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David Frutos
Living room - large contemporary loft-style concrete floor living room idea with gray walls, no fireplace and a wall-mounted tv
Living room - large contemporary loft-style concrete floor living room idea with gray walls, no fireplace and a wall-mounted tv

Our daily routine begins and ends in the closet, so we believe it should be a place of peace, organization and beauty. When it comes to the custom design of one of the most personal rooms in your home, we want to transform your closet and make space for everything. With an inspired closet design you are able to easily find what you need, take charge of your morning routine, and discover a feeling of harmony to carry you throughout your day.

**I. Spatial Composition & Architectural Volume**
This interior operates on a strategy of framed extension, in which the room's perceived volume is borrowed from the garden beyond rather than asserted through internal grandeur. The composition is governed by a rigorous orthogonal discipline: a full-height sliding glazing system, set within a deep oak-lined reveal, functions as both aperture and proscenium, its slender mullions dividing the exterior into a triptych of vegetal planes. The generous depth of that reveal — expressed as a substantial threshold plinth and continuous jamb casing — reads less as trim than as tectonic gesture, giving weight and thickness to the enclosure and reinforcing the sense of a pavilion pressed against a green wall. To the left, a floor-to-ceiling pocketing door of book-matched, quarter-sawn oak establishes a monolithic vertical counterpoint, its recessed flush pull the only interruption of an otherwise uninflected plane; the shallow return of the wall beyond it creates a compressed entry sequence that releases into the primary volume. The flat, shadowless plaster ceiling maintains a neutral lid over the composition, while the furniture plan is deliberately low-slung and horizontal — a deep sectional set parallel to the glazing, a leather-topped ottoman, and a low occasional table — so that no element rises to compete with the sightline. Circulation is implied along the wall's edge, funnelling toward the terrace and its al fresco dining vignette, which acts as the room's terminal focal point and extends the interior axis outward.
**II. Materiality, Color & Texture**
The palette is a study in low-contrast tonal layering, calibrated within a narrow band of warm neutrals and animated almost entirely by the saturated chlorophyll green of the ivy screen. Rift-cut white oak, finished in a matte oil that reveals rather than glosses its medullary figure, provides the room's structural warmth — appearing in the joinery, the window surround, and the herringbone parquet, whose fine chevron rhythm introduces a subtle graphic pattern at foot level. Walls are treated in what appears to be a woven grasscloth or linen-effect wallcovering in a pale oatmeal tone, its faint horizontal striation catching raking light and lending textile softness to the perimeter. Against this, the seating is upholstered in a tightly woven, undyed linen-cotton blend with a biscuit-tufted seat platform, its slubbed irregularity a deliberate foil to the precision of the millwork. The cushion program provides the composition's only chromatic incident: an indigo-ground ikat or *kasuri* resist-dyed weave, with its blurred weft-broken banding, paired with a heavier blanket-stitched wool in glaucous blue-grey and buff stripes. Underfoot, a hand-knotted silk-and-wool rug in slate and mineral grey carries an attenuated ogee lattice, its lustrous pile providing cool relief beneath the warmer wood tones. The plinth-mounted travertine or reconstituted-stone planter — matte, porous, faintly chalky — and the honed grey stone paving beyond introduce lithic gravity, balancing the prevailing softness with a mineral edge.
**III. Lighting, Atmosphere & Style Profile**
Illumination here is almost entirely diurnal and indirect: north-oriented or hedge-filtered daylight arrives diffuse and green-cast, washing the space in a soft, even luminance that suppresses hard shadow and privileges texture over drama. The ivory sheer, hung on a discreet recessed track, tempers glare while retaining silhouette legibility, and the adjacent pinch-pleated overdrape in a taupe-bronze silk-blend — with its subtle vertical striation and slight sheen — offers the option of full blackout while contributing a note of drapery-weight formality. Artificial sources are conspicuously concealed; no decorative fixture interrupts the ceiling plane, implying a scheme of recessed low-glare downlights or perimeter cove washing designed to sustain the daytime ambience after dusk. The resulting atmosphere is one of composed reticence — quiet, tactile, and deeply oriented toward the garden. Stylistically, the project synthesises Japandi restraint (the pocketing timber plane, the shadow-gap detailing, the reverence for the framed view) with the material sensuality and drapery conventions of European Soft Modernism, yielding a warm minimalism in which luxury is communicated through joinery tolerance, textile hand, and the disciplined editing of the palette rather than through ornament or statement furniture. It is an interior conceived as a calm neutral ground — an armature for light, landscape, and the slow accretion of daily life.
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Joshua Hill
Example of a mid-sized minimalist wooden straight cable railing staircase design in DC Metro with wooden risers
Example of a mid-sized minimalist wooden straight cable railing staircase design in DC Metro with wooden risers

