With all the interior design fails and questionable structural inspections that we've covered during the years, I say it's time we balance them out a little bit.
So let's take a look at the Twitter account 'Aesthetic Designs', a fun little online project that collects pictures from all over the internet to show the pretty side of architecture and interior design. Whether we're talking about concepts or real-life examples, cozy off-the-grid cabins or luxurious bedrooms, it has it all.
The regular uploads have earned 'Aesthetic Designs' 127K followers. If you like the images below, consider joining the squad well. There's no drama or anything. Just eye-pleasing buildings and spaces.
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Needs me, a blanket, and a cup of tea to make it perfect. And perhaps a cat.
its awesome. But working table under stairs? Really? Every piece of dust on stairs fall down to table... We have wooden stairs, I know what I am talking about ;-)
Sun! Books! Light! My heart loves it. l can't do steps or ladders but l can still like it!
Plants, check. Skylight, check. Nice shower, check. Where can I check in for such a dream place?
Our master shower we designed and built - decades-old, now! This is lying on my back, looking up - IMG_2015-6...86f51e.jpg
I very much dislike the straight down showers. Impossible to avoid if necessary. Angle them!
To get a better idea of what to expect from 'Aesthetic Designs', let's take a look at what Michelle Ogundehin predicts for the world of interior design in 2022.
Originally trained as an architect and the former Editor-in-Chief of ELLE Decoration UK, Ogundehin is the Head Judge on the BBC's Interior Design Masters, and the author of Happy Inside: How to Harness the Power of Home for Health and Happiness, a game-changing guide to living well.
She is also a regular contributor to many prestigious publications, including Vogue Living, FT How to Spend It magazine, and Dezeen.
What do you do when those dead trees that are the main supports for the structure, rot away and fall?
I know! All the trees that are part of the structure are obviously dead.
Load More Replies...I don't think I'd enjoy lugging the groceries in. Also, forget getting food delivered! 😀
Oh wow, this is as close to "Ewok village in the trees" as I've seen happen in real life! It's beautiful!
My fear would be that the rest of that rock is one day just going to shift. Downwards.
Is it me, or it kinda looks like the house in the mountains from Free Guy? 61f198ecc573e.jpg
Put a black F40 in the garage and now its complete
Load More Replies...looks nice, but I bet it's difficult to heat and all this open space would make me uncomfortable.
I can hear the echoing already and the sound of the AC coming on canceling the tv or music sounds. Also looks hard to cool and heat.
All that gorgeous space! Elbow room and sunshine, perfect for green stuff to grow. Draw the curtains at night for a totally different vibe (but still spacious).
"At the end of my last trends report, I proposed 2021 as 'the year for the interiors equivalent of speaking your own truth' understanding 'that the best homes are about the feeling they give you not the stuff they contain, the 'right' colors or 'hot' looks,' Ogundehin wrote.
"The most poignant of these was that we are all products of our environment. And we were making a right mess of ours. Not just on the wider climate scale, but also domestically. I'd even written a book drawing a direct line between our homes and our health: Happy Inside: How to Harness the Power of Home for Health and Happiness. It was published as the first waves of Covid hit UK shores, but conceived way before the word pandemic had entered the popular lexicon."
Its message was a simple one: what surrounds you affects you. "While many of us know this intuitively, for the scientifically inclined, there's a Stanford University study that proves environment is more important than genetics in determining the strength of your immune system," Ogundehin highlighted.
The company that made this specializes in modular homes so you can connect the hamster tubes to make whatever style you want. They are both energy efficient and designed to include the flora/fauna where they are located to minimize impact. I've seen one that's based on a hobbit hole with most of it buries but with two small towers leading to above ground areas as well.They use the natural movement of the sun and geothermal properties of the ground to maintain temperature year round with modules sticking out specifically to absorb and release radiant energy.
Maybe ive seen Mrballen too much on youtube but stuff like this in the middle of nowhere would freak me out
This is awesome, but imagine the number of leaves in that pool at all times.
I mean i absolutely like it, however, idk how sunny it gets there but the black around the pool has to burn your feet. Maybe the grass or bamboo would've been a better idea, and how much you wanna bet dude that owns this drives some ridic little black sports car. Oh and the standard issue office carpet in the living room is just wrong, it looks cheap
I hate the carpet tiles on the right hand picture. They remind me of the carpet tiles they put in at a church I used to go to that got remodeled. I left soon after. (Not just because of the carpet tiles, but because the new sanctuary was very dark, and all the charming traditional features were gone, like stained glass windows and altar rail.)
Whenever I see glass banisters or fences, or entire walls of windows, I am reminded that they need constant cleaning, on both sides. So not worth the hassle.
