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Hand-Grown Murals: Watch as Plant Paintings Take Over Walls Some say art is as much about process as product – these time-lapse animations show just how true that can be, illustrating the evolution of green-themed graffiti as it creeps, crawls and overtakes the walls on which it is painted. They are everywhere and yet unseen. […]

As a local paper reports, the raised structure is raising concerns for pedestrians passing below. Comment on Facebook The makeshift metal-roofed-and-clad addition is supported by a system of somewhat rickety-looking steel trusses forming a spaceframe below – given their elevation (and lack of planning permission), it is unclear whether these will survive natural disasters like […]

BTW, my weekly newsletter goes out today with the link to my Secret Blog   for subscribers where I’m sharing some pics of   my house decorated for Christmas:   Click here   to give me your email or fill out the form below if you want to be included! (Listing photos by Cameron Carothers.) […]

Comment on Facebook Architecture studio Bona-LeMercier worked with artist Xavier Veilhan and set designer Alexis Bertrand to enhance the structure itself and also put the focus on the picturesque hillside setting. The former home is now a permanent gallery for Frac Île-de-France, the region’s contemporary art fund. Designed for the 2014 Folly Competition, the mirrored […]

Dutch brokerage firm Verder Met Wonen literally takes prospective residents on a ride through the home on a specially-installed roller coaster in single-rider wooden cars. It then rises to the second floor, winds through the bedrooms and plummets out an upper window into the backyard. A 90-second promotional clip gives us a glimpse at the […]

I had to laugh because one of the top searches on my blog each week is “Property Brothers gay?” No idea why Google sends people here for the answer because — until I read that article, anyway — I had no idea. The nature of all ‘reality’ TV is highly contrived   —   ‘real […]

The full illustrated list of 25 steps   for this latter version can be seen on Instructables, but in this case a similar process was used, just heavier-duty tools employed (like a drum sander) to keep the workload down. In the first instance, Mat Brown   decided to try something other than the standard invisible-style […]

Radiocative Chernobyl: New Aerial Drone Footage of ‘The Zone’ Satellite images and pictures from the ground tell a limited story of one of the world’s most dangerous abandoned places – this flyover footage fills in the gaps, covering the 20-mile nuclear wasteland with uncannily captivating footage. Until the arch finally seals up that stricken reactor, […]

These 13 incredible creations test the limits of the little plastic bricks, proving that there’s no reason to put them aside as ‘toys’ when we   reach adulthood. Comment on Facebook Realizing the turtle had a disability that made it hard for him to carry his own weight, Plischke fashioned an adorable little wheelchair out […]

It’s hard to imagine anyone else playing her now! When I was searching for interior set photos from the show, I came across some screenshots like this that some fans had fun with: Let’s just say I’d think twice before inviting her to a party at my house because trouble always seems to follow. As […]