Paying for homeowners insurance makes some people cringe. Shelling out cash month after month to get an abstract product can feel just like pouring water into the sand. Insured owners living in prime locations such as the Berkeley Hills pay so they can rebuild if disaster strikes. Homeowners insurance might be the best thing you'll…
On a recent trip to Singapore to attend the World Architecture Festival, I managed to spend a day checking out some of the structure the island town has to offer. The recent structure of this clean, safe and modern town of 5.3 million individuals could be described in a few words: big, extravagant and (increasingly)…
As a well-booked commercial and fine art photographer in Los Angeles, this homeowner is known for having a gifted eye. Nevertheless, when it came to her and her husband’s home in the Hollywood Hills, she left the visual work to Beth Holden and Wolfgang Melian of New Theme Inc.. The pair shot what was arguably…
The White House and Gracie Mansion are two famous examples of homes constructed to home leaders; all these are the houses of the president of the United States along with also the mayor of New York. This convention also exists in nongovernmental institutions, like the chancellor’s home at North Carolina State University at Raleigh. Hobart…
There’s an air. The notion of living beneath the ground may be a fun idea for a few but a nightmare for many others. Many who choose to build in the ground now do this for ecological purposes, however the explanations for building entirely or partially belowground can fluctuate, including the necessity to decrease the…
From SIPs to straw bales, there are numerous alternative approaches to traditional wood-frame structure for the outside walls of a home. One is insulated concrete form (ICF) construction. Whilst not the least costly means of construction, ICF construction makes houses extremely energy efficient in addition to very quiet in the interior. In climates with temperature…
Putting up a wall has been anything but easy a century past. When you framed a ceiling or wall from timber and have been ready to shut it in with a completed surface ready for paint or paper, you would first nail on small bits of wood known as laths, then put on several different…
Neighborhood appeal and opinions of Puget Sound offered this household in their Washington home, despite their knowing they would soon require extra living and play area for their 6-year-old brothers, a boy and a woman. The cellar was in a way-too-scary requirement for children, but it had potential. They tapped interior designer Kari Hill of…
I read an article in a few years ago that changed my entire life. In an interview a professional organizer basically said, “There are filers and there are pilers. Too often pilers attempt to turn themselves into filers, and they should not.” I was astonished. Cue the heavenly chorus; it was as if I’d been…
The thing to remember is that you truly don’t require much space in a living room. A living room is for interacting, for gazing at the flame or for viewing TV. Mostly, it’s for conversation. You do not require space to do yoga at the living room. In fact, provided that you can walk around…