Raphaelle Guran is a blogger, full time writer and a Digital Marketing specialist. She is fascinated with Advertising and the Creative Industries, paying a special interest in Creativity of all kinds. She doesn't believe in neither limits nor limitations and the constantly growing thirst of new fields of inspiration brought her to Freshome.
Reflecting the beautiful surroundings, the Country Hill residence, located in Austin, Texas is the pure expression of elegance and refinement. Spacious, sophisticated and with an amazing view, the house enhances the feeling of well-being. Jauregui Architects, Interiors & Construction… managed to create an exquisite décor, showcasing that when it comes to a project of such importance, design has to be
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On a fringe of land, close the the shoreline, there lies the Sunset Point Residence, an exquisite refined home with high ceilings and elegant decorations. More accurately, located in San Juan Island, Washington, the house opens up to a staggering view over the blue waters. “The home was designed with two mirroring curved glass walls that frame views, and let
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In order to create a perfect new relaxing home by improving an old one, you need to know what to keep untainted and what are you willing to change. Mixing old and modern is never an easy job. When it comes to building a new structure that perfectly complements the old one, you have to play by the rules: an
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Here’s something you don’t see everyday! In the exquisite and contradictory city of Berlin, where contemporary, avant-garde and high tech blend wonderfully, Brandt + Simon Architekten… studio has recently completed this eco-friendly single family house. The pixel-like facade is the result of using peculiar green tiles, giving you the feeling that you are admiring an 8-bit design, that happens to
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This surprisingly beautiful home is located in Surrey Hills, Australia. The house stuns you with its neat, almost minimalistic exterior. Moreover, it gets straight to our hearts because it reflects a simple design line without getting lost in the big picture. There are many houses that respect the principle of simplicity, but only few manage to impress with it. Simplicity
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Located in Cologne, Germany, this modern penthouse designed by the Belgian interior designer Angelo de Bock… is daring, provocative and incorporates a strong personality. The interior is sprinkled with warm tones of colour, creating that perfect ambience for a home located in a cosmopolite city such as Cologne. Let’s start with the terrace though, where there lies a rusty decorative
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Sustainability started to become a major issue these days. A home has to be energy efficient and made of eco-friendly materials in order to give you that “green state of mind”. In order to celebrate the awareness that a sustainable home means a planet less polluted, we are presenting you an interesting project, developed by the Scandinavian designer, Heidi Mendoza,
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It’s very funny how we usually wander with our minds, imagining all sorts of beautiful places: from spacious luxury homes with breezy patios, to NY lofts with a particular bohemian flair or small compact Scandinavian apartments with a sharp sense of style. We see everyday the work of some of the most brilliant minds, designers and architects, that create out
By RaphaelleZecc Architecten…, the Utrecht-based design studio has recently completed the transformation of an 18th-century coach house in Breukelen, the Netherlands. The picturesque house, surrounded by trees, once with strong rustic accents became brighter and more spacious. Respecting the lines of simple and neat design, the new Breukelen house is simply stunning. Most of the rooms are white and uncluttered.
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The Toronto Residence designed by Belzberg Architecture …received the 2013 Ontario Association of Architects Design Excellence award. Very modern, and breezy, the stratified home showcases different types of materials for each of its layer, creating a very interesting contrast (plasters blends with zinc cladding, wood and stones). The house takes advantage of the natural rich surroundings. The flawless transition between
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The sunny California weather, the beaches, the fun and all the “glory” make people think that if there’s a paradise, this how it’s supposed to look like! With such a lovely view comes a lovely house. And if you manage to have a lovely house nearby the Pacific Ocean, with the breeze knocking on your windows, feeling the sand under
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The Milan-based design studio, MammaFotogramma …presented this interesting wooden sheet, simply called Woodskin. It might look just like another regular museum exhibit but it’s far more than that. Woodskin is an ultra-thin sheet of Russian plywood divided into small triangles in order to create a large range of flexibility. By simply bending it, you can create complex shapes and change
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The floating book support and the book-shaped flower pot are just two creative ways of extending the storage space or simply spread some “magic” around your home. Presented at Milan’s Design Week 2013, the two items mentioned above have two different functions: create an impression on whoever ends up seeing them and yes, here’s a more practical one, enhance the
Horst Architects …, the Californian architectural studio renewed this neat interior of a two-storey apartment located in Corona del Mar (translated as “Crown of the Sea”), Newport Beach, California. The major problem was the lack of space, so the architects had to find a good design idea in order to implement it and deliver a home that accommodates an office,
By RaphaelleThe Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences was designed by the professional architectural studio, Perkins+Will…, in New York. Its remarkable new and sustainable design is daring and intriguing. This new avant-garde concept, characterised by an irregular folded-like structure, all wrapped in copper, aims to mark a new “Front Door” for the School of Engineering. The building is envisioned
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