architecture | anordinarywoman

07/04/2013

Box shaped houses

I happen to like simple square box-shaped houses & buildings. I like the simple shape that showcases exactly what you see without fuss. Angles & crannies are not my melody even if I do appreciate it because of its intermittency & charm…when it’s old, used & lived in. But, it’s like it is with preferences. And still, with a straight shape, it can look so different & express so much, that it’s hard to believe. Anyway, I thought you might like a post about nicely box shaped houses.

Extremely nice in its simplicity / bungalow5

Compact but airy / byggfabriken

Ultramodern / design-dautore

Delightful / fancy

Old & the new together / convoy

Garage living / ikea

Concrete block that blends in with the environment / lambert blog

Absolutely adorable / reiulframstadarchitechts

Great small buildings / skonahem

Strong impact with small means / paonote-room269

Stands out in the crowd / letmebeinspired

Orangery in black & glass / hus&hem

Exciting roof house / paulmouret via fancy

Tranquil workplace / blessthisstuff.com

Exciting placement of windows / thenewyorktimes

Take care / Marie

Tagged Angles and crannies, Apartments, architecture, buildings, houses, Modernism, orangery, Studios, Work places

13/02/2013

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Homes / Interiors, Outdoor

Another brick in the wall

To live in a brick house in an old area with other similar houses, gets you thinking of the material that’s been used. Strangely enough, I’m of course aware of these houses that you can find all over the town. And a lot on my street, it’s a typical construction materials. Yet it’s not obvious with things until you get close. We went to visit a brick factory which is located not far from here, where you get to walk around on a sky-bridge that runs around the entire brickyard, press the buttons to hear the stories from the past, look at the production & see how buildings emerged and so on. Doesn’t sound so exciting maybe but it was actually interesting. It made me look at things differently & definitely appreciate these buildings around me in a more valuable way. Wood has otherwise always been the building material that I’m used to.

Well, let’s take a look at bricks of various kinds – mostly from the inside.

Rustic with an interesting mix / cdn3.welke.nl

Nice impact with a black wall / osbakkandchu.blogspot

Worn factory feeling / flickr.com

Dark & interesting / justthedesign

White & wood / lonnymag.com

Nice with black to a lighter wall / mstetson.com

Warm diverse colours / pinterest.com

Coordinated into a whole / 25.media.tumblr

Striking & inviting / satchi via fancy

Rough kitchen feel / stylizimo

Modern feel / planet-deco.fr

With white & wood / letmebeinspired

/ helenaaro

Contemporary / Vanguard – Residential

Neat with rounded wall & matching kitchen cabinets / ethereal-gold via tumblr

Tagged architecture, Brick, brick factory, brick house, brick walls, home decor, homes, Interiors

30/10/2012

Just for fun / 207

My house has not yet turned into a home. It’s going to take a while. There’s stuff everywhere, furniture is still in the same place as where they were left by the movers. The boxes are countless. A great deal of them, in different rooms, are still unpacked. One can safely say that right now we do not have control over our lives. Instead of trying to get things done when we had a day off together, vi decided to stroll in the neighbourhood, grab a coffee & do NOTHING at all. I wouldn’t mind a nice long holiday with absolutely no activities at all. It felt like a good decision at that time. Unfortunately, everything looked the same when we got back. Well, well, what’s the hurry…we will get there sooner or later.

There’s no theme today more than that this collection are some cute, simple, quirky or just fun images.

Pipelines with new functionality / Moothie via Fancy

Illustration with reality / Normanncopenhagen

Fun sight to be greeted by daily / Biscuitmixer via Fancy

A good combination, cute & tasty / Design dautore

Hello there / Asdringo via Fancy

Don’t know if I would choose this at home but still cool / Hittahem

Storage for tea bags / Thefancy

Fun detail / Hu2design via Google

Eye candy / The Fancy

Skeletal design / RockettStGeorge

Completely charming / Travelfoodandwine

Everyone needs to wash now & then / The khool

White tangles / Google.com

Scary bracelet / Theheardirector

World map in a coffee cup / Designdautore

Take care / Marie

Tagged architecture, design, food styling, home decor, illustration, images, street art

16/05/2012

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Outdoor

Rooftops / 163

Hej dear friends,

Rooftops have always been exciting, from the time when I as a child ran around with the big kids at building / construction sites where you really could not be … & were so exciting precisely for that reason. To the rooftops you get to see from hotel rooms … when I dared to look out from the windows from that hight. I loved the movie Aristocats where the characters ran around on the rooftops in Paris. And something exciting always happened. I think I watched it hundred times with my boys. It’s not only the view that is exciting or the height, but also the fact that you are on a roof, at the top, where nobody can see you but you can see everything.

It’s exciting, fun & uplifting, but also romantic, isn’t it ?

Tightly as in a sardine tin / Weheartit