Ozmatique

2011-03-04T05:00:00.001+08:00

The exercise mat can double as extra sleeping.
First pic from Livingetc. Last 2 pics from Shootfactory.

2011-03-02T05:00:00.010+08:00

From Beach Studios
via http://www.desiretoinspire.net/blog/2008/11/27/more-beach-studios.html

2011-02-28T05:00:00.002+08:00

Outdoor showers can be a luxurious choice.

From the Outdoor Space Section of livingetc.com

2011-02-25T05:00:00.000+08:00

This San Miguel home was in the colonials section of ABC Realty.

2011-02-23T05:00:00.000+08:00

These CGI houses by Bazooka and Jesrules don't exist yet, but you can have fun drawing up your own plans for them. They still don't have enough windows for me.

More CGI houses can be found here: Amazing Renderings of Beautiful Houses

2011-02-21T05:00:00.000+08:00

This "21st Century Hut in the Woods" by Michael Proscia is still only a concept. You can check out all the other entries in the contest here.

2011-02-18T05:00:00.000+08:00

Micro Compact Home
It looks a bit spartan but a favorite duvet, wall hangings and books could change all that. Yes, there's a kitchenette and bathroom included.

2011-02-16T06:07:00.000+08:00

I'm always intrigued by houses with an inner yard since it means you don't have to worry about children being snatched off the street as they play, nor would you have to worry as much about letting a toddler out.

And if there were no high-rises alongside, you could have your light and privacy both. No windows made pointless by curtains kept shut all day.

Eggo House -- Designer: A69 Architects, Image Credits: Ester Havlová

2011-02-14T19:52:00.000+08:00

Das Park Hotel Austria

These are supposed to be cool in the summer but not warm enough in the winter. I wonder if setting them into a hillside would keep the temperature the same year round. And I wonder if you could make a house out of setting several of them into a crescent shaped hill.

2008-07-30T11:00:00.000+08:00

horchow.com: chaise HCF8779

2008-07-30T10:53:00.000+08:00

bedbathandbeyond.com: Noritake Colorwave dinnerware - cream

2008-07-30T10:51:00.001+08:00

tracyporter.com: Auguste COQ mug

2008-07-30T10:48:00.000+08:00

sundancecatalog.com: harlequin ceramics

2008-07-30T10:42:00.000+08:00

sundancecatalog.com: Great Falls Table

2008-07-30T10:30:00.001+08:00

chiasso.com: quadrant storage cube

2008-07-30T10:16:00.000+08:00

pointclickhome.com: watertiles by Kohler

2008-02-22T00:05:00.000+08:00

frontgate.com: Laguna Hills, CA: the Bengards

2008-02-22T00:02:00.000+08:00

mac-hoffmann.com

2008-02-21T23:57:00.001+08:00

goin2travel.com: amsterdamescape: amsterdamnest

I looove compact one-room living.

2008-02-21T23:55:00.001+08:00

roche-bobois.com: provinciales: commedia sectional sofa

2008-02-21T23:51:00.001+08:00

prestontphillips.com: architect's residence: Bridgehampton, New York

This is possibly my favorite living room.

2008-02-21T23:48:00.000+08:00

Better Homes and Gardens: Living With Books

2008-02-21T23:46:00.000+08:00

blowingrockproperties.com: bolick

I think that's a sunken living room.

2008-02-21T23:45:00.001+08:00

beautiful-places.com: Sonoma Valley: Cristalwood

2008-02-21T23:36:00.001+08:00

flickr: Anja Cronenberg: marrakech set

2008-02-21T23:34:00.001+08:00

frontgate.com: forget which home

2008-02-21T23:31:00.000+08:00

frontgate.com: Paradise Valley, Arizona - Daron and Ron Barness

Except, if I seldom went through my front door I would try to make my back door the daily eye-soother.

