that will bring you a lot of storage place for your kitchenware.

For this type of kitchen island that appears in the pictures there were used two salvage doors for the top and sides of the island. There were also used some other materials like: four upper cabinets, assorted bins and cubbies, four secondhand drawers, four drawer pulls, MDF, paint, and brushes.{found on bhg}

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Fun and Colorful Office by Marc&Co+Coarchitecture

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:54 AM PDT

Wotif Group’s new head office in Brisbane, Australia is a fun and creative place to work and grow. Designed by Marc&Co in collaboration with Coarchitecture, this office is siting on a 1,000sqm site and is a vibrant workspace where the staff can interact and yield favorable results.

Wotif Group is a leading online travel brand in the Asian Pacific Region. The company has grown to more than 450 staff in 13 countries and they thought it was time for a sophisticated head office. The main idea was to create a place that would look like a town square, so in order to achieve this the architects used laneways as a planning idea and zones of engagement.

The town square hosts the reception, an open meeting space, the lunch room and event space. Communal facilities are accessed via the laneways where everyday activities bring together staff members. Moreover the existing structure was stripped back to the concrete structure in order to give it an industrial look. The spaces are fun and colorful, yet serious and sleek at the same time.

The Wotif Head Office looks like a great place to spend most of your time, a space that has the perfect balance between fun and seriousness. It is a place of friendship, interaction and productivity, where your employees have everything they need to make your business grow.{found on archdaily}

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Wonderful School Conversion in Boston

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:03 AM PDT

What was once a school is now an amazing condominium complex in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by Touloukian Touloukian Inc. these gorgeous 16 residential loft-style condominiums are the perfect place to entertain family and friends.

The historic restoration of the Lawrence School, built in 1856, gives you a great opportunity to enjoy an eclectic design that combines both traditional and modern elements. The architects also brought a little of the industrial look with the uncovered ductwork that crossed the ceiling.

They chose to keep some of the old elements of the building and highlight its qualities by leaving exposed brick in the interior and using tall windows that bathe the house in natural light and allow breathtaking views as well. Moreover the apartments have an open floor design that makes the place feel bigger and more airy.

Amongst their many great features these spaces now have modern kitchens and bathrooms, new hardwood floors, painted steel decks and new elevator access. You can also see a neutral color palette which gives the space a soft, light feel, the furnishings being set off by the dark tones of the wood and brick.

The B Street Lofts are beautiful and inspiring places to raise your family. The architects re-used the building in a great way and found a way to give you something back.

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Remodeled Lincoln Park Residence by SPACE Architecture + Planning

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:40 AM PDT

This beautiful residence has been sitting on the market for several years until the current owners decided to turn it into their own home. They were looking for a spacious house that had plenty of room for their 4 kids. So they found this beautiful place built by SPACE Architecture + Planning. They immediately loved it and decided that was going to be their family home.

The residence is located in Chicago, Illinois, USA and it's a recent building that dates back to 2010. The new owners really liked the house but they still felt it needed a little more space. So they've decided to build an additional space to the rear of the house, creating a versatile space that could be used as a family room, kitchen, mudroom and breakfast area. They were also able to add a deck at the second floor, near the home office.

The second floor needed some rearrangements and the master suite was redesigned to offer more space and to create a quiet and peaceful area. The third floor now belongs to the kids. They also got a new sport court. The house also feature a 4 car garage and that provides plenty of safe space for the kids to use. This generous house only needed a little attention and some loving owners. And after redecorating and redesigning the interior, it became the perfect family home.{found on archdaily}

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A Modern and Fresh Apartment of 50 m ²

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Can a 50 m ² floor change your mood and transmit optimism? It definitely can! Would you think that some shades of green and fuchsia could balance the walls of a house and complete the existing irregular spaces?

The floor in the picture is the perfect example that it can happen. So, if you are in the same situation with the owners of this home and you have to measure your furniture pieces, do not worry, it is not as difficult as it seems. In spite of the reduced size of this space, there is a sensation of amplitude that CYC Construcciones in general and Begona Espinosa in particular succeeds to provide to this place.

