Situated on the edge of New Hampshire’s beautiful Lake Sunapee, this Craftsman-style shingle lake house peeks out from the towering pine trees that surround it. When the clients approached Cummings Architects, the lot consisted of 3 run-down buildings. The challenge was to create something that enhanced the property without overshadowing the landscape, while adhering to the strict zoning regulations that come with waterfront construction. The result is a design that encompassed all of the clients’ dreams and blends seamlessly into the gorgeous, forested lake-shore, as if the property was meant to have this house all along. The ground floor of the main house is a spacious open concept that flows out to the stone patio area with fire pit. Wood flooring and natural fir bead-board ceilings pay homage to the trees and rugged landscape that surround the home. The gorgeous views are also captured in the upstairs living areas and third floor tower deck. The carriage house structure holds a cozy guest space with additional lake views, so that extended family and friends can all enjoy this vacation retreat together. Photo by Eric Roth

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Timeless collectables, memorable artifacts, or the daily necessities; the Shaker Storage Coat Hook and Bench stores it all. This chocolate brown set can be used in the mud room, entryway or anywhere you need a bit more organization. Hook: 36"W x 9"D x 14"H, Bench: 36"W x 14"D x 18"H. Sit on the bench to put on or remove your shoes; store your keys, gloves and more in the storage hook's cubbies. Eight hooks for all your coats and accessories. The coat hook is fully assembled and includes a French cleat for easy hanging; the bench is sturdy and easy to assemble.

"The gorgeous crown molding decorative detail offers a built-in look with an integrated seating area for removing footwear. Seamlessly blending into the existing space, this well-designed system maintains order in this busy area of home." "Hanging rods, drawers, doors and shelves transform a cluttered and disordered hall closet or entryway into a space of functional organization allowing people to come and go with ease."

Without a true entryway or foyer area, a coat hook is immensely functional.
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This old farmhouse (ca. late 18th century) has undergone many renovations over the years. Spring Creek Design added its stamp in 2008, with a small mudroom addition and a complete interior renovation. The addition encompasses a 1st floor mudroom with extensive cabinetry and closetry. Upon entering the space from the driveway, cabinet and countertop space is provided to accommodate incoming grocery bags. Next in line are a series of “lockers” and cubbies - just right for coats, hats and book bags. Further inside is a wrap-around window seat with cedar shoe racks beneath. A stainless steel dog feeding station rounds out the amenities - all built atop a natural Vermont slate floor. On the lower level, the addition features a full bathroom and a “Dude Pod” - a compact work and play space for the resident code monkey. Outfitted with a stand-up desk and an electronic drum kit, one needs only emerge for Mountain Dew refills and familial visits. Within the existing space, we added an ensuite bathroom for the third floor bedroom. The second floor bathroom and first floor powder room were also gutted and remodeled. The master bedroom was extensively remodeled - given a vaulted ceiling and a wall of floor-to-roof built-ins accessed with a rolling ladder. An extensive, multi-level deck and screen house was added to provide outdoor living space, with secure, dry storage below. Design Criteria: - Update house with a high sustainability standard. - Provide bathroom for daughters’ third floor bedroom. - Update remaining bathrooms - Update cramped, low ceilinged master bedroom - Provide mudroom/entryway solutions. - Provide a window seating space with good visibility of back and side yards – to keep an eye on the kids at play. - Replace old deck with a updated deck/screen porch combination. - Update sitting room with a wood stove and mantle. Special Features: - Insulated Concrete Forms used for Dude Pod foundation. - Soy-based spray foam insulation used in the addition and master bedroom. - Paperstone countertops in mudroom. - Zero-VOC paints and finishes used throughout the project. - All decking and trim for the deck/screen porch is made from 100% recycled HDPE (milk jugs, soda, water bottles) - High efficiency combination washer/dryer.

Custom entryway featuring white cabinets, hooks, and plenty of storage space built-in.
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Shaker Cottage Style furniture collection is handsomely crafted and versatile with many decorating styles. Made of select hardwoods and composite wood, each piece provides ample storage for your favorite home décor. Perfect for living room, office or mudroom.

