The city of Istanbul introduced the first coffee house to the world, a citizen from Aleppo named Hakam and fellow named Shams from Damascus were the pioneers of the first coffee shop where they began to purvey coffee. Soon the word spread and holy places like Mecca also began serving coffee but the
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Many potential readers may feel alarmed at reading such an evocative title, but I assure you, you need not worry. For this challenge comprised of a task that I spent many a day and night thinking over. I was asked to design the niche of a main bathroom wall. I had to be innovative. I couldn’
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Vernacular is derived from Latin word vernaculus, which means “domestic, native, and indigenous”. In architecture it means a building that is origin of a specific time or place; it has not been inspired, copied or imported from anywhere. This practice is mostly used for residential buildings.
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In my mind, this was a shop versus showcase approach. Fabric shops tend to be floral, cluttered and noisy places, where refinement and class take a backseat to lace doilies. This is not a trope, I have unwillingly been to several and they are all quite similar. Thus when opportunity strikes,
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Gone are the days when pits of fire were created to heat up our homes, our food and…ourselves. Now with central heating, global warming and insulation the need for actual fire to heat up the indoors has reduced. Fireplaces have shed their unglamorous past involving soot, smoke and wood chips, to b
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A homeowner of a newly built home often experiences emotional fulfillment and a sense of pride that only fellow homeowners can understand. Having the home of your dreams built may seem impossible as a person has to thoroughly think about a lot of things before construction begins. Before one jumps t
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As soon as we hear the word stairs, going up pops and we immediately think of how many would we have to climb. While on the other hand some people just love going up and down the stairs. Some use them as a way to shed those extra pounds and some prefer not to use them at all. While we all have our d
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It is not necessary to think that you live in Pakistan and you can not have something that comes from a UK or a USA magazine. The concept of people wanting things for their home these days has changed dramatically. People are more now into westren ideas and standards of constructing homes. Ideas are
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