If the kids – and kidults – are driving you nuts by gaming in your main family space or, perhaps worse, shut away alone in their rooms, perhaps you can make way for a small games room that’s out of your way, but not out of the way? You don’t […]
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Image source: Getty Images You may want to spend your money elsewhere. Key points The cost of renovating a home can be very high. Before you spend your money, consider whether your home improvements will really deliver the value you expect them to, and whether they’ll be too disruptive to […]
Would you buy a house from a magazine publisher? How about if that magazine were Dwell, a publication that’s been an arbiter of good design and living well since it debuted at the start of the millennium? If your answer is “yes,” then today is your lucky day, as Dwell […]
Fernanda Marques Arquitetos Associados is behind this jaw-dropping design, where the client requested a swimming pool *inside* his apartment in Brazil. The glass-enclosed pool offers a focal point and lots of entertainment for those hanging out in the double-height living room. Photo: © Dusit International While leaning towards the minimalist […]
Owen Humphreys, Courtesy of Jupiter Artland Above: For the 10th anniversary of Jupiter Artland, a sculpture park in Scotland, Joana Vasconcelos created a wild pool decorated with more than 11,000 colorful hand-painted Portuguese tiles. A high-flying cannonball isn’t the only way to make a splash with a pool. Although most […]
In addition to underestimating the budget, Cutler believes that DIY’ers also get carried away with all of the various options: “We have all been there in the plumbing showroom looking at all those amazing options: Body sprays, steam, heated floors, and even talking toilets, but they all come at a […]