I've never been very good at science. I just don't get it! But when I see a lamp made of science test tubes I have to be amazed! This is a great design for a lamp!

I think that this lamp just has so much potential. When the test tubes are empty it still looks like a great lamp. It looks very regal and it makes me think of the kind of lamp you'd find in a very expensive mansion. But then just look at it when colored liquids are put into the test tubes! It's like it becomes a whole new lamp that's full of vibrant colors! You can even customize it so that it fits your personality and your room perfectly! What a great lamp design!

Lots of people like to read books and if you're the kind of person who likes to read books then you've probably got so many books that you need lots and lots of bookshelves to store all of these books that you own. I always forget just how much potential bookshelves have to not only do a great job storing books but also to look great!

Recently I saw this list of unusual bookshelves and I think some of them are so amazing! Some of them have curves that are out of this world! They don't just curve side to side but some of them also curve outward and inward too! Curves can take a normal bookshelf and make it very very unique.

Now if you don't like unusual and fancy bookcases then there are always more traditional bookcases that you can consider for your library or your reading room. Just look at the different ways that the same bookshelf can be painted and decorated and even modified too. I think all of those designs look absolutely great! The white one with the doors looks especially vintage to me.

I hope you enjoyed looking at those bookshelves as much as I did. Some of them had crazy curves that made them look outrageously unusual and others are more traditional. But whatever your taste I'm sure there's a bookshelf that you can find that'll be just great for your room and your personality too!

I saw some concrete clocks today that I think look great! I don't really think of concrete as the kind of material that's used for making clocks. Usually I think about wood or plastic or metal being used to create timepieces but after seeing those pictures I'm convinced that concrete is also a very good material for making clocks.

One thing I like a lot about these clocks is how they have a relatively small clock face but the clock face is supported on a much taller clock body! The proportions almost make me think that I'm looking at a person! Maybe that's why I think the clocks have some good balance. They are well proportioned and because they look like people to me I think that they've got a natural quality and a natural beauty to them. Well whatever you think about these clocks I think we can agree that they have a really unique shape and that concrete is in fact a material that has a lot of potential even for making clocks.

Lighting is always one of my favorite blog topics. Lighting is just so important! Lighting is the kind of thing that can make or break almost any room in a house. If you have the wrong lights then your room won't be bright enough or it maybe will be too bright and it just won't have the right balance. If you get lamps that don't look right then the room won't be an enjoyable room to be in. Well I've seen some pictures of lights and lamps recently that I think look absolutely great and because I like them so much I want to share them with you!

The first lamps I want to tell you about are these rounded ceramic lamps. I like everything about them from how they hang from the ceiling to their shape to their colors to their textures! Just everything about these lamps looks so great! The curved shape of these lamps is very relaxing I think.

There were some other lights that I saw recently and I thought that they were so very modern! Those lights are these lights. I think that's a great idea! It looks like it's very functional but it also has a unique look and so much potential. The wave shape that the lights make feels so modern and high tech and space age and the pattern it forms looks absolutely great! I think those lights would work great above a bed like how they're shown in those pictures. Those lights really exhibit a great design sense.

But just because I liked those last lights because they look so modern and complex it doesn't mean that all lamps have to be high tech lamps! I also saw pictures of this more basic light that hangs from a bracket. It's a simple design but I think that it looks great too! The feeling this light gives me is one of calm. It's like the light is relaxing while it dangles freely from the bracket. It some ways it reminds me of fishing! The light is like the hook and the lure and the bracket is like the fishing pole and together they make for a very relaxing past time!

The best lamp that I've seen lately though is this lamp that has a lamp shade made of alpaca hair! Yes that's right! It's a lamp that is furry! If you haven't seen the pictures of it yet then I think you surely should look at them! It's a very very very unique lamp that's for sure! It looks so natural too. I've seen a lot of lighting fixtures in my day but I don't think I've ever seen one with that much thick luscious fur on it! It's a grand lamp for sure and I think it would start many many conversations in any room that had one!

Well there you have it. Those are some lamps that I saw recently that I thought were extra special. The one with the lamp shade covered in alpaca hair really stands out in my mind. I think that I'll be thinking about that lamp for weeks but I'll probably think about those other lamps and lighting fixtures that I mentioned above because they're pretty great too.

Some people consider small houses to be large cottages and sometimes some people consider large cottages to be small houses. Now I don't really know where to draw the line but I've been looking at the floor plans that could either be a large cottage or a small house.

At the front of this small house or large cottage there is an entry area. It opens into the living room. I like the design of this living room because it has some very great aspects to it. Like the first is the fireplace. For a smaller house or a larger cottage it looks like a grand fireplace. And the living room also has a vaulted ceiling over half of it. I think this is such a great design!

On the other side of the small house or the large cottage across from the fireplace there's the kitchen. It's a great kitchen. For a smaller house or a large cottage it's a really great kitchen. It looks like it has lots of counter space and there are two windows near the sink because it's in a corner of the room. This is a good design because you can look outside when you're doing chores like washing the dishes or when you're washing vegetables in the sink.

The dining room is located at the front of the house next to the kitchen and it connects to the kitchen and to near the front entry of the house. This is a great design because it means that the living room is connected to both the kitchen and the dining room and the kitchen is connected to the dining room and the living room and the dining room is connected to the kitchen and the living room. This makes it very easy to move around to the different rooms on the main floor.

Going back into the living room we can move through to the back of the house where we find a short hallway. There is a closet here and it looks like this is where the washing machine and maybe the clothes dryer could go. Across from this closet there is a bathroom. It has a sink and a toilet and a tub.

At the end of this short hallway we find the entrance to the master bedroom. The master bedroom is thus located at the back of the house. In this master bedroom we find two separate closets. This is a convenient design because if there's a married couple living in the house and sharing the master bedroom then there's a closet for each person! They can organize it however they like! The bedroom itself is open and has some windows. I think this is a convenient location for it because it's so close to the bathroom and to the rest of the house or the cottage but the small hallway does give some privacy.

One really great feature of this floor plan that I haven't mentioned yet is the great spiral staircase that's found in the area where the kitchen and the dining room and the living room meet. This staircase leads up to the second floor where we find a studio room and another bathroom! This second floor has a lot of potential. I think it would make a great library or a great craft room or a great office or even a great study room. It has a vaulted ceiling and the bathroom it attaches to is great. It has a shower and a sink and a toilet! That means that this studio room could probably even be used as a bedroom or a guest room if necessary!

This building could be either a great large cottage or a great small house. It's not big but it has a lot of amenities and I think it'd be a very very comfortable vacation cottage but at the same time I think it'd also be a very very comfortable small house maybe for an elderly couple or for a young couple who haven't started a family yet. I think this is a large cottage or a small house with so much potential!