During the lockdowns of the past year, it’s been all about nesting (and investing) in our homes. Serving as both our workplaces and sanctuaries, as well as our private entertainment spaces, apartment Feng shui has become top priority next to staying healthy. One of the most re-posted apartments on Instagram during the pandemic has got…
Explore a hidden playground of abandoned chateaux and overgrown greenhouses
These 20 beautiful apartment bathrooms offer enough design inspo to jumpstart a year's worth of DIYs.
Architecture is meant to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic purposes. When you look at a structure, you can distinguish these two ends but they cannot be separated, and the relative weight each of them carry can vary widely. Plus, every society has its own, unique relationship to the natural world and its architecture usually reflects that as well, allowing people from other places to learn about their environment, as well as history, ceremonies, artistic sensibility, and many aspects of daily life.
Designer Ariadna Giménez creates AI-generated 'Gaudism' project that explores aspects of Catalan Modernism. Gimenez explains...
The owners of lifestyle brand Satara have transformed their bayside Melbourne home into a rustic dream. Take a look inside here.
Romain Veillon, 32, from Paris, has spent four years travelling across Europe and to countries in Africa and South America to photograph abandoned buildings for his new book, Ask the Dust.
I'm killing it decorating the rest of the house, however, I'm struggling greatly with How to Furnish a Sunroom. Help! I can't be the only one who's stymied.
Just a glance at the calendar tells us that summer is almost gone. “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” ― Henry Ja…
A collection of photos and info on the most beautiful castles in France, including some of the top French chateaux.
Over the years, we at Bored Panda have released quite a few pieces on subpar design. And while these publications are incredibly fun to prepare and scroll through (just take a look at this one), we need to balance them out a little. After all, not every designer is an incompetent 3-year-old. Some of them are 4... light-years ahead of the competition.
1. Castle Ashby Orangery Built in 1872 near Northampton, UK. Photos via here and here. Visit the Castle Ashby Gardens website here. 2. Iconic French Art Nouveau house to Reopen to Public Villa Majorelle, the famed Art Nouveau residence in Nancy, France, will
On a hilltop in Umbria, a once-abandoned castle has been painstakingly transformed into an exquisite hotel by an Italian architect and designer, whose family has been revitalising the ancient Reschio estate since taking it on over 30 years ago.
Zach Both and Nicole Lopez, from Portland, Oregon built the DIY Yurt from a kit they ordered online and have even created their own guide for people h...
Everyone has their own understanding of how a house should look. Some feel the coziest in a small dwelling next to the woods while others dream about owning a big property with a basketball court next to a lake.
Ricardo Bofill is the enigmatic free-thinker behind some of the world’s boldest, brightest buildings. Now his vivid retro-utopian vision is capturing a new audience
Explore a range of decorative ceiling ideas to elevate your home's design. From textures to patterns, find inspiration for every room style.
anagram architects has completed 'outré house', a residential building in new delhi that employs a humble material palette and integrated greenery.
Prefect of the Seine from 1853 to 1870, Baron Haussmann directed the transformations of Paris during the Second Empire under the aegis of Napoleon III, by deepening the vast renovation plan established by the Simeon commission. The transformations are such that we speak of "Haussmannian" buildings for the many buildings built along the wide avenues cut through in Paris under his responsibility.
Are you thinking about building a new house in the next year or so? Learn my best tips for building a new house so you can avoid costly mistakes & do-overs.
We are building our dream home! Since we moved to Charleston, we have been keeping our eye a beautiful neighborhood on Johns Island, just 5 minutes away from our current house. Last week we decided to jump in with both feet and went under contract on a lot with perfect marsh views. We are using a small custom home builder…
WE ARE BUILDING A HOME PT 2: HOW TO BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME If you would have asked me if I could ever imagine building a home just a few months ago, I would have laughed and said, "no way!" I thought building your own home would be intimidating, way…
Follow these 11 tips to stay on budget while still building a Pinterest-worthy home for your family to enjoy for years to come!
The fundamental question at the start of any project is ‘how much will it cost?’. There are obvious factors that influence the final figure - the size, design, build quality and environmental performance, for example. However, there are also a number of additional costs beyond the home itself that are often missed out of initial budget estimates and can come as a surprise further down the road. Discover what goes into the total cost of a building your own home.Designing your new homeDesigning yo
There is so much to be considered before starting the house building process. I’m going to share with you six things you have to consider.
Buildings come in a wide variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and over the centuries we've gotten pretty good at constructing them.
This guide is designed to help a new home buyer build a house using a builder, including how to find the best builder and team members.
Hi! It’s been quite a while since I have posted… we have been busy busy! There is a lot to fill you in on. The short story is we closed on our lot in August 2020 and spent quite a bit of time in the planning stages (highly recommended and I STILL didn’t plan for everything). It took months to…
Building a house or thinking about it? Here are the six big reasons you might blow your construction budget and what you can do to avoid it.
Are you thinking about building a house? Below are ten things we learned while building our house. Use these to make building your dream home a snap!
Are you thinking about building a new house in the next year or so? Learn my best tips for building a new house so you can avoid costly mistakes & do-overs.
Are you thinking about building a house? Below are ten things we learned while building our house. Use these to make building your dream home a snap!
