The Residence, located on a birch covered mountain in Western Maine, is a response to the natural surroundings. Utilizing a rough palette of Deer Island Granite monoliths, local black slate, Red Cedar, and Eastern White Pine, the spaces derive directly from the local geology and woods. The movement of the sun throughout the seasons and day guide the orientation of the cabin, and the intricate placement of windows on the various exterior faces. The cabin is a vessel for light, crafted of natural materials, with a bright interior volume diffusing the sun's rays throughout the space.

Babcock Custom Pools and M Royce Architecture Unveil Project Razor: A Modern Design Marvel. Babcock Custom Pools, a leading name in custom pool design and construction, has teamed up with M Royce Architecture, a premier architectural firm specializing in custom residential design, to bring you Project Razor. This breathtaking pool design exudes a fusion of sophistication and functionality, showcasing Babcock’s commitment to delivering top-notch products and services to their clients. Step into the future with Project Razor’s sleek and contemporary design that boasts clean lines, minimalist aesthetics, and state-of-the-art amenities. This modern pool design is the perfect addition for homeowners seeking to infuse a touch of glamour into their backyard. One of Project Razor’s most impressive features is its plumbing and electrical equipment room, strategically located 12 feet below street level. Not only does this unique placement elevate the pool’s overall appeal, but it also offers superior protection from the elements to the equipment. Project Razor offers homeowners a space for leisure, exercise, and entertainment, providing the ultimate relaxation and fun experience. Whether it’s lounging in the sun, taking a dip on a hot day, or hosting a pool party with friends, Project Razor has everything you need to make the most of your outdoor living space. Babcock Custom Pools is comprised of a team of experts who are highly skilled and experienced in custom pool design and construction. They work closely with homeowners to bring their dreams to life and ensure that each project exceeds their expectations. In conclusion, Project Razor is a masterpiece in custom pool design, blending the artistry of M Royce Architecture and the expertise of Babcock Custom Pools. This modern and functional pool is the perfect centerpiece for any backyard and a testament to Babcock’s dedication to quality. If you’re ready to upgrade your outdoor living space, contact Babcock Custom Pools today to learn more about Project Razor and elevate your backyard to the next level.

It is such a pleasure to be able to continue the process of landscape lighting for my clients who had selected us to design and install the landscaping. The strategic placement of the landscaping elements and focal plants are awaiting the brightness of light to continue to shine all 8 seasons four season both day and night. This Landscape Lighting project was such a gratifying and rewarding experience for the client and the neighbors. Such a success when your friends and neighbors welcome outdoor lighting as a great way to tie the neighborhood in at night.

This waterfront pool project in Beaconsfield reimagines a transitional backyard by fusing timeless warmth with crisp modern geometry. At its heart lies a custom concrete pool whose expansive beach entry pool—also known as a generous tanning ledge—slopes gently into the water, delivering the relaxed feel of a private resort. A frameless glass pool fence with low-iron panels preserves unobstructed lake vistas while ensuring safety, allowing the pool’s shimmering surface to merge visually with the open water beyond. Anchoring the far end of the basin is a dramatic outdoor fire feature that rises directly from the waterline. By day it acts as a sculptural focal point; by night the flames ripple across the water, transforming the space into a show-stopping luxury swimming pool experience. Every contour, drainage line, and equipment specification was shaped by Northstone’s in-house landscape architect design team and executed by our 180-strong crew of specialists, reinforcing our reputation as the go-to Beaconsfield pool builder for bespoke, high-end projects. Because Northstone is an entirely in-house design build firm, we streamline all stages—city permits, excavation, steel placement, shotcrete, and finishing—under a single roof. This turnkey approach distinguishes us among Montreal pool construction companies and ensures flawless craftsmanship in every pour. It is also why clients seeking a custom pool contractor to create a resort-style backyard consistently choose Northstone. That commitment to quality has earned us the #1 ranking for landscaping on bestinMTL.com and the top spot for pool design-build on bestmontrealservices.com. Our work has been showcased in Dwell, House & Home, the Montreal Gazette, and Living Luxe Magazine, underscoring our status as Montreal’s premier high-end pool company for luxury outdoor living on lakefront properties.

Stunning coastal residence, constructed in 2022. As you enter the residence, you are immediately greeted by an open-concept design that seamlessly blends the living spaces together, creating a sense of airiness and spaciousness. The main living area features floor-to-ceiling windows, allowing natural light to flood the space and providing uninterrupted views of the sparkling waters beyond. The centerpiece of the backyard is a dazzling pool, beckoning you to take a refreshing dip on a warm day. Surrounded by lush landscaping, the pool area is designed to evoke a sense of tranquility and relaxation. You can lounge on comfortable sunbeds or unwind in the shade of a stylish pergola, sipping your favorite beverage while enjoying the gentle sea breeze. Throughout the residence, contemporary design elements, such as clean lines, neutral color palettes, and natural materials, create an ambiance that exudes both elegance and comfort. The combination of high ceilings and strategic placement of windows maximize the natural light and enhance the breathtaking views, making every room a sanctuary of serenity.

