HGTV Has Amazing Offers

For all residents of America above 21 years get eligible to win the sweepstakes from HGTV. They offer one of the best dream homes in the best of locations. In case you have a doubt you can visit their homepage for some concrete evidence. HGTV Dream homes have been brought to you through sweepstakes. You can try applying for the draw and if you get lucky you have a fantasy to live in for life.

Hgtv Dream House: Bathroom

HGTV takes you through a tour of the kind of rooms they offer on their website. You can just click one of the many rooms that come with their dream house prizes for you to have an idea as in what you would be getting. Apart from winning, you can take a look at the HGTV shop which has many products that’s needed for you home. You can purchase wonderful headboards to customize your bedroom.

Hgtv Dream House: Dream Room

There are even other products like down pillows, cocktail trays, end tables etc. You can just decide your budget and choose what you want to purchase for your dream home. The HGTV Dream home products are many and the prices of products also are set according to different affordable ranges.

FACHADAS 3D DE CASA MINIMALISTA

Video del diseño de una casa en 3d vista desde todos sus ángulos. La realización de este diseño arquitectónico, y maqueta virtual  fue hecho para una residencia en Colombia.

Las Fachadas 3D de esta casa, son un poco minimalistas y futuristas.

Para ver mas Fachadas de casas de este tipo, vea: FACHADAS MINIMALISTAS.

Fuente: usuario youtube sanspoonx9 (844 105 85 91 SALTILLO COAHUILA SANTIAGO BERRONES)

CASAS CURVAS FACHADAS CURVAS CURVED HOUSES

Si te gustan las formas curvas, seguro te gustarán estas fotos de fachadas de casas curvas o  curved houses, algunas de ellas son casas minimalistas.

Ya sea una ligera curva o curvas muy pronunciadas, estas formas fuera de lo común para una vivienda, dan una sensación de amplitud, modernidad y comfort que convierten estas viviendas en casas espectaculares, que destacan por estas formas que realzan la vista.
Estas fotos de casas curvas que gak-ngerti.blogspot.com ha seleccionado de internet para ustedes, no son curvas muy marcadas, ni casas futuristas, son casas con ligeras curvas que espero que les gusten.

Curved Houses: gak-ngerti.blogspot.com, home-designing.com, momoy.com, brianbrooksappraisals.com

Almost Afters: Gail's New Fireplace

Last Friday I attended my last official site meeting for Gail's Kitchen and Family Room renovation. I started working on this project on Dec.11th, 2009 so its been a looong process seeing this new space evolve from paper to reality week after week. This last meeting represented what I call substantial completion, meaning the construction is considered complete, and the homeowner moves back into her new space!!! The crew packs up all their things and they move-on to another job site, returning as needed to finish off any outstanding small items.

When I was at the house early that morning, the guys were doing some final paint touch-ups, I didn't have the opportunity to take any 'after' shots because they were just about to start the big clean-up but I'll be back for a follow-up visit very soon. One of my FAVORITE things in the space was the new family room fireplace and last week was the very first time I had seen it. The fireplace itself is a new clean face model gas unit by Napoleon. Since my previous visit the new surround and mantle had been installed so it was a bit of a 'reveal' moment for me when I walked in, and when I saw it there, I just stopped in my tracks and gasped! : ) The design concept for the fireplace had changed several times over the past couple of months....

Here are a couple of initial concepts,,,in each I had envisioned antique or reclaimed wood being used for the mantle. It was an awkward space, to the immediate right was a window to the immediate left is a half wall with stairs to the basement and the fireplace wall is also the only wall in the room for the tv.

A short time later we discovered a stash of antique wood boards in the homeowners garage (located in an income property they own across the street). Of course I went crazy over them and asked the contractor to make us a rolling door from the boards and.......if there was enough material I also wanted to use it for the fireplace mantle.

