Eco TVs – how to identify them, and how to make yours more eco
Face it, we can’t live without our tvs – the bigger, the more vibrant, the thinner, the better! As a result, each household emits obscene amounts of Carbon Dioxide into our environment per year, consume even more obscene amounts of energy as TV culture is unlikely to die down, more so now with internet TV!...
344 sq ft Hong Kong apartment appears BIG!
Hong Kong apartments, unless if you’re ultra rich, probably wouldn’t sound very spacious or enticing. It’s not unusual to see more than 1 family cramped into a shoe box, right? Well, how did this HK native mange to make 24 variations out of his 344 s ft space?! Look like an open plan small...
A Forest in the sky! Luxury apartments with 900 trees each!
How many times have we seen artist impressions, and that’s just that – “impression”? The real thing almost never turns out the same. Not this time according to architect Stefano Boeri. Touted as the “most exciting new tower in the world” by Financial times, the Bosco Verticale in Milan may just bring the idea of...
More Love in Prefab Container Home
Yes Serena and I have been away, but there was not one single moment that we didn’t think of all of you who come to Home@8! How oh I’ve missed you! Pinky promise I won’t leave you for so long again To sate your appetite for all buildings that are gorgeous, and better yet, a...
Home with a KILLER view!
While browsing one of my fave sites I stumbled upon this absolutely gorgeous beach fronting glass house with the most breathtaking view EVERRR. Here are a few choice pictures of the property. Oh man, what would I give to have this as a holiday home! To begin with, there is this view! With heaps of...
Young Designers RULE at Milan Furniture Fair!
SaloneSatellite (for young designers) is into it’s 14 edition this year as Salone Del Mobile celebrates it’s 50th bday. Although big and more established names are often tho go-tos, you can’t deny the breath of fresh air young designers are infusing into the industry! PLUS, they more often than not have “sustainable”, “green”, and “eco...
One with Nature – time to ogle!
Ready, set, to the beach we goooooo Talk about marrying architecture with nature, I’m in love. Walk with me, I’m sure you will be too in 2 mins! I found this home here. Hello Marcus Beach House! Located on Marcus Beach, Australia (of course) Waaaah right?! Look at the transparent panels! The integration of inside/...
More Crate-ive Ideas!
So you’ve probably seen Serena’s previous post about reusing crates for some really innovative home fittings! It’s inspired me to include some gorgeous pics from my own trawling online. I love upcycling ideas! Here are more suggestions on how you can reuse crates for shelving in your home.
Ooh LUST! WANT! Can’t afford! Let’s OGLE!
Something else I love to do – scour magazine shelves for ID mags/ books and DREAM! Here’s something I found in this fantastic magazine: “OMG”! That’s the only thing I managed to utter when I saw this article in the mag version. Slight error though - in the mag it was mentioned that the owners...
