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• Modern Home in Bainbridge Island with Sustainable Features: Ellice Residence
• Revolutionary Support System with Massive Architecture Potential: QuaDor [Video]
• Bright Two-Floor Apartment in Amsterdam by Hofman Dujardin
• How to Make your Home Look Larger when Selling your Home
• Original and Colorful Approach to the Classic Bench: “Pylon”
• Sit Back and Get Warm: The Radiator Chair by Jeroen Wesselink
• Spectacular Wood-Filled Home: The Lake Forest Park Residence
• Serene “Upside-Down” Apartment Enriched by Contemporary Art Works
• Mixed-Use Townhouse in LA Displaying an Intriguing Contemporary Architecture
• Amazon $100.00 Gift Card Giveaway Winner Announced!

Modern Home in Bainbridge Island with Sustainable Features: Ellice Residence Posted: 15 Mar 2011 07:22 AM PDT Ellice Residence was completed by Coates Design and is located in Bainbridge Island, Washington. According to Trendir, the residence  is situated on top of the Yeomalt Bluff and has panoramic views of Puget Sound and the Seattle skyline. The building has a highly welcoming exterior, featuring large windows contrasting the wood and the stone. All these make it integrate well in its beautiful natural surroundings. Ellice Residence is actually a makeover of an old villa. In order to raise the current building, the architects used more than 80% of the materials that resulted from the deconstruction. Moreover, the project has plenty of sustainable characteristics, such as geothermal and photovoltaic systems, heat-recovery technologies, as well as solar water heating systems which ensure a low electric energy consumption.       Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! Homes Sent by Our Readers: Private Residence in USA Clean Modern Lines Home Design : Bainbridge Island Home Riverfront Home for Artists : The Incredible Wingpoint Residence Striking Contemporary Architecture: Sodae House in Amsterdam Solar Decathlon Sustainable House in Ithaca, New York Gorgeous Residence Combining Historic and Modern Features Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

Revolutionary Support System with Massive Architecture Potential: QuaDor [Video] Posted: 15 Mar 2011 06:20 AM PDT At the Indaba conference in South Africa, architect and Designer Dror Benshetrit announced an amazing new architectural system or “space truss geometry” called QuaDror . The system has massive potential in architecture, construction and even disaster relief. According to the official website, the unique space truss geometry – now named QuaDror – is made from the assembly of four identical L-shaped pieces, either thin resulting in a trestle structure, or thick resulting in a solid panel. The collapsible system allows for rapid assembly and a transition from closed and flat to open and self-standing. A major advantage of this system is that every single panel has the stability and load-bearing capacity of a cube with only 1/5 of the volume. Impressive acoustic properties, less construction time and fewer heavy machineries needed are just some of the features of the QuaDror. Be sure to check out the video at the end of the post for a better understanding. Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! Online Tool that Determines the Solar Potential of Your Roof Fascinating Architectural Projection Mapping in Wolfsburg, Germany Mounting Protection: How to install a Home Security System Water Recycling System in Your Own Shower High Fidelity Canopy Bed by Edoardo Carlino Functional TV-Audio Furniture with a Chic and Minimalist Appearance Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

Bright Two-Floor Apartment in Amsterdam by Hofman Dujardin Posted: 15 Mar 2011 05:15 AM PDT “Spectacular” is a good way to describe this apartment’s display of light and shapes. The interior design created by Hofman Dujardin is perhaps one of the most serene places in terms of light and accents. Covering 140 square meters, the plan is displayed in a spacious manner, with the entertaining room, dining space and kitchen creating a rectangular central space and large windows flanking each end. A spectacular Dear Ingo chandelier by Ron Gilad for moooi is displayed over the kitchen island, creating a hybrid space combining an abstract form with functionality. The recently renovated apartment displays a modern white staircase leading up to the second floor. Here we find a different design style that accentuates the shape of the female body and uses elegant shapes to further deepen the idea of modern elegance. The second floor is home to the two bedrooms, the bathroom and the toilet. An elegant staircase in the main bedroom takes you up to the rooftop terrace for some fresh air. Located in Amsterdam, the two floor apartment is a comfortable and bright living space, created for the enjoyment of its inhabitants. Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! IJburg House in Amsterdam Small Apartment with a Modern and Distinguished Interior Design Exceptional Bright Interior Design Inside an Amsterdam Townhouse Striking Contemporary Architecture: Sodae House in Amsterdam Impeccable Modern Home Design: Villa VH en T in Belgium Beautiful Minimalist Family Home with Intriguing Architecture Details Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

