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Mid century modern bathroom. Calm Bathroom vibes. Bold but understated. Black fixtures. Freestanding vanity.
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1960s 3/4 blue tile and porcelain tile cement tile floor, multicolored floor and single-sink bathroom photo in Salt Lake City with flat-panel cabinets, medium tone wood cabinets, white walls, an undermount sink, white countertops, a niche, a freestanding vanity and a one-piece toilet
1960s 3/4 blue tile and porcelain tile cement tile floor, multicolored floor and single-sink bathroom photo in Salt Lake City with flat-panel cabinets, medium tone wood cabinets, white walls, an undermount sink, white countertops, a niche, a freestanding vanity and a one-piece toilet
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Bathroom - mid-sized transitional mosaic tile floor bathroom idea in Atlanta with shaker cabinets, green cabinets, beige walls and an undermount sink
Bathroom - mid-sized transitional mosaic tile floor bathroom idea in Atlanta with shaker cabinets, green cabinets, beige walls and an undermount sink
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Lake Front Country Estate Front Hall, design by Tom Markalunas, built by Resort Custom Homes. Photography by Rachael Boling.
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Inspiration for a huge timeless wooden u-shaped staircase remodel in Other with painted risers
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This large, open-concept home features Cambria Swanbridge in the kitchen, baths, laundry room, and butler’s pantry. Designed by E Interiors and AFT Construction.
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Gorgeous master bedroom with intricate detailing.
Example of a large beach style master medium tone wood floor bedroom design in Miami with blue walls
Example of a large beach style master medium tone wood floor bedroom design in Miami with blue walls
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This shade arbor, located in The Woodlands, TX north of Houston, spans the entire length of the back yard. It combines a number of elements with custom structures that were constructed to emulate specific aspects of a Zen garden. The homeowner wanted a low-maintenance garden whose beauty could withstand the tough seasonal weather that strikes the area at various times of the year. He also desired a mood-altering aesthetic that would relax the senses and calm the mind. Most importantly, he wanted this meditative environment completely shielded from the outside world so he could find serenity in total privacy.
The most unique design element in this entire project is the roof of the shade arbor itself. It features a “negative space” leaf pattern that was designed in a software suite and cut out of the metal with a water jet cutter. Each form in the pattern is loosely suggestive of either a leaf, or a cluster of leaves.
These small, negative spaces cut from the metal are the source of the structure’ powerful visual and emotional impact. During the day, sunlight shines down and highlights columns, furniture, plantings, and gravel with a blend of dappling and shade that make you feel like you are sitting under the branches of a tree.
At night, the effects are even more brilliant. Skillfully concealed lights mounted on the trusses reflect off the steel in places, while in other places they penetrate the negative spaces, cascading brilliant patterns of ambient light down on vegetation, hardscape, and water alike.
The shade arbor shelters two gravel patios that are almost identical in space. The patio closest to the living room features a mini outdoor dining room, replete with tables and chairs. The patio is ornamented with a blend of ornamental grass, a small human figurine sculpture, and mid-level impact ground cover.
Gravel was chosen as the preferred hardscape material because of its Zen-like connotations. It is also remarkably soft to walk on, helping to set the mood for a relaxed afternoon in the dappled shade of gently filtered sunlight.
The second patio, spaced 15 feet away from the first, resides adjacent to the home at the opposite end of the shade arbor. Like its twin, it is also ornamented with ground cover borders, ornamental grasses, and a large urn identical to the first. Seating here is even more private and contemplative. Instead of a table and chairs, there is a large decorative concrete bench cut in the shape of a giant four-leaf clover.
Spanning the distance between these two patios, a bluestone walkway connects the two spaces. Along the way, its borders are punctuated in places by low-level ornamental grasses, a large flowering bush, another sculpture in the form of human faces, and foxtail ferns that spring up from a spread of river rock that punctuates the ends of the walkway.
The meditative quality of the shade arbor is reinforced by two special features. The first of these is a disappearing fountain that flows from the top of a large vertical stone embedded like a monolith in the other edges of the river rock. The drains and pumps to this fountain are carefully concealed underneath the covering of smooth stones, and the sound of the water is only barely perceptible, as if it is trying to force you to let go of your thoughts to hear it.
A large piece of core-10 steel, which is deliberately intended to rust quickly, rises up like an arced wall from behind the fountain stone. The dark color of the metal helps the casual viewer catch just a glimpse of light reflecting off the slow trickle of water that runs down the side of the stone into the river rock bed.
To complete the quiet moment that the shade arbor is intended to invoke, a thick wall of cypress trees rises up on all sides of the yard, completely shutting out the disturbances of the world with a comforting wall of living greenery that comforts the thoughts and emotions.
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Photography: Agnieszka Jakubowicz
Inspiration for a country laundry room remodel in San Francisco
Inspiration for a country laundry room remodel in San Francisco
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Example of a small transitional powder room design in DC Metro with gray walls and a console sink
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Inspiration for a transitional l-shaped medium tone wood floor and brown floor eat-in kitchen remodel in Sacramento with recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, white backsplash, stainless steel appliances, an island and white countertops
Inspiration for a transitional l-shaped medium tone wood floor and brown floor eat-in kitchen remodel in Sacramento with recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, white backsplash, stainless steel appliances, an island and white countertops
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Example of a trendy master medium tone wood floor bedroom design in Dallas with white walls
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