I have a feeling that if you can afford a vacation house like this someone else may be doing the heavy cleaning.
Load More Replies...Don't ever walk around under the influence there cause you're gonna die
"Albeit I'm leaping to the assumption that the bosses of our worst air, water, and plastic polluting corporations (China Coal and Saudi Aramco to Coca-Cola, Pepsico, and Unilever among others) start focusing their might on species survival rather than lucrative personal tenures. Things are happening, but too slowly," she said.
"Regardless, my faith still rests with the power of the everyman and the nudges for change we can make as individuals. A 2020 report by the IBM Institute for Business Value showed that six out of 10 consumers are ready to change their purchasing behavior to minimize their environmental footprint. This has power because options exist, consumers switch and such direct impact on corporate bottom lines forces change."
Ogundehin is positive that the most incredible opportunities already exist for us and every single brand can be a game-changing trailblazer for the greater good.
You'd have to have some powerful vision to see the potential in that before picture!
I don't think I could look at all that brown all the time. It needs way more color.
OMG -- LOVE this home! I'd feel so "batmanish" in my 50 shades of grey!
Again, a lovely conference center but so impersonal for a home. The stairs are nice.
A lot of these seem to be Expensive. Beautiful, but not actually affordable.
Load More Replies...This is beautiful, but imagine stubbing your toes on that black stone...ouch.
I was missing the green in many of the others. This is great! We have a lot of those "fake leaves"-things on our walls and I think they are great (even though plastic is bad, I know). Feels more "alive".
What are you doing tonight? I'm calling 58 people to enjoy my couch
48 if you plan on watching a movie together. Looks like that projection screen cuts off the back corner of THE COUCH
Load More Replies...Your coach should never be bigger than your bookshelf. If it is, you need to read more.
These are weird. Most are in odd locations and are so dark and colorless. How are these the most innovative designs?
Beautiful, but with all insects in jungle, should be an inside architecture/design less "close", more "open". I know an architect who build a house like a bunker (yes, I know, a ugly house...) near a jungle in Mexico. He need to call exterminators for spiders and insects each 3 month, and need to leave his house during 3 days to wait for the job be done.
Build it in the animals’ home, and then kill the animals for coming inside.
Load More Replies...Our home in Salvador-Bahia is similar to this. The east faces the Caribbean and the west faces the jungles. House is built on concrete posts because the insects are no joke to play with.
Where is a jungle in Salvador? I think with caribbean you meant the see, but Salvador is a very metropolitan city, where do you have a house with Mata Atlantica close to the sea?
Load More Replies...I'd constantly be afraid of one of the rocks suddenly coming down and hitting me in the head whilst in the bathtub 😅
Wow! I guess I could even do the dishes by hand with such a beautiful view for my backsplash.
I was going to say, "OMG! One with color!" But, all the color is from the sunset.
I once contemplated fake grass, until I found out that they dig up all the living soil and fill in everything artificial and now there is no nature or natural function of any kind. All the insects, birds, etc., all gone.
My first thought too - love the design elements - hate the fake grass.
Load More Replies...Would it kill them to use turf rolls instead of fake grass? They're spending all that money anyway so why not spend a little more on something that isn't bad for the environment.
Depends on environmental conditions. Where I live droughts happen constantly. Here, saving water isn't bad for the environment.
Load More Replies...It’s insanely bad. Sure, add the seating areas and the kids playhouse, but leave the real grass and keep the lawn bigger. The child had more space to run around and play before. All they needed to do is put a flower bed in next to the fence and some potted trees or climbing plants at the back. Suddenly it’s not bare.
That's a little too much black for my taste. Maybe if there were some wooden elements... But to me this kinda screams *Rich Sociopath* 😅
Its a beautiful location but I don't like the actual house.
Wanna bet the architect has a) never changed sheets on a bed like that & b) never had to sleep in one!
Houses like this have a wall of sliding glass doors, so when they are open there is nothing between you and the outside but a few pillars, but they close up to seal in the heat/AC when you need them to. It's very "in" these days.
Load More Replies...Looks like they built it from 4 mismatched lego sets. Way to use up all those leftover bits guys.
🤢 waaaay too many textures & surfaces. An insult to my aesthetic sense.
THANKYOU! Was intending to wait until the comments at the end of the whole article but I am so glad I am not the only one that thinks a majority of these places are just so DARK AND GLOOMY LOOKING. I mean they are beautiful and all cost a gazillion dollars but jeez so DARK.
Load More Replies...That one shows up twice in this list. Just from another angle and some more interior pictures in this one.
This is cool but in the winter wouldn't be as good anymore unless there's an automatic snow-removal mechanism incorporated.
Most of the world does not get snow that stays for very long, so it would nothing more than any other precipitation.
