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29/07/2013

Daily inspiration, lighthouse

It would be exciting to know what the story is behind this lighthouse. The aging, wear, wind & weather only makes the house more beautiful, more charming, more interesting. Just as with people who have lived, worked & loved, those who lived their lives to the fullest or who just wanted to have a simple & uncomplicated lifestyle. It’s amazing when you can see traces of life in the buildings as well as in humans. It is for me, what life is all about. Long live the natural aging process, in everything.

/ lighthousefriends.com

Take care / Marie

The lighthouse at Peggy’s Cove (livingit.us)
Lighthouse (lunaticbardkobik.wordpress.com)
Aniva Lighthouse, Russia (thoughtfuleyes.wordpress.com)
my lighthouse………… (monikabh25.wordpress.com)
Lighthouse (smithiesshutter.wordpress.com)

Tagged buildings, houses, lifestyle, Lighthouse, lighthouses, New South Wales, people

19/07/2013

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Daily inspiration, facade

Facades are amongst one of the best things I know. It’s a special feeling in my stomach when I see fine facades, whether they are contemporary, traditional, worn or whatever, really. I have spent loads of time, wandering around in different cities or streets to experience architecture regarding facades along streets & squares. It can be charming old houses, old schools, newly manufactured wooden houses, factories stately or just square ones, without decoration. Facades says a lot about us humans, through different epochs. It’s nice to play with the idea of how people living inside are & what they do. But let’s leave that thought for another time.

googleimages.com / google image

Take care / Marie

Tagged architecture, buildings, facade, facades, factories, houses, stately buildings

05/07/2013

Container living

Every time I drive past the airport, I see the huge container hangar where the containers are stacked on one another, in endless rows. It looks like an exciting landscape of orderly rows of giant iron boxes. I think it looks extremely appealing, can’t help it. Every time, the thought occurs, that I would like to live there … which impossible of course. At least right there. But it is possible to live in a dumpster … or whatever name that is appropriate. They are suitable both as workplace, a home, storey building, kindergarten & so on. Or even a mobile home, why not!

Here are some great solutions that are interesting in many ways. The possibilities are endless & it shouldn’t be too expensive, for those interested. What do you think?

lambert.com Container depot / Lambert

For the wanderlust / decocrush.tumblr.com

Complete small space / ideastosteal

French door rooms made from shipping containers / fancy.com

Possible to furnish with character / thedesignerpad.com

Several storeys works too / images.search.yahoo.com

Permanent living / inthralld.com

Modern container school / recyclart.org

pop up hotel / designmom.com

Eye catching coffee shop / catwood.com

Summer house / busyboo.com

Stylish black architecture / Pinterest.com

Wedged between “real” houses, really nice / 100life.jp,com

With a patio too / architizer.com

Take care / Marie

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Tagged container, containers, design tips, french doors, homes, houses, mobile home, recycled, shipping containers, summer house

07/04/2013

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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