Then about a month later,,,,,the coppersmith visited the house to do a site measure for the new custom copper hood canopy I had designed. He brought a few samples for me to review and as soon as I saw them I asked if he could also make the fireplace surround out of the same copper. No problem he said (Oh I love to hear that!!!) so I sent him a sketch with dimensions....

Excuse the ugly 3D image, (this is why I prefer hand renderrings) but I used this 3D sketch to illustrate how I wanted the copper surround and the wood mantle to be built. A seperate sketch had all the dimensions on it. I emailed this to the copper smith and my contractor who was making the mantle. Unfortunately my contractor called me to say there wouldn't be enough of the antique wood left over from the door so what was plan 'b' ? I asked him if he could find some rough hewn, gnarly wood that was about 2" x 6",,,,,, and that was the last I heard from him.

A few days later I showed up for my final site meeting and this was what they had built. I LOVE it!!!

The homeowner is over the moon about it, and seriously I wish this fireplace was in my own home. Its rustic and contemporary and I have to say I've never seen anything else like it, my contractor hit it outta the park with this one. The wood he used was rough-hewn douglas fir, the knots are absolutely gorgeous and have the same character as the loft grade natural oak floor. When I took this photo it wasn't quite 100% finished yet, the mantle was about to receive one more light sanding and a coat of oil. Then the copper surround gets a once over with steel wool to remove some of the black coating and bring out the copper, the steel wool also gives it a low lustre sheen.

I hope you enjoyed this little glimpse of what the 'almost' finished space looks like, I have to say its a dramatic transformation from what was once there and I can't wait to post all the after photos.

Note: When building a surround and or mantle for any gas fireplace, its critical to refer to the mfg's installation specifications where you'll find all the minimum clearances that must be maintained. There are strict clearances that must to be adhered to with regards to the use of combustible and non-combustible materials when cladding the surround and there are various clearance requirements with regards to mantle projections. Always follow the mfg's specs for your exact model.

Casa muy moderna diseño interior fresco con colores En Blanco Y Negro - Truly Modern House Design With Cool Interior In Black And White Colors

Esta casa moderna diseñada por el súper es Paulíny Hovorka Architekti en Banská Bystrica, Eslovaquia. Es con vistas a las montañas, tiene un fácil acceso a la ciudad y tranquilo ambiente hogareño.

Debido a la pendiente del sitio de la planta baja cuenta con un garaje y servicio de habitaciones, mientras que el segundo nivel cuenta con todas las áreas residenciales. El nivel residencial se divide en dos zonas: el día y la noche. parte del día consta de una sala de estar / cocina, despensa y oficina en casa. Está orientado paralelo a la calle que prevé la conexión visual a la entrada del sitio. oficina en el hogar con baño contiguo también puede servir como alojamiento para huéspedes.

Dormitorio principal con dos cuartos de los niños se enfrentan a jardín posterior. Toda la casa se hace con un estilo moderno super. El interior presenta estrictamente blanco y negro tema de color, sólo las superficies planas y un montón de piezas de mobiliario brillante. Está conectado con el exterior a través de grandes puertas correderas. Piscina, jardín de madera de cubierta y proporcionar un espacio fresco para el tiempo libre.

This super modern house is designed by Paulíny Hovorka Architekti in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. It’s overlooking mountains, has an easy access to the town and quiet homelike surroundings. Due to the sloping of the site the lower level features a garage and service rooms while the second level features all residential areas.

The residential level is separated for two zones: day and night. The day’s part consists of a living room/kitchen, pantry and home office. It is orientated parallel to the street providing for the visual connection to the site entrance. Home office with adjoining bathroom can also serve as guest accommodation. Master bedroom with two children rooms are facing rear garden. The whole house is done in super modern style.

