If you happen to be a book lover or a voracious reader, it is likely that you have built up quite a collection of books over the years. Home libraries help you organize your book collection, make it easier to find books and make reading fun and relaxing within the comforts of your home. Here . . .
Category: General
This section includes general topics that don’t fall into any other category.
The Futuristic Car of A.D. 2040
It is not usual for a home design blog to feature an automobile. But I guess it depends on what your definition of an automobile really is. Ever wondered about a day when your entire home is nothing but an evolved version of the ‘automobile’ itself? Sure, we have all seen self driving cars with . . .
IKEA 2010 Catalog
The much awaited IKEA 2010 Catalog has been put up on IKEA’s official website now.(Thanks for the Tip AT!) As usual the designs are truly inspirational and an interesting point to note here is that many of the price points have been kept the same as last years. View Online | Download If you want . . .
14 Insanely Cool Car Garage Designs
Italian sports car manufacturer Maserati, in partnership with Architectural Digest Magazine recently held a contest that invited applicants to design a dream garage fit for parking a Maserati. The garage design contest received many interesting entries and Maserati just now announced the winning design. The winning garage design was by Holger Schubert from LA in . . .
Stunning Paper Crafts from Ingrid Siliakus
You have already seen the intricate paper castle designed by Wataru Itou that we featured before. It seems there are quite a few people specializing in paper crafts. Traditionally, Paper Architecture is the art of creating an object out of a single piece of paper. We came across an artist named Ingrid Siliakus who specializes . . .
Dream Paper Castle!
Architecture and design intrigue us – whatever the scale, whatever the medium. And Wataru Itou, an art student from Tokyo just wins us over with this wonderful paper craft art installation he showed off at an exhibition in Japan. The installation is hand made, complete with electrical lights and a moving train, all made of . . .
Top 100 Architecture Firms in US and Britain
Popular architecture magazines conduct periodic surveys to estimate who is at the top each year. Architect Magazine and Architect’s Journal recently compiled a list of the top architecture and design firms in US and UK based on surveys. Click the link below to see list: Top Architecture & Design Firms In The World
Follow Home-Designing On Facebook, Twitter
Just thought we would mention this in a post for our regular followers and subscribers. If you are an avid user of the popular social networking platform Facebook, you can connect and exchange ideas with other interior design enthusiasts just like you through our Facebook Group. Members can upload photos, share design links, and converse . . .
Laundry Room Storage, Organization and Inspiration
Laundry rooms are typically a home organizer’s nightmare. They are those little messy rooms that just keep getting cluttered no matter how hard you try to organize them. Here are few simple and bright ideas to helpy you make your laundry room a better and more inviting place. [Via] Tips for Designing a Laundry Room . . .
Google holds shelter design competition!
Okay, this one is for the designers out there. Starting today(June 8, 2009, Frank Lloyd Wright’s 142nd birthday), Google is holding the Design It: Shelter Competition that challenges participants to create a simple shelter for a specific geographic location anywhere in the world. According to Google, the inspiration for ‘Design It’ comes from Frank Lloyd . . .
Cool Foldable Stairs From Designer Aaron Tang
Designers often think up of ingenious ways to redefine common place products and items. See for example this foldable staircase design from industrial designer Aaron Tang. Though it basically looks and functions as a staircase, Aaron calls it a ‘redefined door’ as it is “an element of a wall that allowed passageway to another environment . . .
Obamas to fund interior designer personally
If you have been keeping tabs on our post on US Presidents and their (Oval) offices, you might have noticed us sneaking in an update on Barack Obama’s office. Yes, he has hired the LA based designer Michael S. Smith to dream up a new look for the White House, but not just that, now . . .
Great tree houses by Baumraum
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 . . .
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 . . .