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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

French–New York Flair in St. Paul Condo

May 3rd, 2012
Interior designer Abby Tallman was given a specific objective when she began designing this upscale condominium in the heart of St. Paul's Lowertown district in Minnesota. The client, a young professional, wanted her apartment to show her combined love of quintessentially French and New York apartments. The result is a home with a sophisticated New York state of mind and a d ...

Great Design Tree: Australian Tea Tree

May 2nd, 2012
I'm not even going to attempt to conceal the reverence and adoration I have for the Australian Tea Tree (Leptospermum laevigatum). Wind blown and architectural, these trees appear to be molded by hand rather than grown. They sweep wildly across the landscape, and no two trees are ever alike. Growing up in San Diego, I would climb these trees at my favorite beach, only later di ...

Cheery and Breezy Pittsburgh Home

May 1st, 2012
Inspired by their destination wedding in Key West, Florida, first-time homeowners Matt and Sara Bates brought the island's breezy color palette back to their Pittsburgh home. The two attorneys wanted their 1930s home to allude to the island's laid-back mood and signature conch houses. "Since Pittsburgh tends to have long, dreary winters, drenching our home with bright colors ...

6 Sound Solutions for the iPhone Home

May 1st, 2012
The era of the big, clunky home stereo system is over for most people. Nowadays, our phones serve as the central location for music, podcasts and other audio entertainment. We expect our music to go with us wherever we go. Unfortunately, phones have tiny speakers. And who wants to wear headphones around the house all the time? One solution is to embrace iPhone music accessories th ...

402 14824 N Bluff, Surrey, BC

April 29th, 2012
I just finished uploading this Condo for sale, 402 14824 N Bluff, Surrey, BCThe Belaire Concrete and Steel Construction with Luxurious finishing ,Built by Marcom, Floor to Ceiling glass, Central Air-Conditioning -Heat Pump,hardwood floors,Splendid View of the Ocean South, 2 bedrooms + office and 2 full bath,heated tile floors, granite & quartz surfaces. Central vac system, Kitchen with grani ...

2345 130A Street, Surrey, BC

April 27th, 2012
I just finished uploading this House for sale, 2345 130A Street, Surrey, BCTimeless Architectural Features Tuscan wood windows, heated terracotta tile floors, French doors and large rooms with high ceilings and crown moldings - a Mediterranean ambience of arched doorways and large windows embracing open space and sunlight. Living areas flow without interruption; each room provides an intima ...
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