Posted in Conservatories, Uncategorized on Jul 3rd, 2008
DIY Conservatories are normally purchased direct from the Manufacturer making the units less expensive. Most DIY conservatories start at lower prices than the alternative supply and fit conservatories. For instance if you had a supply and fit quote for around £10K, a DIY equivalent is more than likely to be at least 50% less than […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 7th, 2008
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 7th, 2008
Hundertwasser’s House
These 50 apartments, constructed in 1982-1985, have no straight lines or surfaces, and they’re completely asymmetrical.
Weird Factor: 7/10
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 7th, 2008
Loacted in Szymbark, Poland, the Upside-Down House is a tourist attraction intended to make a statement about the Communist era.
Weird factor: 10/10
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 7th, 2008
This house, built by the founding member of the World Toilet Association, is dedicated to providing clean sanitation to the more than 2 billion people who live without toilets. Its official name is Haewoojae, which is Korean for “a place of sanctuary where one can solve one’s worries.”
Weird Factor: 9/10
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 7th, 2008
Fashion designer Pierre Cardin thought up the idea for this one to “demonstrate the possibility of short-circuiting traditional architecture in the name of original, contemporary design.”
Weird Factor: 7.5/10
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 7th, 2008
This house was created by the aristocrat François Nicolas Henri Racine de Monville, who also lived in the house immediately before the French Revolution.
Weird Factor: 7/10
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 30th, 2007
We have all heard of Guerrilla warfare and Guerrilla Marketing, but one thing we never expected to hear was the term “Guerrilla Gardening”.
When we first heard this term we thought it involved throwing plants through windows, or tricking people into sitting on a cactus, but the reality is so much cooler and more interesting.
Ladies and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 1st, 2007
Every once in a while there is an idea that is so good that we say to ourselves: “Why didn’t I think of that?“.
The air conditioned bus shelter is one of those ideas!
Simple, yet a breath of fresh air (literally) for those waiting for the next bus home.
Brilliant!
However, it is currently raining here
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 11th, 2007
The big question on every home owner’s lips is: what would you do with a 102 inch plasma tv?
More importantly though, how would we get the cash for one of these bad boys?