Everyone deserves to live in a healthy home. Many factors are crucial in determining how healthy your home is and whether your family has the best living conditions. However, many homeowners don’t think about how the design of their home and various features are vital to creating the ideal conditions. The following are critical elements of every healthy home design. Remodeling contractors in Needham, MA, can help you with these elements. Good Indoor Air Quality Clean air is one of the building blocks of a healthy home. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the air inside homes can…
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Dr. Alexis Hope thrives when free to create playful experiences that help people find joy, self-compassion, and connection with others. Her practice centers on designing spaces for artistic freedom, exploration, and community support. As an experimental designer who works across disciplines, she believes that anything can be the material for creativity. Currently, Alexis is a co-founder and Chief Product Officer of focused.space, a company helping people to reach their personal, professional, and creative goals in community with others. “My practice often involves teaching and learning, mentoring, and taking creative risks. I’m here to have fun and bring others along for…
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There are a few things I never thought I’d love and as the title suggests, that thing is a vintage toilet (and as you and I will come to find out…a VERY expensive one). When I toured my apartment for the first time this toilet was a PERK. The Grecian style pattern, the above-average seat height, the cute blue stamp on the inside of the bowl, what more could I have wanted?! This love affair continued for over two years until one day she wasn’t flushing well, the tank wasn’t filling properly, and now (after some temporary problem-solving) the eternal…
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8/23/23 The color trend predictions are already beginning for 2024, and once again Pulp is ahead of the curve. Behr Paints just announced that its Color of the Year will be Cracked Pepper, a soft black that the company says is all about confidence. Black is a bold color choice for the home, and one that we’ve been using for a while now. If you’re considering black in your home, here are some ideas for using this confident color! 1. Accent Color One way to ease into using a bolder color in your home is to make it more of…
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Our small bathroom design may only be 160 x 170cm, but for me, it’s perfectly formed in every way. You can reach both arms across and touch either side of the room, but that’s not actually what you immediately notice when you step through the door. Instead, you see a generous frameless skylight flooding the space with natural light, a wall of tactile sage green tiles and the unusual choice of a green sink paired with an off white floating vanity unit. I spent so long considering all the little details – from matching my grout to my silicone, to…
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THE GLAMOUR… of this hilltop property located above Cannes in the French Riviera embraces the majesty of the landscape that surrounds it, mixing luxury with a sense of relaxed living. Surrounded by luscious greenery thanks to a climate that enables daring and exotic plantings, Villa Odaya overlooks the Mediterranean Sea with panoramic views of the Lérins Islands noted for their unspoiled beauty. The celebrated light emanating from the coastline has influenced some of history’s most important artists from Renoir and Bonnard to Matisse and Picasso, so it seemed natural to interior architect design duo, Emil Humbert and Christophe…