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This Boston area client needed a re-design for their entrance from the garage into the main house. The space is large and used as a passageway, a workout room, and a coat and shoe storage area. Using two warm toned panels that compliment the colors already present in their stone floor and on their walls, the newly designed space gives everything a place. Shelving widths were designed with purpose in mind so that they fit just the right number of shoes. Ample hooks were added to the walls to take care of all of the coats of this busy household. To finish off the coat hook wall, a custom painted beadboard backing with a shelf finished with crown molding trimmed out the space perfectly. The results are a beautiful and functional entryway that perfectly meets the client's needs! The Boston area's creative designer of choice for all your custom closet, pantry, garage, laundry room, entertainment center, home office, crafting center needs and more! Closettec is a local, family-owned business serving all of New England since 1985. Call today for a free quote! Closettec is the Boston and Providence area’s ONLY custom closet fabricators to combine custom closet, cabinetry, wood, stone, metal and glass fabrication all under one roof. We also serve the following areas outside of Boston – East Lyme, Niantic, Waterford, Mystic, Stonington, North Reading, Middleton, Lynnfield, Wakefield, Peabody, Danvers, Beverly, Salem, Marblehead, Lynn, Saugus, Revere, Stoneham, Melrose, Winchester, Woburn, Burlington, Wilmington, Billerica, Tewksbury, Nashua, Lowell, Chelmsford, Derry, Andover, Lawrence, Methuen, Haverill, Amesbury, Newburyport, Newton, Medford, Arlington, Somerville, Belmont, Cambridge, Watertown, Waltham, Weston, Wellesley, Needham, Dedham, Natick, Framingham, Westborough, Lincoln, Lexington, Wayland, Worcester, Narragansett, Newport, Jamestown.

This Boston area client needed a re-design for their entrance from the garage into the main house. The space is large and used as a passageway, a workout room, and a coat and shoe storage area. Using two warm toned panels that compliment the colors already present in their stone floor and on their walls, the newly designed space gives everything a place. Shelving widths were designed with purpose in mind so that they fit just the right number of shoes. Ample hooks were added to the walls to take care of all of the coats of this busy household. To finish off the coat hook wall, a custom painted beadboard backing with a shelf finished with crown molding trimmed out the space perfectly. The results are a beautiful and functional entryway that perfectly meets the client's needs! The Boston area's creative designer of choice for all your custom closet, pantry, garage, laundry room, entertainment center, home office, crafting center needs and more! Closettec is a local, family-owned business serving all of New England since 1985. Call today for a free quote! Closettec is the Boston and Providence area’s ONLY custom closet fabricators to combine custom closet, cabinetry, wood, stone, metal and glass fabrication all under one roof. We also serve the following areas outside of Boston – East Lyme, Niantic, Waterford, Mystic, Stonington, North Reading, Middleton, Lynnfield, Wakefield, Peabody, Danvers, Beverly, Salem, Marblehead, Lynn, Saugus, Revere, Stoneham, Melrose, Winchester, Woburn, Burlington, Wilmington, Billerica, Tewksbury, Nashua, Lowell, Chelmsford, Derry, Andover, Lawrence, Methuen, Haverill, Amesbury, Newburyport, Newton, Medford, Arlington, Somerville, Belmont, Cambridge, Watertown, Waltham, Weston, Wellesley, Needham, Dedham, Natick, Framingham, Westborough, Lincoln, Lexington, Wayland, Worcester, Narragansett, Newport, Jamestown.

This bright mudroom has a beadboard ceiling and a black slate floor. We used trim, or moulding, on the walls to create a paneled look, and cubbies above the window seat. Shelves, the window seat bench and coat hooks provide storage. The main projects in this Wayne, PA home were renovating the kitchen and the master bathroom, but we also updated the mudroom and the dining room. Using different materials and textures in light colors, we opened up and brightened this lovely home giving it an overall light and airy feel. Interior Designer Larina Kase, of Wayne, PA, used furniture and accent pieces in bright or contrasting colors that really shine against the light, neutral colored palettes in each room. Rudloff Custom Builders has won Best of Houzz for Customer Service in 2014, 2015 2016, 2017 and 2019. We also were voted Best of Design in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 which only 2% of professionals receive. Rudloff Custom Builders has been featured on Houzz in their Kitchen of the Week, What to Know About Using Reclaimed Wood in the Kitchen as well as included in their Bathroom WorkBook article. We are a full service, certified remodeling company that covers all of the Philadelphia suburban area. This business, like most others, developed from a friendship of young entrepreneurs who wanted to make a difference in their clients’ lives, one household at a time. This relationship between partners is much more than a friendship. Edward and Stephen Rudloff are brothers who have renovated and built custom homes together paying close attention to detail. They are carpenters by trade and understand concept and execution. Rudloff Custom Builders will provide services for you with the highest level of professionalism, quality, detail, punctuality and craftsmanship, every step of the way along our journey together. Specializing in residential construction allows us to connect with our clients early in the design phase to ensure that every detail is captured as you imagined. One stop shopping is essentially what you will receive with Rudloff Custom Builders from design of your project to the construction of your dreams, executed by on-site project managers and skilled craftsmen. Our concept: envision our client’s ideas and make them a reality. Our mission: CREATING LIFETIME RELATIONSHIPS BUILT ON TRUST AND INTEGRITY. Photo Credit: Jon Friedrich

