This space was converted from 3 separate living spaces into one- Kitchen, Dining & Living space. A huge transformation introduced lot's of natural light to the space and the client's personality was brought out in the design and decor. Customized to the tee to fit the clients needs, the space features lots of extra hidden/custom storage and shelving, a drawer style pull out microwave, includes beautiful barnwood accent walls and fun design and decor pieces to complete the space! Photo Cred: Troy Young/Kayla Van Lydegraf

Laura Beeler: I recently took a call from a customer looking for a designer. The mission was to help him create a wonderful, new living space in his downtown Des Moines loft. Matt & I had an instant connection. Since he had been in by Design before, we quickly set up a house call. An additional challenge was time — he was hosting a big party in 4 weeks! We chose the Tristan sofa for it’s retro look. We love how it appears to “float” over the stainless sleigh base. (Light & airy pieces were important as we didn’t want to overpower the intimate space). We anchored the room with a deep pile, chunky shag rug and topped it with a large storage ottoman. The two George chairs can span the decades and certainly have a personality all their own. The repetition of the metal and tufting in all of the pieces gives continuity to the design – an important consideration when designing a space this eclectic. The open shelving offered more storage as well as giving a great silhouette against the original white brick wall. I think the end result suits him to a tee, whether he is relaxing or entertaining. The best part was that we had it all in place in the allotted time frame.

Hunter Douglas NewStyle Faux Wood Shutters installed on a bow window. Featuring hidden tilt. Mounted using hang strips and tee posts.
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This golf facility is located just outside of Colorado Springs. It consists of 8 greens with multiple bunkers, 75 tee boxes, streams, waterfalls, and is spread out over 10 acres. This extensive project took 6 months to design and build.

This space was converted from 3 separate living spaces into one. A huge transformation introduced lot's of natural light to the space and the client's personality was brought out in the design and decor. Customized to the tee to fit the clients needs, the space features lots of extra hidden/custom storage, shelving, and even a drawer-style microwave. Photo Cred: Travis Stanley Photography AND Kayla Van Lydegraf Photo Cred: Travis Stanley Photography

This golf facility is located just outside of Colorado Springs. It consists of 8 greens with multiple bunkers, 75 tee boxes, streams, waterfalls, and is spread out over 10 acres. This extensive project took 6 months to design and build.

"The blackout lining was a must to keep the bright sun at bay. The simple and clean look of the custom wrought iron rod with ball finial in pewter with coordinating tiebacks complemented the drapes to a tee.”

This golf facility is located just outside of Colorado Springs. It consists of 8 greens with multiple bunkers, 75 tee boxes, streams, waterfalls, and is spread out over 10 acres. This extensive project took 6 months to design and build.

What a relaxing view of the third tee box (hitting away) and the pine trees here are just gorgeous. Custom cushions by One Coast Design.
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Custom cabinets are built in to fit your space to a tee. Using deeper cabinets below creates an expansive counter surface that’s just right for prepping meals. PHOTO CREDIT: ORG Home

This golf facility is located just outside of Colorado Springs. It consists of 8 greens with multiple bunkers, 75 tee boxes, streams, waterfalls, and is spread out over 10 acres. This extensive project took 6 months to design and build.

Custom crafted railing- note the tee and golf ball design which lends character to this golf course home. One staircase leads to the lower level and another to the upper office set into the roof- from there a ship's ladder stair leads to a rooftop observation deck.

Located in Solon, an affluent suburb of Cleveland, in the prestigious gated golf course community of Signature of Solon Country Club, sits this gorgeous home with private rear yard overlooking the 17th tee box. Here you will enjoy an active private country club community with a full calendar of golf, social, and family events. A spectacular 18-hole Craig Schreiner designed golf course, a 85,000 square foot clubhouse with dining, meeting and banquet facilities, fitness center, and swimming pool provide hours of fun for everyone. Built by Myers Homes, this sensational and meticulously maintained home has 5074 sq ft above ground, cedar shake siding and cultured stone exterior, stamped concrete driveway and walkway, heated 3-car side entry garage, an open floor plan, custom Alder wood cabinetry throughout, Brazilian cherry floors (foyer, dining room, great room, kitchen, dinette, hearth room, owners suite), warm neutral decor, great views, and a ton of upgrades!

This golf facility is located just outside of Colorado Springs. It consists of 8 greens with multiple bunkers, 75 tee boxes, streams, waterfalls, and is spread out over 10 acres. This extensive project took 6 months to design and build.

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This golf facility is located just outside of Colorado Springs. It consists of 8 greens with multiple bunkers, 75 tee boxes, streams, waterfalls, and is spread out over 10 acres. This extensive project took 6 months to design and build.