The reform of the usable area proved to be a success with its division in two parts, the first including athe salon, living and kitchen and the second with bedroom and bathroom; only the terrace means other 50 m ², the appropriate place for spending time outdoors in a pleasant manner.

The measured furniture pieces contribute to the optimization of space and give that unique impression of relief, while the choice of predominant white tones provides that feeling of amplitude. The neutral shades encountered in the wooden floor, the bathroom, the couch in the living room emphasize the warmth of the place and the green and fuchsia shades in the house represent the daring details of this young, cheerful and vital space that reveals optimism.{found on micasarevista}

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Classic Style Bacco kitchen from Neolith

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:50 AM PDT

Even though most of us refuse to agree, we tend to spent a lot of time in the kitchen. Whether we’re cooking, making a snack, preparing a drink or simply smoking or drinking a cup of coffee, we involuntary spend time in kitchen. Actually, by dong that, we encourage others members of the family to do the same thing. So the kitchen is a very frequented room in the house, This means we need to try to make it as pleasant and inviting as possible.

One way of doing that is by choosing wooden furniture. This always helps create a more warm and family-like atmosphere. The Bacco kitchen that we’re going to present to you today helps you achieve that. It’s a very beautiful, classical kitchen, with wooden pieces of furniture and very stylish decorations. The kitchen is very functionally organized, making cooking more pleasant and easy.

There is plenty of storage space for all the utensils you normally use in the kitchen. There are shelves, drawers and even a nice space to display ornamental and decorative items. The wood has a dark brown finish, which in combination with the grey elements creates a nice and pleasant contrast. The overall image is very elegant and even chic. This kitchen is somewhere between modern and traditional, with elements from both sides.Pics from Neolith.

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Grand attic loft in Prague by A1 Architects

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:05 AM PDT

This beautiful and unique attic loft is located in Prague, Czech Republic. It was designed by A1 Architects in a period of almost 2 years, between 2010 and 2011. The main idea was to design a "boundless" space. However, the private areas like the bedrooms, are separated. The rest of the house has different rooms connected to each other, resembling one single fluent space.

As you get inside, there’s an entrance hall with dressing wardrobes . From there you get into the living space and then into the kitchen that are in fact one single area. There is a large dining table that can accommodate plenty of guests. The space then opens to the upper gallery, a space meant for guests.

So, as you can see, the whole loft is a very fluent space, with a uniform design and a fresh look.

The idea was to eliminate the boundaries imposed by the walls and to create a large open space. The loft also has an interesting staircase that features a built-in fireplace and library. Usually the two don’t go very well together but in this case it might work. The railing is made of thin stainless steel net, so it’s both transparent and safe. Besides the continuous open space, the loft also features three bedrooms and a study room, along with some storage spaces and functional built-in furniture.{found on archdaily}

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Summer House by Andrade Morettin Arquitetos

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 02:34 AM PDT

As you can imagin, living in a hot and dry area like northern coast of São Paulo is not easy. You need to adapt to the climate and the conditions and so does your home. Located in Itamambuca, São Paulo, Brazil, just a few meters away from the sea, this house was designed and built by Andrade Morettin Arquitetos.

The main idea was to create a structure that would allow the users to enjoy the views and the surroundings and that would also protect them from the harsh sun and frequent rains, without obstructing the natural ventilation.

So the architects working at this project decided to create this structure. It's not a typical house, but more like a summer house. It was built using a lot of pre-fabricated materials that were simply mounted on the site. The roof is placed at a height of six meters and covers a surface of 18 by 18 meters. It's made of pre-fabricated timber structure with galvanized steel joints.

The rest of the house is made of steel cladding with EPS filling. The house is a semi-opened space, with glass walls and panels of glass fiber mosquito screens with PVC coating that keep the insects out while still allowing the users to enjoy the views. It's a very light structure, definitely not the massive and compact design we usually see in the cities.

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011