House in a Water Tower

This post is for my husband who just LOVES re-invented industrial buildings.

By Dutch architects Zecc, this water tower in Soest, Netherlands, is a nine floor folly of phallic proportions!
 Favourite design ideas:
1: Colours: the monochrome palette echos the industrial heritage.
2: The black stairs in the all-white stair walls
3: The glass insert on the lower floors that illuminates the stairwell.

Divine Inspiration: Church reworked as a house

I'm immersed in work and renovations of the church and found this place in my cyber travels...

This amazing design project by Zecc Architects in Utrecht, Netherlands, saw the complete remodeling of the interior of a church to become a contemporary home.

The "Before" shot of the church

This church is much more gothic than ours, and the renovation much more full-on, but I couldn't resist posting it. (Our church is much more "Shaker" - a simple wooden building.)

Favourite design ideas:
1: the over-the-top chandeliers in the bathroom and main living area. They add a bit of religious drama and sense of occasion to the spaces.

2: Colour: The contrast of the all-white main interiors with the charcoal bathroom.

3: Stairway to heaven: Love the floating stair leading up to the bedroom in the heavens above!