Building & Renovation

Decoration

Off-Grid House Made Of Recycled Steel Goes Anywhere

The Homestead House is an off-grid prefab concept made from recycled steel by designer Michael Jantzen. The house makes use of prefabricated, commercially available steel which makes it both low in cost and extremely modular. In fact, it makes the...

Textured Wallcoverings by Silven - Glamorous Covering for Vertical Surfaces and Furnishing

Tiffany textured wallcoverings are the latest creations of the Italian vertical surfaces covering specialists, Silven.

Garden & Outdoor

Kitchen

Design Dilemma: Finding Modern Outdoor Furniture

Homeowners with rigorously modern interiors sometimes find it hard to carry on the modern look when they turn their attention to the outdoors. Yes, it’s easy to find the traditional styles of wicker, plastic, teak, or wrought iron furnishings for ...

Connect The Dots Dinnerware By Edith Levin

If you enjoyed your kindergarten activities of connecting the dots, then you must love this wonderful, and fun dinnerware of New York City based designer Edith Levin called Connect the Dots dinnerware.

Bathroom

Children's & Teens' Room

Hansgrohe Rainbrain Smart Shower - new product 2009

If your brain only feels turned on after your morning shower you’ll love the Hansgrohe Rainbrain Smart Shower! In fact, Hansgrohe Rainbrain thinks for you, making your shower an intelligent experience - even when you are still half asleep.

Bright And Ergonomic Furniture For Modern Teen Room By Battistella Industria Mobili

Battistella Industria Mobili specialises in production of wooden furniture for kids and teen rooms.

Dream Home

Textiles

Single-Story Two Wings House with Dark Cedar Cladding on Hot Water Beach

Hot Water Beach House is a single-story beachfront property on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula designed by Steven Lawson.

Funny Kids Bedding By Selene&Gaia

Kids often don’t want to go to the bed in time and we have to think out some ways to make them to do that.

Lighting

Furniture

Disturb Me by The Popcorn Makers

Disturb Me by The Popcorn Makers. A very cool "room screen protection"!

LikeCOOL

Coffin Couch

Coffin Couch

This Coffin Couch by Etsy seller VonErickson for $3,500. And the lid can be closed.

Interior Designers

Dining Room

Leaf And Tree Inspired Apartment Interior Design by PTang Studio

This modern apartment is located in Tung Chung, Hong Kong. It is designed around a leaf and tree theme which could be found everywhere.

Luxury Dining Room Set – Tiffany by AltaModa

Tiffany collection by AltaModa is created for those people who like brilliant and glamorous furniture. It is characterized by rounded lines, soft fur upholsteries and great number of crystals. Dining room set from this collection is a charming exa...

Connecticut House with Sparkle Lisa Cregan House Beautiful
Love Thy Neighbor's Loft NANCY KEATES The Wall Street Journal
Decorating by Color: Green Country Living  

Design Trends

Home Tech

21 Rooms in 1 Flat: Creative Space Saving Condo Design

On a budget in a big city, how do you work 350 square feet of apartment space into luxury living quarters? Using a series of amazing space-saving strategies and mobile architectural elements, Gary Change converted his simple apartment-turned-condo...

Multi-room music system

Now this one is for all you music lovers out there.

Developments

Tips & Ideas

Nouvel’s Lighting Scheme in the Louvre Abu Dhabi

Amidst a traditionally-inspired dome ceiling for the newly-designed renderings for the “Louvre Abu Dhabi” in the United Arab Emirates are thousands of little breaks, edges and holes that allow for a flurry of warm and charming sun light to slice i...

Colorful Farmhouse Style

Anne Gridley and Gary Graves bought a home in a hurry, then spent the next 15 years tinkering in order to create an old house that feels continually renewed.

Metal Shutter Houses Deidre Woollard Luxist
Zero House by Scott Specht Collin Dunn TreeHugger

Bedroom

For Pets

Futuristic Bedroom Set With Suspended Bed - Aladino Up from Alf

Alf Group is one of popular Italian companies which produce modern furniture for home design.

Bone-Shaped Dog Swimming Pool Keeps Canines Cool

If your yard heats up in the summer, and you’re worried about Fido getting too hot, maybe a dog swimming pool is in order.

Modern Rustic Bedrooms Apartment Therapy  
Classic Italian Interiors Home-Designing  
10 Dramatic Headboards Apartment Therapy  

Home Office

Commercial Design

Dwelling on Work: How to Decorate Your Home Office Space

It is the age of the Internet and with the world becoming a mini space in itself, many people are finding out fast that there are many comforts in working from a cubical that resides in your own home. For starters, you have the freedom of stretchi...

6 Breathtaking Designs For The New African-American Museum On The Mall

Plans for the final museum on the National Mall in Washington D.C. are beginning to fall into place! Yesterday the Smithsonian Institution opened an exhibit of the six architectural designs being considered for the new National Museum of African A...

Living Room

Design News

Magic Indian Ideas For Living Room And Bedroom

India is always associated with its fragrance, sounds and colour. This country is something spiritual and even magic.

Thailand International Furniture Fair 2009 (TIFF 2009) - IMPACT Challenger 2-3, March 11-15, 2009

Home, outdoor, office and children furniture, furniture parts and other related products

Furniture for sale

DIY

Mirrored Furniture from Horchow

Nothing brightens up a room like a mirror. It distributes light and creates the illusion of more space. In Feng Shui, it is recommended to hang a mirror opposite the door of a room (harmony or vanity, the world may never know).

How To: Decoupage Your Ceiling

Because February is a DIY month here on AT, we have been looking on the internet for some inspiration. Decoupage on the concrete ceiling in our home wouldn't really work, but it could be a fun project for a smaller wall. More photos and step by st...

How To: Make Can Planters Apartment Therapy  
Wall Treatments Housetohome  
Simple steps to build a Tabletop Water Fountain Rachel Paul Critical Dictionary
Five Easy-to-Make Tables Christopher Lowell iVillage

Video

Feng Shui


Deborah Bouton, founder of Environmental Harmonies in Carbondale, said that Feng Shui is about achieving the proper balance in your home. (Brent Stewart / The Southern)

If home is where the heart is, what bearing does the state of your house have to do with your personal or mental health?

Feng Shui for Winter Nights Betsy Stang News Blaze
Office Feng Shui Leigh Hopkins  
The Best Place to Hang a Mirror Jill Denton Wordpress Blog
Feng Shui Your Kitchen Laurie Y. Burke Kitchen Design Notes