“Welcome home” is the feeling you get in this recycled wood cottage by Juan Luis Martinez Nahuel. Located on a steep hillside about an hour’s drive from Panguipulli, Chile, the wood-clad cottage blends beautifully with its woody surroundings. This home also embraces its “roots” indoors, where nature and comfort and key. “Cozy” and “eclectic” are words that come to mind with the rustic cabin look and hand-me-down feel of the recycled wood used to construct and finish the cottage. The ... Continue >
The lure of the great outdoors is hard to resist with this rustic cottage style by Canadian architects Cathy Garrido and Andy Thomson, of Toronto-based Altius Architecture. This lake house in picturesque Perth, Ontario isn’t exactly what we would call “roughing it” in the great outdoors. The 2,000-sq.-ft. cottage design features rustic yet refined details like exposed wood-beam ceilings, a wood-burning stove and expansive sliding-glass doors that maximize the natural views and open onto a wrap-around deck. Living areas are ... Continue >
Dallas, Texas-based firm Bodron + Fruit is a collaboration of two important residential design authorities – founded by Interior Designer Mil Bodron and Architect Svend Christian Fruit – and it’s indeed a beautiful band of designers. With architecture, interior design and furniture design covered off in one fell swoop, the firm allows for a totally custom home with continuity among all its various elements. This particular countryside home features sliding glass walls and windows in unexpected places, like on either ... Continue >
Architect Jaak Kangro of Nordicasa Design & Construction sent us some amazing photos of his latest architectural endeavor – a gorgeous timber home design located in the Valdelineares ski resort in Spain. Built almost entirely from 165 mm laminated pinewood, this wood clad house boasts a rustic mountain cottage feel both inside and out. But this mountain house isn't without its modern touches, like the tiny peek-a-boo window slots peppering the front facade, and a stone-finished front entrance flanked by ... Continue >
David Jay Weiner is the architect behind this urban cottage design in Stephentown, New York. The contemporary, urban look of expansive glazed facades set in a black wood frame is complemented by the cottage unique, irregular shape, which really stands out among its pastoral, grassy meadow surroundings. Inside, the tall ceilings of this single-storey, open concept house plan, with floor-to-ceiling windows extending the length of the cottage on both sides, bathe interiors in natural light and enhance its sense of ... Continue >
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