My organization intends to construct ECO - friendly houses for orphans in East-Africa, any suggestions/help?
modular housing. While they may not sound too appealing at first - there are fantastic things being done with them in places like Rotterdam. And being steel they re recycled and recyclable! Do a search for "National Geographic - student homes- Holland - shipping containers". There are even some links
Lets light in from front and shows a bit of the house, but mostly private
House color and door and front
exterior color combos: neutral house and red door
on your exterior light and neutral, you can put any color you desire on the front door. A deep saturated red works great here. This is a smart exterior color palette for a home in a hot climate, because light house colors don't absorb as much heat as darker colors do.
Add landscaping. If your exterior paint went on brighter than you expected, but you don't want to repaint, try investing in landscaping instead. Lush green foliage and blooming flowers can go a long
Purple door. Olive green stucco, light wood. EXTERIOR.
Taupe ExteriorThis door sports a beautiful cool bluish purple that helps it stand out against the olive-green and light taupe siding. I like how the landscaping picks up the house's exterior colors and the warm-hued pavers offer a clean, welcoming path to the front door.
your exterior paint went on brighter than you expected, but you don't want to repaint, try investing in landscaping instead. Lush green foliage and blooming flowers can go a long way toward helping your house fit in with its surroundings. The gorgeous home and garden courtyard shown here use color to
accents to house structure add interest and warmth. Exterior use of natural wood "look" needs to be fairly maintenance free.
This is a great awning. Would like to work similar concept into exterior design perhaps above steps on south of house or over diningroom windows? Flexible but a nice accent tying
EXTERIOR: Rock siding/veneer on lower levels with white concrete steps. The planter boxes adding to the vertical drop of the retaining wall accent the slope rise from
pergola along side of house (west)
of the house's exterior and the landscaping elements.
Added to 235 ideabooks Last comment "THE RIETVELD HOUSE !"
röder House (1924), Utrecht, Netherlands, designed by Gerrit Rietveld
Photograph: Wojtek Gurak' photostream on flickr, used under the Creative Commons license.
Schröder House at a Glance
Year built: 1924
Architect: Gerrit Rietveld
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Size: 1,200 square feet
Rietveld Schroder house Utrecht, Netherlands. 1924
Schröder House's exterior. Here we see the "front" of the house, which would have faced the open meadows in the 1920s. Instead of the traditional brick walls with windows like its neighbors, the house is a layering of painted planes with large openings, both windows and doors. Columns, railings, nonstructural
of the house's three-dimensional composition of planes.
Love the way the interior blends with the exterior
to the house's exterior. Most of the renovations were designed to keep the house within the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) flood code. Vents had to be able to handle flood waters by equalizing water pressure all around the structure, wood had to be rotproof and all electrical services
The house color is Benjamin Moore Kendall Charcoal. Glad you like it!
take your house exterior fun and edgy, try a dark main color with a fun burst of color on the front door. Here is Kendall Charcoal HC-166 for the main field color and Cool Aqua 2056-40 on the front door, both by Benjamin Moore. Dark colors look great with chartreuse and emerald landscape colors.
That old house had wonderful bones to work with. It was great fun to restore for 21st century living.
like our house, I love the feel of the mix.
lifestyle.The house exterior and architecture was treated as a metaphorical envelope and would retain its period integrity. Interior features like the cabinetry, bathrooms, furnishings, light fixtures, staircase, etc. were seen as the contents of the envelope and therefore could serve as contemporary insertions
for your house?Consider the home style and ceiling height.This molding works because of the large scale of the room, the high ceilings and the size and detail in the other moldings around the fireplace and the baseboards. The overall style of the architecture is very traditional. If you have a very contemporary