Ukrainian Pensioner Turns Apartment Building Staircase into Awe-Inspiring 17th Century Chateau
Vladimir Chaika, a pensioner from the Ukrainian city of Kiev, spent 15 years turning the staircase of his Communist era apartment building into an artistic masterpiece reminiscent of 17th and 18th century chateaus. Vladimir says that he had always been fascinated by the interior design style of 1600s and 1700s castles and estates, and having […]
Woman Turns Her Brooklyn Home into a Lush Urban Jungle
Fashion Model Summer Rayne Oakes has been living in a 1,200-square-foot converted industrial space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, for 11 years, and during in that time she has managed to turn it into a stunning oasis filled with 500 plants, including a living wall, an irrigated vertical garden, a closet garden, edibles and exotic species. “I think […]
Brazilian Drug Lord Turns Prison Cell into Luxurious Suite
Jarvis Chimenes Pavao, considered one of the most dangerous drug traffickers in South America, was serving an 8-year sentence in Tacumbu Prison, when police raided his cell to find it was actually a luxury suite. Pavao was due to complete his sentence for money laundering next year, at which point he was likely to face […]
World’s Proudest Grandma Plasters Grandchildren’s Photos on Virtually Everything
Grandmas are usually proud of you even if you so much as sneeze, but this North Carolina woman has taken granny-love to a whole new level. 66-year-old retiree Carmen Baugh is so enamoured with her grandkids that she’s converted her living room into a shrine of sorts, with their photographs plastered across the wallpaper, curtains, and […]
World’s Tackiest Apartment Where Everything Is Golden Goes Up for Sale in Russia
An apartment that recently went on sale in Magadan city, in northeastern Russia’s Magadan Oblast region, has caught the attention of more than a few prospective buyers. Located on the second floor of a rather ordinary-looking four story building, the apartment is entirely decked up in gold. Well, not real gold, but shiny golden tint […]
UK Company Is Growing Furniture by Molding Trees into Chairs, Tables or Lamps
Money might not grow on trees, but it seems that furniture does! Gavin Munro, a UK-based designer, has come up with a brilliant alternative to chopping beautiful trees and converting them into furniture. He simply molds young saplings to take the shape of any piece of furniture he wants. Once matured, the trees are ready to be […]
Architect Turns Old Grain Silo into Amazing-Looking Home
It doesn’t look like much from the outside, but this cylindrical structure is an architectural marvel. It actually used to be an old grain silo from the 1950s, but it’s been transformed a cozy, well-equipped one-bedroom by architect Christoph Kaiser. He now lives in the silo-house – located in Phoenix, Arizona – with his wife. […]
Coca Cola Obsessed Woman Turns Her Home into a Shrine to the Popular Drink
People are generally paid to endorse a brand or display its logo, but one Irishwoman has done the opposite – she’s actually spent several thousands of dollars converting her home into a Coca Cola shrine. Every single room in Lillian’s Glanmire home is done up in the brand’s iconic red and white colors. The Coke […]
Guy Spends $50,000 Turning His California House into a Cat Paradise
Since 1988, California home builder Peter Cohen has spent over $50,000 converting his Goleta property into a cat haven for his 15 rescue cats. The house now has a series of high walkways, tunnels, ramps and perches designed to make his favorite felines feel comfortable and entirely at home. When Cohen first purchased the house it came with […]
Macabre Restaurant in Mexico Is Decorated with 10,000 Animal Bones
A new Mexican restaurant in Guadalajara is making waves for its highly unusual interior. The concept restaurant is named ‘Hueso’ (Spanish for ‘bone’), and true to its name, it uses animal bones as the mainstay of its decor. Mexican architect Ignacio Cadena is the brains behind the beautiful yet haunting design that plays with the […]
Man Spends 20 Years Turning His Home into a ‘Kitty Playland’
Greg Krueger, from St. James, Minnesota, has spent over 20 years renovating his home – not for his own comfort, but for that of his cats! He’s converted his home into a giant feline playground, with $10,000 worth of elaborate tunnels, platforms, and overhead catwalks. “I just love trails and paths, and cats, of course,” […]
English Designer Creates Furniture That Looks and Feels Like Human Skin
Gigi Barker, a British furniture designer and owner of Studio 9191, has come up with a new range of seating that looks and feels a lot like the human body. The seats are designed to mimic bulbous, podgy human flesh. And they’re oddly comforting, as Gigi’s customers reluctantly admit. Although the seats are made of leather […]
Star Trek Fan Turns the Basement of Her Home into an Awesome Replica of the Enterprise Deck
51-year-old Canadian social worker, Line Rainville, is a Star Trek superfan. She loves the 1960s Original Series so much that she spent $30,000 to bring the Enterprise spaceship into her basement. Rainville re-created parts of the bridge, transporter room, observation deck, recreation room and Spock’s quarters in her home in Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Quebec. You’ve got to […]
Man Designs and Builds Unique Star Trek-Themed Home
Steve Nighteagle likes being different, he hates having possessions that every person can have. So to make sure his home was completely unique he has spent the last four years turning his front room into a Star Trek-themed Federation room. “I disliked my life in the past, the now is OK! Star Trek gives me the way […]
An Old Story Revisited – Whatever Happened to the Star Trek Apartment?
I first wrote about Tony Alleyne’s amazing Star Trek apartment back in 2009, but after seeing some photos of his ultimate Trekkie crib I decided it was worth another look. It’s yet unclear if the dedicated fan still owns the place, or if it even exists anymore. It was 1994 when Tony Alleyne started redecorating the apartment […]