by Fünchkins
Over a creek in North Carolina is the Bridge House, designed by Platt Architects. It straddles a small creek on natural rock pillars. The interiors are rustic and warm, with oversized furniture to help you through the harsh North Carolina winters. Platt Architects have been designing homes for more than 25 years, and specialise in mountain homes, the architectural firm was started by Alfred Platt and now includes his son, Parker Platt.
For Micheal, the summer has been a good one, filled with chilled soups and sweet tarts. He has some great recipes for those of you hanging on to the last dregs of summer fruit, as well as those just going into a season filled with stone fruit and sunscreen.
My favourite would be the stone fruit & berry crumble, I love the way you can use just about any stone fruit you can find and any berry as well, to make the recipe completely personal and suited to your taste.
* Michael’s recipes are all available on his blog, Inspiring The Everyday
In Hampshire England, AR Design designed a contemporary home with two axes forming the backbone of the house. The axes are clad in stone and have floating timber walkways and are used to support the white box that houses the bedrooms.
Revamp your dinner table with these cool place mats that you can make at home with just a few items from the hardware store.
All you need are flat mosaic tiles, felt backing and glue and you are set for dinner. You can also make hot mats or trivets so your hot serving plates and dishes don’t ruin the surface of your dinner table.
* The idea is really simple and requires almost no explanation, but you can get more ideas from A Life Without Expectations or buy place mats from Viva Terra for $69 for a set of 4
