Having travelled more than half way discussing the various aspects of exterior home design, my gaze shifts to roofs and garages for the 5th part of this 6-part series. I will not beat too much around the bush and get down to the imperatives.
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Aspects of Exterior Home Design: Landscaping and Entryway – Part 3/6
Two of the most integral aspects per se of exterior home design are landscaping and entryway. So let me devote the 3rd part of this six-part series to these two attributes. I will start with a few lines about landscaping first.
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Aspects of Exterior Home Design: Shape – Part 1/6
Why is it that you sometimes walk by as if the house standing right next to you does not exist at all, and at other times, you develop lead-feet? No matter how hard you try, you cannot but drool over the external beauty of a home. Simple! In the latter case, the designer must have put his soul into running linearly with the fundamental design principles.
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What Does a Home Designer Do
We all live in our home, snug as a cat, hardly giving the credit to the home designer who made it possible. We all envision a dream home, but it falls on the professional home designer to give our vision wings. He works on layouts, makes a correct and tenable plan, and accordingly gives the building contractor the inputs. Here is what he does and how.
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Understanding How Guttering Works
We humans need water to live, but that does not mean we love the feeling of living in dank homes. That is the reason why we have invented drains, sewers, and gutters which keep the water element away from us. We cannot stop rains from falling on our houses, but we can at least reduce its scope of destruction. Guttering helps us acquire that pleasure. Learn more about how guttering works for our homes.
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How to Do Driveway Repair
Those who have space to maneuver outside their houses often contemplate paving a driveway. A driveway gives a head-start to your car as it moves out, and it also enhances the outdoor appeal of your house. Driveways come in different types; asphalt being the most common.
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Abundance of Flooring Options Today
I give it to the ceilings for being the part of the home that boasts of maximum area spread. This said, floors have something about them which not only make them a worthy investment but a cynosure of all eyes, too. Visitors may not shift their gaze towards the ceilings but are sure to look a dozen times at the floors.
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The Invisible Australian House of the Year
Australia’s top architectural award was lapped by a home (Invisible House) that fits in so beautifully into its landscape that it becomes almost invisible. With its rear side camouflaged by a grove of trees and walls running like the extension of the Blue Mountains itself, this one is a serious architectural delight. An article on the website realestate.com.au talks about it.
The ‘horizontal’ and the ‘vertical’ and the ‘long’ and the ‘short’ are intricately woven into each other creating an appearance of pure aestheticism. Quite a lot of living area is craftily built on a small footprint and the innovative use of space gives it an aura of timelessness.
You can read the original article here.