The Motif Collection is inspired by the multitude of configurations in which it can create. Each fixture is comprised of thin lines of light in a refractive cylinder, creating both clean lines and modern elegance. This collection features the latest in modern LED filament technology, creating a warm glow of light throughout each fixture that is both vintage and modern at once.

Rustic Farmhouse: Garvin-Weeks Farmstead The Garvin-Weeks Farmstead in beautiful North Reading, built c1790, has enjoyed a first floor makeover complete with a new kitchen, family room and master suite. Particular attention was given to preserve the historic details of the house while modernizing and opening up the space for today’s lifestyle. The open concept farmhouse style kitchen is striking with its antique beams and rafters, handmade and hand planed cabinets, distressed floors, custom handmade soapstone farmer’s sink, marble counter tops, kitchen island comprised of reclaimed wood with a milk paint finish, all setting the stage for the elaborate custom painted tile work. Skylights above bathe the space in natural light. Walking through the warm family room gives one the sense of history and days gone by, culminating in a quintessential looking, but fabulously updated new England master bedroom and bath. A spectacular addition that feels and looks like it has always been there! Photos by Eric Roth

With the popularity of both outdoor upholstery and low maintenance, aluminium frames in the ascendancy, Vista was designed to capitalise on both these trends and bring a stylish Outdoor Lounge collection to the market at a more competitive price. Inspired by the sleek yachts of the French Riviera, the powder coated aluminium frames feature strong horizontal lines formed into flowing, curved shapes creating a visually light, yet welcoming form. Sleek, angled legs contrast with the curved backs and add to the design appeal. Highly modular, Vista is comprised of just 3 units – a corned/end unit, centre unit and ottoman. A lounge chair and two sizes of occasional tables complete the collection. Available in two frame colours – Frost and Gunmetal, Vista features Gloster’s pioneering Outdoor Lounge cushion technology with water resistant base cushions combined with scatter cushions in textured polypropylene fabrics sourced from Italy. Gloster’s outdoor lounge upholstery is virtually water resistant Strong aluminum frame Powdercoat finish is knock and scratch resistant, impervious to moisture, and highly resistant to corrosion Photo Credits www.danishdesignco.com.sg

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This couple is comprised of a famous vegan chef and a leader in the Plant based community. Part of the joy of the spacious yard, was to plant an Entirely edible landscape. This glorious garden is a space where the couple also Can relax and entertain.

A children’s wing, off to one side of the upper floor, comprises a study area with built-in desks and lots of storage space for books and supplies.
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Ritz-Carlton PH Miami Beach Our Britto Charette interior design team is thrilled to be designing a penthouse at the award-winning Ritz-Carlton Residences in Miami Beach, Florida. In collaboration with the Miami architecture firm, Stantec, architect Piero Lissoni has designed an exciting new level of luxury living in Miami. The Ritz-Carlton Residences in Miami Beach boasts 111 condominium residences and 15 single-family villas and promises residents breathtaking views, Italian craftsmanship, and absolutely decadent amenities, including deeded boat slips. Our clients’ penthouse is comprised of nearly 6,000 sqft of luxury living space and a terrace that provides captivating views. We have created a design for them that is simultaneously modern and elegant, honoring Lissoni’s architectural vision for the adaptive reuse building the penthouse sits atop.

A number of additions comprised the design work for an expansion to this narrow house steps from Toronto’s Danforth. A full third floor addition provides a master suite with small balcony off the rear of the house. The existing front gable was enlarged to provide a small study with a triangular window that fills the front third floor facade, but maintains the sense of its original appearance from the street. The basement, ground and second storeys were fully renovated and a one storey addition at the rear of the house added a small mudroom.

Dimension: 74"L X 19"D X 94"H Our Honduras Rustic Solid Wood Entertainment Center is the perfect living room furniture choice. It’s compact, artistically envisioned, and would be the perfect focal point for your space. The overall aesthetics of this large TV cabinet are highly impressive. It’s a tall model that has the potential to transform the way you perceive your living spaces. It has been handcrafted out of solid wood, so it warrants an excellent heirloom quality. Each joint, niche, carving, and assembly point is as sturdy and durable as they come. This TV entertainment center features a contemporary design, but it has hints of classical accents as well. It starts off with a segmented arched top that has a cornice-style extension. It neatly merges into 2 doric style posts – one on each side – that comprises of the border frame. The flat back of this TV cabinet is tall, has a decorative shelf on top where you can showcase accessories, has evenly-spaced grooves to spice up the backdrop, and consists of slim cut-outs at the base where the wiring of your television can easily be slipped through the back. The bottom half of this entertainment center consists of storage cabinets and drawers. Underneath its extended top frame are symmetrically arranged cabinets – 2 single-door ones on the sides and a double-door one with glass planes in the center. There are 2 organizational internal compartments inside each cabinet as well as small round wire cut-outs in the double-door one. Here you can keep your media paraphernalia safe and sound without the hassle of tangled wiring. There is a single, large pullout drawer in the center where you can keep smaller things such as TV remotes, operating manuals, and more. The subtle classical accents used throughout the design manifest in the form of sophisticated wainscot designs on cabinets, beautifully hand-carved posts on the bottom half, and corbel style spandrels at the base. Special Features: • 100% handcrafted • Solid wood craftsmanship • Tall design • Contemporary looks with classical accents • Segmented arch at the top • Doric style posts at the sides • 1 open shelf at the top • Cut-outs for wire arrangement • 1 pullout drawer • 2 single-door cabinets with 2 internal compartments • 1 double-door cabinet with glass panes • Heirloom quality • Easy maintenance Note: Real wood is a product of nature, and as such, no two pieces are alike. Variations in solid wood grain patterns are to be expected and make each furniture uniquely beautiful, just like us humans.

