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Everyone loves a delicious cookie. Enjoyed as a snack on the run, an afternoon bite or a sneaky treat after dinner, they’re easy to eat and hard to stop devouring. Why not invest in a delectable cookie jar to keep them fresh? These forty-two cookie jar picks for your home or office specialize in making cookie stashes hard to keep away from. Made of ceramic, glass or plastic, they feature hooting owls, sly foxes, a cookie-loving Snoopy, Star Wars favourites and the classic cookie muncher, Cookie Monster....

Get creative with your storage and display solutions! Ladder shelves offer that cool repurposed look without any of the built-it-yourself hassle. In this post, we have collected 47 unique ladder shelf designs that you can buy right now – styles ranging from modern to rustic and everything in between. Are you looking for cool bookshelves to replace your traditional bookcase? A stylish way to display your favorite collectibles in the living room, or organize extra towels in the bathroom?...

While traditional kitchen styles tend to emphasize material and color palettes, modernist designers are exploring the world of unconventional geometric design and creative framing. The kitchens in this post range from futurist styles based on sharp asymmetric polygons, all the way to otherwise classic compositions that break the mold by emphasizing innovative uses of proportion and shape – bold and subtle in turn. Many of these spaces sit on the high end of the luxury spectrum but others employ simple tricks that any handy DIY enthusiast can use....

Oftentimes, before a space is decorated or sometimes even before it is even built, expert designers are brought in to create rich, realistic visualizations of how the space could look. This is an example of just how stunning this kind of modeling work can be. Designers from the eastern Europe-based Viarde have created a sleek, modern design in this Smolniy Park apartment, without moving a single piece of furniture. Still, the results are highly realistic and representative of exactly the kind of calming, modern luxury that is popular today....

A captivating courtyard design provides a modern home with a special sense of serenity, and allows nature to become a major part of a home’s makeup. Enclosed garden spaces act as personalised nature retreats that feed into adjacent interior spaces via the blurred boundaries of glass walls, retractable doors and atrium ceilings. To explore these glorious spaces a little more and look at the different ways in which they can be implemented, we have put together a vast collection of inspirational designs taken from all over the world....

Dark, mysterious, and dreamy, this huge gallery of 51 dark bedroom design ideas is filled with interior inspiration, tips and accessories to help you design yours. We’ll explore a large cross-section of black and dark grey bedroom decor schemes that set a stylish stage in the deep shadows, across a selection of neoclassical, modern, baroque and industrial aesthetics. With that said, dark doesn’t necessarily mean colourless or neutral. We also bring a selection of darkly coloured decor schemes across the deep blue and green arena, along with some luxe golden accents....

Are you looking to improve your work-from-home setup by upgrading to a spacious L-shaped desk? This compilation has you covered! We’ve collected our favorite L-shaped desks from across the web, in styles to suit every interior decor theme. Maximalists will love the storage-heavy desks we’ve selected and modernists will love the smart minimalist selections. There are even beautiful solid wood desks for the serious investors, and budget-friendly selections for young students....

Red really ramps up a living room decor scheme. Even a simple neutral backdrop can come alive with the introduction of red couches and a coordinated red table lamp, or a pair of red window drapes and a matching rug. Red adds a lot of visual heat, so is a particularly great option to those wanting to transform a cold looking room. This extensive gallery of 51 red living rooms is packed with inspiration on red wall colours, red living room furniture, and unique ways in which to introduce a plethora of red living room accessories that will help to balance out the scheme just right....

The beauty of natural wood can make any room feel warmer and more welcoming. Wood coffee tables are especially easy to coordinate – as long as you stick to complementary wood tones throughout your furniture theme, each piece will easily adapt to your decor or color palette selections as they evolve over time. We’ve scoured the web to collect our favorite wooden coffee tables to share with you, from budget-friendly picks to serious collection-worthy designer pieces....

Designer Marc Canut captures simplicity perfectly in this guest house styling. Also well suited for a small, modern home, this particular design showcases plenty of clean lines accented by graphics and pops of color. We begin in the exterior, done in simple white with wood, that showcases plenty of windows for natural light along with views of the pool and courtyard. The pool is rimmed with wood - a lovely alternative to the concrete you usually see in outdoor spaces - and is just the right size for lounging....

