You’ve got your dream home planned out – from the bedroom drapes to the bathroom tiles, and the placement of your favorite furniture. Mentally, you have already moved in. So – what could go wrong with building your perfect house? Unsurprisingly, the answer is “a lot”. Building your custom home is a challenging process, with […] More
Buying a house is a life-changing event, a tremendous commitment, and a milestone in many people’s lives. Often, it’s the crowning achievement of years of hard work. Hunting for houses, though, is an arduous process that can be fraught with uncertainty, anxiety, and frustration. It can drag on for months, with showings and price negotiations, […] More
People visit restaurants to get a break from cooking, hang out with friends and family, eat delicious food, and enjoy some time away from everyday life. Renovation projects encompass a wide range of building activities from smaller projects such as painting and changing the flooring to gutting out and starting from scratch. To ensure that […] More
The Earth is a huge and wondrous place. Across the four oceans and seven continents of this amazing planet, there are countless scenes of indescribable beauty; more than any one person could hope to see in their lifetime, and so much more than could be fit into just one list – even if that list […] More
For some people, the ideal vacation revolves around luxury hotels, posh restaurants, full service spas and exotic resorts – the finest that money can buy. For others, travel is more about adventure. They don’t want to pampered. They want to leave comforts behind them and go where most people never dare to go, and see the sights […] More
As technology continues to grow by leaps and bounds each year, so does our human urge to reach the sky. When the Empire State Building was finished in 1931, it stood as the tallest building in the world for over 40 years. The Sears Tower in Chicago took up its reign for the next 25 […] More
There’s something simple yet elegant about country cottages. Maybe it’s the tranquility of small town and country living. Or perhaps it’s the bit of history many country cottages share. No matter what it is that makes the country cottage so appealing, there’s no denying that they’d make a perfect escape from the day to day […] More
I love tunnels. There’s just something about that narrow vision that piques my interest. It probably has something to do with the mystery of it. You’re trapped almost, and you only have two ways out — in front of you or behind you. Sure, you could go back. But where’s the fun in that? You […] More
Everything feels so fast in a city. Time just seems to fly by. But what if you could hit a “pause” button and capture a glimpse of city life, peaceful and quiet and calm? What if you could just soak it in for a while, with a new appreciation for city life? Well, thanks to […] More
We just don’t make things like we used to. And sometimes the only glimpses we still have into ages when beautiful architecture ran rampant are through ruins. But don’t let that word fool you. “Ruined” or not, you can still enjoy the splendor and beauty of days gone by, and have a bit of mystery […] More
One needs plenty of documents and money to get the construction approved. You need plenty of smart people to create the plan, schedule the work and organize everyone. And when at the end you see such a fail, how can you explain it? 1. Worth the effort? Was that pole actually so necessary? More
The big city. Urban jungles. A concrete oasis. Whatever you prefer to call them, metropolitan areas / cities showcase their own kind of beauty. No, they might not have gorgeous flowing landscapes. But they have their own allure. The lights racing by at night remind us that the city is alive while the rest of […] More
