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Why Home Design Magazine ‘Dwell’ Got into Making Houses
Would you buy a house from a magazine publisher? How about if that magazine were Dwell, a publication that’s been an arbiter of good design and living well since it debuted at the start of the millennium? If your answer is “yes,” then today is your lucky day, as Dwell is now officially in the home-building business. On September 20, Dwell unveiled the Dwell House, a prefab ADU (accessory dwelling unit, better known as an in-law suite) that’s meant to live in the backyard of an existing home. The 540-square-foot, one-bedroom home is fully constructed off-site by Dwell’s partner on the project, west coast ADU specialist Abodu, and then delivered…
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Real estate shrinkflation: Million-dollar houses get smaller
Even million-dollar home buyers, who are no longer a rarity in many cities as prices zoomed during the pandemic, are feeling the pinch of “shrinkflation.” Similar to products on grocery store shelves that come in smaller packages to control prices as inflation rises — dubbed shrinkflation — the square footage of the nation’s million-dollar homes is falling, according to a report by Zillow, a national real estate website based in Seattle. While sales of million-dollar homes surged to new highs during the pandemic, more than doubling both nationally and in Houston, the median size of a $1 million home shrank in most markets, Zillow found. Nationally, homes that sold at…
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5 unordinary houses decorated with inspiration by TV series, movies
Sometimes the best travel experience can be the accommodation itself. Knowing this, creative homeowners design homes that invite their fans, inspired by popular culture’s favorite TV shows and movies. Here are five interesting houses inspired by hit productions from “Game of Thrones” to “Pirates of the Caribbean.” You can feel like one of your favorite characters in these houses decorated with creative themes inspired by popular culture. ‘Star Wars’ villa Teleporting its guests to a galaxy far, far away from the real world, this private house has nine rooms with finely detailed paintings on the walls, each representing a different planet in the “Star Wars” universe. Even the beds are…
