You read that correctly… it wasn’t too long ago when they build the IKEA here in Orlando Near the Mall at Millenia. Well, now there is one coming to Tampa on Wednesday, May 6, 2009! At the new IKEA Tampa, you’ll find everything you need for every room of your home: beautiful, well-designed home furnishings and accessories at amazingly low prices—plus lots of surprises.

Explore IKEA Tampa—and you could win big! Take the virtual tour to learn more about what makes shopping at IKEA Tampa so unique. And be sure to enter the two Grand Opening Sweepstakes one where you can win $1,000 IKEA gift card and the other one called the Big Blue Bag it Game visit site for more info.

While living in Central Florida (Orlando) I’ve always wondered if there were any Contemporary Style Homes in and around the area. It wasn’t till recently I came across this site (CentralFloridaModern.com) that allowed me to see further then where I was looking. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve always loved the way contemporary Prefab homes looked. I’ve even wanted to tear down my current house to put up a Prefab home. But. I don’t think the neighbors would like that too well. So what I’ve done is created a list of a few sites I visit to catch up on the latest designs of Prefab homes. So that way you too could fall in love with a better way of living.

1. weehouses.com
2. dwell.com
3. fabprefab.com
4. mbrstudios.com
5. ecocontempo.com
6. cleverhomes.net
7. h-haus.com
8. stevenholl.com
9. hivemodular.com
10. kithaus.com
11. flatpakhouse.com
12. livinghomes.net
13. loftcube.net
14. mkd-arc.com
15. bachkit.com
16. designmobile.com
17. re4a.com
18. zenkaya.com
19. rocioromero.com
20. sustain.ca
21. tkarchitecture.com
22. tkithouse.com
23. v2world.net
24. uma-fertighaus.com
25. davinci-ireland.com
26. modabode.com.au
27. espace-mobile.at
28. griffnerhomes.com
29. m-house.org
30. huf-haus.com
31. microcompacthome.com
32. pinchouse.com
33. prebuilt.com.au
34. marmolradzinerprefab.com
35. weberhaus.de
36. collaborativedesignworks.com
37. smartshax.com.au
38. spacebox.info
39. laing.co.nz
40. thedwellhomesbyempyrean.com

I was trying to find a site or sites similar to what IKEA has to offer because IKEA isn’t in Orlando yet. So, I found quite a few that offer some cool almost do it yourself stuff along with some cheap and expensive stuff to help spice up your living quarters.

• modusfurniture.co.uk
• design-milk.com
• craftzine.com
• wallpaperlab.com
• lowimpactliving.com
• padstyle.com
• apartmenttherapy.com
• capndesign.com
• cribcandy
• modernflat
• grass roots modern
• NOTCOT
• design*sponge

If you know of any good decorating sites please feel free to leave them as a comment.