Natural elements are becoming a staple of contemporary design and it’s easy to see why. The raw, untreated feeling of natural elements provides texture, visual interest, and acts as an inspired contrast to the sleek, modern elements of the contemporary home. Live-edge tables have become exceptionally popular for their celebration of wood’s  natural beauty, but […]

What do you do if you love the ocean but live in an apartment in Singapore that doesn’t have an ocean nearby? Make a dreamy beach house-inspired apartment! The apartment utilizes a soothing, neutral palette reminiscent of a sandy beach while relying on the splashes of blue to evoke the beautiful oceanic waves. Windswept, distressed […]

Not every home is prepared to handle your dream lighting design. Whether it’s the wiring or outlet availability, it can be very frustrating when you have an enlightened vision for your space but are not able to pull it off the way you’d hoped. Luckily there are plenty of ways to add lights to space […]

Having guests stay over means getting your whole house in order, especially the bathroom. Nobody wants to visit your house and find no hand soap or soiled towels on the floor. If you want to really impress your guests then you should follow a simple process leading up to your guests’ arrival. Two weeks before […]

An all-white bathroom can look extremely sleek and modern, but it can also end up feeling very sterile and bland. Most bathrooms greatly benefit from the addition of color. The bathroom is also a great place to use a color that’s bright, vibrant, and inviting. Because the bathroom is typically a small room in a […]

Although Halloween is behind us, it’s still the middle of autumn. Orange is the primary color of the season and while you might not think it’s the right color for the design of your home, you might be surprised by how well it works in a variety of situations. Orange is a warm, earthy color […]

People love when the leaves change colors in autumn, but homeowners hate it when those leaves start falling off the trees into their gutters. Cleaning the gutters is an annual chore that most homeowners would love to outsource to their teenage kids, but not everyone has that luxury. Like most home chores, there is a […]

Some homeowners end up thinking about form before function when designing their dream home, but this modern house in Germany decided to focus on both. The neighborhood restricts houses to one level, yet this home manages to have three separate floors. They succeeded by building the home into a hill and having two levels that […]

Thanksgiving is coming up. If you’re hosting a dinner this year then your mind is probably all over the place thinking about how to make sure everything is perfect. While the food is obviously the main attraction, don’t let your table design fall by the wayside. There are tons of ways to decorate the table, […]

Walk-in showers are all the rage right now, but some homeowners have gone above and beyond with their impressive shower setups. There are showers and then there are these showers. Instead of having one big panel of glass like many modern walk-in showers, the first example uses paned glass as though the walls were French […]