Small elegant 3/4 beige tile and ceramic tile ceramic tile alcove shower photo in Bridgeport with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, medium tone wood cabinets, granite countertops, a two-piece toilet and beige walls

Irving Place Residence. New York, NY. Photography by Biz Jones.
Living room - 1950s living room idea in New York

The client’s request was quite common - a typical 2800 sf builder home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living space, and den. However, their desire was for this to be “anything but common.” The result is an innovative update on the production home for the modern era, and serves as a direct counterpoint to the neighborhood and its more conventional suburban housing stock, which focus views to the backyard and seeks to nullify the unique qualities and challenges of topography and the natural environment. The Terraced House cautiously steps down the site’s steep topography, resulting in a more nuanced approach to site development than cutting and filling that is so common in the builder homes of the area. The compact house opens up in very focused views that capture the natural wooded setting, while masking the sounds and views of the directly adjacent roadway. The main living spaces face this major roadway, effectively flipping the typical orientation of a suburban home, and the main entrance pulls visitors up to the second floor and halfway through the site, providing a sense of procession and privacy absent in the typical suburban home. Clad in a custom rain screen that reflects the wood of the surrounding landscape - while providing a glimpse into the interior tones that are used. The stepping “wood boxes” rest on a series of concrete walls that organize the site, retain the earth, and - in conjunction with the wood veneer panels - provide a subtle organic texture to the composition. The interior spaces wrap around an interior knuckle that houses public zones and vertical circulation - allowing more private spaces to exist at the edges of the building. The windows get larger and more frequent as they ascend the building, culminating in the upstairs bedrooms that occupy the site like a tree house - giving views in all directions. The Terraced House imports urban qualities to the suburban neighborhood and seeks to elevate the typical approach to production home construction, while being more in tune with modern family living patterns. Overview: Elm Grove Size: 2,800 sf, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Completion Date: September 2014 Services: Architecture, Landscape Architecture Interior Consultants: Amy Carman Design

The client’s request was quite common - a typical 2800 sf builder home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living space, and den. However, their desire was for this to be “anything but common.” The result is an innovative update on the production home for the modern era, and serves as a direct counterpoint to the neighborhood and its more conventional suburban housing stock, which focus views to the backyard and seeks to nullify the unique qualities and challenges of topography and the natural environment. The Terraced House cautiously steps down the site’s steep topography, resulting in a more nuanced approach to site development than cutting and filling that is so common in the builder homes of the area. The compact house opens up in very focused views that capture the natural wooded setting, while masking the sounds and views of the directly adjacent roadway. The main living spaces face this major roadway, effectively flipping the typical orientation of a suburban home, and the main entrance pulls visitors up to the second floor and halfway through the site, providing a sense of procession and privacy absent in the typical suburban home. Clad in a custom rain screen that reflects the wood of the surrounding landscape - while providing a glimpse into the interior tones that are used. The stepping “wood boxes” rest on a series of concrete walls that organize the site, retain the earth, and - in conjunction with the wood veneer panels - provide a subtle organic texture to the composition. The interior spaces wrap around an interior knuckle that houses public zones and vertical circulation - allowing more private spaces to exist at the edges of the building. The windows get larger and more frequent as they ascend the building, culminating in the upstairs bedrooms that occupy the site like a tree house - giving views in all directions. The Terraced House imports urban qualities to the suburban neighborhood and seeks to elevate the typical approach to production home construction, while being more in tune with modern family living patterns. Overview: Elm Grove Size: 2,800 sf, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Completion Date: September 2014 Services: Architecture, Landscape Architecture Interior Consultants: Amy Carman Design

photos by Jen Oliver
Trendy home office photo in Chicago

Chelone glabra / white turtlehead Photo: Michael Wolf, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike -3.0 Unported Chelone glabra im Botanischen Garten Dresden

No hearth. Red Oak Common #1. 3/4" x 3 1/4" Solid Hardwood. Stain: Special Walnut Sealer: Bona AmberSeal Poly: Bona Mega HD Satin
Mid-sized elegant open concept medium tone wood floor and brown floor living room photo in Raleigh with gray walls, a standard fireplace and a tile fireplace

The shadows of 'Summer Beauty' Allium dance along the edge of the concrete driveway. Renn Kuhnen Photography
Inspiration for a mid-sized mid-century modern drought-tolerant and full sun front yard stone retaining wall landscape in Milwaukee for summer.

View Haus 5 is an innovative approach to infill development on a narrow site. All homes were designed to Passivhaus standards and one of them has been certified. In response to the site's topography the townhouses are terraced in a single structure. A common walkway connects the site from 25th Avenue E to the alley widening at the center of the site to form a common courtyard. The courtyard is terraced to separate home entries in section from the surface of the courtyard. Decks created to be similar to front porches border the courtyard along with thoughtful landscaping. The massing is modulated to create a structure that is well-scaled to its surroundings. Parking is minimized on the site through its location at the rear alley and setting it below the structure. To minimize impact on adjacent sites, a single enclosed stair penthouse is located at the center of the site, integrated with the design's approach to interlocking masses of varying materials. The exterior materials includes reclaimed brick and wood, ebonized wood and painted cement board panels.

Our Hard Maple #2 Common Grade (3rd or Better Grade) will display all the natural color of you would expect from Maple. Much more color variations with predominately dark heartwood and light sapwood. #2 Common Grade Maple will have a semi-white appearance with small to large knots and mineral streaks throughout the hardwood flooring. Our unfinished solid hardwood flooring is milled by MFMA Standards. The flooring will have a four-sided tongue and groove for ease of installation. This grade allows defects as described in other grades of MFMA Hard Maple flooring.

Our #2 Grade Unfinished Hickory will come in 1’-7’ random length bundles. Average lengths will be between 2 ½’ to 2 ¾’ in length. #2 Common Grade Hickory flooring has much more color variation in comparison to both Select & Better and #1 Common Grade. Expect the flooring to contain larger sized knots and longer surface mineral streaks throughout the flooring. The flooring will have a four-sided tongue and groove for ease of installation.

Our #2 Grade Unfinished Hickory will come in 1’-7’ random length bundles. Average lengths will be between 2 ½’ to 2 ¾’ in length. #2 Common Grade Hickory flooring has much more color variation in comparison to both Select & Better and #1 Common Grade. Expect the flooring to contain larger sized knots and longer surface mineral streaks throughout the flooring. The flooring will have a four-sided tongue and groove for ease of installation.

This is an example of a mid-sized tropical brick front porch design in Other with a roof extension.

Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' - Purple coneflower with Papilio cresphontes - Giant Swallow Butterfly Austin Ganim Landscape Design, LLC
Inspiration for a small farmhouse full sun front yard landscaping in Burlington for summer.

Warm Gray stained #1 common red oak
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern enclosed medium tone wood floor and gray floor living room remodel in New York with beige walls

Sisyrinchium angustifolium / blue-eyed grass Courtesy Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder
Photo of a landscaping in St Louis.

Large farmhouse tile screened-in back porch idea in Other with a roof extension

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Elegant home office photo in Louisville

The weeping branches of the Chamaecyparis Nootkatensis provide a dramatic focal point.
Inspiration for an asian landscaping in Boston.