This is one sexy abode. And I think it’s a perfect post with which to kick off my new category entitled, “Gimme”. This heading will go before things/places that I reeeeally want (like, a lot): to have, live in, taste, pet, horde, or experience. Things that, upon seeing them, fill me with a strong desire [...]
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Ryuji Nakamura Architects’ Bench Between Pillars
Posted in built modern, tagged design, architecture, Bench between Pillars, Ryuji Nakamura Architects, vinyl hammock on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Design : Ryuji Nakamura Architects, charge/Ryuji Nakamura, Makiko Wakaki Photo : Ryuji Nakamura Architects via Dezeen
Bolon’s Botanic Collection
Posted in built modern, fresh goods, tagged Bolon, Botanic Collection, design, flooring, modern on April 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Launched at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this past February, Swedish company Bolon‘s new Botanic woven vinyl flooring collection has my nesting knickers in an excited knot. Marketed as a revolutionary environmental breakthrough, it’s made with a plant based plasticiser instead of using the industry standard of phthalates (Diisodecyl-phthalate (DIDP) and Diisononyl-phthalate (DINP)), which have potentially [...]
All fired up!
Posted in built modern, tagged architecture, design, Haugen/Zohar, Norway, outdoor fireplace, wood on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since this tis the season for coziness, visions of warm fires dance in my head. This one’s a beauty. Designed for a municipal playground in Trondheim, Norway by architecture firm Haugen/Zohar, this enclosed fire, storytelling, and playing space is the ultimate in community health. I think if we here in Canada spent more money on [...]
The Swiss Underground
Posted in built modern, tagged architecture, Christian Muller Architects, design, SeARCH, Swiss, underground home on December 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This Swiss delight was a collaboration between Dutch architects at SeARCH and Christian Muller Architects. Located in the village of Vals, and surrounded by other underground hobbit style homes, it would only take a quick blink to miss this buried treasure. The elliptical arch of the opening frames a stunning view of the mountains and [...]
Bookshelf Bonanza: Leisure Living
Posted in bookshelf bonanza, built modern, mid-century mmm..., tagged architecture, cabin, deisgn, Grain Edit, Mid-Century, Second Homes for Leisure Living, teahouse, vacation home on July 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Happy Wednesday! Today, I am in a rush to get up to my studio and am therefore going to lean on my favorite go-to graphic gurus, grain edit, for the book pic of the week. Second Homes For Leisure Living presented by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association is a booklet that I sadly don’t own [...]
Ferris Beuller’s Day Selling Off
Posted in built modern, tagged A. James Speyer, architecture, Ben Rose house, David Haid, design, Ferris Beuller on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Remember the scene in Ferris Beuller’s Day Off when Ferris’ best friend Cameron Frye sends his father’s precious 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Spyder through the glass and over the edge of the über modern Frye family garage? Well you now have the opportunity to relive this moment (or just sit there and imagine it) for [...]
The Great Indoors
Posted in built modern, tagged design, IWAN Baan, Madrid, office, Selgas Cono, Wallflower Architecture on May 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So, ever since I was a little girl, I’ve dreamed of blurring the lines between outdoors and indoors. To me there would be nothing better than having a home that you could open up like a doll house with hinges and feel like you’re outside while you take your bath or make dinner. Of course [...]
Cabin fever!
Posted in built modern, mid-century mmm..., tagged architecture, cabin, design, Eliot Noyes, Life, mid-century mmm..., modern, paige + modern, Paige Russell blog, Talbot Rantoul on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Talbot Rantoul summer house designed by architect Eliot Noyes is hidden by spruces and sits 15-ft. above ground on concrete pillars. The hammock offers a quiet napping place– Martha’s Vineyard, MA 1965. I just can’t get enough of inspired forest living. I don’t know if it’s just my deeply ingrained love for the [...]
Shelter-Kit dreams
Posted in built modern, tagged cabin, Conn Brattain, design, DIY, paige + modern, paige russell, shelter on April 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Happy Friday everyone! It’s funny, since I started working for myself, I usually work at least a bit everyday, so Friday really shouldn’t have the same end-of-the-week euphoria that it once had for me. But it still does. I think that it’s just so deeply programmed into my sense of schedule that I feel the [...]
