THIS WAS A PLAN DESIGN ONLY PROJECT. A narrow lot house, this home is perfect for properties that are in urban locations where parking is in the rear of the home. An open concept, the Kitchen, Living Room and Outdoor Living spaces are centered on entertaining and the outdoors. Views to the exterior rear are very real in this house, as the windows and double doors open to either the patio area, or to an optional Sunroom (as shown), all with transoms for extra glass allowing light in. Having more than one living space on the first floor is granted in this plan, with a spacious front spit adjacent Dining Room with Butler's Pantry between the Dining Room and Kitchen. The second floor Master Bedroom Suite is luxurious, with a princess tray ceiling, dual walk-in closets, and luxury Bath with cathedral ceiling. The two secondary bedrooms are roomy, with views to the front of the home, and either walk-in or standard closets, and hall bath access. The Bonus Room option on this home is incredible, with private access to the rear of the home for direct access from the living areas, and the garage door.

From a girls bedroom closet, you will discover a hidden door, which leads to a private study area under the rafters in the attic. This space has drawers, toy storage, bookcases and a ladder....to another hidden attic media/great room!

This beautiful, three-story, updated shingle-style cottage is perched atop a bluff on the shores of Lake Michigan, and was designed to make the most of its towering vistas. The proportions of the home are made even more pleasing by the combination of stone, shingles and metal roofing. Deep balconies and wrap-around porches emphasize outdoor living, white tapered columns, an arched dormer, and stone porticos give the cottage nautical quaintness, tastefully balancing the grandeur of the design. The interior space is dominated by vast panoramas of the water below. High ceilings are found throughout, giving the home an airy ambiance, while enabling large windows to display the natural beauty of the lakeshore. The open floor plan allows living areas to act as one sizeable space, convenient for entertaining. The diagonally situated kitchen is adjacent to a sunroom, dining area and sitting room. Dining and lounging areas can be found on the spacious deck, along with an outdoor fireplace. The main floor master suite includes a sitting area, vaulted ceiling, a private bath, balcony access, and a walk-through closet with a back entrance to the home’s laundry. A private study area at the front of the house is lined with built-in bookshelves and entertainment cabinets, creating a small haven for homeowners. The upper level boasts four guest or children’s bedrooms, two with their own private bathrooms. Also upstairs is a built-in office space, loft sitting area, ample storage space, and access to a third floor deck. The walkout lower level was designed for entertainment. Billiards, a bar, sitting areas, screened-in and covered porches make large groups easy to handle. Also downstairs is an exercise room, a large full bath, and access to an outdoor shower for beach-goers. Photographer: Bill Hebert Builder: David C. Bos Homes

This small hallway off the front entrance is the perfect segue providing access to closet space and a private entrance to the powder room. The barrel vaulted ceiling give visual interest and elevates the hall from a basic pass thru to a more elegant transition.

Custom furnishings for a private residence includes a Walnut credenza, desk top, floating fold down bar, and shelf. A long low credenza has a white lacquer exterior, mitered edges, integrated brass hardware, and perforated blackened brass doors which conceal media and allow remote access. A solid Walnut floating bar cabinet has brass fold down hardware and a mirrored back.

Perfectly located at the end of a tree lined cul de sac lies a spectacular, impeccably designed, modern residence. The ultimate in privacy, comfort & style. Designed by owner/architect/builder. Access the home via gated driveway into the private motor court with ample guest parking. Upon entry, the gallery style foyer flows seamlessly into the open concept main living room with its beautiful high coffered ceilings and vistas to the covered terrace, 80’ lap-pool & sprawling landscape. Walls of sliding windows provide an influx of northern natural light, bringing the outdoors in. Pass a fully fitted wet bar you reach the exceptional kitchen & casual area; Sophisticated Poggenpohl cabinetry & high-end appliances sets the stage for the perfect chef kitchen. Exhibiting sustainable, energy efficient construction, quality & luxury, enjoy a private contemporary lifestyle in one of the most prestigious locations. 2 generators. Patrolled Templar Private Security. Never flooded, per seller.

