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“With floor-to-ceiling windows facing the river, the home had me at hello,” says Courtnay Cousino. She grew up near Ohio’s Maumee river as a kid and had dreamed of giving her 5-year-old daughter, London precisely the exact same experience. Her 1950s riverfront home delivers on this, while sleek white marble floors and whitewashed walls allow brilliant midcentury furnishings and also the outside greenery really pop. in a GlanceWho lives here: Courtnay Cousino, daughter London and their Labrador, JimmyLocation: Northwest OhioSize:…

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The very first night Jennifer Hodges spent her 1950s Santa Cruz, California, beach house, she cried herself to sleep. These weren’t tears of pleasure or the result of sand in her eye. She was distraught. “All I found was work everywhere,” Hodges says. “Shag carpeting, darkened walls, paper-thin windows, all of the items that needed to be carried out. I wish I would have realized then what I know today: A house is an ever-evolving travel, and you need to…

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When you cover a great deal of floor space with rich mesquite, you have to be especially careful when adding additional kinds of wood to the mix, lest you produce a ski-cabin nightmare. However, Mark Lind, a designer at CG&S Design-Build, obliterates any notion that a house can’t have a great deal of wood and still look good. For the material palette in this four-bedroom Austin, Texas house, the designer smartly featured a mix of cherry, white oak and medium…

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Modern residential structure is called museum-like. Minimalist white walls and spaces make them enjoy galleries waiting for art to decorate their walls. However, what about the exteriors of modern homes? How does art relate to the outside? What sort of art is suitable? This ideabook is going to take a shot. Steinbomer, Bramwell & Vrazel Architects The clearest response is that modern residential architecture ought to be adorned with modern art, particularly abstract or nonfigurative art. This trio of Constantin…

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Claire and Josh Griffiths possess their dream family home just a kilometer away from the sandy shores of Scarborough Beach in Perth, Western Australia. Josh, a building surveyor, and Claire, a hair stylist, are attracted to clean lines and uncluttered spaces. They teamed together with the Tascone Design Team to make their contemporary space. “We had that ‘first night in a new house’ bizarre feeling,” Josh says. “It felt like home straight away since we knew every nook and cranny…

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Lighting layout principles say that lighting ought to be subtle, particularly for the landscape. Soft pools of light ought to be strategically placed to enhance chosen outdoor areas and also allow other areas to remain in the dark. Nothing ought to be overdone, and by no means should the actual light source be seen. And for the most part, this approach will result in a pleasing nighttime vista. But sometimes, outdoor lighting just has to make an impression. Jeffrey Gordon…

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Pink isn’t exactly Blake Tovin’s preferred colour, but something about this building caught his eye. The pink cinderblock warehouse was certainly eccentric, but he had a feeling it had been just the right spot for his company’s new studio. Tovin, the founder and creative director of Symbol Audio, needed an economical but spacious spot for his new lineup workshop, office and showroom. Tovin worked with architect Sebastian Quinn to turn this Nyack, New York, warehouse to the open, industrial and…

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Architecture duo Joost Woertman and Anna Everding snagged this five-story construction in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, for only 1 euro. Within a civil initiative to rescue rundown areas of Rotterdam, the status of this exceptional deal was that the severely burned property required to be restored to its former glory. The deal was just too good to turn down, but the whole house, both inside and outside, had a comprehensive facelift. “Everything needed to be redone,” Woertman states. “When you renovate…

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This season on Mad Men, a few glittery golden and brass items have been catching my eye, particularly the one that hangs over Don and Megan Draper’s mattress. Sculptural metallic pieces like these filled a gap between midcentury-modern style and also a more brutalist bravura modern aesthetic; back in the 1960s and 1970s they have been utilized in a wide variety of room styles. The most well-known sculptures were Curtis Jeré, or C. Jeré, sculptures. They have been produced by…

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Photographer and blogger Ilaria Chiaratti’s house is a colorful haven brimming with creativity and a distinguishing vintage-eclectic style. The cozy flat, a stone’s throw from Eindhoven central channel in North Brabant, the Netherlands, is full of retro and thrift-store bits and handmade products. Chiaratti has an eye for vintage design and uses elements of new and old to style her distinctive mix-and-match house. Through her blog, IDA Interior LifeStyle, she shares her inspiration for interior styling, her crochet works and…

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