Decorating Backyard for Fantastic Home design

Have narrow backyard? Make it as little garden, so you have a lot of advantage, and make your home comfortable. The first advantage is make sure that light enter your house easily, second, air circulation will better. Back and front aperture will guarantee cross ventilation happen.Garden in the backyard also can become running away area, moment to escape from day to day work. Garden backyard

Home Design Garden by Tham & Architects Videgård

This park is home design. Tham and Videgard, Swedish Architecture Firm has successfully completed a project called House Garden. This house was built on an area 180 meters square in Viksberg, Sweden.The owner wants a beautiful garden as part of their home, and the reason why they decided to move from their duplex apartment in central Stockholm to the rural location in the lake Mälaren. To meet

A Little More Spooking

Oh my, it's been a while since I posted! If they were giving out awards for bloggers I think that I would certainly be in the running for The Slacker Award. Real life has a way of interrupting my creativity and blogging, as I'm sure it does for you too. And so, in an effort to avoid the notorious award, I am posting a few Halloween photos from around my home---because if I waited much longer I

Dwellings

I stumbled across a stylishly talented design firm from Michigan in the US  & I just had to share it with you allDwellings inc Dwellings is an interior design studio owned by Laura Davidson Laura & her team not only help their clients in making the best choice in fabrics, furniture, accessories and paint colors that create a warm and comfortable space, they also assist in designing a new home

New Fabric Collection from Dwell Studio

Dwell Studio just designed a collection for Robert Allen that we thought was fantastic.  The patterns are simple and modern. The colors muted but unique.Here are some vignettes using Dwell Studio fabrics and coordinating paint colors...To see the complete Dwell fabric book, click here.  You can find pricing and product information on our Robert Allen fabric section.

Win a $25K Home Make Over from TLC

Something came in our mail box today that we thought you might be interested in.  TLC is looking for home makeover candidates for their new show, Our House. Here are the details:-----------------------------------------------TLC NOW SEEKING COUPLES FOR $25,000 HOME MAKEOVERThe TLC network is looking for fun, outgoing couples who live together in the Los Angeles area for their new home makeover

Facilitating With HGTV Dream House

Facilitating With HGTV Dream HouseWhen you dream of having a house in a location which is calm and peaceful and also with beautiful scenery on the outside, HGTV Dream homes brings you to the right place. You can now visit their homepage to know their different offers which they keep coming up with every now and then. The sweepstakes is one constant activity of their website through which they

Christmas tree inspiration

So with a bit over a month left until we decorate the Christmas tree, we always do this on December 1st, I'm looking for a little inspiration.Every year I like to have a bit of a theme or colour scheme in mind.Last year I let the kids go nuts & do what ever they wanted & I must say it was a bit of a Hodge podge tree( no offense kids!)My family like to tease me & call me the "tinsel police" ,

Crooked and Scattered

You might think with that title that I'm talking about my mind (which on certain days could apply) but I'm talking about the ease of decorating a Halloween mantle.All it takes to make a fun mantle isa few crooked old frames and signs.A scattering of books And crowsAnd pumpkinsBrown bottles and whatever else tickles your fancy.And you have an awesome mantleready for spooking.

Sleek Design from Fu Tung Chen

We stumbled accross Fu Tung Chen's work a few years back and we're still in love. Known for exquisite concrete design, his work has such an elegance and refined quality to it.Here are some samples of his portfolio...Photos: Fu Tung Cheng

Ralph Lauren's Decor Style

Did you see the spread in last month Elle Decor on Ralph Lauren?  His place is to die for, seriously.Ralph Lauren has been around for so long. We remember saving up for a set of his paisley bedsheets in the 80S! His style evolves a bit, but not much. We suppose that's why they call it classic, right?Here are some pictures from Elle Decor in case you haven't seen them.All photos from Elle

M-eye Kinda Humor

Eye See You!Just Keepin' An Eye Out!

