Example of a minimalist home design design in Miami

Spa, pool, garden, outdoor kitchen, and a waterfall in this small townhouse. David Morello
Pool - traditional pool idea in Houston

design: Carrie Preston (Studio TOOP) and Jasper Helmantel (Cruydt Hoeck), 2011 location: Appeltern, NL status: built in 2012 by Appeltern Model Garden Complex photos: Olga van Saane, October 2013 Designed as assignment from both the Dutch gardening magazine Groei & Bloei and the television and radio nature program Vara's Vroege Vogels, this garden serves as a model of how homeowners can incorporate lots of plant life and wildlife into the design but without sacrificing practicality or aesthetics. The garden is deliberately contemporary in its style to emphasize that nature-rich gardens need not look a certain way - insects and birds don't care if the lines are straight or curved. At the same time the garden makes use of affordable, simple, no-nonsense materials. The 40x60 cm paving stones are one of the most common and affordable paving options in the Netherlands, available en masse for free on the Internet. Conceptually we imagined a garden completely paved with the tiles (as to many gardens are) and what would happen if took out some of these stones, used them to build benches and structure and added plants where the tiles had been. In the construction of the benches we include other materials such as bamboo sticks and insulation bricks that create habitat for insects such as solitary bees. The plant palette is based on a selection of native and host plants in combination with the 26 plants plan set up by Groei & Boei -- a list of plants aimed at making the use of more plants in gardens accessible and less intimidating. The choice for the number 26 corresponds with the number of letters in the alphabet in line with the famous Dutch garden designer Mien Ruy's comment that if we only need 26 letters to create a whole language, we should be able to combine and mix 26 plants to express far more than we think.

Detail of the handmade felt before it was put under glass. The wool has fabric, yarns and other materials embedded in it. Photo: By the author.
Eat-in kitchen - mid-sized eclectic u-shaped porcelain tile eat-in kitchen idea in Providence with an undermount sink, raised-panel cabinets, medium tone wood cabinets, granite countertops, blue backsplash, glass sheet backsplash, black appliances and no island

Living room - mid-sized craftsman formal and open concept dark wood floor and brown floor living room idea in New York with white walls, no fireplace and no tv

Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional full sun hillside mulch formal garden in Sacramento for winter.

Ogon Spirea blooming in the spring. Great texture and fall foliage as well. Ruth Consoli Design
This is an example of a mid-sized full sun landscaping for spring.

Velvet Marshall commissioned artwork for Sandra Espinet Designs private collections. "Ode To The Sea" 68" x 84" oil & tar on canvas was created for a celebrity beach side estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Sandra Espinet is an allied member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and HGTV personality. In 2010 she was voted as the “California Home and Design Designer of the Year”. Her design work has been featured numerous times in many international interior design publications.

Along the side passage a string of tropical flowering plant in the family Zingiberaceae (Gingres Pink and red); H. Densifora Fireflash.
Photo of a mid-sized tropical full sun front yard stone garden path for summer.

This is an example of a mid-sized traditional partial sun backyard stone water fountain landscape in Philadelphia for summer.

Photo of a traditional landscaping in San Francisco.

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Example of a transitional bedroom design in Cleveland

Country kitchen photo in Philadelphia

A complete remodeled landscape from grass lawn to a drought resistant garden that incorporates the beauty of low maintenance plants, natural stones and modern look of rustic outdeco fence panels.

Pots and trellising for vertical appeal
Example of a tuscan home design design in San Francisco

Large elegant concrete l-shaped glass railing staircase photo in Tampa with concrete risers

Example of an island style exterior home design in Orlando