How to Make your Home Look Larger when Selling your Home Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:13 AM PDT What is the number one amenity that homebuyers look for when buying a home? Space… and of course value. They both go hand in hand when you think about it. The more space your home has, the more expensive it is correct? Usually, although giving the illusion of space can make homebuyers feel better and you feel better to ask more for the price of your home than you once thought. Bringing in light, using neutral colors, and getting rid of large, bulky furniture is a start. Here are more tips to help your home look larger. Purge and de-clutter: While this step seems like a no-brainer, every home usually has excess 'stuff' that is not needed. Whether it is in your home office, kitchen counters, or kids toys lying around, you can purge and de-clutter to make your home look larger.  A home staging trick? In every room you should be able to see portions of the baseboards (where the wall meets the floor). Look around the room; if you can't see the baseboard on most walls, you may need to get rid of some items. Use neutral colors that are pleasing: Bringing in neutral colors into your home palette will keep homebuyers eyes moving throughout your home as the rooms flow into one another. While these colors may not be your ideal if you were living there for the next 20 years, your home is now on the market. Just like selling a car, you need to shine up the exterior, interior and give it a tune-up. Consider using a neutral palette of browns, grays, or muted greens and blues to appeal to a wider range of homebuyers. You will be surprised how large your home will look once you bring in neutrals to open the rooms. Bring in light and ditch the dark window treatments: Look at your windows and determine if your rooms are letting in as much natural light as possible. Dark window treatments can be hindering your source for natural light, as well as large furniture may be blocking natural light. Ensure that large armoires, entertainment centers and headboards do not block natural light. The other issue is being able to see views. Homebuyers want to feel like they are looking out at a beautiful view. If you have furniture, or heavy drapery blocking their view, they will assume you are hiding something! Only use essential furniture: Have you ever walked into a model home, and wondered why the bedroom only had a bed and a dresser? While this may seem a little drastic, depending on the size of the bedroom, this may be sufficient to give the illusion of more space. While you don't want the room to look stark, the room should look livable, and inviting. If you have too much large pieces, consider putting them in storage, moving to another room in your home, or selling pieces you may not need for the next home you move into. Your rooms will grow considerably in visual space, just by following this tip. Open up your home with the addition of these helpful staging tips. While you aren't trying to fool the homebuyer, you are trying to showcase the best amenities about your home. Size is crucial, and an over cluttered, over furnished and dark home will sit on the market much longer than one that has been carefully staged with the above tips. If you are having troubles visualizing how your home should look, seek the advice of a professional home stager, or ask a friend who may have a better eye than you. Before you know it, your "Sold" sign will be going up in the front yard! Freshome readers tell us how you make your home look larger when you have your home on the market. Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! Make a Small Bath Look Larger with A Sink In A Drawer How to Prepare your Home for Sale Before the Spring How to Decide If You're Ready to Sell Your Home 10 Cheap Ways to Improve the Value of Your Home Before Selling How to Maximize Space in a Small Apartment 10 Tips to Consider when Hiring a Home Stager Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

Original and Colorful Approach to the Classic Bench: “Pylon” Posted: 15 Mar 2011 02:10 AM PDT When we first saw this bench we couldn’t help but immediately associating it with a stack of colorful crayons. According to Dezeen, the Swedish designers Marcus Abrahamsson and Kristoffer Fagerström created this unusual looking seating piece entitled “Pylon”, by using pine batons. Here is a short description from the designers: This sleek seat is based on a traditional bench shape, which has been dramatically transformed into a strikingly futuristic design. Taking inspiration from the pylons towers that support power lines, the designers constructed the base of the bench from twin uprights that anchor the seat the floor. Two layers of thick pine slats are glued together to form the seat, which is gripped between the upper reaches of the base supports. Pylon is a perfect complement to high-design interiors and cutting-edge architecture, or any setting where design takes centre stage. Freshome readers, do you enjoy having colorful furniture elements in you home?   Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! An Elegant Approach to the Monobloc: The Bench Chair A Royal Display of Colors: Louis XV Upholstered Chair Tree Bench Wood Garden Hanna Bench Interesting Colorful Locker, Milan 2010 Table Bench Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

