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You simply have to love the interior colors forecast by paint and wallpaper company, Farrow & Ball. The palette itself is great, but what makes it feel so fresh is definitely the retro tones and the way of color blocking the walls and furniture.

Unexpected color combinations and colour blocking are the key looks for 2012. Strong greys are accented with warm yellows and clean blues for a really modern, graphic look, while subdued blue-greys and delicate purples remain fresh when paired with brighter colours in dynamic combinations.

Farrow & Ball’s Pigeon, Brassica, Railings and Babouche, are all rich, nostalgic shades with an underlying quiet intensity that makes them suited to decorating trends in 2012.

In 2009, the office TYIN Tegnestue worked on several small projects in Thailand. Their ’Old Market Library’ is housed in a 100 years old building, the library section of the proposal is 3 x 9 meters, with a backyard in front of a small canal. The roof and walls were in bad shape and it was important to build the new space not associated with the old structures.

The high ceiling of the main room then receives a “loft” which creates a more intimate situation below and above, at a time. The library is divided into two zones along its length, a shift associated with a wall of books and another space for reading and relaxing.

Beyond the main room appears a smaller space, study, in which an old toilet in the corner serves as a planter for a tree. In the backyard arranged a pergola, built to filter sunlight and heat, and Jasmine vines were placed in ceramic vessels.

Tokyo-based practice Miurashin Architect + Associates has sent us images of ‘House at the Mountain’, a multi-storey dwelling set on a hillside in Karuizawa, Japan. Heavily influenced by the lush scenery and presence of trees, the design aims to establish a sense of  balance on the steep site by orienting the interior with a mixture of vertical posts and windows.

Geometric in form, the dark-stained house is described and revealed in volumes: from the upper road level, a small bridge leads to the top storey of the dwelling which conceals itself as a pavilion-like structure among the trees. The design lengthens as the land lowers and again terminates with a small footprint to lightly rest on the topography. lLarge windows facing southwards establish views of the trees from the crown to their base.

Many people have a box room that they simply don’t use. Whether it’s being used as an ad hoc study, a place for exercise equipment or is just filled with odds and ends that needed storing somewhere, it’s a bit of a waste; after all, you can convert it into a great guest room on the cheap. With these top tips, you can start putting together a fantastic spare bedroom for friends and family, should they visit your home in the near future.