An Architectural and Interior Design Masterpiece! This luxurious waterfront estate resides on 4 acres of a private peninsula, surrounded by 3 sides of an expanse of water with unparalleled, panoramic views. 1500 ft of private white sand beach, private pier and 2 boat slips on Ono Harbor. Spacious, exquisite formal living room, dining room, large study/office with mahogany, built in bookshelves. Family Room with additional breakfast area. Guest Rooms share an additional Family Room. Unsurpassed Master Suite with water views of Bellville Bay and Bay St. John featuring a marble tub, custom tile outdoor shower, and dressing area. Expansive outdoor living areas showcasing a saltwater pool with swim up bar and fire pit. The magnificent kitchen offers access to a butler pantry, balcony and an outdoor kitchen with sitting area. This home features Brazilian Wood Floors and French Limestone Tiles throughout. Custom Copper handrails leads you to the crow's nest that offers 360degree views. Photos: Shawn Seals, Fovea 360 LLC

Experience the newest masterpiece by XPC Investment with California Contemporary design by Jessica Koltun Home in Forest Hollow. This gorgeous home on nearly a half acre lot with a pool has been superbly rebuilt with unparalleled style & custom craftsmanship offering a functional layout for entertaining & everyday living. The open floor plan is flooded with natural light and filled with design details including white oak engineered flooring, cement fireplace, custom wall and ceiling millwork, floating shelves, soft close cabinetry, marble countertops and much more. Amenities include a dedicated study, formal dining room, a kitchen with double islands, gas range, built in refrigerator, and built in refrigerator Retire to your Owner's suite featuring private access to your lush backyard, a generous shower & walk-in closet. Soak up the sun, or be the life of the party in your private, oversized backyard with pool perfect for entertaining. This home combines the very best of location and style!

THIS WAS A PLAN DESIGN ONLY PROJECT. A narrow lot house, this home is perfect for properties that are in urban locations where parking is in the rear of the home. An open concept, the Kitchen, Living Room and Outdoor Living spaces are centered on entertaining and the outdoors. Views to the exterior rear are very real in this house, as the windows and double doors open to either the patio area, or to an optional Sunroom (as shown), all with transoms for extra glass allowing light in. Having more than one living space on the first floor is granted in this plan, with a spacious front spit adjacent Dining Room with Butler's Pantry between the Dining Room and Kitchen. The second floor Master Bedroom Suite is luxurious, with a princess tray ceiling, dual walk-in closets, and luxury Bath with cathedral ceiling. The two secondary bedrooms are roomy, with views to the front of the home, and either walk-in or standard closets, and hall bath access. The Bonus Room option on this home is incredible, with private access to the rear of the home for direct access from the living areas, and the garage door.

This South Minneapolis family bathroom was pretty groovy before Castle arrived! Old shiny wallpaper, outdated and crumbling tile and an inefficient floor plan were not serving this growing family any longer. A new floor plan opened up the natural light to the entire bathroom and allowed a much-desired double vanity to be installed. The homeowners wanted direct access from their master bedroom as well, so a new door opening was created for easier access without disturbing the rest of the household. A bright space was important to the homeowners, so a solar tube was installed with an integral bath fan. The old window was converted to more private glass block, and a wall of mirror was added to reflect natural light throughout the space and to make the space feel bigger. A fresh, transitional color scheme was chosen with timeless materials like marble and white.

The frameless glass shower features a rainfall head, handheld sprayer, niche storage, and a built-in bench-height ledge, opening to a private water-closet beyond. Grey stone-look porcelain creates a clean, cohesive backdrop.

