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Inside a stunning Grand Designs ‘garden house’ with disappearing walls and incredible roof features

July 29, 2024 Kartika

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FANS have taken a peek inside the incredible home featured on Grand Designs featuring the amazing features spread throughout the mansion.

In a new clip on TikTok, the stunning home has a lot of attention to detail with its many quirky and unique features.

This house features an extraordinary roofCredit: TikTok/@harrisonlandcaping

This is the highlight of the houseCredit: TikTok/@harrisonlandcaping

The living room is kept simple and designed to soak up the sunCredit: TikTok/@harrisonlandcaping

One of the impressive additions to the home featured on Grand Designs is the use of a ‘vanishing’ wall which allows the sun to seep right from one side of the house to the other.

This allows easy access to the front and back gardens from both sides of the house and allows a beautiful living room to take center stage within the property.

The home uses carefully designed stone walls

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And what to do to make small Powder chamber

February 4, 2024 Kartika

House Design

Believe it or not, powder room design mistakes can go a long way. After all, after the entrance, living room, and kitchen, it was the only area guests would use, and one where the family would be in and out day and night.

Add to that its diminutive size, and you can see how the best powder room ideas can quickly destroy an entire space.

“Nine times out of 10 it’s a shoebox somewhere.” Exalted cupboard,’ said Ca’ Pietra (opens in new tab)Head of Creative, Grazzie Wilson. Below, Grazzie and the H&G team list the most common mistakes to avoid when redesigning your powder room.

Powder chamber design error

There’s no denying that a small powder room is more prone to design mistakes, but sometimes having a larger space can also be a problem. Here’s what to avoid, and what to do, according to experts.

1. Treat it as a

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Fashionable furniture: The hotels in Europe put design center stage

July 23, 2023 Kartika

House Design

When selecting furnishing, “hotels are normally looking for something a bit more wow in terms of installation and maybe larger in scale,” designer Alexander Lamont says.

One of the latest hotel openings in Istanbul is VAKKO Hotel & Residence, located in the upmarket Nişantaşı neighborhood.

It feels like staying in a design showroom – the corridors are paneled with sleek black marble, the rooms have contemporary sculptures on display and the restaurant captures the style of a chic Parisian bistro.

This is the first hospitality venture of Turkish fashion house VAKKO and joins a growing trend of design-led hotels where stylish furniture and stand-alone interior pieces take center stage.

How is furniture designed for hotels?

Alexander Lamont is a Bangkok-based, British designer known for his furniture, lighting collections, art and accessories.

Some of his best work has been used in prestigious hotels such as The Connaught, The Mandarin Oriental Doha,

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Jan Juc Acre House / Heartly + Project Now

July 21, 2023 Kartika

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Jan Juc Acre House / Heartly + Project Now

Jan Juc Acre House / Heartly + Project Now - Exterior Photography, Windows, Courtyard +17

year:

2022
Manufacturers: Artedomus, Brecciolino, Corsi and Nicolai, Costen/no, Dulux, Ebon Veneers, Eco Timber, Est Dusk, Haymes Paint, INAX, Ventech

Text description provided by the Interior Designers. The interior design of Jan Juc Acre responds to the local environment and community, to the original 1980s house, and to the personalities within the family that lives here. Each of these contexts informed interior design decisions. Driven by our client, the retention of the majority of the original building was a priority for both the interior and building design.

Highlighting the original timberwork, specifically

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Find kitchen design ideas & inspiration

July 20, 2023 Kartika

House Design

posted July 17, 2023 by dk_admin

Daydream your kitchen own to your kitchen want to can be fun – and time consuming! – entertainment. Now there are many ways to find kitchen inspiration and to visualize your kitchen design thoughts and ideas.

But when it comes to realizing your dream kitchen, bring your kitchen designer 16 of you favorite celebrity kitchens (all in different styles, sizes and color range), maybe don’t cut the proverbial mustard!

So what’s the best way to find designer kitchen inspiration and then weave the threads together into a shareable and achievable concept?

Start Big – looking for kitchen design inspiration

Starting your kitchen design journey should first involve seeing what’s out there. And believe me – when it comes to modern kitchens, there’s a Lots to see!

