Meet Debra and Wayne Larson, two cool grandparents from the small town of Harmon in Illinois. The fun couple knows how to have a good time, especially when their grandchildren come to visit. From a bubble party in a full-sized tent to a 150-foot “bubble” waterslide made with seven Slip …
The aesthetic value of a thatched house is a paradox in itself. In most developing countries, it is built as a low-cost rural housing solution with locally available material (including vegetation), like straw, reed and rushes. On the other hand, thatched buildings are also gaining prominence among the ‘crème de …
We here at Home Harmonizing had the fortune of coming across a myriad of housing solutions, ranging from the fascinating Hobbit-hole inspired house to the low cost DIY cob house. This time around, things tread the middle path between elegance and efficiency, with Richard Berrett’s charming cottage built entirely by …
We love cats. The furry little angels, with their droopy eyes and purring, are incredibly cute. In fact the only things that we love more are pet-friendly home designs that offer comfort to your feline friends without curtailing any of their movements. With such preferences in mind, the house of …
A guesthouse built out of an airplane. Sounds a bit too eccentric? Well maybe, but it sure looks like a lot of fun. At 76, Toshikazu Tsukii has accomplished much more than many of his contemporaries. He has been a Principal Engineering Fellow at Raytheon Missile Systems for the last …
What about a cozy little cabin for your next DIY project? Well, one should take a lesson or two from Redditor ‘LXXXIV’, the resourceful Kiwi artist behind this gorgeous, minimalist DIY home with a meager budget of around $10,000 NZD ($8,241 USD). Talking about what drove him to build this …
Architects everywhere are taking the world by a storm with their incredibly artistic, yet surprisingly space-saving home designs. Well, Sarah Deeds, the architect of Deeds Design, showcases her designing talents as befits the poster child for such spatially efficient house designs. Her 700 sq ft attic floor apartment in a …
If you are itching to get out of your cubicle and be in the midst of nature, plan your next holiday to a quaint little winter cabin set in the middle of the Araucaria Forest in Corralco, Chile. Located in the ski resort of Corralco, this cabin with its efficient and unobtrusive …
Compact houses have gone beyond the confines of just posing as spatially efficient residences in urban areas. There is a certain degree of innovation that goes into both planning and constructing such projects, which do allude to their special architectural significance. So, let us check out 8 such compact housing …
With the North American Arctic blast making and breaking the news, we all over the world had an idea of the severity of the polar vortex phenomenon. However, more than a month ago, Canada’s Northwestern Ontario reached chilling temperatures of less than -13 degree Fahrenheit (around -26 degrees Celsius) for …
