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The world of architecture has shaped history and defined societies since the dawn of mankind. Architects were and still are, looked upon as those who design and plan the world we live in. As civilizations rise and fall, they don’t entirely fade from existence: their architecture still lives to tell their story.

Decorating your home to express your love for the beach and all things sandy can be tricky. Adding a few seashells to an end table won’t quite get the point across, but if you go too far your home runs the risk of looking like the set of Gilligan’s Island. And, nobody wants that.

About the first thing our ancestors did when they emerged from the primordial swamp was finding a decent cave, and posting keep out notices. This fixation with having rooms mapped across to offices because the walls kept the roof up. The first real change was in Germany after World War II, when aircraft hangars became work spaces and open plan ‘bürolandschaft’ offices appeared.

Nobody really knows for sure which bright spark was first to close an opening in a wall with a sheet of glass. Historians tell us wealthy Egyptians and Romans had them made of glass pebbles by the end of the 1st Century AD. Despite this, the British only woke up to the idea 1,600 years later.

I would guess that many of you probably haven’t checked on the windows and doors of your home any time recently, and considered whether you should replace anything any time soon. In many cases, the sealing around the exterior windows and doors of your home can be cracked or missing, and that could be bringing up your heating and electric bills.

Windows and glass are such an indispensable part of life, it’s hard to imagine a time without them. But there was, of course. Early houses had to double as tiny fortresses to protect their owners from attack by robbers. Later these became castles, but that’s a bit off-topic.

Working from home is often the dream. An elusive goal to be thought about while sitting on the train or stuck in traffic amidst a sea of brake lights. But, if the opportunity presented itself, would you be ready?

It seems that our ancestors were making use of glass for ages, probably even as hunter-gatherers. Historians inform us that a natural form of glass called obsidian forms in the mouth of a volcano. It is the result of the intense heat of an eruption of melting sand.

There are many reasons why you may want to convert a window into a door, including creating indoor-outdoor transitions with flexible openings, changing the layout of a room, or replacing outdated windows. Although learning how to remove a window is no small undertaking, we’ve put together this guide to help you get started. 

Being able to decorate your home to give off that “homey” vibe is not a matter of the size of your home. Decorating your home to give off a certain vibe is all about creativity, and the function that the room is going to be used for.