Social media sites

Turn mindless scrolling into a useful task and gather inspiration at your leisure. If celebrities

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5 of our favorite Venus Williams-designed projects

July 19, 2023 Kartika

House Design

Venus Williams may be best known for her talent on the tennis court, but her passion for interior design has made her a true stand-out in the celebrity design industry – thanks to her celebrated Florida-based firm, V Starr. And we can’t stop scrolling through her most recent designs.

Although the star primarily focuses on commercial design nowadays, there are some incredible decorating ideas to be found in her firm’s projects – and many can be easily transferred to our own homes (albeit in smaller, subtler ways).

Here, we break down five of her top design projects and note some key ideas to steal from her spaces.

Our top five Venus Williams designs

Having opened V Starr studio in 2002, Venus used the project as a side passion away from the court. Since then, she has designed over xx interiors – including that of her sister, Serena. It is

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glimpse of the brutalist interiors of a 1970s-built home in rural belgium

July 17, 2023 Kartika

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a brutalist dream home listed in heverlee, belgium

Standing amidst the scenic, meadowed farmlands of Heverlee, a town in Leuven, belgiumstands a 1979-built home which exemplifies the brutalist style. Crafted by architecture firm Archiduk, led by Guido Konings and Jan Delrue, this five-bedroom residence beautifully hybridizes the sensibilities of the architectural style with the project’s rural context. With its structure of raw exposed concreteexpansive glazing, and warm timber interior detailing, the house has been well-preserved over the past forty years to showcase an architectural tapestry — now that the Belgian home is being listed for sale by ArchitectenWoning, new images offer a latest glimpse inside the brutalist spaces.

images courtesy ArchitectenWoning | @architectenwoning

raw concrete warmed with timber details

Upon entering the brutalist home in Heverlee, Belgium — now listed for sale by ArchitectenWoning — visitors are immediately greeted by the prominent presence of cast concrete. This cold

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and the ways to dodge them |

July 16, 2023 Kartika

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Feng shui entryway mistakes compromise the power and potential of this part of your home. Chi, or the life force, comes to your home via the entryway, and it’s important not to impede its flow.

Understanding the meaning of feng shui allows you to create a home that is supportive and nurturing, according to practitioners of the ancient art. And, since it is the portal for chi, getting the right feng shui entryway is crucial.

Here, we reveal the issues the feng shui experts see most often in entryways, and the solutions for them to help you create a balanced and harmonious home.

5 entryway Feng Shui mistakes

Feng shui teaches the art of creating environments that bring benefits to our lives. Bedroom Feng Shui optimizes the potential of our sleep spaces and living room Feng Shui improves the flow of positive energy in a home’s gathering place.

Entryway Feng

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9 Contemporary Interior Design Tips You Haven’t Heard Before

July 13, 2023 Kartika

House Design

A contemporary living room designed by Audrey Scheck

Cate Black Photography

Not traditional yet far from modern, contemporary interior design can feel like the best of all words. Audrey Scheck of Audrey Scheck Design tells me, “While modern design refers to a specific time period, contemporary design is a more loose term designing both current and future design trends. Contemporary design evolves as interior design trends come and go.”

Current contemporary spaces have an easy, warm feel to them. Far from formulaic, they can be eclectic or even fun. Whether you’re currently designing a contemporary space or just refreshing an old one, here are nine contemporary design tips shared by expert interior designers.

Choose Curved Lines

Scheck tells me curved lines can truly enhance a contemporary space. “From rounded corners on furniture to arched mirrors and doorways, curves bring so much dimension to a space. Incorporating curves helps to

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How to eliminate empty space in your bathroom: 7 designer tips |

July 8, 2023 Kartika

House Design

By eliminating empty space in the bathroom, you can create a room that delivers in terms of function and practicality for everyday life. Bathrooms large enough to have empty areas could be seen as a luxury, but we recommend using up every inch of real estate to make these rooms more than just a wash spot.

With a few space-savvy design tweaks, you can transform a bathroom into a well-thought-out spa retreat with plenty of storage.

Here, interior designers have offered up their tips to eliminate empty space in a bathroom, from adding in new bathroom storage to create a luxurious bathing experience.

How to eliminate empty space in your bathroom

The best way to eliminate empty space in your bathroom is to consider how you use the room, and what practical demands your home is failing to meet. Being a damp, humid room, it’s not a great place for

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