July 2021

A 1920s house in Melbourne that unites traditional architecture with modern interiors

The feel-good vibe of Glenn and Susanna’s modern home, located in an elegant coastal suburb of Melbourne, is evident the minute you walk through their front door.

‘They really wanted a home that was not only functional for a family of six but one where they could entertain and really let their hair down too,’ says Kathryn Robson, founder of Robson Rak, the architectural and interior design practice she runs with her husband Chris Rak with whom Glenn and Susanna collaborated on the transformation of their 1920’s Spanish Mission style house. Let’s step inside…

Exterior

Spanish Mission-style property in Melbourne with a modern glass box extension

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Decoration Badroom

WOW! Rent Mandira Bedi and late Raj Kaushal’s Madh Island house at this whopping amount per night

Mandira Bedi has put her luxurious beach-facing Madh Island house on Airbnb. The house is a paradise with an amazing view. After many months when Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan put their Delhi house property on Airbnb, actor, host and fitness enthusiast, the stunning lady namely Mandira Bedi and her late husband Raj Kaushal had in March put their lavish Madh Island home called Bougainvillea on Airbnb as a vacation home. Her husband Raj passed away in the month of June after suffering a heart attack.

Some snaps of their beautiful beach-facing property in Alibaug have gone viral on

Decoration Kitchen

Decorating and customising spaces with hightech ceramic: DYS Design Your Slabs

Various forms of decoration have come back into vogue in recent years as a key design solution, after being neglected in many contemporary styles.

A highly expressive and attractive element, decoration can easily become a catalyst in interior design, or a secondary component if limited to a few items, colours and adjustments.

In the case of surface coverings, decoration normally has a bold visual impact, as demonstrated by the example of wallpaper, which has made a comeback in recent years, or the success of decorated glass and metal, wall paintings and wall stickers.

Home Design

After devastating fire, Portland home design business looks to rebuild itself

A home renovation business whose Portland headquarters were destroyed by fire earlier this month is rebuilding itself — and assisting 10 other small businesses that were also damaged.

Offices of Design Concepts were a “total loss,” according to founder and owner Carey Goltz, after a June 11 blaze ripped through a 26,000-square-foot warehouse complex at 160 Presumpscot St.

But Design Concepts has reopened in showroom space used by a division of the company, Maine Floor Supply, next door at 142 Presumpscot St., Goltz said in an email to customers Monday. And she is looking for a new permanent location.

“We

Garden

Senegalese plant circular gardens in Green Wall defence | Senegal News

Every night, Moussa Kamara works at his bakery preparing hundreds of loaves. But at sunrise, instead of going home to sleep, he now starts a second back-breaking job – hoeing the earth and tending newly sown seeds in a specially designed circular garden.

Kamara, 47, believes the garden will prove even more important than the bakery in the future for feeding his extended family, including 25 children, and other residents of Boki Dawe, a Senegalese town near the border with Mauritania.

He is part of a project that aims to create hundreds of such gardens – known as “Tolou Keur”

Real Estate

Real Estate Investing Guru Mindy Jensen Says To Avoid These Types of Properties

Mindy Jensen is the co-host of the “BiggerPockets Money” podcast and the co-author of “First-Time Home Buyer, The Complete Playbook To Avoiding Rookie Mistakes.” She’s also a licensed real estate agent in Colorado and has been buying and selling homes since 1998. She is passionate about helping buyers make intelligent, informed decisions about their home purchases.

Recognized by GOBankingRates as one of Money’s Most Influential, here she shares the types of properties real estate investors should avoid, why you shouldn’t fall in love with a potential investment property and how to get started in real estate investing if

Home Improvement

Dynamic Change Forecast as Industry Responds to Changing Consumer Demands with New Commercial Opportunities

DUBLIN, July 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The “Home Improvement and Gardening Global Industry Overview” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.

Home seclusion brought on by the 2020 global pandemic has renewed consumer interest in home improvement and gardening as both a means to improve the function of the home and as a form of recreation. However, a tepid industry response to changing consumer demands may see much growth potential go unmet. However, as industry sales recover alongside gradual reopening, dynamic change is forecast for the industry’s competitive landscape with new commercial opportunities for savvy players.

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