Not everyone enjoys eating dinner off a lap tray, no matter how tight the limitations on living space. So, how can we incorporate a formal little dining spot into a super compact interior floor plan? Get set to receive 40 inspirational and practical ideas on how to set up a comfortable small dining room no . . .
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Compact And Cool Blue Interiors With Warm Accents
Bright blue and grey decor fills these three small home interiors with a cool and breezy vibe. These chilled interior designs come along with warm accents to build spaces that feel welcoming and homey. Rattan pendant shades, natural timber elements and floors, and even some splashes of gold and red turn up the heat. A . . .
How To Add Areas Of Interest To Dark Decor Schemes
Dark decor paints a suave and sophisticated aesthetic, but it’s easy for the effect to fall flat in the shadows. This is why it’s important to introduce elements of added visual interest, either by unexpected lighting solutions or with unusual furniture choices. Our first home design uses both of these concepts to shake up a . . .
White & Light Wood Interiors Under 120 Square Metres (With Floor Plans)
Each measuring under 120 square metres, these three modern home designs use a base of fresh white and light golden wooden tone to build an uplifting homey vibe. We begin our trio of tours with a home that employs smooth caramel and smoky grey accents to bring added warmth and depth. Next comes a bold . . .
Creating Polished Interior Designs Under 40 Square Metres
When there’s not a lot of space to work with, putting the creative polish on interior design becomes all the more essential. Each square metre of space must be considered for storage and for style. It becomes imperative to pair back to what is relevant, and what negatively disrupts the sense of space. As we . . .
Harmonised Grey And Beige Decor
As the world of interiors continues to embrace the grey and beige decor palette, we’re paying special attention to a home that perfectly harmonises this warm meets cool combo. This modern interior, visualised by Ira Lysiuk, displays a beautiful balance of each tone through colour blocking and contrasting textures. Bespoke furniture maximises the floor space . . .
Cozy Boho Interiors With Botanical Boosts
Cozy bohemian character shapes these two welcoming home designs, one buzzing with Mediterranean colour, the other chilled in monochrome. The element that these two interiors do have in common is a plethora of enlivening botanical beauty. Indoor plants and dried displays bring feathered texture and height to eclectic layouts. Wood and rattan components make earthy . . .
Black Framed Glass Wall Bedrooms And Open Plan Living
Striking black frames build the glass wall bedrooms of these four open plan modern apartments. These dominating structures are balanced out with dark accented lounges and sleek kitchen diners, all seated within cool grey base decor. Wooden elements up the visual temperature and build a welcoming ambience. Striking pendant lighting helps to create zoning within . . .
3 Home Plans That Are Just Around 46 Square Meters (500 square feet)
Around 46 square meters (500 square feet) of space set the challenge for these three unique small home plans. Despite limitations, the modern trio set the bar high for style and small space innovation. We visit a light flat with an integrated kitchen island/dining table design and one storage packed bathroom. In contrast, we’ll tour . . .
Brutalist Japanese Lake House
This amazing 640 square metre lakeside guesthouse is a brutalist masterpiece by architects Nikken Sekkei, located in Japan. The concrete house was designed to unfold as a continuous spiral that would reveal more of the changing lakeside view with each step taken. It’s not only the magnificent view that envelops this lake house, but the . . .
Small Home Design With Split Mezzanines
The renovation of a 75 square metre space into a multi-faceted family home presented some challenges for the designer team at Buro White. The brief called for the new layout to include an open plan lounge/kitchen/dining room, a separate children’s area, multiple bedrooms, a dressing room, a family bathroom, a shower room, a laundry room . . .
Interiors That Exude Warmth Through Soft Brown & Grey Decor
Warmth exudes from these three modern home interiors, through rich brown and grey colour palettes, natural wood tone and soft lighting. Such a palette feels like a hug to come home to, or an inviting blanket to snuggle up in. However, there is nothing remotely fluffy about these homes. These are spaces that are shaped . . .
Styling Three 70 Square Metre Home Interiors [With Floor Plans]
70 square metres of interior space begin the brief for these three fresh home designs, but the final results are very different stories. First off, a high ceilinged apartment has been converted from a single level living space to a double story home with bold Scandi colour. Next up, we discover a high-end interior where . . .
Relaxed Spaces With Minimalist Vibes
Peaceful in their resolute minimalism, these four modern home designs are a picture of harmonious decor and simplicity. Each one of the home layouts are pared back to only what is necessary whilst remaining stylish, sophisticated and oh so comfortable. The calming living room schemes revolve around crisp contemporary sofa designs rather than a multitude . . .
Creating Well Rounded Interiors With Circle Themes & Orange Accents
If orange is your colour, then we certainly have a juicy treat for you. These four bright home designs feature tangerine, pumpkin and apricot accents in no small measures. Bold murals, textured feature walls and hero furniture pieces combine to make orange decor schemes that are characterful and energised. To go alongside the eye-catching colour . . .
Unique Family Hive Home In India
A decorative armour of geometric metal blocks builds the unique façade of this 600 square metre luxury home in Surat, Gujarat, India, designed by Openideas Architects. The form of the ‘Hive’ family home was inspired by the client’s profession in making machines for the diamond industry, and hexagonal structures found in honeycomb. An entire year’s . . .
51 Gorgeous Green Dining Rooms With Tips And Accessories To Help You Design Yours
Revitalising, invigorating, fresh and sublime, green dining rooms create good vibes. A green scheme can be cool and calm in minty hues, deeply sophisticated in emerald and forest shades, or energised in saturated lime. Whatever your character and energy, green is an adaptable choice. Singe feature walls and coordinated accessories are an ideal way to . . .
Small Apartments With Functionality And Flair
At just under 40 square metres these three home designs are comfortably compact. Careful layouts and bespoke furniture designs ensure that layouts look spacious and uncluttered despite limited floor dimensions. Calming shades of grey, black and white colour the interiors so that the close quarters never feel overwhelming, but rather more sleek and stylishly minimalist. . . .
Amphitheater Style Lakeside Home with Sloping Courtyard Design
An elevated courtyard is the integral cog in the working of this unique 570 square metre residence in Saphan Sung, Thailand, designed by architectural team WARchitect. WIth landscaping by Ginggaanbai, the central courtyard connects all of the interior spaces and constructs universal garden views. Although this lush space is the heart of the home, it’s . . .
Modern Vietnamese Homes With Green Atriums
Atriums bring in glorious natural light and a feeling of uplifting spaciousness. In the case of these three stunning interior designs, the atrium is also a wonderful opportunity to introduce nature’s green beauty, which instills a sense of peace and rejuvenation into the home. Young trees grow within the walls of these houses, which fashions . . .
Shaping Slick Dark Interiors With Black & Grey Decor
Dark and decidedly slick, these black and grey interiors push the boundaries on great taste and modern home design. Charcoal living rooms play on a theme of shadows and highlights to shape layouts that are intriguing and ambiguous. Slatted dividers, stone walls and textured elements take on added prominence in the low light. Graphite kitchens . . .