This is a 50'' Orton Style Rumford Fireplace at my home in Oxford,CT. A Rumford Firplace is made with either a straight rear wall or a slanted one. The slanted ones are the better heaters and I just proved "the more efficient" as they do not have a bigger throat area than the straight variety. The book "The Forgotten Art of Building a Good Fireplace" written bu Vrest Orton in the late 60's descibes the slanted variety well and that is where they picked up the name. He did not invent them rather he wrote of what he witnessed as being nice enjoyable good heating Rumfords . It uses my self made damper and burns all winter long with the damper blade at only a 1-3/4'''' gap opening. This represents a throat area to fireplace opening area of 1 to 30 a achievement that recently left the top authority on Rumford Fireplaces in awe and disbelief as his straight backed Rumfords only get to a 1:20 ratio. Although he remained skeptical and wanting more explicit videos and refusing to sign a nondisclosure agreement, he wanted to know if I could do the same with his chosen styled Rumfords. With a large or small fire the damper stays fixed. Weather is a non issue, even foggy drizzly nights do not effect this fireplace. There are videos at FCasini on You Tube showing the 50'' burning along with my basement 36'' Orton which I did experimenting last winter . The basement [never used before] has no face, so I affixed a steel panel on it to see if it could burn at the same ratio as my 50'' which uses my self made 30 year old damper. Iinstead it has a custom vestal damper which I cut the front off as I occasionally do when the budget is limited. It burned good at a 1 to 26 ratio which is way above the 1/17 that Straight Back Rumfords normally do although their very best is 1/20 ..both of which depend on the use of the highly suggested Tee Pee Fire which will assist any fireplace in smoke evacuation due to solely emitting the smoke form the high end of the standing logs! Both of my fireplaces certainly can use this style fire but I enjoy the horizontal log cabin style because of the easy loading and longer lasting fire per load. This winter I am going to affix a glass panel to get a good look at the throat and inner breast chamber while the fireplace is burning. This will be done in my third [ also un faced like the basement] Rumford. This one uses an outside chimney that is about 18' tall, much shorter than the other two and not as warm an environment being the other two are interior chimneys. I am anxious to see if it will compete with a lesser draft ? I have been searching the patent data base and to date there is nothing close to even resemble the way I get these slanted fireplaces to pass the smoke through such a ridiculously thin throat which I call "The Gates Of Hell". The prototype is complete and installed into this fireplace which is in it's second year of performance testing and doing better than I expected, in fact before installing it last week I cleaned the throat and chimney and damper blade which hasn't been done in 6 years. This did help the performance a lot as the passage is so thin any build up greatly slows it down from the added viscosity ie flow drag. For those that don't understand the benefit of a 1:30 ratio it is half the loss of heated air up the chimney and results in a 50% increase in heat efficiency. This equals a 100% enjoyment factor for anyone whom takes fireplace burning seriously like have done and do for the past 30 years! The house doesn't get sucked cold!

Robert Trent Jones Golf Club installs AirField Systems AirDrain. The AirField Systems AirDrain for Golf Greens installed at Robert Trent Jones, home of The President’s Cup, continues to perform since 2004. Stronger roots, healthier turf, superior drainage and the ability to make it’s own nearly perfect perched water table without organics make AirDrain Golf Greens by AirField the choice of the most discriminating golf course architects, designers, owners and superintendents – and the savings in time, installation and maintenance make it the choice for everyone. View AirDrain Golf Greens in action after years of use at one of the most prestigious courses on the east coast. Thru a research project conducted at Texas A&M, it was concluded that you can reduce your irrigation needs using AirField Systems AirDrain. The five year research project was jointly funded by the United States Golf Association and AirField Systems and was a collaborative effort between Texas A&M, AirField Systems and the United States Golf Association. The data from the research showed that the AirField Systems drainage profile provided between one to three more days of plant available water than a United States Golf Association recommended gravel and sand profile. In addition, AirDrain by AirField Systems can significantly save on installation time because much less excavation is required compared to the traditional gravel drainage layers that have a much deeper profile. AirDrain arrives on site in 53” trailers, palletized and ready for install. Unlike gravel drainage, with AirDrain there is no need for heavy dump trucks that can compact your golf course. Benefits of an AirField System Design for Golf Greens include: 1 to 3 more days of plant available water stored in the root zone (depending on climate) Significantly reduces daily irrigation needs (as told to us by our customers) Healthier turf / Stronger root system (as told to us by our customers) 100% Vertical Drainage under the entire playing surface AirDrain is a 100% recycled copolymer with the impact modifier “metallocene” qualifying it as a “No Break” plastic Helps eliminate standing water / Simplifies maintenance (as told to us by our customers) Minimal site disturbance / Far less excavation and disposal Several Installation days are saved over a gravel installation Compact shipping that reduces overall storage and transportation costs An AirDrain System sand profile creates its own perched water table without peat moss or clay AirDrain’s sand profile and minimal organics puts it at very little risk for issues of mold or disease http://www.rtjgc.com/Club/Scripts/Home/home.asp

Our client constructed their new home on five wooded acres in Northern Virginia, and they requested our firm to help them design the ultimate backyard retreat complete with custom natural look pool as the main focal point. The pool was designed into an existing hillside, adding natural boulders and multiple waterfalls, raised spa. Next to the spa is a raised natural wood burning fire pit for those cool evenings or just a fun place for the kids to roast marshmallows. The extensive Techo-bloc Inca paver pool deck, a large custom pool house complete with bar, kitchen/grill area, lounge area with 60" flat screen TV, full audio throughout the pool house & pool area with a full bath to complete the pool area. For the back of the house, we included a custom composite waterproof deck with lounge area below, recessed lighting, ceiling fans & small outdoor grille area make this space a great place to hangout. For the man of the house, an avid golfer, a large Southwest synthetic putting green (2000 s.f.) with bunker and tee boxes keeps him on top of his game. A kids playhouse, connecting flagstone walks throughout, extensive non-deer appealing landscaping, outdoor lighting, and full irrigation fulfilled all of the client's design parameters.