The owners are permanently living in Moscow, they love busy life in the capital with its pace and intensity. But as the family was getting bigger, they started to dream more and more of a country home where they could escape for the weekend or during the summer holidays. For this purpose, a wonderful wooden cottage in…
This charming cottage in Sweden reminds good old times when we went on holidays to granny and trips with friends outside the city to the countryside. Perhaps this is because of the cute wallpaper in the living room and in the kitchen, and maybe retro furniture brings such memories, but the interiors of the house…
Scandinavians love simplicity and sometimes you wonder how with a minimum of interior items they manage to create coziness and style. In this house in the suburbs of Copenhagen there only basic pieces of furniture and decor, the space is not cluttered, but rather breathes air and bathes in natural light. The color scheme contributes…
We really like how Australian architects and designers fit modern design into homes with a long history. Let’s take this newly reconstructed period house in Melbourne: entering the living room it’s hard to believe that the house was built in the 19th century. But in other rooms, you can find charming elements of the architecture…
This small bungalow in California has only 50 sqm of interior space, but the terraces and outdoor areas around the house comprise much larger area. Each room (and there are two of them – a living-kitchen and a bedroom) has a separate entrance through the French windows, as well as its own set of cozy outdoor…
Isabella Lowengrip is one of those modern Scandinavian celebrities who got wild popularity on the wave of private blogs growth. So, in 2010, when she was 20, her Blondinbella blog became the most visited in Sweden, and she even received a special award for this. Since then, the girl’s life was never the same: she…
This lovely country home is unlikely to ever fall into the list of contenders for “The most interesting design”, it also will definitely not get a reward for new technologies or original design solutions. But the cottage has one very important feature: it breathes coziness and comfort, and it seems that it is simply created…
This house in Alabama has a very unusual architecture – you certainly will not find such in post-Soviet countries. The thing is that this is a historic house and similar buildings were popular in the state more than 100 years ago. Designer Jeff Dungan decided to transfer the black and white facade theme to the…
Italian architect Ladzaro Raboni used about 15 different complex shades of gray in the interiors of this spacious private home near Moscow, which visually seem to be a single shell. This method, according to the author, allowed harmoniously to incorporate interior objects of different styles and epochs into the design, thanks to which the mix of…
The good life. We’ve all imagined it; swapping busy city streets for fresh country air, sweeping vistas and a little old-fashioned community spirit. For some, their dream country home already exists and is just awaiting a facelift. For others, this mammoth task will start from nothing; a barren field or an empty clifftop, just screaming…