2010 NATIONAL NARI REGIONAL AWARD WINNER Project Scope The owners of this 7,000 square foot colonial in Oakton, Virginia, were seeking a multi-level Mediterranean-style indoor/outdoor living space off the back of their home. They turned to Michael Nash Design, Build & Homes for a design solution that would include a stone patio, a second-story deck, a screened-in porch and linking staircases. While the structure was designed primarily for family dining and entertaining, it also had to accommodate periodic social gatherings of one hundred guests or more. To meet these needs, the project would include a fully-equipped outdoor kitchen, several serving counters with permanent refrigeration, and well-delineated socializing and dining zones. The existing home’s setting offered several impressive assets the new outdoor living area was designed to exploit. The sprawling acreage features old stand trees, wooded paths and a private lake. Beautifully landscaped, it unfolds as an idyllic panorama that naturally draws people to the outdoors. Challenges Since the rear elevation was situated on a slope that drops away from the house, the Michael Nash team had to raise the grade two feet within in a 2,000 square foot area extending out from the back of the house. Infrastructure plans also called for a sophisticated drainage system that had to accommodate a whole series of water “runoff” considerations to be integrated into the decking itself. Excavation included constructing retaining walls to bolster the elevated grade—which also had to support a concrete slab, the primary foundation for the entire complex. Solutions The ground level decking consists of a 2,000 square foot flagstone patio level with the home’s lower level doors. There is a decorative water fountain mid-patio—an ornate collectible acquired in Florida. Food preparation is concentrated within a specially designed semi-circular wall that creates an “outdoor kitchen” equipped with a 60” Viking barbecue grill, a prep sink, a warming drawer, refrigerator and appropriate storage. There is a granite surfaced dining counter with seating for eight. Wrought iron railing and approximately 20 decorative columns (some encasing steel vertical supports) are incorporated into the design scheme. Many of the columns house accent lights. The top level—supported by horizontal steel beams– is a 2,500 square foot deck constructed entirely of Trex decking. The open air decking is, again, directly accessible from rooms on the second level of the house including the kitchen, sunroom and family room. The platform’s most prominent feature is a U-shaped “kitchenette” with cedar shake shingle roofing. Like its counterpart one level below, the facility is equipped with grill, refrigerator and stainless steel cabinetry. One portion of the deck has been allocated for a 16’ x 16’ octagonal screened-in porch crowned by a pair of 2’ x 4’ skylights. The porch can be accessed from the home’s conservatory via a set of French doors. With its mosaic tile flooring, stained cedar panel ceiling and honed granite counters, the interior is elegant and calming. Hand-painted stenciling and a wall-mounted water feature provide distinctive detailing. Finally, the design introduced elements to highlight and reinforce an awareness of the lovely bucolic setting. Fountains and water features combined with textured surfaces and mosaic tiling and backsplashes to present a villa-like ambiance well-suited to the Virginia countryside.

Photo by Mike Casey Cramped, uncomfortable, and out of date: when the owners of this home approached us about renovating their kitchen and adjoining sunroom, these were high on their list of complaints. OPENING UP THE KITCHEN Our plan kept the kitchen in the same location but took down the walls between both the dining room and the sunroom to create an expansive multi-purpose space with spectacular views to conservation land along the back of the property. We removed the powder room and in its place created a window-lined hallway to the living room—opening up direct access between these two previously disconnected spaces. We then built a new half bath between these two rooms, with a door along the back hallway. The result is a more private powder room that is easier to access than before. Significantly improved cabinetry provides ample storage for both human and canine needs. An island countertop is functional and pleasant, enabling the owners to prep for and clean up from dinner all while enjoying the view of the woods behind their house. CREATING COMFORT We also completely rebuilt the sunroom, thickening the framing to allow for extra insulation and raising the roof to accommodate a higher ceiling and tall windows that let in as much natural light as the skylights they replaced, but much less of the solar gain that had made the room so intolerable in the summer. We improved visual connections between spaces and admitted more natural light by converting the framing of the main stairway from full to half walls. We also insulated the attic and replaced an aging, inefficient central air conditioning system with ductless minisplit heat pumps, which can also be used as supplemental heat. All in all, this was our kind of project: we made the home more attractive, more comfortable, and more energy-efficient—all over the course of a single, well-integrated project.

This beautiful, three-story, updated shingle-style cottage is perched atop a bluff on the shores of Lake Michigan, and was designed to make the most of its towering vistas. The proportions of the home are made even more pleasing by the combination of stone, shingles and metal roofing. Deep balconies and wrap-around porches emphasize outdoor living, white tapered columns, an arched dormer, and stone porticos give the cottage nautical quaintness, tastefully balancing the grandeur of the design. The interior space is dominated by vast panoramas of the water below. High ceilings are found throughout, giving the home an airy ambiance, while enabling large windows to display the natural beauty of the lakeshore. The open floor plan allows living areas to act as one sizeable space, convenient for entertaining. The diagonally situated kitchen is adjacent to a sunroom, dining area and sitting room. Dining and lounging areas can be found on the spacious deck, along with an outdoor fireplace. The main floor master suite includes a sitting area, vaulted ceiling, a private bath, balcony access, and a walk-through closet with a back entrance to the home’s laundry. A private study area at the front of the house is lined with built-in bookshelves and entertainment cabinets, creating a small haven for homeowners. The upper level boasts four guest or children’s bedrooms, two with their own private bathrooms. Also upstairs is a built-in office space, loft sitting area, ample storage space, and access to a third floor deck. The walkout lower level was designed for entertainment. Billiards, a bar, sitting areas, screened-in and covered porches make large groups easy to handle. Also downstairs is an exercise room, a large full bath, and access to an outdoor shower for beach-goers. Photographer: Bill Hebert Builder: David C. Bos Homes

