Hill Country Real Estate Photography
Large 1950s beige one-story mixed siding house exterior photo in Austin with a shed roof and a metal roof

Large transitional white two-story concrete fiberboard house exterior photo in Atlanta with a metal roof

Photo: Rebecca Wilson
This is an example of a contemporary landscaping in San Diego.

Example of a large beach style gray two-story wood exterior home design in Seattle with a shingle roof

Photo by Mary Costa
Inspiration for a contemporary dining room remodel in Los Angeles

Example of a large classic white two-story wood gable roof design in Atlanta

With the Whole Home Project, House Beautiful and a team of sponsors set out to prove that a dream house can be more than pretty: It should help you live your very best life.

Rob Karosis
Inspiration for a coastal exterior home remodel in Portland Maine

Michael Bowman Photography
Inspiration for a mid-sized rustic front porch remodel in New York with decking and a roof extension

Photo by Casey Woods
Example of a mid-sized country attached studio / workshop shed design in Austin

breezeway connecting the 3 car garage to the kitchen with secondary entry door. Closets and hooks for coat storage.
Large country brick floor entryway photo in Detroit with yellow walls

The captured courtyard is based on the southern "dog trot" typology, rooting the house in its historical context. Like the original type, the covered courtyard not only offers a cool place to sit, but can be drawn into the house for natural cooling. Photo: Prakash Patel

Modern farmhouse style home, clad in corrugated grey steel with wall lighting, offset gable roof, detached guest house and connecting breezeway. Photo by Tory Taglio Photography

The little cottage on Turnip Field Road in Eastham had been owned by the same couple since 1940, until they built a new, adjacent house on the property. The cottage was then handed down to the next generation, who began spending more and more time at the cottage. It was then that they contacted Cape Associates to construct a more livable home in place of that little cottage. It was crucial to the owners however, that the home keep with the understated charm and Cape Cod-feel of the neighborhood. The primary challenge was to keep it humble, while building the owners their well-deserved vacation retreat. The original cottage had no air conditioning, and renovating was quickly dismissed because of the inadequacies and the cost of modernizing. Building new allowed the team to relocate the house further back from the street, and it meant meeting the owners’ needs without compromise. Cape Associates’ project manager Lance LaLone said the owners expressed their desire to incorporate lots of wood and the types of materials that were in the old cottage. Most of the interior is pine, which was used on the flooring, the walls, and wrapped around the ceiling’s beams, giving the owners what they desired on a grander scale – a beautiful, modern dwelling that still held the personality of that little cottage that held such cherished memories. The front of the home has a two-car garage and breezeway entrance, while the rear reveals an entertainer’s paradise, with an enormous mahogany deck with an outdoor shower, a stunning Connecticut-fieldstone fireplace with a chimney that reaches around 30 feet in height, and multiple sliders to access the home. The finished basement opens to the ground level, and above the entrance breezeway is another small deck with a great view. It’s the best of indoor/outdoor living. Movement patterns from beach to house to bedroom were an important consideration. The site also provided an excellent opportunity to visually connect the basement level patio visually to the main level deck and finally the master bedroom deck. The finished home provides year-round living, with a summer-getaway atmosphere.

Photo: Heather Banks © 2015 Houzz Design: Brandi Hines
Inspiration for a modern patio remodel in Austin

Designed by Sarah Susanka, FAIA, while at Mulfinger, Susanka, Mahady & Partners. Photograph by Doug Evans, Obeo Inc.
Bedroom photo in Raleigh

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