Elysium 154 House Design is Minimalist by BVN Architecture

This is the Elysium 154 House project undertaken by BVN architecture in 2009. It is located in Noosa, Queensland, Australia. A minimalist design was chosen for this project, but even in a minimalist design, this house still looks luxurious and glamorous. See details of this house 154 Elysium of the photos below:Minimalist Home DesignsElysium exterior 154 Minimalist House Design is by BVN

Vintage Camera Collection

One of the things i have started to develop an interest in over the past couple of years  is photography . Some time in the future I would really love to invest in a decent digital SLR camera & perhaps a basic course, on how to get the most from my camera, with a few basic skills for fab snaps thrown in.Technology has made taking photos & editing them so easy & there really is NO limit on how

La Fiorentina Fabric

We get a lot of inquiries on the fabric used on this sofa, and we finally found it!The fabric is called La Fiorentina and it is designed by Ashley Hicks for Lee Jofa.  It's made of 100% linen and comes in several colorways.  The pattern number is 2430-GWF and you can find it in our Lee Jofa fabric section.  The color code shown here  is 97. 

Luxury Residence Swimingpool Design in Austria

Above the ground floor is cantilevered structure in which the bedrooms, while outside there is a swimming pool. I was impressed with what these people come up with, considering the scenery where it is located. The ground floor has 490 square meters and consists of several levels that change the entire living space, for more functionality. There is a fireplace, lounge and kitchen with dining area

Custom Luxury Garage

Tag : Budget, Build Garage, Cars, Custom Garage, Custom Luxury, Good Habits, Passion, Professional Classes, Square Meter, Storage Cabinet, Switches, Incoming Search Term: luxury garage designs, custom luxury garages, luxury custom garage interior, custom luxury garage designs, luxury garage, luxury garage interiors, custom garages interiors, luxury garages, custom garage interiors, custom luxury

Inspirational Decorating Photos

We would like to make a little announcement today. A few months back we announced the launch of Digging Decor, which originally was conceived as a design blog.As the months went by, we decided the better approach was to re-design it as a  decorating community site, with the focus on decorating photos.If you're anything like us, you rather look at the pictures than read the text, right?  The goal

A Spooky Welcome

The outside of my home is prepared towelcome October guests.Some may think it's a little batty.But I think that it's somethingto crow about.

Go Shop With HGTV

Go Shop With HGTVWith the number of HGTV Dream house offers, you can now start looking for different products on their homepage which might be necessary for your dream home. You can also participate in their sweepstakes which has a deadline of 50 days. The dream offers are amazing with spacious rooms and furnished kitchens and a nice front yard. The foyer also looks ultra-modern. The architecture

A Witch Is In The House

There's evidence of a witch in the house---Boots, RatBroomHat, SpidersCan't anyone in my houseclean up after themselves!

Frightlfully Fabulous Craft

I had a few friends over the other day and I thought it might be fun to do a quick, easy and inexpensive Halloween craft. I searched the net and found this fun favor box idea here.Not wanting to dig through the garbage for toilet paper rolls nor have the mess of paint, I came up with my own version.I used spray adhesive to adhere cardstock onto felt. Then I cut each piece in half and used hot

New Online Design Magazines

Online decorating magazines seem to be a growing sector, starting with the success of Lonny.  There are a couple of new ones that you might want to check out.  The first one is Adore Home, which is an Australian online magazine.  The content is a bit thin for the first issue, but it looks like it has potential.The second one is Rue Magazine.  This one is huge (over 200 pages). The first issue has

Orange Minimalist House Design By Archimania

Home design with the color orange. Archimania have designed this minimalist house in 2005 for the client company Pantik Home Builders. Orange House is the name of a house built in 2833 total SF. The concept of this project is to create a modern home that is conducive to urban family life, set in a New Urban community on the edge of Downtown Memphis.The house is divided into three main sections

More Mediterranean Decorating...

They say McMansions are dead, but if you happen to already have one , this is a nice way to decorate it.We like how the scale is done.  The rooms seem enormous, but the furnishings are scaled accordingly ....They look tasteful, don't they?  Photo credit:  Matthew Nichols GroupTo see more pictures, click here.

Decorating in Chocolate...

Just a few pretty things in chocolate/brown/silver color scheme...You can find them all at our home accessories site...

