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I usually cringe when someone says, “Think outside the box,” because it is such a cliché. However, there is no better way to describe the way these designers played around with geometry to come up with unexpected architectural forms. Some adopt strong diagonals, while others celebrate curves; those familiar with architectural tools are going to have the ability to imagine how much the some of the designers used their triangles while others gave their own compasses a workout. What all these houses have in common besides their unique forms is a sensitivity and a powerful response to their websites. See if you’d consider trading in a saltbox for a triangle home or a geodesic dome.

Go Glamping

I think of this home as “Bucky goes camping in Scotland.” This geodesic dome provides the ultimate glamping spot. Perched at the edge of the Audio of Lorne, the house enjoys a woodsy setting and water views.

Go Glamping

The bare-looking kitchen is a lavish when one is in a camping mind-set.

Go Glamping

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Fallingwater

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most famous private residential layout is a natural masterpiece that has been website driven. The way Fallingwater merges into its surroundings set a precedent, particularly the way it hovers above a stream and a waterfall.

Fallingwater

This rock was among the owner’s favorite places to sit on the house before the home was built, so Wright incorporated it in situ right in the front of the hearth.

Fallingwater

When this glass cover is opened, the space fills with the sounds of the waterfall below.

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Leslie Bentson

Produced by Charles Haertling, this home in Boulder, Colorado, is composed of 16 identical triangles.

Leslie Bentson

The owner’s vibrant accessories and artwork enliven the space.

Leslie Bentson

The fireplace layout takes its cues from the triangles’ sharp angles.

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Kentaro Kurihara

This suburban Japanese house opens to views of Mount Hongu. The sharply inclined roof permits for glassless windows and solitude.

Kentaro Kurihara

Every floor of the home has an outdoor area that has a feeling that’s distinctive from the others.

Kentaro Kurihara

The big openings give the best patio, in spite of its intensely angled wall, a much bigger sense of scale.

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DWYER DESIGN

This home is called The Radius House, also Daniel Leibermann, a former Taliesin West student of Frank Lloyd Wright, designed it in 1960. Dwyer Layout finished a current renovation to update the home, which architect Vivian Dwyer dubbed “delicate surgery.”

DWYER DESIGN

The sort of the chief area of the house radiates from this central center, and expansive glass opens the interior to the surrounding forests.

DWYER DESIGN

Have a note from Wright, Leibermann placed a sizable river rock in the hearth.

Inform us : Can you give one of those geometric homes a go, or does your chi flow better through a more conventional residence?

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It’s that time of year — you’ll be celebration jumping like crazy, and you’ll need to bring a gift for the host. As long as your host enjoys wine, then you could always quit on the way there for a bottle, but you are going to create a more memorable impression with some thing that you have put some thought to. This may be tricky, since the trend now is to simplify and decrease clutter. Try to find something that your host will really use and enjoy. As a bonus, among the greatest gifts you can offer your host is a last-minute text inquiring when a bag of ice is necessary or if you’re able to grab any last-minute items in route.

West Elm

Boxwood Tree – $24

This little boxwood tree is a charming and useful gift which will initially function as a holiday decoration and may then be placed out onto a porch in its pot or transplanted in the backyard.

Williams-Sonoma

Croissants, Set of 15 – $39.95

Among the nicest things you can do for a dinner party host is help out with breakfast the following day. Bring a basket of these delicious croissants, or perhaps a gift certificate to a popular breakfast joint.

Birchbox

Illume Mini Holiday Tin – $25

A scented candle is an time-tested present. I picked this one because of its holiday appearance and its woodsy, wintery balsam and cedar scent. It lends a yummy odor to a home.

L.L. Bean

Fatwood Sack of Kindling Sticks, 15 Pounds – $24.95

If your hosts have a wood-burning fireplace or an outdoor fire pit, they’ll love this superior kindling, which ignites a fire with no paper.

mistletoe.com

Deluxe Mistletoe Spray – $14.99

You will need to understand your hosts well enough to understand if they’ll think a festive sprig of mistletoe is a fun idea. While it is not an proper selection for a company celebration, it may add some smoochy fun into a casual community get-together.

snowandgraham.com

2013 Calendar – $30

While it’s presumptuous to buy a planner for someone (it is a fairly personal choice), a desktop calendar from Snow & Graham can help someone look ahead into the first of every month, with its new illustration.

kate spade new york

Outstanding Ideas Large Notepad – $10

Everyone could use a little inspiration. Give someone a nudge with a stylish notebook or journal to scribble thoughts, to-dos or memories inside.

