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7 Home Improvement Projects That Can Increase Your Home’s Value
Buying a home is a major financial investment, and as such, every homeowner wishes to have their home value appreciated. The good news is the prices of homes increase with time. However, this comes at a cost. The only way to increase your home value is through proper home maintenance and home improvement projects. From outdoor improvement to bathroom remodeling, here are five home improvement projects that add value to your home. […]
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Luxury Residence on the South African Coast by SAOTA
SAOTA designed this stunning home for a Johannesburg family on the coast of South Africa. The idea was for single roof element that responded to the site’s slope, floating over a living space. Set in The Cove development at Pezula Estate outside Knysna, the property has extensive sea views downhill to the south east. The client’s […]
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Innovative Ways to Design Your Bathroom
Designing your bathroom not only adds a personal touch to your environment, but also increases the value of your home, if you ever plan to sell it. One of the most essential spaces in your house, where you spend time by yourself, the bathroom is often overlooked when it comes to personalization and design. Recent […]
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Knitted Bricks Give New Life to a Forgotten Material
Young and innovative architecture firm Tropical Space in Vietnam shake up all the assumptions about dowdy old brick. Termitary House in Da Nang City, Vietnam revolutionises how brick is used in buildings. On the ground floor, directly inside the street entrance is the open plan living, cooking and dining area. Leading out to a modest […]
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Sculptural Home for Art Collectors Includes Rooftop Pool
A three story home at Samosaguas on the outskirts of Madrid by A-cero Architects houses an art studio and pool on the top floor. Who would suspect there is a reservoir-like swimming pool hiding in plain sight here at this sculptural entry suggesting natural stratified rock formation. Yet almost the entire top floor, which also houses […]
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6 Ways a Get Money from Your Home Without Selling
Whether you’re looking to get some money for a home renovation or want to pad your retirement fund, you can get money from your home. You can either tap into the equity of your home in several ways or use your home itself to earn you extra money. Keep reading for six ways that you […]
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Perfect Proportions Define a Pleasing Desert Home
The Brown Residence designed by Lake|Flato Architects, in Scottsdale, Arizona has a mathematical rightness to it. Precise proportions prevail throughout, from the perfect firepit to the terraced levels up to the modular glazing. Elegant vertical hinging allows the slimmest of steel doors to swing wide. The glazing is designed to bring the winter desert sun […]
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Passage of Landscape creates a Transparent Connection to Fields Beyond
Architecture firm ihrmk created this intriguingly transparent view-through home in the Japanese countryside after a summertime visit to the site. The house is made transparent from south to north on the first floor – but from east to west on the second floor. The east west windows bring in the beginning and the end of the day […]
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Indoor-Outdoor Living for House by Prado in Chile
Swett House is a private home designed by Prado Arquitectos in Chiguayante. The site is at the bottom of a narrow valley surrounded by hills, and gets only short periods of sun exposure. So the conceptual idea of the project was to gain height to maximise the sun exposure into the home. A second story allows the brief […]
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5 Tips for Adding a Bathroom to Your Home
Adding a bathroom to your home is one of the better home improvement projects you can tackle. Not only does it decrease traffic in your other bathrooms, but it raises the value of your home at the same time. Raising the value of a home should be a top priority for any homeowner and adding […]
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DIY Home Decorating Ideas To Consider
Decorating your home is a highly subjective process that you need to always be honest about. There are things that you can do and things that you cannot do. There are also things that you can afford and things that you cannot. Fortunately, since it is your home, you can make many different changes that […]
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Choosing the Best Artisan Fireplace for Outdoor Living
Just like fireplaces can completely change the way you see and interact with the interior of your home, fire pits can be a revolutionary addition to your backyard. From providing warmth to cooking up something good barbecue style or to just boosting a cozy aesthetic, fire pits can do everything fireplaces can do (and maybe […]
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The Pros and Cons of Diesel Generators
Diesel generators are different from gasoline generators, though they’re often thought to be interchangeable by those who don’t know the difference. What are the pros and cons of diesel generators? The Points in Favor of Diesel Generators Diesel generators need far less maintenance than gas generators. They don’t have spark plugs or carburetors. Then you’re […]
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What should you look for in new windows?
Perhaps your home energy bills are depressingly high, and the energy audit says the problem is due to your windows. Maybe the issue is that your windows are fogging up. Cracks in the glass, leaks around the seals and who knows what else is causing them to let in moisture and interfere in your vision. […]
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Transforming Your Yard to Entertain Guests
A backyard is a great place to entertain guests. But this is hard to do if your backyard isn’t fixed up. You don’t want to have guests over and have them just sit on your lawn and look at your dirty yard. So if you’re interested in entertaining guests in your yard, here are a few […]
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A Very Unusual Home Perches over a Japanese Reservoir
An extremely unusual house focuses narrowly on the ribbon of view of a large body of green water. Designed by Suppose Design Office the house steps down on three floors over a reservoir in Fukuoka, south-west Japan, bringing the clients as close as possible to the cooling water below. House in Hibaru allows the clients to feel as close to […]
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A Peaceful Courtyard City Dwelling for a Tokyo surgeon is Aptly Named
The client wanted a peaceful retreat as a space to rest his body and soul exhausted from his work as a surgeon in Yotsukaido City, Japan. The brief was for privacy and quietness for the parents and three children to lead healthy lives. Tokyo-based Apollo Architects & Associates, led by Satoshi Kurosaki created peace within with […]
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Ductless Mini Splits Are Changing Design Trends
Interior Design & Architecture is an ever-evolving art form with new trends and styles emerging everyday from across the world. The latest trend in the vast majority of new constructions now is building energy efficient buildings that are both stylish and functional. When it comes to adding energy-efficient heating and cooling systems to new constructions, […]
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Isolated Queensland Home is Fiercely Energy Independent
This house employs a series of huge sliding screens to minutely control exposure to sun and shade. The very simple design from Shaun Lockyer Architects meets the sometimes harsh climate conditions in Queensland, Australia with a chic solution. There are sliding glass panels behind the screens, and superb cross ventilation through the narrow space open on both sides. […]
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Ancient and Modern Kitma House on the Greek Island of Antiparos
The island of Antiparos in the Cyclades hosts a collection of new architect-designed luxury housing launched by OLIAROS as the Antiparos Design Properties. One of the designs by featured young architects is Kitma House, half-buried in the hillside, by Camilo Rebelo and Susana Martins. Like all of the dwellings designed for the island in the […]
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