For STUDIO JEROEN VAN ZWETSELAAR (interior design & styling ), when the designer is designing a home he looks at the soul of the house, the souls of those that live within its walls and the land that surrounds it. This home tells a story through its surroundings, the natural elements and the rebuild of the central wall – done in three layers – to showcase the history of the home. “I sometimes literally get the colors I use from the environment. This large farm is located in the polder, where the skies can be beautiful, sometimes ominously gray. Those skies inspired me, just like the fields and corn fields, so I chose a lot of natural tones. The farm has been transformed into a spectacular farmhouse by Bart Kellerhuis of Zecc Architecten. A new wooden volume has been added right through the house. All buildings, barns and stables on the…

Located on the bank of Shoal Creek, one of two primary waterways traveling through Austin to the Colorado River, Belmont Park consists of two weathered Douglas fir clad volumes designed by Tim Cuppett Architects. The wood volumes are connected by a transparent living room bridge which spans a cavern carved into the limestone plinth. From the motor court one chooses to enter the house across an elevated walk-way to the front door or descend by stair into the stone cavern to a covered porch and private entry below. Water captured from a natural uphill spring, mechanical condensate lines, and roof runoff flows through a runnel along-side the descending stair. The man-made canyon-scape and waterway celebrate the natural current of life to the creek below. Interior volumes echo the simplicity of the house, scaled for intimate family gatherings, and focused into the tree canopy which shades the site. Interior finishes consist…

The turn of the century details in this beautiful Swedish home are just amazing and renovated in a very nice way. The herringbone flooring was renewed and the moulding on the ceilings, walls, windows and doors renovated or partially replaced. I love the way the living room and dining room are connected with those beautiful doors for an open plan area and the daybed by the balcony works so nicely in combination with the floor lamp and the mirror reflecting the daylight. A perfect example of fantastic style…. See also :https://house-diaries.com/the-beauty-of-a-beige-interior/

On a hilly natural plot, with a secluded location high up among the treetops, you will find this villa dream signed by architect Rolf Löfström. The house is built with consistently timeless material choices. Exterior with horizontal falus black glulam panel in nice contrast to the rolled sheet metal roof with details in aluzinc. The interior of the house is interwoven with a floor of robust pine tiles from a sawmill in Dalarna as well as white-painted unplaned raw pontoon on walls and ceilings as well as exposed trusses. The boundary between outside and inside is blurred by generous window placement and a number of patio doors that open up to connecting balconies, terrace and plot. Enjoy the tour!!!! See also :https://house-diaries.com/villa-in-uppsala-an-oasis-in-the-middle-of-a-nature-reserve/

This project by L G Arquitectos in Valle de Bravo, México, is made from an existent house, modifying its architecture –façade, interior and exterior space– obtaining a complete renovation.The base elements are composed by the combination of natural wood with rustic finishing, combined with metals such as brass and bronze. Through the impressive entrance door, we find ourselves in the lobby with high ceilings leading to a grand corridor decorated with vertical furniture in solid parota wood and bronze details. This corridor divides the interior areas and leads to the terrace with a beautiful view of the lake in the distance. See also :https://house-diaries.com/valley-house-a-residence-with-complete-respect-to-endemic-surroundings-in-mexico/

Working in quite demanding industries, Taylor Knights’s clients ultimately wanted to create a calm and comfortable space to retreat within. Also essential to the brief was to create moments of privacy and seclusion within the open plan. In response, the architect’s strategy was to arrange these spaces in and around three sculptural masonry walls, curating view lines across the space and creating nooks and reveals within the open plan of the addition – spaces that could offer a place to sit and share with family, or to withdraw to at other times to read a book by the garden window.For the client, creating a space that would also accommodate their diverse collection of artwork and literature was also an essential part of their brief – a family favourite being the much-loved print of Kandinsky’s ‘Upward (Empor)’, 1929. This offered an opportunity for the architect to draw upon some of the…

This old barn, which now adjoins a second home, had lost all use and threatened to ruin. Wanting to save her from imminent loss, the owner came up with the idea of ​​making it a home for his children: a place of gathering and celebration. The Firm Studio was keen to preserve the vernacular architectural qualities of the original building. The initial structure has therefore been fully recovered. Each piece of hemlock in the facing and the structure was numbered to be then reinstalled: it is this framework that guided the organization of the space.The floor that once housed the livestock has become the main living level. It offers residents different degrees of privacy thanks to its multiple areas: open, half-open and closed. But above all, its 30 feet in height make it a space that breathes and connects majestically with the natural setting.It must be said that the site,…

When Eilidh and Roddy went to visit Loader Monteith Studio about their project, they’d done their research. Armed with a series of evocative images that spoke of warmth and material tactility, they knew what they wanted to achieve.Their existing ground floor flat had its kitchen located in a single storey projection into the garden to the rear. It felt uncomfortable, disconnected from the rest of the property in a surprisingly dark room. The dining room – a well proportioned space with a classic high ceiling and ornate cornicing – was little more than a thoroughfare to the kitchen, and the convoluted route to the hall via the lobby exacerbated this further. So the plan was to create a space suited to living, with the kitchen being the heart and soul of the home.The kitchen was pulled towards the centre of the flat, into the former dining room, with a door…

Within one of Potts Point’s (sydney) older style heritage buildings, this Apartment Fitout was created by Brooke Aitken Design Studio for an Australian lawyer and her Italian partner with much inspiration coming from Italian living. Her brother built the apartment and at completion they moved in with new twin children. This photoshoot has occurred 11 years later but the apartment still feels new. Their client works primarily from home so it needed to feel like a calm sanctuary with a number of separated spaces whilst also being a home to raise two young children within. Period details in the original apartment were retained, such as the bathroom door and all other doors were designed to relate to this period. ( Published with Bowerbird.io ). Photography : Ryan Linnegar See also :https://house-diaries.com/pot-points-apartment-refreshing-historic-nature-of-a-heritage-listed-building/