This Boston area client needed a re-design for their entrance from the garage into the main house. The space is large and used as a passageway, a workout room, and a coat and shoe storage area. Using two warm toned panels that compliment the colors already present in their stone floor and on their walls, the newly designed space gives everything a place. Shelving widths were designed with purpose in mind so that they fit just the right number of shoes. Ample hooks were added to the walls to take care of all of the coats of this busy household. To finish off the coat hook wall, a custom painted beadboard backing with a shelf finished with crown molding trimmed out the space perfectly. The results are a beautiful and functional entryway that perfectly meets the client's needs! The Boston area's creative designer of choice for all your custom closet, pantry, garage, laundry room, entertainment center, home office, crafting center needs and more! Closettec is a local, family-owned business serving all of New England since 1985. Call today for a free quote! Closettec is the Boston and Providence area’s ONLY custom closet fabricators to combine custom closet, cabinetry, wood, stone, metal and glass fabrication all under one roof. We also serve the following areas outside of Boston – East Lyme, Niantic, Waterford, Mystic, Stonington, North Reading, Middleton, Lynnfield, Wakefield, Peabody, Danvers, Beverly, Salem, Marblehead, Lynn, Saugus, Revere, Stoneham, Melrose, Winchester, Woburn, Burlington, Wilmington, Billerica, Tewksbury, Nashua, Lowell, Chelmsford, Derry, Andover, Lawrence, Methuen, Haverill, Amesbury, Newburyport, Newton, Medford, Arlington, Somerville, Belmont, Cambridge, Watertown, Waltham, Weston, Wellesley, Needham, Dedham, Natick, Framingham, Westborough, Lincoln, Lexington, Wayland, Worcester, Narragansett, Newport, Jamestown.

This Boston area client needed a re-design for their entrance from the garage into the main house. The space is large and used as a passageway, a workout room, and a coat and shoe storage area. Using two warm toned panels that compliment the colors already present in their stone floor and on their walls, the newly designed space gives everything a place. Shelving widths were designed with purpose in mind so that they fit just the right number of shoes. Ample hooks were added to the walls to take care of all of the coats of this busy household. To finish off the coat hook wall, a custom painted beadboard backing with a shelf finished with crown molding trimmed out the space perfectly. The results are a beautiful and functional entryway that perfectly meets the client's needs! The Boston area's creative designer of choice for all your custom closet, pantry, garage, laundry room, entertainment center, home office, crafting center needs and more! Closettec is a local, family-owned business serving all of New England since 1985. Call today for a free quote! Closettec is the Boston and Providence area’s ONLY custom closet fabricators to combine custom closet, cabinetry, wood, stone, metal and glass fabrication all under one roof. We also serve the following areas outside of Boston – East Lyme, Niantic, Waterford, Mystic, Stonington, North Reading, Middleton, Lynnfield, Wakefield, Peabody, Danvers, Beverly, Salem, Marblehead, Lynn, Saugus, Revere, Stoneham, Melrose, Winchester, Woburn, Burlington, Wilmington, Billerica, Tewksbury, Nashua, Lowell, Chelmsford, Derry, Andover, Lawrence, Methuen, Haverill, Amesbury, Newburyport, Newton, Medford, Arlington, Somerville, Belmont, Cambridge, Watertown, Waltham, Weston, Wellesley, Needham, Dedham, Natick, Framingham, Westborough, Lincoln, Lexington, Wayland, Worcester, Narragansett, Newport, Jamestown.

Entry was updated to incorporate a whimsical screen to hang coats and keys.
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Entry with coat hangers and seating area for dressing!
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