The interior features strictly black and white color theme, only flat surfaces and a lot of glossy furniture pieces. It’s connected with the exterior via large sliding doors. Swimming pool, timber deck and garden provide a cool space for leisure time activities.
Fuente: digsdigs

Adosado Contemporáneo en Miami Beach con el interior aireado y ofrecen un ambiente relajante al aire libre - Contemporary Miami Beach Townhouse With Airy Interior And Relaxing Outdoor Spaces

Esta casa contemporánea Miami Beach es diseñado por Magdalena Keck, un diseñador de interiores que crea diseños simples, racionales. Es el lugar perfecto para relajarse vivir y disfrutar la vida.

La casa cuenta con puntos de vista verdaderamente impresionante playa y ofrece varios lugares para pasar tiempo al aire libre. Aunque en el interior también es grande. Tiene una decoración interior contemporáneo realizado en todo el tema de color neutro.

Hay una gran cantidad de luz natural en el interior que en combinación con una pequeña cantidad de muebles que las habitaciones muy espaciosas.

This contemporary Miami Beach townhouse is designed by Magdalena Keck, an interior designer who creates simple, streamlined designs. It’s the perfect place for relaxing living and enjoying the life. The townhouse features truly amazing beach views and provides several great places to spend time outdoors. Although inside it’s also great. It has contemporary interior decor done in quite neutral color theme. There is a lot of natural light inside that in combination with small amount of furniture make rooms very airy.
Fuente: digsdigs

Moderna casa con impresionantes vistas a un lago - Modern Swedish Dream Home with Amazing Lake Views

Esta casa de 250 metros cuadrados de ensueño ha sido diseñado por el arquitecto John Robert Nilsson cerca de un lago en Suecia. Cuenta con puntos de vista verdaderamente impresionante de este lago desde la terraza como desde el interior de la casa.

Formas simples, líneas limpias son las cosas que caracterizan a su diseño. Son muy pocos los materiales fueron utilizados en la construcción. Piedra caliza, ceniza de color blanco plateado, mate paredes blancas y techos pintados caracterizan a la casa desde el interior.

El exterior está realizado en color marrón con el soplo negro, papel de alquitrán, de acero y un montón de colores oscuros. El contraste del interior y el exterior es fácilmente visible gracias a limpiar las habitaciones con grandes paredes acristaladas.

This 250 square meter dream home is designed by architect John Robert Nilsson near a lake in Sweden. It features truly amazing views of this lake as from terrace as from inside of the house. Simple shapes, clean lines are things that characterize its design.

Very few materials were used in its construction. Limestone, silvery white ash, matte white painted walls and ceilings characterize the house from the inside.

The exterior is done in brown with black puff, tar paper, steel and lots of dark colors. The contrast of the interior and the exterior is easily noticeable thanks to clean rooms with large glazed walls.

Fuente: Digsdigs

CASAS PLEGABLES HABITAFLEX

¿Cómo puede una casa doblarse y estirarse? parece imposible pero no lo es, las casas flexibles si existen si no lo crees mira este video de una casa plegable llamada Habitaflex, que ya esta a la venta en muchos países.
Habitaflex es una subsidiaria de propiedad total de Maisons Laprise, reconocido fabricante de prefabricados de calidad canadiense de origen desde 1989. Ellos construyen casas plegables y transportables, una rápida solución en la construcción . La primera Habitaflex se exportó a Polonia en 1999. Desde entonces, muchos Habitaflex han encontrado su camino a Europa, América , África y en Australia . Habitaflex propone una oportuna y muy buscada solución rápida para construir con modernas instalaciones de fabricación situadas una hora al sur de la hermosa ciudad de Quebec.

Habitaflex es una casa que puede ser desplegada, transportada e interconectada.

¿Que te pareció esta casa plegable?
Fuente: habitaflex.com via Fachadas de casas

Guest Bedroom: 70's Sidesplit

Earlier this year I completed a project for a single mom and her young daughter which involved furnishing an entire house for them, from scratch, in only 3 months and on a tight budget. This was a bit of a departure for me as far as projects go because there was actually no renovation work involved at all, not even a paint job. To see some of the 'before', 'during' and 'preliminary after' photos of the project you can check out some earlier posts here and here. You can also have a look at some after photos of the little girl's bedroom here.

