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5 Incredible Pieces of Furniture Made on a 3D Printer
We guess that the time when we’d be able to create any piece of interior by ourselves, at home, by just pushing a button is just around the corner. How can it be possible? And how may the furniture of the future look like? Today…
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Sash Windows: A Guide to Cleaning, Maintenance and Repairs
Traditional sash windows are an iconic feature of Georgian and Victorian architecture, lending an understated elegance to any home. Their classic styling made them a design staple for all kinds of buildings; illuminating the rooms of humble countryside cottages and Kensington Palace alike.
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3 Underestimated Factors to Finding the Best Surveyor for Your New Home
The process of buying a new home is usually one of the most exciting yet stressful life experiences. There’s so much to consider before you even start looking at potential homes, and once you’ve found that perfect property, the mountains of paperwork and back-and-forth between…
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Five Tips for First Time Buyers, from First Time Buyers
“My partner and I started renting our first flat together a couple of years ago. So far,it’s going well (or at least, we haven’t killed each other), and it’s beginning to feel like the next logical step is to buy a house. Our collective parents…
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Smart Speakers by Amazon, Google, Microsoft & Apple: Comparison (P.2)
We on HomeKlondike love everything about Smart Home technologies. And every new appliance integrated in this system is of great interest to us. Today we decided to speak about smart speakers – this relatively new market is growing rapidly and we decided to analyze the…
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Smart Speakers by Amazon, Google, Microsoft & Apple: Comparison (P.1)
What is the difference between the Amazon Echo, Google Home, Microsoft Invoke and Apple HomePod? Last Monday, during its yearly WWDS conference, the Apple Company announced the launch of its first smart speaker dubbed Apple HomePod. That is why we on HomeKlondike decided to recall…
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Furniture Upholstery of the Future by Benjamin Hubert
Ironically, production of “eco-friendly” furniture takes tones of natural resources. Those manufacturers who understand that are gradually starting to consume less natural materials and focus on the reduction of wastes instead. But is it possible to create something beautiful and aesthetically pleasing using this approach?…
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Best Bathroom Innovations Created by Young Designers in 2017 (Roca Contest)
On the 28th of May Moscow for the first time hosted a famous international bathroom interior design contest organized by the ROCA brand and dubbed ONE DAY DESIGN CHALLENGE. 230 participants had just 8 hours to generate super innovative modern bathroom solutions. And the jury…
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Historical Studio Apartment with Folk Motifs & Brick Wall
The initial plan of Eugene and Irene, the hosts of this studio apartment, was to find a flat in the heart of St. Petersburg with a quiet backyard for themselves, but over time they started to rent it out. The apartment is located in a…
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New Scandinavian Style: What Is It Like?
Scandinavian style, which emerged over 100 years ago, is still one of the most popular interior trends in European design. But over time designers learned to adapt its quite monochrome and minimalistic palette for non-Scandinavian interiors and mix it with elements of different styles. However,…
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Sneak Peek at Upgraded Microsoft’s Office Interiors in Moscow
Over the past five years the Microsoft Company have changed their logo, mission and strategy. Now it’s time for their international office interiors. Following the renovation of headquarters in Germany, the Czech Republic and other countries the Russian office also went through refurbishment. It took…
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How to Save Money on New Kitchen Furniture: 8 Useful Tips
Staying within the set budget and getting all you need is possible. Before ordering new kitchen cabinets you should clearly realize what you can’t do without and what you can sacrifice within the limits of your budget and room, in which you’d like to fit…
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Unhackneyed Approach to Scandinavian Style in Moscow Apartment
It should seem that an apartment designed in Scandinavian style can hardly surprise anyone. It’s widely popular among designers, decorators and common people, and finding furniture in this style is not a problem at all. However, skeptics keep saying that white walls are dull, and…
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Faux Fireplace Ideas: Creation, Decoration & Stuffing
Living in a house with a wood burning fireplace and spending cold winter evenings in woolen socks by the fire is amazing, romantic and seems like a movie scene. The only thing that makes us sad is that this wonderful pleasure is not available to…
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Now You May Create and Control Your Sofa from a Smartphone!
We on HomeKlondike already know much about the notion of the Internet of Things: smart home lights that can create different lighting scenarios (“Tradfri”: IKEA Launches a Collection of Smart Home Lights), kitchen countertop robots that know what’s in your fridge, what can be cooked…
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Magical Kid’s Playroom Designed in Style of a Forest Fairy-Tale
Do you want your kid to feel like a fairy-tale hero in a forest glade? Create an exclusive playroom for him or her! It’s possible even in irregular-shaped areas with low and sloped ceilings. Thus, Mollie Openshaw, a designer from Washington, managed to make her…
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Reserved Modern Classics in Shades of Beige, Blue & Mustard Yellow
In one of our previous posts we published an award-winning interior design project of a three-room apartment, which won the first prize in the PinWin interior design contest. As you already know, all the participants had the same task – to work out the layout…
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Cork Home Décor and Accessories
100% eco-friendly material made from cork oak bark is beloved by many interior designers, decorators and common people for its pleasant-to-touch texture, natural earthy color, lightness and easy care. Today cork home décor is enjoying wide popularity. But now professionals do not limit themselves to…
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Airy Contemporary Apartment with Scandinavian and Pop Art Accents
In the light and harmonious atmosphere of this apartment designed for a young family couple household conveniences and laconic contemporary design diluted with elements of Scandinavian style and pop art are as naturally combined as two dominating colors – pale gray and yellow. The spouses…
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How to Arrange a Dressing Table – 15 Ideas
Perhaps, only a woman can understand the importance of such a piece of furniture as a dressing table. And our today’s post is for you! Which model to choose, where to put, how to organize the stuff – everything is vividly described in photos without…
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8 Inspiring Interiors of Famous Italian Women
Today we’d like to show you in what beautiful and comfortable houses modern women may live. A writer, a wine-shop owner, a bank clerk, a ballet dancer, a fashion designer, a sportswoman… Interested?
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30 Garden Décor Ideas – Easy & More Comprehensive
It’s never too early or too late to beautify your outdoor territory. And it doesn’t really matter whether you already have a full-fledged garden, how tall your vine is and whether your garden gazebo is already constructed. Nothing can keep you from making a few…
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Paper Garlands: Home Décor That Makes You Happier
Computers are a great invention of the humankind. But sometimes we even forget how our handwriting looks. That’s why this Monday we decided to start the week from sweet memories of our childhood – making paper garlands with our own hands. Remember how it used…
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Garden Path Materials: Review, Comparison and Ideas
Garden paths are important functional elements of our gardens. At the same time they give plenty of room for creativity and can surely be independent pieces of landscape design. When it comes to planning garden paths, the first thing you should decide on is how…
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