Sit Back and Get Warm: The Radiator Chair by Jeroen Wesselink Posted: 15 Mar 2011 01:51 AM PDT How many times have you leaned your back against the radiator for extra warmth? Here is a way you can do that and be comfortable. According to The Chair Blog, this design was inspired by Gerrit Rietveld’s Zig Zag chair. Jeroen Wesselink came up with the idea to turn a radiator into a chair- or the other way around, we are not quite sure. Either way, the resulting product is original and not to mention practical. The Radiator Chair provides a backrest and a feet support, perfect  for those cold winter days when one could use extra comfort and warmth. With a striking yellow finish, the chair could be placed in a bold modern living room or in the kitchen. Even though resting on this type of seating item may not be as “rewarding” as crashing into a fluffy armchair, we’re certain you can see its benefits. Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! Keep Warm But Stay Fresh With Planus Towel Radiators LEGO Radiator for Snap Together Heating Radiator Heater Keeps Your Food Warm A Radiator with Style Modern Glass Radiator – Supratherm Ultra Slim Radiators, Style and Functionality Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

Spectacular Wood-Filled Home: The Lake Forest Park Residence Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:55 PM PDT A spectacular residence deep in the forest caught our attention today. Designed to take full advantage of the beautiful and refreshing natural landscape, the Lake Forest Park Residence gathers under its roof the most beautiful wood-filled interiors. Using natural materials like different types of wood and a lot of glass that connects the outside to the inside, the Seattle-based architecture studio Finne Architects managed to recreate the comfortable feeling of a rustic home without having to use an outdated design. Throughout the residence, wood and glass were combined to create the most amazing fortress, protecting the inhabitant’s needs for for a stress free lifestyle. The natural landscape filled with vegetation ads to the feeling of complete relaxation away from indiscreet eyes. The exotic interior design uses clean lines and wood textures to create the extraordinary atmosphere. Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! Gorgeous Sculptural Geometric Family Home in Singapore Timber Home Design by Sturgess Architecture Re-cycled and Low-impact Architecture : Preparatory School in UK Luxurious Home in London’s Holland Park Farquar Lake Residence, a Wooden Architecture Wonder Floating House in Ontario, Canada Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

Serene “Upside-Down” Apartment Enriched by Contemporary Art Works Posted: 14 Mar 2011 10:54 AM PDT The apartment was designed by architect Neave Brown for COEN!. We received a few photos and a description from the architects which we would love to share with you: ” This luxurious city apartment is designed by COEN! to create a harmonious whole. A perfect combination of robust, warm and pure materials like wood, stone, glass and marmoleum. The use of sober colors with colorful accents make it a timeless and stylish residential. The apartment is designed upside down: the design studio is placed on the ground floor, the sleeping rooms on the first stock and the living with a beautiful view on top. Art brings color in this sober but warm apartment. Works of Bert Vredegoor, Margriet Smulders, Erwin Olaf and of course work from Coen van Ham himself (Testbeeld, situated in the design studio) have all the attention they need because of the serene surroundings.” Achieving the best possible result using as few means as possible. This is the starting point of designer Coen van Ham. This interior reveals what he means by this. The transparent appearance contributes to the strong look of the functional design. 'But most importantly perhaps is the fact that the focus has been entirely on the people that live in this apartment, and not on the interior,. says the designer. 'I was looking in the visual language of the interior I designed.' Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! Modern Interior Design- Apartment in Stockholm Amazing Upside Down House Enticing Apartment Combining Vintage and Contemporary Elements Contemporary Design in Central Goteborg Rooftop Apartment With an Elegant Contemporary Design Zaha Hadid : Complete Works Book Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

