B-House Home Design: February 2010

Living Room Decorating Ideas

Your living room will be a place for family or friends to sit and visit, so a special effort should be made to create a comfortable harmonious environment. Usually this is the first room you see upon entering your home, it is also a room that must show well and in most cases carry more than one function such as a playroom, office and even a dining room. {via}

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Living Room Furniture

Do you want some inspiration for your Living Room Furniture ? If the answer to this question is yes you are in the right place. Today I’ve decided to continue the Living Room Inspiration series, and I’ve gathered six living rooms, from where you can get some inspiration especially if you can’t decide what type of furniture you should purchase for your living room. {via}

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Living Room Inspiration

Living Room Inspiration is the first post from a new series of inspiring living room pictures and was inspired by the Bedroom Inspiration Series. I know that a lot of people come on this blog for inspiration, and I hope that the picture that I present here will give you some inspiration for your living room, and no just for living room. Now let’s relax and enjoy these beautiful living rooms. {via}

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Contemporary House With Old World Aesthetic Look – Lake Minnetonka Residence

This home is a quite new development by a large lake. Located within one of the last undeveloped parcels of land on Lake Minnetonka, Locust Hills, this new home blends an old-world aesthetic with materials and a color pallet derived from the client’s native state of Pennsylvania and incorporates several exterior living spaces to enjoy the beautiful surroundings. The client wanted to achieve a sense of permanence and look as if the house had been there for a hundred years and thanks to such chose of materials the architect managed to give a life to this idea. {via}

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Contemporary Shingle Style House Design

Located in an established neighborhood in the South-West Suburbs of Minneapolis, this home streamlines the forms of East-cost shingle style architecture, but stays true to its historical color and material pallets. It has a quite tradition exterior and interior design elements but the open floor plan was developed to allow owners to have contemporary living and entertaining lifestyle. The plan also promotes beautiful views and open circulation to the outdoors. Like most traditional house designs there is the touch of the luxury in the interior design. Big rooms which catch a lot of natural light and expensive surfaces like marble ones leaves a good impression on everybody who visits the house. {via}

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Cool Courtyard Design

Everybody wants some cool place in their house where they could spent some time when the weather is good. This cool courtyard is such place. A former seeping hillside with poor drainage and awkward pathways was transformed into a cohesive urban oasis during its design. New walkways circumscribe the primary outdoor living space while providing direct access from the garage and alley to the mudroom and kitchen. Privacy was achieved by an architectural concrete wall that fortifies the separation from the alley and hides a new parking space while a heavy timber trellis buffers the garage. These modern elements are detailed to respect the traditional context. {via}

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Curved House Design with Extensive Interior Woodwork

The neighborhood of this house is characterized by rolling topography on wooded peninsulas separated by salt water bays and coves. The house’s design adopts this land and promotes dramatic water and woods views. The exterior is curved and stone terraces and planters follow this curve and mediate between the house and the landscape. Architectural and natural forms were used in an ornamentation program that included both the interior and exterior. The shape of the two-story front porch and its gambrel roof is a motif that is repeated at different scales and proportions and in many different materials. {via}