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The beautiful black and white houses/bungalows of Singapore, now often referred to locally as simply 'black and whites', are an important legacy of Singapore's colonial era. Apart from being aesthetically intriguing, they are often admired for their exotic mixture of styles skillfully adapted for the local tropical monsoon climate.

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Marutha
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Do you have a spirit animal? Well mine is a home filled with Black & White & Brown with accents of Green & Gold . Ok so it's not an animal, but if it was, it would totally be my spirit animal :) I still remember one of my favourite Christmas presents ever! I was maybe 8 or 9. After waiting anxiously at th

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Beth McElwain-pressey
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I fell in love with this style when I vacationed in Barbados several years ago and stayed at Sam Lord's Castle, the former home of actual pirate Sam Lord, who lured ships aground by hanging lanterns in the coconut trees. Captains mistook the lights for the nearby port city of Bridgetown and ran their ships into the reefs. Sam and his men then promptly looted them. This beautiful plantation was decorated in authentic West Indies British Colonial style and couldn't help capturing my heart…

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Marianne Wigert
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British colonial style decorating was created when British citizens went to live in Africa, India, Asia, and the Caribbean in the late 1800's. They adapted their refined British interior design style to the climate and available materials where they moved. Here are a few ways to add British colonial style to your home. ArchitectureThe architecture of homes in a British colonial style typically has high ceilings to let the heat rise and keep the room a bit cooler. Oversized ceiling fans…

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Staci Gibbs

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