See Jane Work

Mixit CD Envelope – $7.50

Ever since the launch of iTunes, personalized blend CDs have become a dying breed. It’s ironic, since iTunes makes them such a snap to put together. Create a personalized blend for your celebration hosts and send it within this clear envelope.

Urban Farmer

Indoor Herb Kit – $19.95

If your hosts love to cook, provide fresh herbs for their recipes. Have them began by preparing the kit so that they’ll have to do is provide sunlight and water.

C. Wonder

Wine Stopper, Monogrammed – $22

One really cannot have too many wine stoppers, since when you have only one, you can’t find it when you need it, or it is not enough when you’ve got more than 1 bottle moving. Add a personal touch with a monogram.

Williams-Sonoma

Peppermint Bark – $26.95

Peppermint bark is among those decadent treats most people won’t overpay on for themselves; they’ll only hope someone will think to give them as a present.

White Flower Farm

Ariel Paperwhite Kit in Basket – $49

Among the greatest ways for a gardener to get through the winter is by forcing bulbs inside. Paperwhites are a holiday favorite, and this kit contains everything to get started.

Paper Source

Gratitude Journal – $14.95

Oprah says you should write down five things you are grateful for every single evening. Pass this tidbit with your server when you pass him or her this gratitude journal.

Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart’s Cookies: The Best Best Treats to Bake and to Share – $15.98

It’s tough to find the time for holiday baking. Supply your host with a recipe, cookbook or gift certificate to your proper baking app. Put that with all the components and wrap everything in a pretty piece of cloth. If your hosts do not like to bake, make something yourself and give it as the present.

Stonewall Kitchen

Apothecary Jars | Stonewall Kitchen – $24.95

Purchase some useful food containers the recipients will use every day. Fill the container with snacks and treats that your host can place out for guests and family over the holidays, like nuts, Chex Mix and coconut-covered bonbons (you can scoop these up at Trader Joe’s for a song).

Goal

Perky-Pet Sunflower Lantern Wild Bird Feeder – $19.39

If your hosts are bird lovers, give them a feeder along with a bag of seeds. Another part of your present should be helping them set it up and hang it in a fantastic spot where they can view it from inside.

Anthropologie

Felted Polar Bear Ornament – $20

Bring a fun ornament to assist your hosts cut the shrub. If you’re having trouble finding one, check out this list of decorations for every single kind.

Anthropologie

Backyard Bocce Set – $14.95

You will need to do a little recon for this next suggestion, a game. When it’s bocce, cornhole, Scrabble, backgammon or Yahtzee, you’ll have to pick a game your hosts do not already have and will love.

If you’re going to become a houseguest, be doomed. Call and say something like, “Hey, I thought it would be fun to bring a few games for us to play together. Do you already have Monopoly? How do you feel about Yahtzee?” Then you can grab the game that’s missing from their collection.

Anthropologie

Fabric-Wrapped Soap – $9

Soap is an old standby, but here’s the thing: It’s something most people don’t often treat themselves to. Another gift-soap hurdle is that occasionally the wrap is so amazing that people do not wish to really tear it apart and use the soap itself. This floral soap comes wrapped in a lovely reusable fabric that protects that issue.

Horchow

Butterfly Notecards, Set of 8 – $100

This is a time of year when people send a great deal of thank-you notes. Choose or create cards that you think will suit your server and, as a bonus, throw in a sheet of stamps.

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Sure, the turkey, stuffing and pumpkin seed might be the stars of this series, but we all know it’s really our loved ones that make Thanksgiving special. Embrace the spirit of the holiday this year by adopting a new tradition that highlights gratitude, giving and community (and have fun doing it). Here are 13 fresh ideas to try out this turkey day — and perhaps for many more years to come.