2008-02-21T23:28:00.001+08:00

wkarch.com: Wheeler Kearns Architects: 3 Oaks, Michigan

2008-02-21T23:23:00.001+08:00

beautiful-places.com: Sonoma Valley: Cristalwood

2008-02-21T23:20:00.000+08:00

Hotel Tugu, Bali

2008-02-21T23:18:00.001+08:00

cityvillage.ltd.uk

2008-02-21T23:07:00.000+08:00

customtrailerconversions.com

I love to get the most use out of the smallest space. Huge spaces had better have some redeeming flight of windows or I see a huge house merely as a pain to clean and all that wasted space as a clutter magnet, as I almost can not walk into a room without dropping stuff all over the floor. Any ranch house of mine would soon look like the Salvation Army was holding an emergency mission there. So I prefer an airy house with a tiny footprint.

2008-02-21T21:17:00.000+08:00

customtrailerconversions.com

2008-02-21T21:13:00.001+08:00

sunset.com: breezy room

2008-02-21T21:10:00.001+08:00

sunset.com: photo: Alec Heimer

2008-02-21T21:06:00.001+08:00

roche-bobois.com

One of my mom's favorites, but otherwise a great waste of space and clutter-catcher for people like me who can't keep from dropping stuff all over the floor within 10 minutes of walking in.

2008-02-21T20:59:00.001+08:00

lovingamsterdam.com: 1640

2008-02-21T20:55:00.000+08:00

hunterdouglas.com: luminette with standard cordlock

2008-02-21T20:52:00.000+08:00

bozemancottage.com - You can stay here!

2008-02-21T20:49:00.000+08:00

An early picture before I knew to save credits.

2008-02-21T20:47:00.001+08:00

roche-bobois.com

Imagine being bone-weary and seeing a rug like this. In fact, that's a lot of needless extra furniture. They should chuck the bed and keep the pillows. (Chinese people who sleep on parquet wood floors will understand.)

2008-02-21T20:44:00.001+08:00

abanet.com

A great feeling of peace and hideaway.

2008-02-21T20:39:00.001+08:00

Don't remember where I got this, one of the first bathroom pictures I ever saved and still one of my favorites.

2008-02-21T20:30:00.001+08:00

bcislandvacationhomes.com: saseenos house

Even when you throw oodles of money at a bathroom, I think it's the huge window (ok, and wood floor and warm-toned lighting) that gives it that luxury look.

You don't have such a great view? Afraid the neighbors will see in? Build a wall around it showcasing a 3-foot or 6-foot deep garden. The window will still make the bathroom and allow light in.

Or frost the giant window. You'll have still have lots of mood-happy artistic-looking natural light streaming in, save on electricity. Remember it's wall-to-wall that gives the window that special look, and turns your bathroom into a boutique, not the color of your towels.

I cannot stand bathrooms that pretend to make over by changing the color scheme or scattering a few specialty tiles around the wall. It's still living in a glorified cave! Windows rule!

If you can't get a giant window in, putting it up high over head level where the roof is raised, (sorry can't describe it or link to a picture, I saw this in a house in space-starved Hongkong), just having plenty of natural light in your bathroom during the day makes it a rejuvenating place.

2008-02-21T20:24:00.001+08:00

elitehavensbali.com: villa permutih

Create a decadent outside shower with an artisticly tiled wall. It'd be good in the summer. And you could water all the plants at the same time. Of course, you wouldn't be able to continue this after Google starts providing live satellite ...

2008-02-21T20:20:00.001+08:00

diamondspas.com

I've always thought that even if you had to throw a bathroom together outside, there's got to be a way to make it heart-soothingly luscious to look at; that recognizing beauty comes from a know-it-when-you-see-it hunger inside, not from how many dollars you have to throw at it.

Even on a bare budget you could have a floor like this, and a wooden tub. It doesn't require a space age shower capsule.

Granted, the metal tub is the star, but I thought I'd make a point about the floor.

2008-02-21T20:09:00.001+08:00

One of my early pics from the web. I have no info on it.

2008-02-21T19:47:00.001+08:00

treehouses.com: serendipitreeint

2008-02-21T19:41:00.001+08:00

aildm.com.au : night landscapes

2008-02-21T19:34:00.001+08:00

You can stay at this place: www.ttekceba.com.au

More gorgeous pics here (just too small to put on my site).

2008-02-21T19:28:00.001+08:00

horchow.com: cast stone table and bench HC-7340

2008-02-21T19:22:00.001+08:00

www.beautiful-places.com: sonoma valley: sullivan-birney ranch