In this 2-story basement finish, urban casual modern design meets practical luxury, creating a haven for recreation, relaxation, and entertainment. Whether perfecting your golf swing, breaking a sweat in the workout/bedroom, or enjoying a drink at the stylish wet bar, this basement offers a sophisticated retreat from the urban hustle and bustle.

In this 2-story basement finish, urban casual modern design meets practical luxury, creating a haven for recreation, relaxation, and entertainment. Whether perfecting your golf swing, breaking a sweat in the workout/bedroom, or enjoying a drink at the stylish wet bar, this basement offers a sophisticated retreat from the urban hustle and bustle.

We carried the dark + moody hues into the powder room by adding a shiplap feature wall. The floating white oak vanity accents the chunky quartz countertop + backsplash. Adding a black wall mounted faucet to accent the black cup pulls grounds the space. This powder room also has a patterned cement tile floor!

This coastal home located in Lake Las Vegas makes for the perfect retreat from the hustle and bustle of The Strip. With calm, neutral tones and beach-like accents throughout this sprawling layout, this home emits an essence of serenity and relaxation in the desert.

In this 2-story basement finish, urban casual modern design meets practical luxury, creating a haven for recreation, relaxation, and entertainment. Whether perfecting your golf swing, breaking a sweat in the workout/bedroom, or enjoying a drink at the stylish wet bar, this basement offers a sophisticated retreat from the urban hustle and bustle.

Though part of an open plan, this dining room feels just removed enough from the hustle and bustle of the kitchen as it sits in a nook flanked with large garden doors and transom window.

A clean modern living space provides a comfortable oasis from the bustling city. A combination of brown and cream tones with grey create a sense of warmth while creating contrast with darker elements in the bronze coffee tables and floor lamp. A sherpa wool accent chair acts as a cozy nook for reading.

This coastal home located in Lake Las Vegas makes for the perfect retreat from the hustle and bustle of The Strip. With calm, neutral tones and beach-like accents throughout this sprawling layout, this home emits an essence of serenity and relaxation in the desert.

In this 2-story basement finish, urban casual modern design meets practical luxury, creating a haven for recreation, relaxation, and entertainment. Whether perfecting your golf swing, breaking a sweat in the workout/bedroom, or enjoying a drink at the stylish wet bar, this basement offers a sophisticated retreat from the urban hustle and bustle.

In this 2-story basement finish, urban casual modern design meets practical luxury, creating a haven for recreation, relaxation, and entertainment. Whether perfecting your golf swing, breaking a sweat in the workout/bedroom, or enjoying a drink at the stylish wet bar, this basement offers a sophisticated retreat from the urban hustle and bustle.

Example of a minimalist living room design in Los Angeles

These rooftop garden retreats provide the perfect escape from hustle and bustle of the city.
Inspiration for a contemporary partial sun rooftop stone landscaping in Boston.

In this 2-story basement finish, urban casual modern design meets practical luxury, creating a haven for recreation, relaxation, and entertainment. Whether perfecting your golf swing, breaking a sweat in the workout/bedroom, or enjoying a drink at the stylish wet bar, this basement offers a sophisticated retreat from the urban hustle and bustle.

In this 2-story basement finish, urban casual modern design meets practical luxury, creating a haven for recreation, relaxation, and entertainment. Whether perfecting your golf swing, breaking a sweat in the workout/bedroom, or enjoying a drink at the stylish wet bar, this basement offers a sophisticated retreat from the urban hustle and bustle.

In this 2-story basement finish, urban casual modern design meets practical luxury, creating a haven for recreation, relaxation, and entertainment. Whether perfecting your golf swing, breaking a sweat in the workout/bedroom, or enjoying a drink at the stylish wet bar, this basement offers a sophisticated retreat from the urban hustle and bustle.

In this 2-story basement finish, urban casual modern design meets practical luxury, creating a haven for recreation, relaxation, and entertainment. Whether perfecting your golf swing, breaking a sweat in the workout/bedroom, or enjoying a drink at the stylish wet bar, this basement offers a sophisticated retreat from the urban hustle and bustle.

In this 2-story basement finish, urban casual modern design meets practical luxury, creating a haven for recreation, relaxation, and entertainment. Whether perfecting your golf swing, breaking a sweat in the workout/bedroom, or enjoying a drink at the stylish wet bar, this basement offers a sophisticated retreat from the urban hustle and bustle.

San Marino based clients were interested in developing a property that had been in their family for generations. This was an exciting proposition as it was one of the last surviving bayside double lots on the scenic Coronado peninsula in San Diego. They desired a holiday home that would be a gathering place for their large, close- knit family. San Marino based clients were interested in developing a property that had been in their family for generations. This was an exciting proposition as it was one of the last surviving bayside double lots on the scenic Coronado peninsula in San Diego. They desired a holiday home that would be a gathering place for their large, close-knit family. Facing the Back Bay, overlooking downtown and the Bay Bridge, this property presented us with a unique opportunity to design a vacation home with a dual personality. One side faces a bustling harbor with a constant parade of yachts, cargo vessels and military ships while the other opens onto a deep, quiet contemplative garden. The home’s shingle-style influence carries on the historical Coronado tradition of clapboard and Craftsman bungalows built in the shadow of the great Hotel Del Coronado which was erected at the turn of the last century. In order to create an informal feel to the residence, we devised a concept that eliminated the need for a “front door”. Instead, one walks through the garden and enters the “Great Hall” through either one of two French doors flanking a walk-in stone fireplace. Both two-story bedroom wings bookend this central wood beam vaulted room which serves as the “heart of the home”, and opens to both views. Three sets of stairs are discretely tucked away inside the bedroom wings. In lieu of a formal dining room, the family convenes and dines around a beautiful table and banquette set into a circular window bay off the kitchen which overlooks the lights of the city beyond the harbor. Working with noted interior designer Betty Ann Marshall, we designed a unique kitchen that was inspired by the colors and textures of a fossil the couple found on a honeymoon trip to the quarries of Montana. We set that ancient fossil into a matte glass backsplash behind the professional cook’s stove. A warm library with walnut paneling and a bayed window seat affords a refuge for the family to read or play board games. The couple’s fine craft and folk art collection is on prominent display throughout the house and helps to set an intimate and whimsical tone. Another architectural feature devoted to family is the play room lit by a dramatic cupola which beacons the older grandchildren and their friends. Below the play room is a four car garage that allows the patriarch space to refurbish an antique fire truck, a mahogany launch boat and several vintage cars. Their jet skis and kayaks are housed in another garage designed for that purpose. Lattice covered skylights that allow dappled sunlight to bathe the loggia affords a comfortable refuge to watch the kids swim and gaze out upon the rushing water, the Coronado Bay Bridge and the romantic downtown San Diego skyline. Architect: Ward Jewell Architect, AIA Interior Design: Betty Ann Marshall Construction: Bill Lyons Photographer: Laura Hull Styling: Zale Design Studio

A clean modern living space provides a comfortable oasis from the bustling city. A combination of brown and cream tones with grey create a sense of warmth while creating contrast with darker elements in the bronze coffee tables and floor lamp. A sherpa wool accent chair acts as a cozy nook for reading.