Unique storage solutions from Fulo

There are ten kinds of blocks which can be placed in eight different directions. Imagine how many different combinations you can get. Oblique also plays with light in the room and creates the illusion of shades of color on its body. Looks like creative storage systems is already the trend that only is going to become more popular. Oblique by Fulo is a modern version of the antique furniture with hidden compartments. The sophisticated storage system that allows you to choose the combination of blocks that will look interesting and give you enough storage space for all small things you have.

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Small house renovation by Ras-a

The majority of interior walls where removed or relocated; allowing the living, kitchen, and dining area to be one fluid space. A fourteen foot wide sliding glass door pockets out of site, extending the space outside to a revamped back yard and swimming pool. This outdoor living area becomes the focal point of the new design, while making the modest size of the interior feel more expansive. A bedroom, a bathroom, and the one car garage are the only rooms that keep their original location. The p_House is designed by Ras-a and located in Redondo Beach, a greater Los Angeles area beach city. It’s a renovation of a small post war house into a modern living and working home for a young couple. Due to budget constraints as well as environmental regard, the original house was recycled as much as possible.

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Courtyard house design by Architekton

The form is three feet thick which allows for structure, storage and utilities. When weather inspires, the home’s main living space’s north and south large sliding glass walls open for true indoor/outdoor comfort and enjoyment of the inherent evaporative cooling from the lake and the pool. One part of the house is cpu clad while others are clad in various materials such as bamboo and translucent glass. There is also a wrapping envelope that emerges from the ground and ends as an indirect light fixture illuminating the great room and entry. This wrapper is opaque on the east and west and provides a deep roof overhang on the south. The Lakes Residence is designed by Architekton for a family of four. It is the 3,500 square feet home that occupied a relatively small lot of about 65′ x 125′. Inspire of that there is a quite big exterior yard with a pool and the adjacent lake near by. The house has two levels with a footprint of about 25′ x 55′. Its shape is quite simple but it features all necessary living areas and four-car garage.

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Wood interior design by Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates

The first story contains storage, laundry, and sauna facilities. The second contains bedrooms and small bunkrooms to accommodate guests. The third contains the kitchen and dining spaces with a separate room to be used as playroom-TV room for the children and as a guest room. The fourth floor is in the tree tops with big dormer windows containing window seats that can also be used as beds for additional guests. The flooring is wide pine planks; there is cedar siding inside and out and it is furnished mostly with a collection of oak furniture. The Ski House is designed by Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates a long time ago for a family with two children where they also could meet with a large number of guests. is on the steep northern slope of the mountain above Vail in a beautiful stand of aspen trees and low evergreen bushes. The building is a four-story house and inspire of tall, straight trees around it features amazing views of surroundings.

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Modular wardrobe systems from Matthias Ries

It isn’t as boring as usual rectangular wardrobes and has elegant legs that make the room more spacious and airy. These legs are also painted in different colors to provide some originality. The system’s modularity allows you to choose among different container sizes and combine them with different leg sizes and colours. Who said that modular wardrobe systems should be boring? Modrobe is one more interesting work by German designer Matthias Ries, that he presented lately. This modular wardrobe system is a light and flexible solution that will add some originality and fun to your interior.

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Modern outdoor furniture by Tectona

It is made of woven resin and features a quite spacious storage basket that also serves as a cool back for a pillow. You can put all mattress and pillows there. Besides it features a seat and a footrest elements. That footrest can also act as a small side table. The Fatback sunlounger is designed by a Japanese designer, Nendo, for this year collection by Tectona. It doesn’t look much like other sun loungers out there thanks to unusual proportions.

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Bar storage organization by Etel

These wooden boxes provides enough space for organizing a perfect home bar. You can as hide as display things you like or not. Thanks to the leather “leach” the cart can be easily moved. The bar cart is perfect for those homes where the need to mix drinks moves around the house and outdoor areas. “Toto” is part of a collection by Etel, producer of precious Brazilian furnishings. “Toto” an odd looking bar cart that is designed by one of the most important Brazilian architects of his generation, Isay Weinfeld. It is made of freijó wood encased in mirror and contains a lot of wooden boxes in cedar, freijó, ipê and tauari wood.

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