The Sinbad Creek Residence is a modern dream home designed by Swatt | Miers Architects for a retired couple located on a beautiful 5.3 acre east-facing hillside in the rural town of Sunol, Alameda County, California. The clients requested a home that was modern, livable and warm, where the indoors and outdoors melded. Something utterly serene, […]
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Contemporary dream home in South Africa: Aloe Ridge House
Aloe Ridge House is a contemporary dream home designed by Metropole Architects, nestled under the leafy canopy of an immense Albizia Tree, located in the Eden Rock Estate on Kwa Zulu Natal’s South Coast of South Africa. Comprised of 3,229 square feet (300 square meters) of living space, the home promotes the notion that a dream […]
Dream home in Tahoe: When rustic meets modern
This rustic modern dream home was designed for a couple and their two children by Artistic Designs for Living in the Homewood Mountain Ski Resort, near Lake Tahoe, California. The property is comprised of 4,000 square feet, offering five bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms. The clients were looking for a property that was in Tahoe, but they requested to have […]
The world’s most famous homes with sports courts
It’s the ultimate dream – a beautiful home with all the gadgets needed to make life just that little bit easier and a sports court to help keep the body tightly honed to face the stresses of the workplace. When that workplace happens to be the seat of government, a royal palace or the domain […]
Should You Build a Single or a Double Level Home?
The size and layout of the house you choose to reside in will vary depending on important factors such as your lifestyle and needs and most certainly be dictated by budget as far as most people are concerned. The structural layout of a property is basically down to the skills of the architect but the […]
Beverly Hills dream home with spectacular views
High up among the treetops, on a self-contained Beverly Hills, California enclosure, 1201 Laurel Way is a true architectural masterpiece, nothing short of spectacular. Presented in the most cinematic way possible, the entirety of Downtown Los Angeles, Catalina, and the coastline of California is offered in one unobstructed, sweeping view. It’s the kind of view […]
How to turn your dream home into a reality
We all nurture images of the perfect home inspired by photos of dust-free, professionally designed rooms in magazines. But when it comes to realizing those dreamed-of spaces, the realities of life – possessions, money and time – often hinder us. With these tips and ideas you’ll be one step closer to turning your dream home […]
Shabby-chic gingerbread house
Sandra Foster’s Catskills, NY dream home does not include a bathroom or a kitchen. It was a complete labor of love to turn it into her personal shabby-chic retreat. She lives, with her husband, across the river in their 1971 mobile home that does include a bath and kitchen, but this place is truly inspiring. […]
Tuscan-inspired home on the Aspen mountains
Situated on 2 acres of pristine and manicured grounds, adjacent to hundreds of acres of meadows, this 18th century-inspired 16,000 square foot (1,486 square meters) Tuscan estate in Aspen, Colorado has it all. Fully equipped with 7 bedrooms (with 7 en suite bathrooms), an extra 7 full baths, 2 half baths and over 5,000 square […]
Incredibly beautiful Tuscan-inspired home
Situated on 2 acres of pristine and manicured grounds, adjacent to hundreds of acres of meadows, this 18th century-inspired 16,000 sq ft (1,486 sq m) Tuscan estate in Aspen, Colorado has it all. Fully equipped with 7 bedrooms (with 7 en suite bathrooms), an extra 7 full baths, 2 half baths and over 5,000 sq […]