Fabulous House Designs

Upsetters Architects refurbished an office for WOW, which is a visual design studio based in Tokyo, Sendai and Florence.

Here is the project description:

The office is slender and located in the office building in front of Sendai Station. It also commands a panoramic view of the City and comparatively large for its staff’s number.

We attempted to place as few partitions as possible, which can make the workers and visitors enjoy the beautiful panoramic view, to show WOW’s multidisciplinarity and freedom from the existing categorisation.

The working space is loosely divided into four sections according to the professions with no clear boundary.

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Tags: Office

Rick Neild and Lisa Hamant were amazed after four separate rooms were transformed into one multi-functional modern kitchen.

Originally, they commissioned Kitchen Design Centre to turn their traditional kitchen into a more practical room – to be used as a family gathering point.

But the end result was that the old kitchen, utility room, dining room and an unused area was transformed into one all-purpose luxury living space.

“Kitchen Design Centre exceeded my expectations – creating a fantastic spacious room with many uses,” said Rick.

“At first, all we wanted to do was replace the hob in our existing kitchen – but we ended up getting a brand new room.”

“When we were shopping around, the intention was to build on our cozy old-fashioned kitchen.

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Tags: Kitchen, Modern Kitchen

With springtime edging ever closer, daydreams of relaxing in the garden basked in sunshine become frequent.

To make that experience a reality, choose outdoor furniture that will suit your needs, and be robust enough to withstand the inevitable wind and rain.

If you’re considering purchasing new outdoor furniture, here’s our 5 step guide to help you with your decision:

1.) Know what you want before you start looking

In many ways, choosing furniture for outdoor spaces should be thought about in the same way as choosing furniture for inside your home.

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Tags: Furniture, Outdoor Furniture

This week a group of images in our Fresh New Spaces Group on Flickr caught my attention. They were the minimalist spaces from a boutique hotel in Berlin called Hotel OTTO. Here, the neutral color palette and restrained furnishings let you enjoy the view, the photography and the warm hardwood floors:

This simple bedroom contains lots of space saving tips, including using thin but colorful upholstered canvases in lieu of a clunky headboard, and utilizing swing arm sconces to save nightstand space (and of course, when you dont have room to cram in a nightstand, these are a great solution as well).

The palette is kept very simple, letting this iconic Eames fabric get the attention it deserves:

However, if a subtle blue, gray and black palette is not for you, theyve got some electric preppy pink and green options for you.

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Tags: Berlin, Hotel Otto