Photography by: Airyka Rockefeller
Eat-in kitchen - large contemporary l-shaped dark wood floor and brown floor eat-in kitchen idea in San Francisco with gray backsplash, an island, an undermount sink, recessed-panel cabinets, wood countertops, stainless steel appliances and blue cabinets

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This remodel created one grand space out of three separate rooms. The home is a traditional raised ranch, and we doubled the kitchen counter and cabinet space without increasing the foot print by removing the surrounding walls.

Inspiration for a huge modern white two-story mixed siding flat roof remodel in Los Angeles

Customer Paradigm Photography
Trendy bathroom photo in Denver with a vessel sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets and beige walls

This custom home was designed by the talented architects at Platt Architecture. “Reclaimed Wonder” is located in the private golf community Wade Hampton Golf Club in Cashiers, North Carolina. Every detail of this home was designed to create a work of art. Not only is the small mountain town of Cashiers a truly beautiful place, but this luxury home creates a beautiful retreat as well. The color palette of the reclaimed wood beams and wall planks along with the indigenous stone choices and carefully appointed warm amber lighting creates an ambiance true to the natural beauty surrounding the home. J,Weiland

Staircase - mid-sized traditional wooden straight wood railing staircase idea in New York with painted risers

Photo by Patrick Brickman/ Interior Design by Lynn Turner of Salt Sea Design and Interiors/ Builder is Coleman Builders/ Architect is Phil Clarke of Clarke Design Group

Mid-sized transitional white two-story brick exterior home photo in Dallas with a hip roof

A perfect match in any entryway, this fresh herb wallpaper adds a fun vibe to walls that makes preparing meals much more enjoyable!
Inspiration for a mid-sized cottage light wood floor mudroom remodel in Boston with green walls and a white front door

New linear fireplace and media wall with custom cabinets
Living room - large traditional look-out carpeted and gray floor living room idea in Minneapolis with gray walls, a ribbon fireplace and a stone fireplace

Photography by Natalie Marotta Bungalows are lovable homes, but how can they be better? Along with many of our clients, we find that older (early 20th c.) homes have a lot of character and a comfortable scale, but are leaky, damp (especially in the basement), have fair to poor air quality, and use unconscionable amounts of fossil fuels to heat. The owners of this bungalow were ready to change that, and wanted to do so with minimal upfront carbon emissions as well. The gut renovation included replacing the basement slab and providing capillary breaks and insulation continuously below grade. The brick structure was treated with a fluid-applied air and water barrier from the interior and insulated entirely with cellulose, a carbon-storing insulation. The roof used HFO-blown spray foam to provide sufficient insulation while allowing headroom for bedrooms, bathrooms, and laundry. One great benefit of a full renovation is the possibility of reconfiguring spaces to suit the family’s lifestyle, and to make the best of indoor-outdoor connections. We opened up the main rooms on the first floor, creating a family gathering spot with a view to the back yard, and a spacious kitchen that supports the family’s commitment to cooking for healthy eating. The stair uses a north-facing skylight to bring light from above into the middle of the home, where it was previously dark. As a decarbonization retrofit, the inefficient furnace was replaced with two small ducted heat pump systems, water heating and clothes drying are powered by air-source heat pumps, and cooking uses an induction cooktop plus electric ovens. Energy recovery ventilation provides filtered fresh air continuous exhaust from the kitchen, baths, and laundry, and supplies fresh, highly filtered air to bedrooms and living spaces. The Better Bungalow now makes sense for the 21st century–it now fits the owners’ life-patterns, is super comfortable, has great air quality, and uses a fraction of the energy it did before, greatly lowering the demand on the utility grid. In the near future, when solar PV is installed, it can achieve net zero or near net zero emissions, and with battery backup, can provide great resilience in the event of power outages.

Tommy Daspit
Mid-sized rustic white two-story brick exterior home idea in Birmingham

Rob Spring Photography
Mountain style dark wood floor bedroom photo in New York with white walls