The central leg comprises two inclined elements which, with the table top, form the letters T and L. The table top and base ensemble is distinguished by clean-cut shapes and extra thickness, creating a strong visual impact.

The Grasslands home was born out of and celebrates the beautiful but fragile grassland ecology of the Carmel Valley. Our client’s desire to actively simplify his lifestyle to the most essential elements inclusive of space clearly drove sensibilities in the design. In addition the home features a precision, derived from the client’s love of flight, a grounded-ness from his love of books and the love of his horse. To meet the simplistic beauty of the scope, the home consists of three interconnected glass pavilions and a detached barn which wrap to the bowl shape of the land. The pavilions are comprised of a master suite, a library/living room, kitchen, and a meditation sanctuary; the barn, his horse and car. The design focuses on preserving the delicate ecosystem of the surrounding grasslands, while concurrently incorporate views and maximize solar orientation. In support, the pavilions sit on the perimeter of an existing bowl shaped depression in the hillside. Three primary landscape walls run parallel to the topography, emphasizing the shape and spatial definition of the land as well as providing locations to anchor the structures. Pulled up and out of the landscape, the buildings jut over the anchor walls, hovering above the native grasses. In section, the land appears to flow through the pavilions, undisturbed and collaborative to the architecture.

My clients had always been inspired by the grand Tudor Revival homes of the early 20th century and commissioned Hull Historical to recreate the authentic custom millwork, paneling and doors for their new Tudor Revival home. Our inspiration came from 2 great English homes, Stan Hywett, a great Tudor Revival home in Ohio, built for the founder of Goodyear Tires. Also, the Woodbine Mansion, built in 1911 for the son of the Pabst Brewing Company. We were fortunate to purchase three rooms of architectural millwork from the woodbine home, which was originally fabricated by the Huber Company of New York. Upon completion of this project, the architectural salvage comprised 15% of the final quantity of paneling installed. The remainder was custom fabricated by Hull Historical at our shop in Fort Worth, TX and installed at the clients home. The commission, based on historic precedent, constituted antique paneling on the main floor, beamed ceilings and all the doors in the home. The new paneling, including the kitchen cabinetry is made from a combination of new quarter-sawn white oak and antique white oak salvaged from old barns and buildings. All the oak was fumed in an ammonia-filled chamber to produce a cocoa color and deep feel giving the millwork rough character and a timeless look that my client loved. The millwork also served to give the home a hierarchy, with simple paneling combined with board and batten doors downstairs, then more ornate paneling, with carvings on the main floor. Additionally, the main floor features mostly 8 and 10 panel doors. All woodwork was hand-pegged with oak pegs. Some of the paneling features a unique Mason’s Miter, a historic joinery technique inspired from stone work. For more information on residential renovation and new construction projects by Hull Historical, visit http://brenthullcompanies.com/residential.html

Property marketed by Hudson Place Realty - Designed for the urban family with a 4 story extension that provides the 4/5 bedrooms so rarely available in Hoboken. With a completely open parlor floor, this exquisite home has a contemporary loft like ambiance, 3 wood burning fireplaces, a designer kitchen featuring a Wolf 48” dual fuel range, Miele dishwasher, Carrera marble island and Pietro natural stone counters. A dedicated family room, guest/children’s rooms and master suite with private sitting area with his and hers closets comprise the upper 2 floors. The garden level is spectacular and ideal for a child’s playroom, in-law suite, media room & large separate office space. The 40’ Zen inspired yard is bordered by a custom built ipe’ privacy fence & features an avant- garde design of alternating natural slate and grass with made to order ipe’ planters and gazing balls. Phillip Jeffries designer wall coverings and custom paint grace the walls throughout the interior whereas the exterior brownstone is flawless and authentic newly forged cast iron railings usher you in to this move-in ready home.

