Cella Architecture - Erich Karp, AIA Laurelhurst Portland, OR This new Tudor Revival styled home, situated in Portland’s Laurelhurst area, was designed to blend with one of the city’s distinctive old neighborhoods. While there are a variety of existing house styles along the nearby streets, the Tudor Revival style with its characteristic steeply pitched roof lines, arched doorways, and heavy chimneys occurs throughout the neighborhood and was the ideal style choice for the new home. The house was conceived with a steeply pitched asymmetric gable facing the street with the longer rake sweeping down in a gentle arc to stop near the entry. The front door is sheltered by a gracefully arched canopy supported by twin wooden corbels. Additional details such as the stuccoed walls with their decorative banding that wraps the house or the flare of the stucco hood over the second floor windows or the use of unique materials such as the Old Carolina brick window sills and entry porch paving add to the character of the house. But while the form and details for the home are drawn from styles of the last century, the home is certainly of this era with noticeably cleaner lines, details, and configuration than would occur in older variants of the style.

Photo of a tropical partial sun landscaping in Miami.

Designed by Krista Watterworth Alterman of Krista Watterworth Design Studio in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Photos by Jessica Glynn. In the Evergrene gated community. Rustic wood and rattan make this a cozy Florida loggia. Poolside drinks are a must!

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Gorgeous, transitional mountain bathroom, with double apron sink.
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John Stillman Photography
Contemporary white two-story exterior home idea in Miami

Photo: Rikki Snyder © 2014 Houzz
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Huge Contemporary Kitchen Designer: Teri Turan
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Greg Reigler
This is an example of a large traditional front porch design in Miami with a roof extension and decking.

Karen Swanson, owner of New England Design Works in Manchester, MA keeps designing award winning Pennville Custom Cabinetry kitchens. You may remember that earlier this year, Karen won both the regional Sub-Zero Design Contest and the National Kitchen & Bath Association's medium kitchen of the year. nedesignworks@gmail.com 978.500.1096.

THE DREAM White Kitchen! This room is elegant and visually stunning with clean modern lines, and yet replete with warm, inviting charm in every aspect of its design. This gorgeous white kitchen by Courthouse Design/Build with wonderful Wood-Mode cabinetry from the Courthouse Kitchens & Baths Design Studio seamlessly combines traditional elements with contemporary, modern design to bring that perfect dream of a white kitchen to life. Kenneth M. Wyner Photography Inc.

Coming from Minnesota this couple already had an appreciation for a woodland retreat. Wanting to lay some roots in Sun Valley, Idaho, guided the incorporation of historic hewn, stone and stucco into this cozy home among a stand of aspens with its eye on the skiing and hiking of the surrounding mountains. Miller Architects, PC

Kitchen with pantry behind screen door
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Garden arbor and picket fence separate the side yard from the front yard creating outdoor rooms. The view to the front yard frames a sitting area with Adirondack chairs. Photo by Bob Trainor

Angle Eye Photography
Huge cottage galley medium tone wood floor and brown floor eat-in kitchen photo in Philadelphia with raised-panel cabinets, white cabinets, white backsplash, stone tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances, marble countertops, an island and a farmhouse sink

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Photography by Dennis Mayer 3-D Construction / Design & Construction 829 Seminole Way Redwood City, CA 94062 Phone number (650) 367-9765
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