Tag: house
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Original Golden Gate Bridge Suspension Cables Used To Make Stunningly Unique Furniture
Since opening in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge has been a symbol of American engineering. The suspension bridge runs about 1.7 miles and is set in place by two main cables with wire ropes running vertically. Over the years, scraps were sold off and in 2006, Strands of History bought the remaining inventory of these…
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NASA Compiles a List of the Best Air-Cleaning Plants for Your Home
Houseplants are awesome indoor air cleaners, but some of them are more effective than others at filtering out pollutants and toxic chemicals in the air. This infographic highlights the best air-filtering plants, according to a NASA study. NASA researchers set out to find the best ways to clean the air in space stations. Their Clean…
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This Huge Ancient Underground City Once Housed 20,000 People
If you’re like us, when you were a kid you dreamt about opening a door in your bedroom that lead to a hidden world. But we’ve found one better… can you imagine a buried city laying just behind the walls of your house? In 1963, a Turkish man knocked down a wall in his basement,…
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Hilariously Inappropriate Playground Design Fails That Are Hard To Believe Were Approved
To get you through to the end of the weekend, we’ve prepared a compilation of playground design fails that are far from friendly. Who knew that once wholesome characters like Frosty the Snowman or Spiderman could become so inappropriate with just a few wrong design placements. Yes, some of these are so disturbing you will wonder…
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Designer Has The Most Colorful Apartment You’ve Ever Seen
Your house isn’t a home without a bit of color. That’s the motto for Amina Mucciolo, aka Studio Mucci. The designer has taken the Internet by storm after she transformed her apartment into a rainbow. With light purple walls, pastel cabinets, a flower wall, a hello kitty microwave, and colorful paper cranes hanging from the…
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This Bed is the Ultimate Adult Playground You’ll Never Want to Leave
We know most of you like sleep and if given the choice, would never leave your bed. Especially when it's time to get up in the morning and go to work. To make the decision to leave your bed even harder, we've found the ultimate bed that not only looks cool, but is packed with…
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Amazing Staircase Designs From Around the World To Inspire
For most people, staircases are simply a mechanism that takes you from level 1 to level 2 and level 2 back down to level 1. Not so for these designers, who have created some of the most mesmerisingly beautiful works of art we’ve ever seen. And they also double as a staircase :) What’s your…
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An Enchanted Forrest of Light Created by an Amazing Chandelier
Imagine an enchanted forest, with swaying branches and the howls of the animals around you on a moonlit night. That’s the effect of the incredible Forms of Nature chandelier, created by Thyra Hilden and Pio Diaz. When you turn it on, a tangled roots and branches casts 360 degree shadows transforming your entire room to look like an enchanted forest.…
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Crazy? Architect Creates Window That Turns Into a Balcony!
In one of the more interesting designs we’ve seen in a while, Argentinian architect Aldana Ferrer Garcia has created a concept for an extending window that allows apartment-dwellers to enjoy the sky from their oft-cramped quarters. The “More Sky” windows all swing or otherwise extend out from the wall to create cozy seated alcoves. According to…
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Stunning Lamps Crafted from Calabash Display Dazzling Rays of Light
“What is calabash” we hear you say! Well calabash is a vine grown variety of melon that Polish artist Przemek Krawczyński has managed to transformed into spectacularly handcrafted, intricately carved lamps that illuminate their surroundings with brilliant displays of light. According to Przemek, “By day, my lamp is a unique sculpture, while at night, the light breathes new life…