Shannon Malone

1. Produce a banner you can use year after year. Use what you have in the house to make a gratitude banner to decorate your dining room on Thanksgiving. Listed below are a couple ways to do it, depending on the materials you have:
Cut and sew letters out of fabric scraps onto fabric tape.Cut out letters out of background samples or oilcloth, and sew them onto grosgrain ribbon.Glue letters cut out of pretty gift wrap onto cardstock for strength, punch holes in the tops and tie them onto ribbon or twine.Cut out pages from an old publication and use stencils to paint a letter onto each page, then staple the pages onto twine.

Wilson & Company Ltd

2. Display the year in photos. Take the time to collect your favorite pictures of family, friends and experiences over the past year and exhibit them in the entrance hall on Thanksgiving. You can have multiple photos made into oversize posters — add one more annually if you make it a custom.

Or tape a fast family tree on the wall using Japanese and photographs masking tape (that is easily removed) since the branches.

R Brant Design

3. Invite someone who does not have a place to go. Whether it’s a work colleague or a friend of a friend, if you hear of somebody who won’t have the ability to go home this Thanksgiving, invite them to your house to discuss this special meal. It can definitely make a difference for the person who you invite; besides, the more people are squished around the table, the more fun the dinner generally is.

Rifle Paper Co..

Gold Floral Thank-You Card – $4.50

4. Send gratitude notes to friends and family far away. Sending gratitude notes for Thanksgiving would be such a welcome surprise for nearest and dearest who can not be in the table with you. Of course, this being the electronic age, you could also send an e-card, call them or use whatever system works for you. The point is to link.

Jaye Lee Interiors

5. Establish a endless gratitude list. Unfurl a roll of butcher paper and set it on a side table or buffet with a cup of pens and a bit of sign encouraging guests to record what they are thankful for. It would be interesting to keep the roll from year to year and earn a custom of reading through the past entries.

Murphy & Co.. Design

6. Share the bounty. Before the holiday comes, take stock of your own good luck and see whether you can afford to donate some bags of much-needed food to your regional food bank or soup kitchen.

I recommend calling in advance to learn what they truly require. I also know families who opt to volunteer serving meals or washing dishes in a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving, so if this is something that you are interested in, why not give it a try this season?

Tucker & Marks

7. Have a potluck of objects. Ask your guests to bring something to place on the table that is meaningful to them, while it’s a salt cellar bought on a special trip or Great-Grandma’s gravy boat. Coordinate beforehand, and your table will be a potluck of treasures.

Lisa Nieschlag “Liz & Jewels”

8. Share your family’s cherished recipes. In the event that you always make a favorite dish that has been handed down through your loved ones, this season take some time to replicate it out on cards to give guests, along with the story behind it.

Paper Source

Wooden Fall Candles – $8.50

9. Make a bark tree. Utilizing wooden leaves like those shown here or paper leaves you cut out yourself, encourage visitors to note something they are thankful for on a leaf, then clip the leaves together with clothespins to bare branches in a tall vase.

Jeni Lee

10. Share the feast together with all the birds. Try making a classic DIY bird feeder out of an apple wrapped in peanut butter and birdseed. This is a good activity to keep children occupied while the grown-ups are cooking — then it is possible to send them outside to place their treats around the yard for fleas or birds to find.

Michelle Hinckley

11. Produce a musical tradition. If a person in your household plays piano, guitar or another device, encourage her or him to discuss a tune on Thanksgiving. No musicians in the household? Just select some favorite albums to play since this is a classic holiday, why not go having an abysmal playlist?

Jessica Risko Smith Interior Design

12. Invite friends to the kitchen. If you’re among the cooks that takes on the entire Thanksgiving feast on your own, I beg you to rethink this season — even if just a little. Assign household and friends kitchen responsibilities you know they can manage, and everybody will feel more useful and have more fun.

B. Jane Gardens

13. End the day outside. Take a stroll, play football or sit around an outside fire using a last glass of wine. After all of that eating and cooking indoors, it feels amazing to step out into the crisp air.

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Happy Fourth of July, Everybody! I hope you have some fantastic cookout and fireworks strategies. While many Americans are bedecking their front porches with red, white and blue to the day, others enjoy Americana style year-round. The style includes elements like American flags; quilts; a red, white and blue colour; nautical touches; classic vintage furniture of the Hawaiian and farmhouse varieties; folk art; shingles; plantation shutters; ticking stripes; Amish quilts and legendary logos like Coca-Cola. You don’t need to possess an explosion of red, white and blue or ginghams and plaids anyplace to achieve the appearance, however; there are loads of ways to adopt the style that vary in the aforementioned explosion to very subtle hints.