Load More Replies...I like when they do architecture fails better. Badly done houses are more fun to look at.
Whoever put this together has a strange fear of color. I want to leave now, but I'm morbidly curious.
Agree! all the Asthetic Designs are just that designs, not built, but damn, put some color in there!!
None of these homes are welcoming or cozy. If that's the future, I'll stay home.
The only thing that even stands out here is the yellow piano. Everything else just blends into the other neutrals.
Not a great fan of the sloping walls as I am tall it takes to much space away
ive sat on a couch that looks like that (im not sure if its actually the same/similar) and it was really comfy
Load More Replies...My problem with these sitting pits in the middle of the room is the drunk night...
me: oh im just having a movie night, bring your swimming costumes them: why its a movie night? me: we'll be watching it from the pool duh.
I'd like to see that with a little bit more context. Is there actually a freight container integrated into the build?
Load More Replies...I'm with you on that. All these monochromatic places might look prestigious/classy, but they don't look warm, cozy, or inviting.
Load More Replies...Very strange post. Some cool designs, but clearly a opus on black, gray and brown. Remind me not to choose this Panda as a realtor!
This is truly mesmerizing! But, for curiosity’s sake, doesn’t the walk-in shower splash outside it’s space?
I have a shower in this style, and the splashing is minimal. They usually have a large shower head where the water is angled straight down
Load More Replies...If you can afford a house like that, then robots to clean the windows shouldn't be a problem.
Load More Replies...Not if you're a person who basks in darkness. Sunlight depresses me. Makes me feel simultaneously scrutinized and bored.
Load More Replies...Too dark! more windows! Vitamine D is important (unless you're a vampire)
It's the roof section of an A frame house--also a bedroom. Most people sleep in the dark, windows aren't really a plus.
Load More Replies...The green shade I like, but the wall-design is just "cheap", like the public toilets in malls
Agreed. It would be best to stick to the white tile or maybe white with a golden trim or something
Load More Replies...I love the way they really worked the hot tub into the overall garden aesthetic so it doesn't just sit there like a big ugly blob of....oh, wait.
I love a spot light on the toilet. Really let's me appreciate the work of art that my crapper actually is.
Why on earth would you make me walk up and down those very dodgy stairs just to take a shower in a free-for-all shower?
Yeah... The design may be striking, but is it nice to use?
Load More Replies...It appears more open, but the kitchen is still closed off. Instead of an L, an island a few feet over would've been good. The colors don't work, something lighter on the walls especially with that ceiling. Curtains are too bulky, blinds or a pull down shade. Still better than my apartment...maybe not, where's the fridge
Nothing to get excited about here unless you like black and living in the dark. A few light exceptions but again nothing great.
Few of these look COMFORTABLE. Just dark and cold and sharp edged. For people who want to live in a modern art installation, I guess.
Agreed. A home should be cozy and inviting. These aren't.
Load More Replies...Eh, most of these are boring... either too white and harsh and sterile, or too dark.. also, just because its "modern" doesn't mean it's a nice aesthetic, at least not to me, personally.
I have to conclude that designers are people who have never actually lived in a house ever, and have never had to clean one. Like, these 5 meter (15 feet) tall fixed glass windows on the top floor. Especially the ones that are going to end up covered in tree sap and insects, someone has to clean them, regularly, or else it looks horrible. Every time somebody goes up and down the stairs when there's a glass rail, there are going to be fingerprints. All that glass is just ridiculous if you can't easily access it to clean it.
How the heck do you clean these spaces? I guess that's some minion's job.
Meh. Not only do most of these look like a 1960s concept of what a 2000s house would look like, only a billionaire could afford them. You can keep 'em.
Nothing to get excited about here unless you like black and living in the dark. A few light exceptions but again nothing great.
Few of these look COMFORTABLE. Just dark and cold and sharp edged. For people who want to live in a modern art installation, I guess.
Agreed. A home should be cozy and inviting. These aren't.
Load More Replies...Eh, most of these are boring... either too white and harsh and sterile, or too dark.. also, just because its "modern" doesn't mean it's a nice aesthetic, at least not to me, personally.
I have to conclude that designers are people who have never actually lived in a house ever, and have never had to clean one. Like, these 5 meter (15 feet) tall fixed glass windows on the top floor. Especially the ones that are going to end up covered in tree sap and insects, someone has to clean them, regularly, or else it looks horrible. Every time somebody goes up and down the stairs when there's a glass rail, there are going to be fingerprints. All that glass is just ridiculous if you can't easily access it to clean it.
How the heck do you clean these spaces? I guess that's some minion's job.
Meh. Not only do most of these look like a 1960s concept of what a 2000s house would look like, only a billionaire could afford them. You can keep 'em.