Reddit user KahlumG shared photos of this amazing hobbit-style home located outside of Tomach village in Scotland – this incredible residence is the result of tireless effort by a husband and wife team who salvage, craft, sew, and carve to create their own magical mind-bending wonderland from the objects they can find in the wilderness around them. While the verdant exterior of the home is certainly breathtaking on its own, the rustic interior is filled to the rafters with even more one-of-a-kind delights to explore and enjoy....

This luxurious home in Kiev is the work of designers Vitaly Yurov and Iryna Dzhemesiuk, a cozy and comfortable space decorated with rich textures in high contrast grayscale. Grayscale color themes are fun to work with because they’re easy to adapt as trends change, as there’s always a great variety of relevant accent colors that look great against a dark neutral background. Within this flat, a great deal of personality comes from the dramatic textures rather than any extraneous decoration - creative blend of modern and classic materials with just the right hint of wood thrown in for warmth....

This natural villa — designed by Growto Design — is inspired by the forms of nature. It seamlessly blends the indoors with the outdoors, so much that the lines between the two remain blurred. The architects have incorporated organic shapes and natural materials to create a living, breathing space. One that feels like an extension of the surrounding environment. The living room in this villa perfectly captures an organic vibe. The color palette is a mix of slate gray and light beige....

Evan Williams and Biz Stone, co-founders of Twitter , the fashionable microblogging site that is creating quite a buzz of late, have recently listed their homes for sale. Biz had some success with the sale while Evan’s home is still on the market. Biz Stone’s two bedroom house was listed at $600,000 and Evan William’s penthouse is on the market for $1.5 million. Evan is said to have moved out to make way for the new ‘modern’ house he and his wife are building....

Being an Indian blog, we would love to see more of where this came from! Indian architectural firm Morphognesis delights us with this stunning residence in New Delhi, India. A hub of activity, this house is home to three generations of the family. A sprawling home in the capital of the country spells luxury. With Indian homes opening up to ideas from the West, one can safely say this house has been under contemporary influences....

Chatting breeds creative ideas or thats what it looks like if one walks into the LEGO offices. Designed by architectural firm Bosch & Fjord , the place looks and feels vibrant. If you think that they may have one meeting room too many there, here is their explanation: The idea of having 13 meeting rooms (yes, 13!) is based on the thought process that majority of the ideas are realized while people are moving around and indulging into conversations....

When it comes to home décor, walls are often treated like a gallery of memories, lined with family photographs and framed snapshots. And while photo walls certainly hold sentimental value, not everyone wants their space dominated by pictures. Whether you’re designing a minimalist sanctuary, a contemporary loft, or simply looking for something more inventive, there are countless ways to decorate your walls without hanging photos. From textures and natural elements to lighting and bold design statements, here are 15+ beautiful, non-photo wall décor ideas that prove your walls are a canvas waiting to be explored....

Privacy is at the center of this 354.0 square meter home built by Land & Houses Public Co. in Thailand. Typically, custom homes are constructed without consideration for the relationship between the indoor and outdoor spaces. All too often, there isn’t a flow between the interior and exterior of the home. Or, when flow is attempted through creating openness, privacy issues arise. In this case, the architects sought to remedy this issue by applying modern design principles to bring the indoors and the outdoors together without sacrificing privacy....

Deep brown, soothing grey & clean white decor shades these three classy contemporary home interiors, visualised by Mai Trang Nguyen . The calming neutrals meld with chic furniture arrangements to fashion living spaces that are reposeful and on point. Each of these stylish home designs feature inspiration for modestly scaled open concept living spaces and small kitchen ideas, beautiful lighting designs and eye-catching accessories. Home design number one is a luxe, high-end expression of taste; interior number two explores an adventurous space themed decor scheme; design three gives us a shape led interpretation with modish racetrack outlines and interior arches, whilst home four simplifies the palette for a small space....

In minimalist apartments that are short on space, it’s important to add personality to keep the living areas from feeling too stark. In these two apartments, pops of color make for eclectic living spaces that offer utility and style in a small package. Designed and visualized by Polish firm Zarysy , this first apartment in the Krakow area of Poland measures in at 48,2 square meters shows that a smaller space can still have personality and utility....