Catching Up

Oh my! I am really behind when it comes to decorating and blogging. I finally got the Halloween decorationsup on the fireplace mantle. It's the same old black tin houses and wire treesfrom the last few years.But I changed it up a bit with the addition of the"spooky" cheesecloth from the dollar store.I found those darling silhouette trick or treatersat Big Lots.They were only six dollars so even

The Cane Curse

Hi everyone!Ive been a little absent when it comes to posting on my blog of late!We have had 2 weeks of school holidays to contend with & this doesn't leave a lot of, ME time, but we also decided last minute to head to the beautiful Port Stephens on the NSW coast for a quick get away!It was a great 4 day break, the weather was fairly average but the kids didn't mind, they still paddled in the

Turquoise Chandelier

We often get inquiries about this striking chandelier:Photo Credit: Atlanta Homes MagazineThe chandelier is made by Marjories Kouras Design. It comes in several colorways (but turquoise is by far the most popular one).  It retails for $6900 with a lead time of 12 weeks.  You can buy it directly at the vendor site...

The facade of modern architecture in school buildings

The facade of modern architecture in school buildings

Modern Mediterranean Decorating

Mediterranean houses are big here in California.  The problem is many of them are done terribly.  Quite often you see these large, sometime huge, faux Mediterranean tract homes with matching furniture set, heavy draping, granite counter tops--and once you see one house you see them all. They all look the same!You only have to watch Real Housewives of Orange County to know what we're talking

What the hell was Gap thinking?

Did you see Gap's new logo? Isn't it a monstrosity?  What the hell was Gap thinking?  This looks like one of those fonts you download from the web for free because you're too cheap to pay the $39 or whatever to get a decent one.

Apartment Interior Design in San Francisco Russian Hill

This is Russian Hill Apartment Interior Design in San Francisco. Zack / de Vito Architecture complete their project to renovate the 19th floor apartment in San Francisco Modern Russian Hill.Apartments are the best solution of housing problems in big cities like San Francisco. The availability of land in major cities to promote the developer to build apartments. And now lives in an apartment is

Computer laboratory for interior design schools

Interior design computer laboratory for schools with a bold color and simple.

Meet Meg

This is my friend Meg. Isn't she beautiful! I first met Meg when she was just a teenager. I was impressed with her infectious enthusiasm and positive nature. In her early twenties Meg suffered a tragic accident that left her quadriplegic. Her remarkable spirit and positive attitude helped get her through her ordeal and move on with her life. That's when her motto became:"When life gets too hard

Space Saving Cookware

I love anything that is space saving because I don’t have a very big house. The Europeans seem to know how make space saving everything. On the contrary, we Americans love everything big and supersized. I found these Cristel cookware from French. Everything look so compact and simple. Handles can be detached from pans to make storage easier.

Trendy designer piece for your bathroom – Mrs. Hudson the giant smoking pipe!

Another remarkable design for your loo. Maybe you are one of those people who like to entertain and will certainly need one of this loo for your visitors. They’ll be impress when they meet with Mrs. Hudson in your water closet, Yes indeed its name is Mrs. Hudson, it was designed by 2-B-2 Architecture and said to be inspired by a modified water drop. This design recently grab attention at the

Water Closet Design

Lavatory/Water Closet Comby

Model LC840- Compact unit occupies only 40-inches of floor space- Sleek contemporary design- ADA-height compliant, fixed-position stainless steel water closet withstands up to 5,000 lb. static load- Extra deep Terreon® countertop available in 24 colors- Fold-down seat cover conceals water closet- Built-in bedpan washers and spray attachments- Stainless steel toe kick increases durability and

HGTV Dream Home

HGTV Dream HomeWelcome to the dreamland of HGTV Dream homes. HGTV Dream houses are known to be one of the best constructions. All the homes are offered with spacious rooms, with the best facilities and luxuries. The professional services of HGTV are commendable as they take you through an orientation of the whole process of construction. Right from the quality of wood used to the detailed methods

Decorating with Colors

Mary McDonald's book is coming out on October 5th and we can't wait to get a hold of it.  For those of you who are not familiar with her work, check out her portfolio below.  She does amazing work in mixing colors and patterns together...Check out her interview with the Wall Street Journal for some decorating tips...