Echelon Custom Homes

If you’re hanging a flag on the facade of your house or even framed on the wall as you see, the proper way is with the field of stars to your left.

James McAdam Design

Americana style doesn’t mean an explosion of fire-engine red, white and navy blue (though that’s OK too). This settee vignette carefully scattering the patriotic palette and components: The blue is a really light shade; the celebrities really are a folk-art shape rather than the usual five-point star seen on the flag.

James McAdam Design

This barn goes all-out in embracing Americana style, such as gingham, quilted pillows, a red-white-blue palette and the framed flag. The use of white paint and mixing in neutral shades of tan avoid Americana overload.

Interior designer Barclay Butera is not scared to fully embrace Americana style, particularly when decorating seaside cottages.

James McAdam Design

A framed classic bathing suit provides just the ideal dose of Americana to this upgraded cabin kitchen.

Frederick + Frederick Architects

This porch has big Americana curb appeal, with its proud flag flying, shingles which resemble barn doors and farmhouse feel.

James McAdam Design

A shingled porch is a superb spot to showcase some stars and bars. A massive pillow at a Betsy Ross–inspired striped and design bistro chairs bring patriotic style.

James McAdam Design

This clipped modern landscape blends classic Americana style (shingles, blue dividers, geraniums in window boxes) with contemporary touches (gridded pavers, contemporary sofa seats, an edited plant palette).

Shoreline Architecture & Design

Gingham fabric and solid blue cushions piped in white are popular upholstery options that include Americana style. Adding another strong color like sage green to the red, white and blue changes up the expected appearance.

Sarah Greenman

A completely different palette may nevertheless comprise Americana style. Iconic photos from Ansel Adams, a star-patterned quilt plus a weathered caramel leather sofa complete the appearance.

Wolf & Wing Interior Design

A chic coastal appearance may give a nod to Americana through its colour palette.

Bountiful

Federal and oriental furniture pieces like these nightstands and this four-poster bed additionally add Americana style. A striped rug is another strong portion of the appearance.

Crisp Architects

A comfy colonial New England look filled with antique furniture and farmhouse touches can be pure Americana, since the bits recall Americans’ early history.

Jean Macrea Interiors, Inc..

Looking to later times of settlers outside West, rustic Western style is another take.

Sandy Koepke

Folk art components, particularly those associated with farms and barns, like weather vanes, are fun ways to bring from the appearance.

Irene Turner: IT Sonoma Design

Contemporary and contemporary spaces can also adopt this appearance. This house’s architecture is barn inspired, therefore regardless of its modern finishes and lack of ornamentation, overstuffed bits in a red, white and blue palette fit into the mixture.

Iconic American trademarks and products like Coca-Cola paraphernalia are also a part of Americana style. The classic coke machine at the corner serves as a fun conversation piece.

If you can’t afford an original Jasper Johns, be watching at street fairs, art shows and online for flag artwork. It’s remarkable the way in which the flag can look very traditional or very modern.

B+g design inc..

A dash of Americana style even functions in this very modern home in the form of the flag as contemporary art.

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Fiber cement contains a mix of cellulose fiber material, Portland cement, silica, sand, water and other additives, based on Victoria Ballard Bell’s helpful book Materials for Design. Panels made with it can also be known as Hardie board, after the title of the number-one manufacturer. Fiber cement altered the asbestos cement sheeting of board.

This background hasn’t ceased Hardie board along with other manufacturers’ fiber cement products from becoming a widely used siding for houses. Over just a heavy-duty replacement for vinyl or wood siding (fiber cement panels are termite and rot resistant and virtually maintenance free), this material can have its own aesthetic, thanks to larger panel sizes and the a variety of color treatments which could be utilized. These examples show some of these layout variants possible with asphalt cement panels.

Stuart Sampley Architect

This photo of this popular Moontower Residence in Austin, Texas, exemplifies the flexibility of fiber cement relative to siding. One volume is covered with flat siding, while another is board and batten; both are restricted by the same corrugated metal roof and treated with a similar color palette.

