Chinese Students Design The Most Spacious Tiny House Ever. We are witnessing a change in trend when it comes to housing and the size of houses. The current approach is to go for a minimalistic design where no space goes to waste and is utilized efficiently. Recently a team of 12 students studying architecture at China’s Chongqing University took part in a school exhibition where a tiny house was shown on a whole new level. The house that this team came up with has been designed while considering factors, such as comfort and maximum efficiency while utilizing space efficiently. The house covers an area of 7 square meters only. Yes, we know, that sounds too less to be true and even if it is true, the design would suck since it is built in such a short area. However, that is the beauty of this design. Feast your eyes on the design of the house. The house has no doors since it is a beta version and also since it is in an exhibition, therefore, not having doors allows people to peek into the house.
The stairs provide storage space as well. San Francisco's Secret Mosaic Staircase. If you've ever wanted to find a hidden art gem in San Francisco, head to 16th and Moraga to discover The 16th Avenue Tiled Steps. Not only will you be able to see some amazing views of the city, you'll get to appreciate a beautiful mosaic running up 163 steps.
Inspired by the world-famous steps in Rio de Janeiro, Irish ceramist Aileen Barr and mosaic artist Colette Crutcher joined forces, working with over 300 community volunteers for over a two and a half year period until they unveiled the project in August 2005. The names of over 220 sponsors were actually woven into the sweeping sea-to-sky design and, amazingly, over 2,000 handmade tiles and 75,000 fragments of tile, mirror and stained glass went into the finished piece. There were a total of 163 separate mosaic panels created, one for each step riser. On Yelp, the staircase received 5 out of 5 stars with 93 reviews. Here's how a few Yelpers described the steps: "The steps paint a picture of the sea flowing into the sky. "BEAUTIFUL. 20 Awesome Do It Yourself Projects.
Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:30 am, Posted by Chris Groves | Internet 20 Awesome Do It Yourself Projects Topics: At Home Project Ideas , Creative DIY Home Projects , Do It Yourself Projects for 2012 , Fun How To Projects , What to Do with Extra Stuff Are you bored and have a bunch of extra little items hanging around here and there? Well we were in the same boat so we decided to round up 20 different awesome at home projects you can do. Anything from soda pop cap lids to spoons and more.
You honestly don’t know some of the creative things you can do with what could possible be junk. If you know of any great at home Do It Yourself Projects please leave a comment to include your own and maybe we will add it to our list. And for the upcoming holiday season we want to give all you do-it-yourselfers a head start with these incredible Christmas DIY for 2012 1. More info: here | Buy: here 2. More info: here 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Incoming search terms: Black Labels, Bright Lights: 5 DIY Wine Bottle Lamp Projects. Admire the label art, open the bottle, drink the wine, put a stopper in, then consume the rest later … and then what? While a true collector might still keep the empty glass around, most of us then dispose of the leftover container and move on. Here are some illuminating reasons to think twice before recycling them right away. (Instructions for the above DIY outdoor wine bottle wooden-wall torch at Design Sponge). More than decor, candles can add nice mood lighting to a space – particularly when filtered through dark greens and browns of a glass wine bottle.
Probably for safety reasons you do not find many home bottle cutter kits these days unless they are vintage/used ones – but find one and you can make any kind of customized, personalized, faux-engraved gift you want as the pictures above illustrate. These sound a bit complex, right?