In 2001 I did a personal unpublished project with model and friend Kirsten Owen at her house in Surrey, documenting her wearing every bit of 'free'
In connection with his planning assignment for the Stenius company, architects Aino Marsio-Aalto and Alvar Aalto acquired a plot at Riihitie in Munkkiniemi in 1934, ...
House in Tinos in village Berdemiaros upstairs house ...
In connection with his planning assignment for the Stenius company, architects Aino Marsio-Aalto and Alvar Aalto acquired a plot at Riihitie in Munkkiniemi in 1934, ...
Unique greek traditional design in this house, located in Doli- Mani in Greece.
Architects Armas Lindgren and Wivi Lönn designed a clinic and apartment building for the Estonian ophthalmologist Friedrich Akel, constructed in 1911–12. The house has commercial ...
Arkkitehdin suunnittelema upea kesähuvila katselee merimaisemaa korkealta kalliolta.
Huvila & Huussin maanantaina jaksossa sisustusarkkitehti Mikko Vesanen ja remonttikoordinaattori Vilja Schepel laittavat uusiksi hyvin perinteisen 90-luvulla rakennetun pyöröhirsimökin.
Xinara House is a newly-restored classic Cyclades stone-built house from the 17th-18th centuries. There are ancient decorative marble fa...
Honkatalojen modernit huvilat ja talot edustavat uutta, tämän ajan puu- ja hirsitaloarkkitehtuuria. Tutustu modernien talojen ja huviloiden mallistoon!
Honka log home and cabin kits are the perfect choice when you’re looking for an easy and effective way to build a healthy and ecological log home.
Honka-hirsitalot ja hirsimökit valmistetaan suomalaisesta massiivipuusta 60 vuoden kokemuksella kotimaisin voimin. Tutustu mallistoon!
Honka log home and cabin kits are the perfect choice when you’re looking for an easy and effective way to build a healthy and ecological log home.
Aalto designed this house for his friend and fellow academician Joonas Kokkonen in 1967–69. It was built on a wooded plot that slopes down westward. ...
Hirsitalo merkitsee terveellistä ja ekologisesti kestävää asumista. Toteuta perinteisen näköinen, tunnelmallinen hirsitalo sinulle sopivalla tavalla.
Honka log home and cabin kits are the perfect choice when you’re looking for an easy and effective way to build a healthy and ecological log home.
Xinara House is a stunning holiday villa set on the island of Tinos. This 17th Century holiday home has been beautifully renovated.
The edifices of ancient Greece are sights, worthy of admiration, both for the tourists as well as for the learners of the subject. Here's a brief insight into the complexity that the ancient Greek architects worked into their designs.
my sister is pregnant, due in august. i've been trying to help her increase her maternity wardrobe by picking up fun maternity clothing piec...
In the 1910s, the architect Oiva Kallio gained fame as a villa designer. The architect’s own summer-house, Villa Oivala, built on the island of Villinki ...
Kaksiosainen kesämökin sivurakennus on sijoitettu upealle kalliolle, josta aukeaa kaunis meren ulappa.
The architecture firm M.A.R.K. Arkkitehtitoimisto Mäntylä Oy led by Finnish architect Seppo Mäntylä has designed The Wave House a single-family homed located in Mikkeli, Finland. Architect’s Statement: The Wave house is a log house. Walls are made out of glass and log made of spruce. The curve...
Honka log homes provide a cozy and warm living environment with natural building materials, high indoor air quality and a stress-reducing atmosphere.
Romantiikkaa, rustiikkia ja valkoisia pintoja. Carolina henkii maalaisromantiikkaa jo ulko-ovella. Koristeelliset yksityiskohdat ja isot terassit ovat oleellinen osa Carolinan viehättävyyttä.
my sister is pregnant, due in august. i've been trying to help her increase her maternity wardrobe by picking up fun maternity clothing pieces from second-hand stores. i managed to find some great deals at my local salvation army and value village stores on some nice pieces to add to her collection. the other day, i contemplated buying her a haramaki, to add to her maternity wardrobe. a haramaki is a belly protector, originally a component of samurai armour, and made of silk and lined with chain mail or iron. these days, the haramaki is a japanese fashion accessory, which is essentially a tube-top worn around the midriff. bella bands are a similar product, specifically marketed at pregnant women. it is supposed to allow them to extend the life of their pre-pregnancy clothing by hiding open buttons and zippers; and by covering the belly that won't fit under non-maternity shirts. in addition to extending the functional wardrobe, the haramaki/belly band keeps the belly warm and protected. it also provides light support to the belly and lower back. according to Haramaki Love, these belly bands also aid in digestion and circulation. see their list of benefits here both products retail for around $30. i figured i could make something for a small fraction of that cost. i did some searching on the internet for belly band tutorials, but i didn't find anything i loved. so i decided to play around with it a bit. having recently cleaned out my closet, i had a bag of items ready to send to the women's shelter. from there, i chose 4 shirts, all made of 2-way stretch knit material (so it will stretch over the belly in length and width). i wound up using two identical tees from RW&Co (teal and red); a grey tee from Joe; and a white tee from the Gap. at this point, i decided to make 2 reversible bands, with 2 layers of fabric each, rather than 4 individual bands. the teal and red shirts even had some funky ruching along the sides which i managed to preserve for the belly band. the next step was to decide on a length for the belly bands and cut off the tops of all 4 shirts accordingly. i chose approximately 14", which was about the distance from armpit to hem on all 4 of my shirts. the finished belly band will be slightly less than 14", depending on your seam allowance. i paired up my shirts, and got started on the first double-layer belly band. but, for a single layer belly-band, you could just fold over and finish the raw edge. then you'd be done. for a reversible band, keep reading... turn one band inside-out (white) and keep one band right-side-out (grey). put one band inside the other, with the right-sides facing each other. the inside-out band (white) will be on the outside, and the right-side-out band (grey) will be on the inside (insert head-scratching here). pin the bands together, and then sew them together, sewing around the top of the unfinished edges only. be sure to use a stretch stitch. turn the bands around so that they are now wrong-side facing wrong-side (right-sides outward), and sew the bands together along the bottom (finished edge). this line of stitching will show on both sides of the fabric (depending on your thread colour). my stretch-stitch is kinda decorative, so i don't mind it that way. that's really all there is to it. once i'd planned it out in my head, making these bands didn't take long. for now, this is the best finished-product photo i've got. once my sister receives her reversible belly bands in the mail, i'll post a haramaki action-shot. ;) if you don't have a sewing machine, or can't manage a DIY belly band/haramaki. you can order one from Haramaki Love. their product is proudly made in Canada.
