Example of a transitional freestanding desk dark wood floor, brown floor and wainscoting home office design in Chicago with gray walls

Here is the built in desk area with open shelves, library drawers and a custom bulletin board to make organization a breeze. Photo courtesy of Neil Kelly--Aaron Ziltener

Inspiration for a large coastal gray floor bedroom remodel with blue walls

Photographer: Isabelle Eubanks Interiors: Modern Organic Interiors, Architect: Simpson Design Group, Builder: Milne Design and Build Art Consulting by Geremia Design

Inspiration for a cottage patio remodel in San Francisco with a fire pit and no cover

Aubrie Pick
Inspiration for a small transitional built-in desk study room remodel in San Francisco with no fireplace

Inspiration for a mid-sized transitional built-in desk light wood floor study room remodel in Boston with white walls

Country white two-story gable roof idea in Dallas

Located on farmland in McLean, Virginia, the American Farmhouse balances the expected comforts of a new home with the bucolic beauty of an old farmhouse. The final site plan still has evidence showing parallel courses of the barn’s destiny. The house mass is broken and lowered so that the home can remain secondary to the monolithic barn structure. Earthy and elemental materials are selected for the home that reference the barn without directly mimicking it. Wooden members found inside the barn and from other barns bridge ceilings and are used in floors along with rustic slate adding to a sense of simplicity to the farmhouse design. The age and patina of the barn is reflected in the house’s textural use of board and batten and field stone layered similar to stone foundations. The original development plan was to demolish the existing barn and construct three suburban homes. Part of an endangered breed, as one of the few remaining barns in the area, it was originally viewed as a challenge in a luxury home construction with several difficulties posed to the impending project: it would be expensive to renovate, vulnerable to demolition, and threatened by urban sprawl. However, instead of trying to alter or destroy the barn, the structure was fully embraced into the traditional architecture project as a centerpiece and was used as the inspiration for the home. The new house was sited parallel to the barn so that views to the barn gable were accessible.

Please see this Award Winning project in the October 2014 issue of New York Cottages & Gardens Magazine: NYC&G http://www.cottages-gardens.com/New-York-Cottages-Gardens/October-2014/NYCG-Innovation-in-Design-Winners-Kitchen-Design/ It was also featured in a Houzz Tour: Houzz Tour: Loving the Old and New in an 1880s Brooklyn Row House http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/29691278/list/houzz-tour-loving-the-old-and-new-in-an-1880s-brooklyn-row-house Photo Credit: Hulya Kolabas

A Dillard-Jones Builders design – this custom mountain home was inspired by Southern Living Magazine and the North Georgia Mountains. Its elegant-rustic design flows throughout the entire home. Photographer: Fred Rollison Photography

Point West at Macatawa Park J. Visser Design Insignia Homes
Inspiration for a coastal look-out carpeted and beige floor basement remodel in Grand Rapids with white walls and no fireplace

Country white two-story wood gable roof idea in San Francisco

Photography by Eric Scott
Arts and crafts powder room photo in Boston with a console sink

Photographer: Isabelle Eubanks Interiors: Modern Organic Interiors, Architect: Simpson Design Group, Builder: Milne Design and Build
Example of a farmhouse light wood floor hallway design in San Francisco with white walls

Utility Room. The Sater Design Collection's luxury, Mediterranean home plan "Maxina" (Plan #6944). saterdesign.com
Dedicated laundry room - traditional single-wall ceramic tile dedicated laundry room idea in Miami with raised-panel cabinets, white cabinets and blue walls

Photographer: Isabelle Eubanks Interiors: Modern Organic Interiors, Architect: Simpson Design Group, Builder: Milne Design and Build
Family room - farmhouse medium tone wood floor family room idea in San Francisco with white walls, no fireplace and a wall-mounted tv

Dan Cutrona
Beach style playroom photo in Boston

Inspiration for a timeless laundry room remodel in DC Metro