Lovely Pendant Lighting by Secto Design

Finished by Secto Design, the below Scandinavian pendant lamp is a new focal point of your living or dining room. Entitled the Octo, this stylish lamp design could make an amazing focal point overhead and is available in a palette of great colors. The lamp is not only perfect for lighting up your space but it will be a new center piece to your space as well. Designed by architect Seppo Koho, the lamp gets a Scandinavian look from its thin strips of Finnish birch plywood that is bent and glued to create a bulb-shaped diffuser. This oversized pendant lamp will be an ideal complement to your dining room, kitchen or living room. Visit Secto Design for details.

November 13th, 2010 Category: Lamps Tags: contemporary lighting design, cool pendant lamp, finnish birch plywood, modern lamp design, modern lighting, pendant lamp design, pendant lighting, scandinavian lamp design, stylish lamp design

Designing Kitchen Paint Colors

Kitchen is the heart of every home. The paint color in your kitchen impacts the mood of the room and so influences how comfortable you and others are when working or socializing in the kitchen. Though the color scheme in your kitchen should coordinate with the rest of your home, the color should be restful and stimulating, relaxing and inspiring. Warm Colors Red is a warm, almost hot color used only if there is a minimum of wall space. Too much red may cause feelings of anxiousness as the color…

November 13th, 2010 Category: Home & Garden Tips. Tags: antique white, country style kitchen, dark shades kitchen, Kitchen Design, kitchen space, kitchen walls design, neutral colors kitchen color, shades of blue, slate gray kitchen, tuscan style kitchens, warm colors usage

Contemporary Wooden Lake House

Everyone must love to have great scenery that can be seen from their house. It isnâ€™t necessary that you canâ€™t have awesome water views if your home doesnâ€™t located near an ocean. It could be located on shores of some lake like this house on shores of Lake Walensee in Switzerland. The Walensee House is designed by K_M Architektur and features not only view of the lake but also view of beautiful mountains nearby. The house is so fantastic since it is being surrounded by nature;…

November 13th, 2010 Category: Other Design. Tags: architecture work, beauty in simplicity, contemporary architecture, contemporary wooden house, minimalist style, minimalistic wooden house, modern wooden house, wood house design, wooden house, wooden lake house

Houses Built Over a Waterfall â€“ Fallingwater â€“

Never comes in anyoneâ€™s mind before to live above a waterfall. Fallingwater is the name of a very special house that is built over a waterfall. The house instantly became famous, and today it is a National Historic Landmark. Imagine the house, that doesnâ€™t even appear to stand on solid ground, but instead stretches out over a 30? waterfall. Because itâ€™s very unusual and rather unbelievable, such structure captured everyone minds right after first publications about it. The house…

November 13th, 2010 Category: Home Design. Tags: fallingwater house, great architecture, national historic landmark, unique house design, unusual house design

Light and Airy Tropical House

When it comes to holidays, people will love tropical house to live in. Tropical houses are usually designed like retreats. The weather is good so thereâ€™s no need to set up the boundary between indoors and outdoors. This house is one of such houses designed in modern style. The house is fully features an eclectic blend of designer finishes with uber-cool industrial chic touches. While the soaring ceilings, limestone floors and a hinged wall window make it very light and airy. The interior is…

November 13th, 2010 Category: Home Design. Tags: home automation, house security systems, modern house design, modern style, open plan kitchen, plunge pool, tropical house designs, tropical houses, very light and airy house

Sustainable House with Raw Stone Exterior

Camel Quarry House is built on the footprint of the burnt out ruin of the original house. The site features great views of natural landscape and blends with it very well the exterior which done in raw stones combined with several wood inserts. Its form is simple â€“ a rugged face reflecting the quarry and estuary and a smoother faÃ§ade facing the more sheltered, rural landscape. The original house might be very different since the new house is an informal, practical and low energy family home.…

November 12th, 2010 Category: Other Design. Tags: environmentally sustainable house design, ground source heat pumps, modern sustainable home design, natural landscape, rough stone house cladding, stone house design, stone house walls, stone houses, sustainable sources

Thoughtful Basement Apartment Interior

Luxury airplanes and boats are perfect examples of smart organization of small living spaces. People have to be creative when they have limited space. Steve Sauerâ€™s 182 square foot apartment is located in the basement of a 102-year-old Settle building and is another example of very thoughtful interior design. The owner combined custom furniture with IKEA and West Elm products to get most of its tiny space. He must work hard to think about every detail in this tiny apartment. There are plenty…

November 12th, 2010 Category: Home Design. Tags: basement apartment, custom furniture, small apartment decorating, small apartment design, small apartment interior, small apartment interior design, small living spaces, smart organization, tiny apartment design

Simple, Clean and Sophisticated Condominium

Beirut Residence is a luxury apartment located in Marina Towers building, Beirut, Lebanon. The tower looks simple, clean and sophisticated. It is designed by Joe Serrins Studio. There are a lot of unique things implemented in its interior design. For example, the craftsmanship on walls and ceiling is truly amazing. They are perfectly harmonizes with the rest interior yet adds cool, not overwhelming accents. The 5,000-square-foot condominium also features an amazing view of the city because it is…

November 12th, 2010 Category: Home Design. Tags: condominium decorating, condominium design, condominium interior design, Lebanon homes, luxury apartment, luxury houses, sophisticated interior design