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Retractable bed. If you have limited floor space but relatively high ceilings, a retractable bed can be a smart solution. In this clever tiny house, the bed is raised and lowered remotely so the space below can be used for other purposes during the day. This option may be chosen if a ladder is impractical due to mobility issues, or if you just don’t like ladders. While retractable beds aren’t the cheapest option, they do add significant comfort and practicality to small spaces. When this bed is needed, the remote-controlled hoist and track system that’s built into a full-height storage wall lowers the bed down to rest, turning the living room into a bedroom. There’s no folding or packing away involved either.
Tip: Also take a look at the towel hardware in the bathroom section. These can be a practical alternative to a utensil rack, with a little extra depth to accommodate more cumbersome items, such as pots with large handles. If you’re feeling crafty, create your own unconventional utility rack. A cool-looking industrial pipe affixed to the wall with coordinating brackets could work. Or, as shown in this photo, a sturdy branch could add a more organic kitchen detail. Metal S-hooks or J-hooks for your DIY pot rail can be found in most kitchen or hardware sections.
OBVIOUSLY THE CEILING!!!! but also the Gathered Bed Skirts The gathered bed skirt is one of the most popular choices, perhaps because it happens to be the most widely available at stores. It’s always a stylish idea to duplicate the bed skirt fabric as a pillow on the bed. Though you need only one matching pillow, you’ll often see an entire layer of pillows that match the skirt.
Carolyn Reyes SaveEmail Mack loves using paint to transform a space. “You can do amazing things with paint,” she says, adding that if you make a mistake, you can just paint over it. Here, Mack transformed the previously plain wood top cabinets into artwork. The bottom cabinets were painted black to offer contrast.
On the left, a drawer opens to reveal a custom built-in knife block. Below, a stainless steel-lined drawer box stores dry food like potatoes and bread. The vertical slot in the middle holds two custom walnut cutting boards that can be pulled out using a leather handle and placed on the countertop. To the right, a swing-out shelf brings a mixer to countertop height when needed. Robertson faked the cabinet front to look like three drawers. “It’s really a hardworking piece of furniture,” Robertson says of the island.
The pool is from Endless Pools and was integrated into the space by general contractor Jessie Ososki. DeWitt gives much credit to Ososki for helping to devise and implement the design of the addition. “The quality of craftsmanship is top-notch. All of the plywood walls have mitered edges— everything fits together as tight as a drum.”
The addition’s interior is covered in marine-grade plywood, used in many boats because of its ability to hold up well to moisture. DeWitt loves the material because of its humble appearance. “It has beautiful striations and a lovely hue, but it’s the opposite of bling,” he says. Four operable skylights above the pool add additional light and magical views while swimming. A strip of LED lights is integrated into each skylight for nighttime illumination.
The curvy headboards recall the carved walls throughout the house. All details, including the paintings, reflect the luxurious traditional style of the Venetian aristocracy, translated for a mountain location. Bottega d’Arte projects begin on the computer. After a laser scan of the entire space, the house is virtually reconstructed via a 3-D simulation, and the furnishings take shape. No project can begin without an accurate rendering and the creation of a database of pieces that are digitally cataloged, created by hand and assembled on-site. This procedure keeps the phases of the project under control, ensures that errors are avoided and keeps the cost of the work in check.
OMG!!!!!! Wood mixes splendidly with many other materials, as demonstrated by the onyx countertop in the kitchen. The line of lighting over the counter makes the stone shine, heightening its splendor, while in the skylight, a small heart in Tyrolean style brings us back to the spirit of the place and its traditions.
Made by Gianpaolo Zandegiacomo, who with his brother Davide owns Bottega d’Arte, a company specializing in the production of wooden interiors and hand-carved furniture.
The living room receives light from a window and the decorative panel in the ceiling. Light blue velvet curtains provide privacy and avoid any hint of minimalistic empty space. “We were born among planers and chisels, breathing the scent of wood, in a small village surrounded by the beautiful valleys of the Dolomites,” says Gianpaolo Zandegiacomo, who with his brother Davide owns Bottega d’Arte, a company specializing in the production of wooden interiors and hand-carved furniture.
TINY CABIN ON LAKE DESIGN
GREAT BOATHOUSE ON LAKE LANDSCAPE
PERFECT BLEND OF RUSTIC AND ELEGANT LUXURY
The refrigerator is hidden behind matching reclaimed oak pallet wood panels. The door to the right of the refrigerator leads to a pantry and an office that serves as command central for the home.
NICE BLEND OF RUSTIC AND CLASSY
Carving out the covered deck allowed the dining space to have windows on three sides. This gives it the feeling of a former screened-in porch, like you’d see on an older lake cabin. All of the windows are Minnesota-made by Marvin. “Dining rooms are great to place in front of a view because the furniture is low and you can see over it,” Mattson says.
A look inside the second-story screened-in porch, which has a vaulted knotty pine ceiling and a stone surround on the fireplace. Although this is the owners’ full-time home, it has many elements that give it a vacation house feel, something the couple’s adult children love when they visit.
. Provide a finishing touch. A style truism attributed to Coco Chanel is that “elegance is elimination.” It’s in this spirit that we can also gauge the impact of design elements on a space by imagining the room without them. Casting our eyes upon this understated breakfast nook, it’s clear that the sheer shades are the final, essential touch that gives the room its comfort and softness.
Cozy Reading Cave ...! Heaven!!!!! especially with the desk and comfy chair, and window(s).
A walkway wraps around the house, mainly so that the homeowners can clean the large sliding glass doors.
There are technically only two rooms inside the cabin — a bathroom, located on the other side of this fireplace, and the combined dining, kitchen, living and bedroom spaces. Clothes hang in built-in cabinets on either side of the bed. The cabinet at the foot of the bed conceals a flat-screen TV.
The glulam fir rafters are laid out like veins of a maple leaf, Sayler says. The floor is knotty fir; the ceiling is knotty cedar.
Potting station components: Many potting stations have a three-tier system — a top shelf for storing tools, a main work surface, and a lower shelf for stashing pots and bags of soil and amendments. Beyond that, there is plenty of opportunity to customize it to best suit your gardening needs. Consider adding an outdoor sink, drawers to store additional tools and supplies, built-in bins to hold potting soil, or a shade structure to cover the entire setup.
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