Best of 2008








Welcome to 2009! I thought I'd take a moment to recap the best of last year.

The best, by all counts -- page visits, comments, referrals -- was Holly Black's Hidden Library.

My favorite part of the year was discovering artists like Art Donovan and Eric Freitas.

"Minimalist Steampunk?" was thought provoking and picked up by a number of other bloggers.

Let's not forget the Lost New York Times Steampunk Feature, which, among other things made me blush.

What was your favorite post of 2008?

Living Room Remodeling Design, Go to Clean Looks!

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Almost all room design on this year use a minimalist, modern and clean looks design, on the picture above, You can see the picture of "before and after" design of a living room. On first picture, there is a calm color and traditional design, bur after that on the right side, there is an after remodled libing room design. A more attractive purple color on furniture and wall combined with black and white floor color.
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This picture describe a before and after living room design, almost all things on "before" design are replaced woth the new and modern one. This white color are usually used for clean looks design. [via]

Clean Looks Bathroom Gallery with White Wall Color

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a clean looks bathroom ideas with white color, this bathroom also use a minimalist design with the design of box and wastafel.

Garden of Decay

Garden of Decay is a self published book of industrial decay and abandoned buildings that is captivating.


Be sure to click through for a mosaic of their images (including an abandoned Gothic church...)

The Showtime House


Have you seen the Showtime House? Sponsored by Metropolitan Home, each room was designed with a different Showtime TV show in mind.

The most steampunk is The Tudors Living Room. The era isn't Victorian, but it has a lot of design elements in common with steampunk -- antiques, brass surrounding the fireplace, and industrial inspired lighting.

The Dexter Dining Room is not at all steampunk, but is incredibly creative and over the top, in a very macabre way.

Also, don't miss the book tower in the Californication Study.

Modern room Design with Full Color Combination



Unusual Stone Bathroom by Bigelli Marmi

A range that effortlessly accomplishes a look that is both minimalist and elegant, the Leonardo pieces are each carved from a solid block of stone. The designer, Franco Poli, describes the shape as a ‘water vortex’. Each piece resembles a funnel, flaring at the top and then narrowing beneath (this shape being most pronounced in the stunning free-standing basin, and repeated in each other piece to varying degrees). Water sweeps down the void and reminds us of that stone and water are ancient natural elements that have existed since time began.

White Sofa on Living Room

A clean looks living room usually used white or another brighter color, this is the basic of creating a minimalist and modern design, several best home design's room used this. Here are several white sofa that matched with all minimalist room design:
elliot sofa

shelterback sofa


tillary

visit west elm to order all decorations of those living room.

Modern Farm Dinning room from West Elm

A modern dinning room is not usually used a modern dinning furniture, this is a modern dinning room set with a traditional table, The decoration of wall and lighting system is combined of several west elm product.

Thomas Hamel

Reader Natália and I are both fans of Desire To Inspire. (In fact, this is my 2nd find from them this month! Oops!) DTI recently spotlighted Australian designer Thomas Hamel.

This is a designer who loves books --I think this is the only bedroom I've seen with glass fronted bookshelves in it. I love the medieval map (Ben guessed Canterbury) set into the wall and framed with molding.

I'm not sure what the framed print is here (anyone else?), but you could have fun Photoshopping an old Scientific American print to get a similar affect.


I love the symmetry here -- the bookcase is centered at the end of a long hall, with the light extending the vertical line -- and the touches of the exotic in the Chinese seat and wicker chest under the window.

Googlelandia, an unique interior of google's office

Here are several creative and unique interior design from google's office in Zurich, based on this creative design, we believe that creative people can be affected by their working room.
artificicial forest and bee's nestle

transparent chair

a canoe on class

rounded room and sliding curtain for room devider

game, fun and sport room with artistic lamp

Copper Kitchen

I ran across this kitchen at a Home Depot Expo in Fairfax County, Virginia a while back and was taken by all the shiny bright copper.

The copper really stands out against a black granite backsplash and counters.

The sink might be a bit much -- I think it would be impossible to keep this shiny. You can find some quite reasonably priced antiqued copper bathroom sinks, however.

The $6,000 copper hood by Abbaka Trading Company.


Closeup of the copper tile border.

The border and accent tiles featured old fashioned botanicals.

The entire kitchen might be a bit more than you would do in a "real" kitchen, but I think the idea of warm wood, copper accent tiles (You can find a variety of copper tiles with a quick Google search.), and black counters is really striking. A more "country" look would be to combine copper with white counters and backsplash.

Sculptor's Gallery for Modern Design

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This sculptor design for wall and window is the next year trend in home design, the combination of simplicity, elegance, and modern style can be applied with wood and another material such as brick.
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The most application of sculptor is for windows, nin simetric size in each windows is not the problem, with this style, Your house will be better with a modern and simple design.
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Natural Tree House with Wooden Materials

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This tree house is not a really a house over the tree, it's situated in a dense grove of pines and hollies at Fire Island, New York.
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With a beautiful wooden exterior such as a carved wood sculpture, a full wooden interiors that make every one who stay there will feel comfort and convenience, there was an attracted to the treatment on the interior wall and cabinet surfaces - using raw looking cut cypress - as well as the bleached oak floor.
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Yellow and Bue in Bahtroom Design

I like this Yellow duck on this bathroom, a set of bathroom accessories with yellow-white and blue stripes. Similarly, the curtain's color also use those color.

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Explorer's Bathroom


Since I seem to be on a bathroom kick, how about this one for the steampunk explorer? The key to this look is to use a large scale map print so it's not overwhelmingly busy.

via MyHomeIdeas.

Transformable "Hide Away Bed", a Solution for Small Space

Small Space Mode

Normal Space Mode


By this bed will allow You to make use of the normally lost space underneath your mattress for storage, use it for bedding, boxes, suitcases even your golf bag would not be a problem. The beds mechanism is designed for every day use, two powerful gas pistons assist both the lifting and lowering of the mattress. By visiting bonbon, You can viewing another style of the beds.
Now, there is no problem with small space, by this "hide away bed", You can fould out or fould in the bed, so You can use the space more efficient.

Steampunk Tub

Perhaps you don't want a steampunk shower... how about a tub instead? This one is from the home of Liz Lambert, who I know as a cool-as-anything Texas hotelier (her first project is the Hotel San Jose here in Austin). The large exposed copper pipes, the rusty feet, the Victorian tub add up to a nice mix of steam and punk.

Picture from Marie Claire Maison.

(Sorry for the sparse posting recently -- Christmas and a sick steampunklet is about all I can manage right now!)

Room's Decorations with Plastic Material

The glass or another transparent material are usually been used for creating a modern furniture or another decorations. A glass decoration's lamp will make the room looks brightner.
On this picture, we can see that the color of each materials are similar, ......