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Lighten Up With Glass Floors

May 13th, 2012

In a previous article I focused on indoor bridges, many of which happened to use glass floors. Be they clear or translucent, glass floors enable light to pass from one floor to the one below, while also providing a visual connection between spaces. This article looks more generally at glass floors, in bridges and in other areas. Whatever the reasons for incorporating a featu ...

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Small-Business Savvy: Personalize Your Packaging

May 13th, 2012

When people buy from independent creative businesses, they're often looking for better, more personalized service — a small business can have more flexibility than a large corporation and can sometimes better meet the needs of the consumer. When someone receives a custom-tailored product that's also creatively packaged, it shows that the sender really thought about and cared ...

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Eclectic Global Style in a Swedish Village

May 13th, 2012

Patterned walls, exotic furniture and vintage touches gave this midcentury Swedish home a new life for a family of six. Cat and James Brewis moved from London to Sweden more than 10 years ago and immediately started searching for a house outside of Uppsala, Sweden. The couple, who had previously lived in France and Indonesia, wanted a blank slate to fill with their eclectic ...

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Kitchen of the Week: Aqua Knockout in Austin

May 12th, 2012

Formal dining went out the window when designer Jennifer Ott remodeled the kitchen in her Austin, Texas, home. Ott and her husband didn't use the huge closed-off dining space next to the original small kitchen, so they knocked down the walls to create a contemporary, open space for entertaining as well as cooking. Bold colors, two pantries, clever cabinet designs and a smart b ...

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My Houzz: Rooftop Retreat Addition in Toronto

May 11th, 2012

With two children and a need for more living space, architect Wanda Ely and her husband, John, needed to move out or build up. The decision was easy. They loved their home and wished to remain steps from Toronto's vibrant Queen West and Dundas West neighborhoods, so Wanda set about designing a thoughtful and modern wood rooftop addition.Houzz at a GlanceWho lives here: Wanda and John Ely and ...

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10 Ways to Get the Modern Rustic Farmhouse Look

May 9th, 2012

Even if you don't live in the countryside, you've probably been on a road trip that meandered through farms and small towns. Somewhere in the middle, you probably saw a cluster of trees and a simple house sitting at the end of a dirt road. At first glance, a farmstead can seem uncomplicated — there purely for function. However, with a resurgence in farmhouse architecture ...

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12 Ways to Get a Designer-Kitchen Look

May 6th, 2012

If you’re thinking about remodeling your kitchen, or you’re building a new one, interior designer Ines Hanl of The Sky is the Limit Design has got an idea that will suit your needs. Actually, as she explains here, she’s got dozens of suggestions. "I feel like my designs are very complex and thoughtful, no matter how simple the end result looks," she says. "And I have been told ...

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Breezy Outdoor Living in Newport Beach

May 5th, 2012

When this streamlined, modern house a mile from the Newport Beach coast was finished, local passers-by "stopped their cars in the street, ran up and peeked in the front windows," says architect Paul Davis. "The owners found this very funny at first and eventually got a little tired of it, but now the house has settled into the neighborhood nicely."The neighborhood is mainly ...

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Break Up a Bland Ceiling the Modern Way

May 4th, 2012

All too often the ceilings of modern interiors are treated in one way: flat drywall. This treatment may coincide with a focus on minimalism, but it can also be seen as unimaginative. Crown moldings and other decorative features don't work in modern interiors, so this ideabook highlights other means of modifying painted drywall ceilings.The following examples fall into four b ...

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California Mediterranean in Los Angeles

May 3rd, 2012

Interior designer Darci Goodman had some wooing to do when it came to this Long Beach, California, remodel. Her clients, a couple with three kids, were confident in her work, but the husband needed convincing. "I think he only saw dollar signs in the beginning," Goodman says. "But after the first set of tiles in the bathroom was installed, he saw how the space was able to br ...

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