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A Music Lover's Impressive Home Theater
Close-Up

Klaas Jan Guchelaar loves music. So much so that he's found a career as a concert photographer in the Netherlands. When he's not snapping priceless moments at Living Colour concerts he's sitting back...

Close Up: Adam's Sleek Basement Office for Two

Name: Adam Selwood Location: Melbourne, Australia Now here's inspiration to clean out that basement or attic and make better use of the space. Adam was kind enough to share his work-in-progress ren...

Close-Up: Glen's Ever So Tasteful Tech

Name: Glen Benton Location: Gothenburg, Sweden >>>View Slideshow Glen Benton's Gothenburg apartment is just about the perfect idealization of an Unplggd dream abode. Every corner of the apartment is ...

Close-Up: A Home Office for the Baroque at Heart

click for more pics Forgive us. We found this on Ikea's Swedish site and Google translator has not helped us out much in figuring out how this beautiful room came together. Translation issues aside, ...

Close-Up: Contemporary Meets Modern Geek

click for more picsWhen we first stumbled on Tila's and her partner's space, we were blown away by how well they mixed together sheer simplicity with high-end technological mastery. Using lots of care...

Close-Up: Staying One Night at the Lux Pod

Emily, one of the contributors for TheKitchn and my better half with whom I share my life and home, recently traveled over the Atlantic for an epic solo 2-week backpacking trip across the UK while I ...

Close-Up: PocketStudio's Paper Design Home Office

click for more pics PocketStudio is a small design firm that makes adorable paper goods from a one-bedroom Twickenham (a leafy suburb of West London, on the river Thames) home. Sarah works out of the...

Close-Up: The Tech-Friendly Hotel
Ritz-Carlton, Battery Park

click for more pics Let me first explain that I normally don't cavort around in luxury hotels in my personal life...you'll normally find me in the morning in the lobby nabbing those plastic sealed dan...

Close-Up: Pulver's Retro Modern Home Theater

click for more picsHave a love for vinyl? Dig wooden retro cabinets? Oh, and do you also get kicks out of hiding your woofer in cute little boxes? Well, get ready because you're gonna be in a for a tr...

Close-Up: Miper's High End Touch of Classy

click for more picsAh, man pads. How we love them despite their sheer impracticality. Everything including the high end B&W speakers, turntables, and drool-worthy Hi-Fi equipment keeps us all scratchi...

Close-Up: A Toronto Rental Gets an Overhaul
Before & After

click for more pics Jason Simmons recently moved into a 680 square foot apartment in Toronto and updated it with his own personal flare. As many of you renters already know, myself included, the amou...

Close-Up: Fullex's Chocolate Factory Apartment

click for more picsThough the building may once have housed a 1800's chocolate factory, there's absolutely nothing Willy Wonka-ish about this small space Swedish apartment appointed with a discerning ...

Close-Up: van der Architect's Tokyo Offices

click for more picsName: van der Architects Where: Denenchofu Ota-ku, Tokyo The name may confuse a bit considering van der Architects' offices are located in Tokyo, but there's little doubt in our min...

Close-Up: A Godly Attic Media Room Renovation

click for more picsAfter a year's hard labor, Sylt's finally ready to show us his attic media room designed for media gods, made all the more convincing with beautifully crafted mahogany chairs shaped...

Close-Up: Scott's Ultimate Man Cave

click for more picsPerhaps we've seen more stylish ones before, but we're going to go out on a limb and call Scott A. Pope's Man Cave entertainment room the ultimate den of tech delights for the sheer...

Close-Up: Working from the Road
Part Four -- The Final Chapter

click for more pics In our final installment we meet up the the Janssen's again. You may remember them from our previous look at their home office on the road as well as their previous entry into the...

Close-Up: Working from the Road
Part Three

In part three of our series looking at couples who took their lives and work on the road, we hook up with Rich Luhr, the founder of Airstream Life magazine......

Close-Up: Working from the Road
Part Two

click for more pics Yesterday we took a look at Josh and Jacque's solution to working on the road. In our second installment we meet web designers Nathan Swartz and Olivia Meiring, and their seven-yea...

Close-Up: Working from the Road
Part One

click for more pics As many of you may already know, when I'm not blogging I occasionally write for more traditional fare – magazines. In the April issue of Wired I wrote a guide of sorts on how to ...

Close-Up: Homeschool Classroom
Class is in session!

click for more pics Despite the fact that the feds have earmarked $100 million in stimulus to save public school jobs, many schools schools are taking major hits due to city budget. Public schools we...

Close-Up: Über Organzied Craft Room with a Touch of Tech

click for more pics Even craft rooms need tech to stay on top of their game. Above we have the impeccable space of Megan from Crafty Intentions. We couldn't believe how highly organized this space was...

Close-Up: A Homemade Media Cabinet to Fit Every Pastime

click for more pics Brian Watkins installs home cabinetry in San Bernardino, California so when his son thought it would be a good idea to have a place that could hold on the newest and greatest video...

Close-Up: Turning a Hearth into a Media Room

Name: Amanda Johnson Location: North Canton, Ohio Years Lived In: My brother moved into the house in February of last year, and I moved in at the end of May. What's your philosophy on integrating te...

Closeup: Concealed Office Storage by Jeremy Levine Design

How do you keep a home office completely free of clutter? One, you are either a true minimalist and don't really keep anything. Two, you hide it in a closet or three, you fake it with clever storage ...

Close-Up: Basement Lounge Makeover

Name: Garrison Hullinger & J Jones II Location: Portland, OR Years Lived In: 3.5 years What's your philosophy on integrating technology into your living space? Hide all wiring! Over three years ago ...