Mixed-Use Townhouse in LA Displaying an Intriguing Contemporary Architecture Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:48 AM PDT For today we would like to showcase this original looking townhouse located in Venice, California and designed by Dennis Gibbens Architects. Integrated in a commercial coastal neighborhood, the building has an original appearance and is a definite eye-catcher. Here is more from the architects: “This mixed-use project is situated in the middle of a stretch along the boulevard known for its many recent examples of architectural experimentation.  The ground floor houses parking and a single retail tenant; the two upper floors contain a single-family residence.  The public residential spaces are on the second floor surrounding a private courtyard.  The third floor contains bedrooms and a large exterior dining and entertainment deck. The entire shell of the building is constructed of board-formed poured-in-place concrete.  Other exterior walls are glass or stucco – non-corrosive materials practical for their use near the ocean.  The roughly textured surfaces of the concrete – both inside and out – contrast sharply with the smooth and highly refined finish materials, which include tile, stone, stainless steel, stained woods, and smooth terrazzo floors.” What do you think? Does this building”go” with the famous Kinney Boulevard?       Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! Exceptional Bright Interior Design Inside an Amsterdam Townhouse Nordic Architecture: Norwegian Contemporary Villa Design Impressive Apartment in Stockholm Bringing Together Old and New Home with an Intriguing Modern Look : West Seattle Residence Inspiring Modern Home Architecture Western Minneapolis Residence Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

Amazon $100.00 Gift Card Giveaway Winner Announced! Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:35 AM PDT Thank you Freshome reader’s for participating in the GiftCardRescue givewaway for a chance at an Amazon $100.00 gift card! You all came up with creative answers, as we asked you, “What would you spend 100.00 on?” from the available retailers on their site. GiftCardRescue is an online marketplace for people to buy and sell gift cards at discounted prices. GiftCardRescue buys unwanted gift cards from people and then sells them on its website for up to 30% off the face value. The Winner is: Mari Doug Her winning response: ‘I'd get a Lowe's Gift Card. Last year my nephew received a chick for Easter. Personally, I'm not a fan of giving animals as gifts without careful consideration of the child's age and maturity. But, his extended family thought it would be cute to include a chick in his Easter Basket. Nephew adored the chick on the first day, but predictably lost interest as the chick lost his yellow fuzz and his adult plumage and ornery temperament grew in. Nephew's mom was not amused by the chick's inability to be house trained. Before long, the poor thing ended up in the garage with little interaction. My DH and I are animal lovers and whenever we'd visit we'd play with Ollie (the chick), and even fostered him at our home for a time. But, whenever we brought up adopting Ollie, nephew would get upset and say it was HIS chicken (even though he's rather play on his PS3 than with Ollie). There wasn't much we could do to help Ollie. Until recently, when we received a call that Ollie gotten out and pecked apart her flower beds and scratched up their lawn. They'd had enough, and asked if we would still like to adopt Ollie. DH went right over, and picked up Ollie. She's in our basement right now. We've had her three days now, and she is a joy. I swear, she has the same emotional range as a dog, and she loves to cuddle! I guess this is because they're social animals? Anyway, I if I were to win a Lowe's card I would use it to buy materials to build a chicken coop for Ollie. I think she would enjoy being outside in a spacious coop, where she could enjoy scratching for grubs and seeds in the sunshine. I hope I win and thanks for the opportunity!” Official Rules: 1.) To enter the giveaway, visit: GiftCardRescue.com, look at the cards that are available on the site, and choose a retailer that you would love to have a $100.00 gift card from. 2.) Write in the Freshome comments section below, the retailer that you chose, and what you would buy with your gift card from that retailer if you won! 3.) The winner will be chosen from the most clever and original comments. All comments must be left in this post comments section. Liking this post on Facebook will get you a second vote, but the original must be on the Freshome site. 4.) The winner will be announced on Monday, March 14th. 5.) The winner will win a $100.00 gift card to Amazon.com. (You are not winning the retailer’s gift card you choose for your answering the giveaway.) 6.) The winner will have 24 hours to contact us to claim your prize. Ready for more amazing design ideas? Check below ! Freshome Giveaway: Win a $100 Amazon Gift Card! Inmod 4 Right On Chairs Giveaway – Winner Announced Ikea Giftcard – Discount 20% Giveaway : Win 4 Right On Plywood Chairs Offered by Inmod The Winner of the SlouchBack Giveaway Win 1000 Free Business Cards from Freshome and UPrinting Click here to connect with Freshome on or on

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