Paver walkway leads from the street to the front door with a custom cut paver medalion, paver border around the artificial turf, and paver caps on courtyard benches and columns.

Scott Sandler Photography
Traditional exterior home idea in Phoenix

Cantilevered staircase leads to the upstairs guest suite and pool room with loggia.
Staircase - mediterranean staircase idea in Portland

Striking and Sophisticated. This new residence offers the very best of contemporary design brought to life with the finest execution and attention to detail. Designed by notable Washington D.C architect. The 7,200 SQ FT main residence with separate guest house is set on 5+ acres of private property. Conveniently located in the Greenwich countryside and just minutes from the charming town of Armonk. Enter the residence and step into a dramatic atrium Living Room with 22’ floor to ceiling windows, overlooking expansive grounds. At the heart of the house is a spacious gourmet kitchen featuring Italian made cabinetry with an ancillary catering kitchen. There are two master bedrooms, one at each end of the house and an additional three generously sized bedrooms each with en suite baths. There is a 1,200 sq ft. guest cottage to complete the compound. A progressive sensibility merges with city sophistication in a pristine country setting. Truly special.

It was pretty much a blank area but with some elevation issues. A rustic inlay design was incorporated into the natural cleft bluestone patio. The seating wall served 2 purposes as a seating space but also to retain some of the patio. Natural fieldstone steppers lead from the driveway area to the patio. An assortment of perennials and plantings soften the hardscape project. Serviceberry, hybrid dogwood, and a large dwarf pine are the anchor plants. We also created a raised vegetable garden space off the patio too. Marc Depoto (Hillside Nurseries Inc.)

This uniquely designed courtyard does not only lead from backyard down to the basement, but it also brightens it and serves as multifunctional space for the user. Small trees and annuals growing on this stepped courtyard gradually connects with the landscape in the backyard.

Behind the rich colored stone is the courtyard that leads into the dining room. Wall is about 4.5 ft tall.
Inspiration for a large modern brown one-story stone exterior home remodel

Barbara Reis
Entryway - transitional entryway idea in San Francisco

Angle Eye Photography
Patio - large traditional backyard brick patio idea in Philadelphia with a pergola

Double wooden doors lead into a Portales and the Italian courtyard with a dry obelisk fountain and an outdoor fireplace flanked by majestic stone pillars. Doors to the north of this courtyard lead to a pair of ensuite guest rooms, both with soaring wood beamed ceilings.

Old world and new meet in a charming Carmel Point home in beautiful Carmel CA. Cottage entry door leads into a contemporary courtyard with minimalist fountain emerging from courtyard floor. RSS

Photography by: Rob Perry Floating grass and rusted steel steps lead to the front courtyard.
Design ideas for a modern front yard garden path in Seattle.

This is the renovated design which highlights the vaulted ceiling that projects through to the exterior.
Small 1960s gray one-story concrete fiberboard and clapboard house exterior photo in Chicago with a hip roof, a shingle roof and a gray roof

Example of a transitional exterior home design in Atlanta

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Photo: Marni Epstein-Mervis © 2018 Houzz
Trendy medium tone wood floor and brown floor bedroom photo in Los Angeles with gray walls

The original ranch style home was built in 1962 by the homeowner’s father. She grew up in this home; now her and her husband are only the second owners of the home. The existing foundation and a few exterior walls were retained with approximately 800 square feet added to the footprint along with a single garage to the existing two-car garage. The footprint of the home is almost the same with every room expanded. All the rooms are in their original locations; the kitchen window is in the same spot just bigger as well. The homeowners wanted a more open, updated craftsman feel to this ranch style childhood home. The once 8-foot ceilings were made into 9-foot ceilings with a vaulted common area. The kitchen was opened up and there is now a gorgeous 5 foot by 9 and a half foot Cambria Brittanicca slab quartz island.

Natural flagstone walkway leading out from the house and another walkway leading to the courtyard
Large mountain style side yard patio photo with no cover

Photography by: Rob Perry Geometric lines frame and define a minimalist front entry garden. Grass steps lead to a crushed stone courtyard.
This is an example of a modern front yard garden path in Seattle.