Inspiration for a mid-sized scandinavian wooden straight metal railing and open staircase remodel in Seattle

Close-up of the quartz stacked stone backsplash used on home bar. The chiseled edge quartz sparkles in the light and adds texture to the space.
Home design - contemporary marble floor home design idea in Orlando with recessed-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets and granite countertops
Home design - contemporary marble floor home design idea in Orlando with recessed-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets and granite countertops

KuDa Photography
Large minimalist wooden u-shaped staircase photo with metal risers
Large minimalist wooden u-shaped staircase photo with metal risers

Originally, the exterior of the Napa ranch residence was a standard knocked down stucco finish. We covered over the entire exterior of the house with a natural plaster product that has been made in Italy for centuries, known as Rialto or Vero. This product is a combination of slaked lime mixed with 60% reconstituted crushed marble dust. Quarried from the legendary Carrara marble mines. The finish itself is a vertically combed striated texture embedded into the plaster. While it cures, a transparent group of patinas are applied to the stone-like plaster substance to create a look of an aged villa.

Stainless Steel Spiral Rail Corona Del Mar
Staircase - contemporary staircase idea in Orange County
Staircase - contemporary staircase idea in Orange County

Photo provided by EngineHouse
Staircase - modern wooden open staircase idea in Providence
Staircase - modern wooden open staircase idea in Providence

The master bath features stunning views of Puget Sound.
The glass walls between the bath and hall have a hand-drawn etched glass pattern.
Photo: Benjamin Benschneider

We gave this Englewood master bath a hyper-modern makeover with statement art; hand-made mosaic micro tiles; and a sleek, glass, walk-in shower. All materials were custom-made and imported from Italy:
Project designed by Denver, Colorado interior designer Margarita Bravo. She serves Denver as well as surrounding areas such as Cherry Hills Village, Englewood, Greenwood Village, and Bow Mar.
For more about MARGARITA BRAVO, click here: https://www.margaritabravo.com/
To learn more about this project, click here:
https://www.margaritabravo.com/portfolio/englewood-master-bath-renovation/

Joseph Narcisse
Mid-sized mountain style enclosed dark wood floor family room photo in New York with beige walls and a wall-mounted tv
Mid-sized mountain style enclosed dark wood floor family room photo in New York with beige walls and a wall-mounted tv

Example of a mid-sized transitional dark wood floor and brown floor double front door design in Austin with gray walls and a black front door

Architect: Ron DiMauro Architects
Interior Designer: Taste Design
Photography: Robyn Ivy
Entryway - coastal entryway idea in Providence
Entryway - coastal entryway idea in Providence

Paul Burk Photography
Example of a small minimalist freestanding desk medium tone wood floor and brown floor study room design in Baltimore with white walls and no fireplace
Example of a small minimalist freestanding desk medium tone wood floor and brown floor study room design in Baltimore with white walls and no fireplace

Floating staircase with steel mono-stringer and white oak treads as seen from below. The wood top rail seamlessly flows up the multi level staircase.
Stairs and railings by Keuka Studios
Photography by Dave Noonan
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