Nic Darling

The 100K House — a pilot project in Philadelphia for entry urban houses — is a very simple box which garners attention from the vertical random vertical striping of two colors of fiber cement panels. Notice how the windows will be the same width as the panels, thus getting part of the total pattern — or lack thereof.

This house indicates a jump in scale concerning panel dimensions, but also how fiber cement can be used along with other substances. It acts as a framework on this facade, wrapping around volumes covered with substances of a finer scale and different color. I enjoy how the door is tucked at the gap between the panels and the white volume.

Boehm Architecture

While the substances in the preceding example were comparable in color and tone, this endeavor is all about comparison. Fiber cement panels and wood planks have been articulated in a way that the prior read such as two-dimensional bits layered over the latter.

Resolution: 4 Architecture

Fiber cement panels in this prefab house cover a little volume, while bamboo siding can be used for the larger bar. The slate-blue color is transported into the distance between the windows on the second floor.

Resolution: 4 Architecture

A closeup of this slate volume indicates the exposed fasteners that ring the perimeter of each fiber cement panel.

Stelle Lomont Rouhani Architects

Two dimensions and colors of fiber cement panels insure this guest house. Dark floats above mild. That is an inversion of what we would anticipate, but one which is “righted” by the magnitude of the siding along with the panels, little preceding large.

DeForest Architects

More variation in fiber cement panels: vertical board and batten in the foreground (notice how the front door fits), and larger rectangular panels at the trunk.

Alan Mascord Design Associates Inc

And now for something different. This last example uses a flat board and batten configuration. The orange color fits with a palette which includes red mullions and also a smaller yellow-green volume.

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Although I am the first one to sing the praises of central heating, a little part of me thinks it is a shame that this modern convenience did its part to leave bedroom fireplaces unnecessary. What is more pleasing, and more calming, than cozying up to a hearth at the comfort of your boudoir? Fortunately, this tiny luxury has enjoyed a resurgence in recent decades, and now there are all kinds of creative methods to make it happen. Read these thoughts for inspiration.

Gast Architects

As a result of the formal furniture structure, this space has the feel of a living room that only happens to incorporate a bed.

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Jensen Architects

Yes, you might have a fireplace at a very small bedroom. Herea grid of white tiles onto the surround reinforces the powerful architecture of the room; the gourd-shaped light fixture adds needed curves. Fireplaces do confine furniture positioning, therefore tucking the bed into the bay window and incorporating built-in storage are smart choices.

Call it”mountain mod.” This chamber marries the top of this lodge look (antler chandelier, stacked-stone fireplace, exposed beams) with modern accents like the Barcelona seat.

And now for a completely different take on stacked stone. The discreet fireplace and warm tones in its surrounding wall actually bring this minimalist area to existence, yet blend with all the jaw-dropping views in the window .

Globus Builder

A chrome-trimmed fireplace adds to the positive, modern feel of the area and infuses it with a touch of elegance.

Tracery Interiors

This limestone surround feels unfussy, yet makes an announcement. Additionally, it does not overwhelm the monochromatic palette or the blank, uniform styling of the shelves (I am enjoying that white-paper-covered book technique).

Tracery Interiors

The way this fireplace is tucked inside its own niche, complete with bookshelves on both sides, makes it feel as a Lilliputian library. I can see stretching out on a thick, soft blanket directly front of it and becoming lost in a book for hours.

Garret Cord Werner Architects & Interior Designers

A freestanding fireplace accentuates this area’s old-fashioned, very American charm. It feels nearly Colonial in its spareness, yet of this moment.

Gregory Carmichael

Some rooms are just, classically pretty. They don’t shout; they whisper. This retreat, with its amazing millwork, controlled palette, and unassuming fireplace illuminates the walls, falls within that category.

Lewin Wertheimer

A little, convex corner hearth is a great way to maximize space and include architectural interest.

This rustic look is pitch-perfect for the cabin-style setting. I can almost feel my tootsies becoming caked as I imagine snuggling within that window seat. And I love that the fireplace doors come with built-in mesh panels, eliminating the need for a screen.

The arrangement here, with a small sofa pushed contrary to the food of the bed, is somewhat unconventional, but it functions. You could bask in the fireglow just as well from both spots.

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