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Trendy u-shaped eat-in kitchen photo in Kansas City with stainless steel appliances, flat-panel cabinets, medium tone wood cabinets, red backsplash, an undermount sink, quartz countertops, glass tile backsplash and red countertops

Ken Gutmaker, Photography
Photo of a mid-sized modern partial sun backyard concrete paver landscaping in San Francisco.

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Modern aluminum 511 series door with frosted obscure glass. As you can see this customer has great taste in vehicles as well.
Garage - mid-sized contemporary attached two-car garage idea in Atlanta

Mid-sized minimalist attached one-car garage photo in Los Angeles

Mid-sized arts and crafts multicolored two-story concrete fiberboard exterior home photo in Atlanta

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.

Photo of a contemporary backyard landscaping in Minneapolis.

Inspiration for a transitional eat-in kitchen remodel in Los Angeles

Example of a trendy cable railing deck design in San Francisco with a pergola

A new Tudor bay added to the front of an existing red brick home using new stone to integrate the base with the existing stone base. Fir windows and cedar trim are stained complementary colors. The darker window color draws out the dark "clinker" bricks. The roof is Certainteed Grand Manor asphalt shingles designed to appear as slate. The gutters and downspouts are copper. The paint of the stucco is Benjamin Moore Exterior low luster in color: “Briarwood”. Hoachlander Davis Photography

Architecture by Horst Architects www.horst-architects.com John Ellis Photography
Powder room - contemporary black tile powder room idea in Orange County with a vessel sink and black countertops

White melamine and brushed aluminum make a crisp clean and contemporary combination in our garage collection.
Inspiration for a contemporary shed remodel in Los Angeles

Inspiration for a contemporary dark wood floor bedroom remodel in Dallas with gray walls

Weatherwell Elite shutters come in 4 standard colors and 1 standard wood grain powder coat. Seen here, the standard walnut wood grain powder coat is a perfect compliment to the pre-existing pavilion. From retrofitting, to a custom build with standard colors or custom colors, your space can transform to an oasis.

Photo: Jason Snyder © 2013 Houzz
Inspiration for a country l-shaped kitchen remodel in Other with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets and stainless steel appliances

Pool house - large traditional backyard concrete and rectangular lap pool house idea in Nashville

Inspiration for a large modern attached three-car garage remodel in Denver

Photo of a small industrial side yard landscaping in Boston.