Modern and Vintage – Interior Design Shop
It is a 2,100 sq ft custom home now under construction near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sustainable features include passive solar space heating solar water heating, rainwater harvesting and a unique permaculture landscaping.
Read MoreSo, how much potential is there for eco-friendly adobe homes. New Mexico is an adobe hotspot. Homes like these are still built in South America and some of the Asian-side ex-Soviet countries.
Read MoreShoreline Townhouses is a new residential project in Hastings by Phoenix Trinity. They’ve chosen bio-charcoal pyrolysis as their method of carbon offsetting.
Read MoreHow about a house that’s never been a factory unit but still looks like one? This luxury townhouse in Adelaide, Australia is a new build and every part of it screams industrial modernism.
Read MoreNow to my favourite part of the house – the bathroom complex. It starts on the left from the hall with a small corridor. It leads to the WC, Russian steambath and a huge marvellous bathroom.
Read MoreIt is finished with VOC-free paints, bamboo flooring, sustainable siding and roofing materials. It features water saving faucets, solar panels on the roof and rainwater reuse system. It comes with Energy Star certified appliances.
Read MoreHave you ever wondered what’s inside an eco tiny house? Well, not much really. The average size of a prefab tiny house is 15 by 20 ft but they somehow manage to fit in a decent size room, a kitchenette and a shower room.
Read MoreI like the way the hallway divides this barn conversion on an East-West axis. This a clever balance of a day zone and a night zone. The living room and kitchen/diner are situated along the South wall enjoying the sunny terrace and garden.
Read MorePlease check the pic to see how I’ve re-planned this. Look at those two curvy surfaces you get down the hallway. I bet you’d love to decorate it.
Read MoreThere is no strict border among the entrance, leisure space and bedroom. But don’t think the box has been wasted – a bathroom with a skylight and a kitchenette is hidden behind the sterile white walls. It is a great way to tuck all the utility rooms away from the main living area. The space within the box has a lower ceiling to allow for the ceiling windows.
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