Baumraum is specialised in the planning and realisation of treehouses and other constructions in natural surroundings. Baumraum’s philosophy: We transform your individual ideas and wishes into ingenious and inspiring dwellings that combine versatility with craftsmanship of the highest quality and maximum safety standards. A major objective thereby is to handle the trees and their surroundings . . .
Category: General
This section includes general topics that don’t fall into any other category.
Spaces for Pets At Home
All this while, we have been posting about how to make your home beautiful and make it a more beautiful place for YOU to live in. Have you ever thought about your pets? Ever wondered how they find your home and whether it is comfortable for them to live too? No? Here is your chance . . .
Secret Places Inside Homes!
Though quite uncommon it is not entirely outrageous for people to have covert hidden places inside their home. These places sometimes act as a panic room that keeps the inhabitants of the home secure during an emergency. But more often it is for the sheer thrill of having a secret niche within their homes that . . .
Beautiful Stairs
Stair design is a tricky subject. One of the many challenges that designers face is making them less conspicuous and yet syncing them well with the rest of the design. Easier said than done! But we came across a stair designer who does this brilliantly. Watch how the stairs from Scale Nilur not only just . . .
Decks, Patios and other Sweet Spots
Not all of us are lucky enough to have a house with a view. The few of them who are lucky enough will understand that having a view alone is not enough. You need a sweet tranquil spot at your home to take in and appreciate the view. Well designed patios and decks do just . . .
Innovative CD and DVD Storage Solutions
Face it, everyone’s got their own CD and DVD storage problems. But it’s how you deal with them that ultimately determines how much of a clutter-free person you will be in life! In this post, we take a look at some of the common solutions that people have come up with for combating DVD clutter. . . .
Reading Nooks – Set 2
Reading nooks are those nice little nooks in your home where you don’t mind spending a whole day buried up reading a novel or catching up on magazines. The design of these places can be tricky, as usually, focus on comfort overrides aesthetics when you create these spaces. But that doesn’t mean these reading nooks . . .
Christmas Special – 1
Oh, we have shifted to top Christmas gear not just with our christmas rendition of logo and feed icons but also with clean fresh Christmas content! In this post, we give you the gyan on decorating your christmas tree and also bring you some of our favourite christmas shots from around the web. Here we . . .
Walkthroughs
In this post, we have lined up a few walkthroughs for you. Not the ones you would expect, usually. First is the interior of a Boeing 747, second, the Ritz Hotel, and the third, the Penthouse Suite at the Bellagio. All these are videos apparently, so if you are reading this through e-mail you will . . .
Bachelor Pads
Bachelor pads are notoriously stereotyped as messy, poorly taken care of places with clothes carelessly strewn about floors and with refrigerators populated with stale food. These places are portrayed to be occupied with men with a hedonistic approach to life that’s all about having fun and very little to do with life’s mundane chores which . . .
Indoor Gardens
For those living in apartments, sometimes indoor gardens may be the only source of greenery that they can hope to have. Though they would be short on space it doesn’t mean they cannot be beautiful. Take a look at this vertical garden in AstraZeneca’s office in Sweden designed by Michael Hellgren: Hellgreen has more to . . .
More Themed Hotel Rooms
Sometimes, hotels can provide excellent inspiration for home. If you remember, we had previously featured an interesting hotel having some bizarre themes. Here is something more for you. These shots are from Fox Hotel, Copenhagen. 21 international artists from the fields of graphic design, urban art and illustration turned Hotel Fox to a piece of . . .
Stairs
Function wise, stairs enable you to move between different levels of elevation, but form wise they enable expression. In this post, we look at some stairs that deviate from the stereotype. If you have been through our previous post on Ideas for that space under the stairs, you may already be familiar with the book . . .
Bizarre Themed Rooms
The Propeller Island Lodge in Berlin, Germany, is famous for its bizarre themed rooms. The hotel has about 45 rooms each styled with its own set of unique furnishings. Some of them are beautiful, all of them are odd! These rooms were designed by Lars Stroschen. Take a look at a few of them here: . . .
Flowers on Balconies
These days with people moving to apartments there is hardly a yard on the ground to spare for gardening. If you have a balcony or a deck off your main living area you could try somethings out. Here is some inspiration for you… Featuring some soothingly inspirational(and floral!) balconies… by Eric by Ashlee Russel by . . .
Download Recent IKEA Catalogues
IKEA Catalogues are a huge source of inspiration for people wolrd over. IKEA tries to outdo itself each year with a new set of cool designs from its stables. Furniture and interior design enthusiasts worship IKEA catalogues and it is hardly surprising that they outnumber the Bible in printing and circulation! In this post, we . . .
Spanish Style Homes
Spanish homes have a classical beauty which you can rarely find elsewhere. Usually asymmetrical in layout and sporting arched doorways, small balconies, curved roof tiles, stucco exterior walls, courtyard entrances and lush green natural gardens, they exhibit an alluring Mediterranean charm that is hard to miss… In this post we feature some spanish style home . . .
Space saving furniture
Space is a constraint that is beginning to hit us these days. With an ever rising population, the demand for space is only bound to increase with time. In this post we feature some intelligent space saving furniture that would be ideal for small space living. What would you say if we told you all . . .
Lighting Inspiration
Lighting is a key element of any comfortable home. In addition to enabling you to move around safely at night, on a decoration level, lighting gives mood to your room. In this post, we will give you a description about the common terms used in lighting also feature some brilliantly lit bedrooms. Ambient Lighting Ambient . . .