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Wooden Inspiration for Your Home: Bringing Nature Indoors

Aric Gitomer Architect

In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in using wood in home décor, with residential architects and homeowners alike finding new and creative ways to incorporate it into their living spaces. Wooden Floors One of the most popular ways to incorporate wood into your home is by installing wooden floors.

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The Best Suited Finishes for Wood Floors

Aric Gitomer Architect

It undergoes cleaning and processing and finally, the finished product is what goes onto the structures. Finishes can be grouped into classes based on what they have to offer. There are varnishes, oils, waxes, and much more that are used as finishes on the wood. Oil finishes are highly popular with carpenters and woodworkers.

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Olson Kundig references natural surroundings for Swedish holiday home

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Dark timber and stone feature throughout Dalarö House, a summer holiday home that US studio Olson Kundig has added to a rocky waterside site in Sweden. Designed to blend in with the landscape, the home is built around rocks and features exposed natural materials that reference the surrounding stones and pine trees.

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Hacker Architects overhauls Oregon residence with colourful interiors and natural pine finishes

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Hacker Architects has renovated a 1970s house in central Oregon , removing walls to create a more spacious layout and preserving original design features that lend the home a "retro spirit". The home enjoys stunning natural surroundings, which the team sought to highlight throughout the renovation.

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The Dot House Is a Prefab Tiny Home With Spot-On Finishes

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Project Details: Location: London, England Year Built: 2021 Architect: Boano Prišmontas / @boanoprismontas Footprint: 161 square feet From the Architect: " Boano Prišmontas designed and manufactured a digitally fabricated tiny home for a dwelling in North London. The dwelling has underfloor heating controlled by a thermostat sensor.

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Timber structure and finishes define London home by Russell Jones

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Sustainably-sourced timber has been used for the structure, cladding and interior of this mews home in Highgate, London , designed by local architect Russell Jones. Russell Jones has used timber to create a mews home in Highgate. Read: Russell Jones inserts small black home into Victorian outbuilding in London.

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Grass-topped home in Czech Republic bridges "the urban and the natural"

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Located alongside a wildlife corridor at the edge of the Hlubocepy district in Prague, the family home is designed to be a "bridge between the urban and the natural". Here, a paved path leads around the side of the home into the garden.

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