Oh the feeling I get when I come across a designer with a truly inspiring portfolio. Oh how my love for design that is always buried deep within me, suddenly ignites from beneath a sea of a million and one already been done ideas. And while I do spy a pair of wellies parked by the front door in two of these photos, {I realize that my prior intolerance for the “what item can I put by the front door to make me look like I do something other than sit here and stare at my expensive beautiful home??” prop, was merely jealousy on my end for the fact that I didn’t have my own pair of Hunter boots yet.} I now park mine by the front door with pride, and just a touch of snootiness.
Um. Back to what I was saying. I love M. Elle Design. So original. So inspiring. So {Molly I’m throwing this one in just for you} amazeballs.









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This installation by Brasilian interior designer Luiz Fernando Grabowsky for the Casa Cor exhibition in Rio to showcase a multifunctional living area in a single (but quite spacious) room
Holger Schubert lives in Los Angeles, California, and he loves dream cars. He loves them so much he designed a dream garage for his dream car.
Gil Rigaud, a doctor in Fort Lauderdale, wanted to downsize from his 3,000-square-foot house and completely change the way he was living. “I wanted to use every room, simplify, downsize, and get rid of a lot of my stuff,” he explains. “I wanted my home to be comfortable but not overdone; I get overwhelmed by too much stuff.”
Today I show you an LA loft filled with the personality and character of its owner, Chris Cushingham, a design student who has made this home as well as his graduate project in Downtown Los Angeles, California.
The colorful and charming home of designer Kazumi Yoshida in NYC – being a fabric designer, no surprise his home is full of patterns and color.
An oasis of peace out of time in the center of Cape Town, South Africa: an unusual home set in a 19th century Protestant church.
Look at this home! Modern blending with traditional. Opposing genres are unexpected and this tension really does it.
The Losa Loft in San Francisco’s Mission District had been remodeled into a warm, cleanly-detailed space for urban living.
This loft is a rare gem located in the heart of Yaletown Vancouver. The style reflects clean, minimalistic taste mixed with industrial contemporary flair.
Rising from the fens of Cambridgeshire is a solid old barn converted to a minimalist home and work space. Old Victorian bricks add an industrial element while OSB defines spaces with the larger void and is used to create furniture.
For today, I brought a large gray and red loft in New York. The living room has plenty of space. The red accent color is repeated all over the place.
When Hollie and Sean Strasburg bought their loft in the Tire Town building in Salt Lake City, they knew immediately that they wanted to bring the space back to its industrial roots.
A former warehouse was transformed into this modern loft in Brussels, Belgium by SHSH architects. The goal was to create an experience of colors and textures – on a limited budget. The concept revolved around the loft as ‘the ocean’ and constructed elements (kitchen, bedrooms, bathroom) as ‘the islands’.
In the heart of Mount Pleasant’s brewery district, just a short walk away from a variety of restaurants and breweries, you’ll find the Mecca. This double-height, Insane Vancouver Loft is most probably the largest unit in the building.
You could miss this industrial loft for a library – a huge bookshelf dominates the living room.