All posts tagged: Home Tour

Inspiration: Basement

Basement can be seen as a dark and dingy area of a home where the potential is often forgotten. I recently scrolled through House & Home website and found a few videos that will inspire you to rethink your basement potential. My favorite was Suzanne Dimma’s basement renovation where she converted her basement into an office, a common area and a wonderful new laundry room in a Scandinavian aesthetic. One can spend a whole day down in her basement and not feel claustrophobic. Here is a video from House & Home with a tour of the basement. Barbara Bundy renovated her 900 sf basement into a traditional and cosy family space that anyone would want to hang out in. Similar to Suzanne Dimma’s basement, the decor in this basement can easily be above ground. You can see a video of this wonderful renovation at this link at House & Home. For the 2012 Princess Margaret Hospital show home, Lynda Reeves designed this spacious basement filled with IKEA products. The catch is that it does not look …

Home Profile: Kimberley Seldon’s Country Retreat

With the weather in NYC warming up into the 60’s and 70’s, I yearn to escape the concrete jungle.  I saw this country house featured on House & Home (Canada) last year. I still think about the house today.  It is a classic combination of coziness, modern, eclectic, and glamorous.  I would not mind hiding away here for awhile. The home tour was featured on House & Home online last year. You can see it below. You can also check out the full photo gallery at Kimberly Seldon’s site. What I love about this interior is the open layout and the grand scale of the space.  It is also decorated unlike what one would think of a “weekend house”. The wall of windows allows for the light to shine through.  Can you imagine a reading nook like the one below where you can melt into the gorgeous scenery? The theme of luxury and grandeur continues into the bathroom.  I could stay in this tub all day. The seating arrangement below stimulates a conversion and also allows for the …