My favorite room in this house was the guest bedroom,,,,,,which seems to always be the case with me! Since this particular clients has a love of all things french country, I had envisioned a simple, understated french inspired room. The total spending budget for the room was $3,500 incl. taxes but not including the mattresses, design fees or mark-ups (note: reality of small budgets like this is that design fees can often be as much or more than what you spend in the room). Because I didn't have much time for sourcing this also meant no time for refurbishing, refinishing, reupholstering or getting crafty with DIY projects either - I had to be fast and resourceful with ready to use finds. I also had to work with the paint colour she had already chosen for the room, ICI's Bavarian Cream. To be honest I wasn't a fan of this colour choice at all, in fact I really dislike any colour that resembles peach and these walls screamed peach. Since repainting wasn't an option my approach was to play it down and ignore it. I avoided putting anything in this room that had more of this colour,,,or enhanced this colour in any way - I find the best way to do that is with black and white. This classic b&w scheme did such a fantastic job of neutralizing the peachiness of the wall colour that my client thought I had repainted the walls.
I took these photos back in early June and the room is photographed exactly as it looked when I arrived, except for the fresh roses which I picked up at the grocery store on my way there! I really make an effort not to prop-up rooms for a photo with things that don't belong in the room or aren't owned by the client - I prefer to keep it real. In this case, I literally had a few dollars left over for a couple of accessories so I purchased a small bud vase at Pottery Barn and a bedside clock at Loblaws, the books are from the clearance table at Chapters.

I started my sourcing by searching for a pair of antique iron twin beds, not an easy task. Its challenging to find a pair of anything and even harder to find a pair of antique anything. A short road trip to one of the largest antique iron bed suppliers in Canada scored me this stunning pair of twins which I blogged about in an earlier post here.

At $600 a piece they were definitely the splurge for the room but worth every penny! They had been restored and modified to suit modern day mattress sizes so they were ready to use. Seasonal hypo-allergenic duvets and egyptian cotton tone on tone striped duvet covers from Bed Bath & Beyond are folded back at the ends of the beds. I tried to find duvet covers in a twin size that had a bit of black stitching or banding,,,but no luck.

A couple of days after buying the beds I experienced one of those rare ocassions of being in the right place at the right time when i came across a pair of twin matalisse bed sets at Elte for 60% off. Two matalisse shams and two coverlets with beautiful scalloped edges for less than $130! They were perfect for the antique beds. Then on top of this I added a lace trimmed pillow case from Pottery Barn, and a lace-up accent pillow from HomeSense to each bed.

I found a pair of ready-made gorgeous black and white toile style drapery panels from Invu and scored a black chest of drawers and milky glass gourd lamp from HomeSense. What doesn't show in the photos is the antique brass tear drop style pulls I installed on the chest - so pretty!!

A moravian star fixture (from Home Depot) was definitely the highlight of the room. Wicker trunks from Ikea are placed at the foot of each bed. The framed prints on the wall are in keeping with the french theme, they're copies of handwritten 'travel memoires' from Paris.

The only thing missing from the room on move-in day was a dresser. I wanted an old painted dresser and though not expensive these things can take some luck to find so I held off until the spring antique season arrived. A couple of months later and on my first trip of the season I found a vintage dresser at the Aberfoyle Antique Market. The size was perfect, it was only 17.5" deep and had 5 drawers so it worked perfectly with the room and the budget, it was a steal!

I added a vintage style oval mirror from Home Depot (handyman was there to hang it) and on the wall to the right of this photo is a series of decorative black iron hooks.

Overall I loved the way the room came together - its luxuriously comfortable and beautiful.... and on full view everytime you walk up the stairs in this house, so inviting you actually want to just stop and stare at it! My client and her daughter love the room so much they've had sleepovers in there themselves several times....