A blank canvas is white, but not every blank canvas is waiting for a brushstroke to make it complete. The three homes featured in this post are feature bright white walls, cool cream furniture, and plenty of blank open space. But the designs of these homes do not cry out for more color or more . . .
Category: Designs by Style
Here you will find designs classified according to their style. Classic, Modern, Contemporary, Country, French style, Italian, Spanish, Oriental, Chinese, Japanese, well… you get the drift.
Minimalist Luxury From Asia: 3 Stunning Homes By Free Interior
When a home is allowed to celebrate the beauty of minimalism, it can end up feeling sparse or even cold. But the three houses included in this post, from the team at Free Interior, are anything but cold while still staying true to many minimalist ideals. The spaces each include warm color combinations, soft textures, . . .
Minimalist Inspirations from Oporski Architektura
This is hardly the first time we have mentioned minimalism on this blog, but few designers do minimalism quite as well as those at Oporski Architektura, who we have featured before. Every room in these homes doesn’t just have a place for everything, it has only the most basic, most necessary things. This goes for . . .
Dark Themed Interiors: Using Grey Effectively For Interior Design
A grey day is dreary and cool and can put you into a bit of a funk. So why would you want to bring that drizzly, damp color into your home? Because it can actually be a beautiful and seductive neutral. After all, it’s no mistake that the hit book-turned-film 50 Shades of Grey uses . . .
Homes that Use a Concrete Finish to Achieve Beautiful Results
Wood, plaster, tile, wallpaper, brick. There are so many different ways to cover the walls of a home – some of which are actually the complete absence of covering. While ancient castles hung elaborate tapestries to cover the cold, barren stone of their walls, today many modern designers celebrate the aesthetic of bare concrete. What . . .
5 Houses That Put a Modern Twist on Exposed Brick
While the thought of exposed brick might call to mind a hole-in-the-wall Italian bistro, there are a lot of ways that this classic look can be incorporated into a modern space. The five homes in this post range from the dark and sleek to sunny and welcoming but each uses the unique texture and feel . . .
Scandinavian Apartment With Adorable Art and Classic Colors
We have certainly seen some marvelous representations of the Scandinavian aesthetic on this blog before, but it is a theme that carries so well into modern design ideals and truly livable style that it’s worth revisiting. This apartment, with an interior designed by Duc Jimmi at Talenti Design, holds true to many of the elements . . .
Korean Interior Design Inspiration
No country or culture can be defined by one style of design. However, the region where a design grows up, learns, and lives can certainly influence his or her style. In this post, we explore selections from the portfolio of Jung wook Han, a Seoul-based interior designer who draws inspiration from traditional Korean aesthetic ideals . . .
Warm Modern Interior Design
When you invite someone into your home, you want them to feel comfortable. Not “take up residence on the sofa and stay a few weeks” comfortable, more like “take off your shoes and enjoy an aperitif” comfortable. There’s a lot to be said for how interior design can make guests feel welcome. These apartments from . . .
Moroccan Style Interior Design
Situated in Northern Africa, as one of the only three countries to have a coastline along both the Atlantic and Mediterranean, Morocco has often been the subject of lush and romantic fantasy. The country is extremely diverse, with residents that are Arab, Berber, and many European and sub-Saharan African immigrants. The interior design that originates . . .
Stylish Scandinavian Apartment in Murmansk
The reality of any living space is often quite different from the pictures presented in books on on blogs. In this Scandinavian apartment, from designer Denis Krasikov, has the distinction of looking lived in while still appearing picture perfect. If you love the Scandinavian style, you will definitely enjoy the following two posts: 50 Scandinavian . . .
Stark, Sharp & Minimalistic Interiors By Oporski Architektura
The team at Oporski Architektura is dedicated to the serenity of minimalist design. In the three interiors presented here, we will see the many ways in which the designers are able to play with just a few simple colors and use creative lines and shapes to make each home, and each room in the home, . . .
French Interior Design: The Beautiful Parisian Style
The French have never been accused of sacrificing style for anything. While modern Paris may have moved away from powdered wigs and bustles, there is still a certain stylistic effort in everything they do. Though these Parisian homes do not share just one style, each takes a cue from the French attention to detail while . . .
A Super Minimalist Modern Apartment In White
We are smitten by this modern minimalist’s dream of an apartment designed by St.Petersburg based Modom Studio. The design brief for this 89 square meter (958 square feet) involved setting up a living space for a very mobile couple with a special emphasis on absolute use of white, clean design. The studio designed them a . . .
Zen Inspired Interior Design
Our homes should be the place where we feel most calm and peace, and what better style to promote these feelings of serenity than a zen inspired space, like those featured in our Japanese Zen Gardens post and our look at Japanese Style Interior Design. In this post we’re focussing not only on traditional Japanese . . .
Colorful, Exuberant Interior Design: Inspiration from W Retreat & Spa, Vieques Island
When it comes to threading an exciting vibe throughout a sophisticated interior, a peppering of color can really make or break the scheme. To help us study this style, we’ve found the perfect example in the design aesthetic at W Retreat & Spa-Vieques Island, where lead designer, Spanish-born Patricia Urquiola, of Milan-based Studio Urquiola, has . . .
Design Inspiration For Small Apartments (Less Than 600 square feet)
It’s a small world they say, and so are many of our apartments! This article explores a couple of homes that have a dinky floor plan that comes in below 600 square feet, offering plenty of wonderful inspiration for those of us revamping the interiors of our modestly proportioned homes. Recommended reading: A 40 square . . .
Beautiful Balinese Style House In Hawaii
Located on the big island, this Hawaiian home has been decorated in a modern, sumptuous Balinese style that was inspired by temples and traditional palaces. Created by Olson Kundig Architects, this striking build is fully submerged the Indonesian theme, including décor, furnishings and artefacts. Images Courtesy of ArchitectsList & Olson Kundig
Some Stunningly Beautiful Examples Of Modern Asian Minimalistic Decor
This collection of minimalist Asian interior inspiration, which comes to us courtesy of Fertility Design, features rooms from four separate home designs that whilst not overly complicated, all exhibit eye-catching flair. Each incorporates small pops of inviting color and art collections that make every one of them feel like a welcoming home. If you enjoyed . . .
Making The Most Out Of Small Apartments Using Transformable Spaces
We’re exploring the ideas behind some refreshingly handy transformable spaces, from BosaSPACE homes, where a whole host of slide-away and fold-away furniture solutions seem to secretly fill every nook and cranny. You may be familiar with common two-in-one pieces like lift top coffee tables, but these selections take multipurpose functionality to a whole new level. . . .
Bathroom Vanity Ideas
We all have bathroom clutter, it just goes with the territory; makeup, aftershaves, lotions, potions and little piles of discarded jewelry, it all adds up! Before you know it, your beloved bath tub retreat can disappear under a heap of sundries that no one has the time or energy to sort out, and so it . . .