This small wooden cottage with a garden in Sweden could easily be one of our country dachas, at least the general characteristics are very similar. The cottage is quite small in size, one floor without an attic, completely made of wood, beautiful white windows and a budget vintage setting inside. But just look with what…
Architect Fyodor Belyaev managed to create a stylish modern residence for a young family out of a house built of traditional material – wood. Outside, the cottage is black – this approach to the exterior decoration of a wooden house immediately sets up for the fact that the interior design will not be traditional at…
Throughout the history of our blog, we have seen a variety of buildings that have been converted into housing (school, chapel, clinic, barracks, etc.), but this time we have something really unique. Could you ever think that it is possible to live in a former train station?! This is exactly the story that took place…
And though the appearance of this cottage in Sweden is rather unusual for these places, the nature and views are quite Swedish: pine forest, rocky slope, next to one of the many lakes. The house is designed in an interesting and somewhat fabulous way – in the shape of the A letter, thanks to which…
Not all young families choose loft or Scandinavian styles. For example, one Californian family recently acquired a 1910 mansion with a swimming pool in Santa Monica, because it conquered them at first sight with its special atmosphere and original details in the interiors. However, the distribution of space did not meet the needs of the…
If somewhere there is an ideal summer cottage, then the home of the Swedish blogger Elsa Billgren is very close to it. It has everything that we associate such summer homes with: a traditional granny’ss atmosphere, vintage details with history, a lot of aged and worn wood and natural textiles. This interior is synonymous with…
When the English designer Camilla Falconer was looking for a holiday home in Mallorca, she found an old abandoned farmhouse – the places here are painfully picturesque. The prospect of a major reconstruction did not scare her at all, because this is a great opportunity to make her dream home exactly the way she wanted….
The designer of this Chicago house called the project Ebony and Ivory. The reason is that the interiors are designed in ethnic style which is supported by strict black and white tones. Such shades seem to soothe and restrain objects that are strong in energy, prints and texture. At the same time, wood is beautifully…
Former AD Russia editor Yevgenia Mikulina acquired an old dacha near Moscow with a spacious plot, where she created a real oasis of family comfort and a place of childhood memories. A library and three-bedroom guesthouse were housed in the place of the dilapidated sheds, while the main cottage with a beautiful green facade and…
This wonderful cottage in the very north of England, almost on the border with Scotland, recently celebrated its 200th anniversary, as it was built in the early 19th century. Initially, the cottage was used as a reception room for a village doctor, but over time it was bought out as a private residence. Several years…