This multigenerational home addition transformed an unsafe garage conversion into a fully rebuilt, code-compliant addition with a second-story in-law suite, open-concept kitchen, living area, private balcony, accessible bathroom, laundry room, downstairs flex space, pool bath, and rebuilt garage. Designed with aging-in-place features, warm transitional finishes, custom storage, and family connection in mind, Legacy Loft creates a beautiful and functional home for multiple generations.

THIS WAS A PLAN DESIGN ONLY PROJECT. A narrow lot house, this home is perfect for properties that are in urban locations where parking is in the rear of the home. An open concept, the Kitchen, Living Room and Outdoor Living spaces are centered on entertaining and the outdoors. Views to the exterior rear are very real in this house, as the windows and double doors open to either the patio area, or to an optional Sunroom (as shown), all with transoms for extra glass allowing light in. Having more than one living space on the first floor is granted in this plan, with a spacious front spit adjacent Dining Room with Butler's Pantry between the Dining Room and Kitchen. The second floor Master Bedroom Suite is luxurious, with a princess tray ceiling, dual walk-in closets, and luxury Bath with cathedral ceiling. The two secondary bedrooms are roomy, with views to the front of the home, and either walk-in or standard closets, and hall bath access. The Bonus Room option on this home is incredible, with private access to the rear of the home for direct access from the living areas, and the garage door.

Experience the latest renovation by TK Homes with captivating Mid Century contemporary design by Jessica Koltun Home. Offering a rare opportunity in the Preston Hollow neighborhood, this single story ranch home situated on a prime lot has been superbly rebuilt to new construction specifications for an unparalleled showcase of quality and style. The mid century inspired color palette of textured whites and contrasting blacks flow throughout the wide-open floor plan features a formal dining, dedicated study, and Kitchen Aid Appliance Chef's kitchen with 36in gas range, and double island. Retire to your owner's suite with vaulted ceilings, an oversized shower completely tiled in Carrara marble, and direct access to your private courtyard. Three private outdoor areas offer endless opportunities for entertaining. Designer amenities include white oak millwork, tongue and groove shiplap, marble countertops and tile, and a high end lighting, plumbing, & hardware.

THIS WAS A PLAN DESIGN ONLY PROJECT. A narrow lot house, this home is perfect for properties that are in urban locations where parking is in the rear of the home. An open concept, the Kitchen, Living Room and Outdoor Living spaces are centered on entertaining and the outdoors. Views to the exterior rear are very real in this house, as the windows and double doors open to either the patio area, or to an optional Sunroom (as shown), all with transoms for extra glass allowing light in. Having more than one living space on the first floor is granted in this plan, with a spacious front spit adjacent Dining Room with Butler's Pantry between the Dining Room and Kitchen. The second floor Master Bedroom Suite is luxurious, with a princess tray ceiling, dual walk-in closets, and luxury Bath with cathedral ceiling. The two secondary bedrooms are roomy, with views to the front of the home, and either walk-in or standard closets, and hall bath access. The Bonus Room option on this home is incredible, with private access to the rear of the home for direct access from the living areas, and the garage door.

Charming Modern Rustic Cottage house plan. Access the large covered terrace through an original modern garage door. Outdoor kitchen located on the covered terrace. Cathedral ceiling 12 ' (max) in the living room, kitchen and dining room, with exposed wooden beams for a rustic look. 9 'ceiling on the bedrooms and bathroom. Open floor plan concept with fireplace in the family room. Large island in the kitchen. Master bedroom with private access to the rear terrace and bathroom. Full bathroom with bath and large separate shower . Unfinished basement to be converted to additional bedrooms, or as needed .