The original 1872 home was comprised of small, tightly closed-off rooms, so a central goal of S+H's renovation was to incorporate open, airy spaces such as this sunroom. Photography by Greg Premru

When I came to this property not only was the landscape a scrappy mess the property also had some very real grading and drainage issues that were jeopardizing the safety of this house. As recent transplants from New Jerseys to Southern California these clients were in awe of all the plants they were seeing in their neighborhood. Living on the water at the Ventura harbor they wanted to be able to take full advantage or the outdoor lifestyle and cool ocean breeze. Being environmentally conscious citizens, these clients were very concerned that their garden was designed with sustainability as a leading factor. As they said in our initial consultation, “Would want or garden be part of the solution not part of the problem.” This property is the last house on the bottom of a gently sloping street. All the water from the neighbor’s houses drain onto this property. When I came into this project the back yard sloped into the house. When it would rain the water would pool up against the house causing water damage. To address the drainage we employed several tactics. Firstly, we had to invert the slope in the back yard so that water would not pool against the house. We created a very minor slope going away from the house so that water drains away but so the patio area feels flat. The back of the back yard had an existing retaining wall made out of shabby looking slump stone. In front of that retaining wall we created a beautiful natural stone retaining wall. This retain wall severs many purposes. One it works as a place to put some of the soil removed from the grading giving this project a smaller carbon foot print (moving soil of a site burns a lot of fossil fuel). The retaining wall also helps obscure the shabby existing retaining wall and allows for planting space above the footing from the existing retaining wall. The soil behind the ne retaining wall is slightly lower than the top of the wall so that when the run on water on from the neighbor’s property flows it is slowed down and absorbed before it has a chance to get near the house. Finally, the wall is at a height designed to serve as overflow seating as these clients intend to have occasional large parties and gatherings. Other efforts made to help keep the house safe and dry are that we used permeable paving. With the hardscape being comprised of flag stone with gravel in-between water has a chance to soak into the ground so it does not flow into spots where it will pool up. The final element to help keep the house dry is the addition of infiltration swales. Infiltration swales are depressions in the landscape that capture rain water. The down spouts on the sides of the houses are connected to pipe that goes under the ground and conveys the water to the swales. In this project it helps move rain water away from the house. In general, these Infiltration swales are a powerful element in creating sustainable landscapes. These swales capture pollutants that accumulate on the roof and in the landscape. Biology in the soil in the swales can break down these pollutants. When run of watered is not captured by soil on a property the dirty water flows into water ways and then the ocean were the biology that breaks down the pollutants is not as prolific. This is particularly important in this project as it drains directly into the harbor. The water that is absorbed in to the swales can replenish aquafers as well as increasing the water available to the plants planted in that area recusing the amount of water that is needed from irrigation. When it came to the planting we went with a California friendly tropical theme. Using lots of succulents and plants with colorful foliage we created vibrant lush landscape that will have year around color. We planted densely (the images in the picture were taken only a month after installation). Taller drought tolerant plants to help regulate the temperature and loss of water from the plants below them. The dense plantings will help keep the garden, the house and even the neighborhood cooler on hot days, will provide spaces for birds to enjoy and will create an illusion of depth in a somewhat narrow space. Today this garden is a space these homeowners can fully enjoy while having the peace of mind that their house is protected from flooding and they are helping the environment.

With a boxy persona and comfort-minded form, the Solo Lounge Loveseat by B & T Design brings a sophisticated element to any contemporary or modern space. This single loveseat features slender tapered arms, plump foam back and seat cushions and a stylish metal base. Its frame is comprised of hardwoods constructed in sections. Upholstery options include premium leather, eco-leather and fabric in a variety of colors. Base options include polished chrome, matte chrome and static paint. Ideal for commercial and residential use.

The CV Starr East Asian library at UC Berkeley features a rich palette of materials that beautifully frame the collection and serve to create an engaging, rich environment from research and exploration. The exterior is comprised of rainscreen stone cladding, bronze and copper cladding, glass window walls and cast bronze sunshades. The sunshades filter light into the central hall, select reading rooms and offices.

The original patio was a small pad comprised of the brick pavers. The homeowner wanted us to expand his patio and create a small area for a fire pit. We took out the original patio and built this extension including the small area for the fire pit.

We were given the challenge of designing a house overlooking a pond on a site constrained by wetlands. Our client had an interest in permanence and solidity and a desire to work with architectural concrete. Additionally, the client desired interiors that would showcase their substantial art collection. Our design approach began with the footprint of an L-shaped courtyard house, which in part, was determined by the limited buildable area. The house is sited on a natural rise in the land, allowing the first floor elevation to rise 15 ft above the pond’s surface; this height provides dynamic views through the trees that separate the house from the pond. Ultimately, our design leverages the inherent capabilities of architectural concrete i.e. its structural capacity; the material allows for bold cantilevers and expanses of glass, creating greater transparency between interior and exterior environments. The interior palette is comprised of rift sawn oak with 16-inch wide oak plank flooring, oak casework and millwork, a stainless steel and glass main staircase, and minimalist concrete details throughout. On the upper level, the plan accommodates a master bedroom suite, three children’s bedrooms, and a family room. The first floor includes a guest bedroom, living room, kitchen, dining room, office, and family room. The ground level has a recreational room, a mudroom, and office/studio. The site plan employs native plantings and includes a small resistance pool in the courtyard. Concrete will be utilized for all of the house’s structural and insulation components. This method modulates the fluctuation of interior temperature, creating both an energy-efficient envelope and enough concrete mass to keep temperatures moderate and consistent throughout a 24-hour day. The employment of triple-glazed windows and a triple-glazed aluminum curtain wall further increases the project’s energy efficiency and allows the house to have abundant glass. Natural light permeates the interior and affords spectacular view in all directions of both Todd Pond and the neighboring woodlands.