This home office and sitting room provides a backdrop for this refreshing, calming, designer savvy room. Filled with personalized elements and fine art, the use of luxurious high end fabrics, window treatments, furnishings and accessories make this space a welcoming and beautiful retreat. Sober Photography

Stunning coastal residence, constructed in 2022. As you enter the residence, you are immediately greeted by an open-concept design that seamlessly blends the living spaces together, creating a sense of airiness and spaciousness. The main living area features floor-to-ceiling windows, allowing natural light to flood the space and providing uninterrupted views of the sparkling waters beyond. The centerpiece of the backyard is a dazzling pool, beckoning you to take a refreshing dip on a warm day. Surrounded by lush landscaping, the pool area is designed to evoke a sense of tranquility and relaxation. You can lounge on comfortable sunbeds or unwind in the shade of a stylish pergola, sipping your favorite beverage while enjoying the gentle sea breeze. Throughout the residence, contemporary design elements, such as clean lines, neutral color palettes, and natural materials, create an ambiance that exudes both elegance and comfort. The combination of high ceilings and strategic placement of windows maximize the natural light and enhance the breathtaking views, making every room a sanctuary of serenity.

Pizza Party wood fired ovens excellent value for money, wholesale prices wood fired oven and excellent shipping service With direct sales, Pizza Party, provides a substantial savings compared to other commercially available wood fired ovens With Pizza Party you save on masonry works and you don’t need permits What value do you give to your time? just 20 minutes to reach cooking temperature while others requires hours. Reduced dimensions make it easy on the move wherever you want Ships already fully built and ready to use from day one Your health is priceless … choose to cook in wood fired ovens following the Italian tradition Do you want to use a wood fired oven for cooking outdoors having fun with friends and relatives? Why deprive yourself of the pleasure of a good pizza cooked in a wood-fired oven just when it rains? Pizza Party is a great outdoor wood fired oven for garden. Weighing only 50kg making it easy to move anywhere you want. The structure and the light weight of the wood fired ovens Pizza Party is easy to place in gardens and barnyard, on our supports easy to customize or on any surface that you have available. With our new support for wood fired ovens you can place it wherever you want. Use your outdoor wood fired oven in your garden is simple and fast because it does not require masonry or specific permissions so that the delivery of your outdoor wood fired oven, you can immediately bake pizzas to delight children, friends and family.

Kirkland clients, Shayna and Anthony had a lovely home with a beautiful view of Lake Washington. However, the waterfront side of their home didn’t offer an ideal set-up to fully enjoy the magnificence that their lot provides. They desired more year-round use of their home in the form of an outdoor covered living room, along with more overall functionality from their outdoor spaces. Their formal living area had a door to the outside that the couple never used. The McAdams Remodeling & Design team replaced the sliding door with a window that still offered plenty of natural light but enclosed the space providing more options for furniture placement. The room’s exterior stairs and landing were removed. The exterior siding was matched, and the new landscaping along with an arbor installed, was created in tandem during the remodel by a local landscape architecture firm, ensuring the change looked natural. Past the seating around the gas firepit, a new large deck was constructed, half of which was covered, to replace the smaller, dated version. The metal railing was exchanged for a new composite one, and a new Dutch back door leading from the kitchen offers an alternative option for ingress and egress along with fresh air on nice days. The covered deck area adjacent to the family room provides protection from the weather and now houses the outdoor kitchen they desired for entertaining family and friends. The outdoor kitchen includes a built-in gas grill, stone gas fireplace, refrigerator for food and beverages, and a garbage receptacle. A ceiling fan and heaters are incorporated into the outdoor living space design to provide year-round comfort. Finally, retractable shades were installed so that the couple can enclose the space if desired. A small upstairs bedroom was used as a den for relaxation and reading but also contains one of the best views in the home. The McAdams team removed the windows and base bulkhead, adding floor to ceiling windows and a glass door for an unobstructed view. The new medium-sized deck above the covered outdoor living space gives Shayna and Anthony the opportunity to entertain or relax while highlighting their view of the lake. Finally, their Juliet balcony off the primary bedroom received a re-coated railing and new decking, while the home was repainted to offer a classy craftsman feel and pull all of the changes into one cohesive home design. Shayna and Anthony love their new entertainment spaces and expect to use them often.

Architectural Grandeur: Vaulted Ceilings & Natural Light The true showstopper of this kitchen renovation is the soaring vaulted ceiling, which instantly elevates the entire space to feel grand, open, and incredibly airy. To maximize this dramatic height and flood the kitchen with natural light, we integrated a striking wall of windows. Strategic Window Placement: A row of clean, black-trimmed vertical windows frames beautiful outdoor views at counter level, while a secondary band of clerestory (transom) windows sits high above. Flooded with Daylight: This dual-level window design captures sunlight at different angles throughout the day, eliminating the dark, enclosed feel of the home's original layout and reflecting beautifully off the sleek white quartz countertops. A Sense of Scale: The high, angled ceiling perfectly accommodates the oversized modern black pendant lights over the central island, creating a balanced and visually stunning focal point for the entire home.

This couple needed help downsizing from their large house on Mercer Island to a small but breathtaking view unit in an assisted living community. Remix Design Co. came in to measure and take inventory of all the existing furnishings and help the couple come up with a plan for which furnishings, art and decor they would move over to their new unit as well as which new pieces to purchase. Floor plans and drawings were created to help them visualize their new space. Once move in day arrived, we were there to help direct placement of all the new and existing furnishings which made the process smooth and easy for everyone involved. Remix Design Co. excels in the blending of old and new; taking existing furnishings that you love and mixing them with new pieces that fit the space and bring the whole look together.

This waterfront pool project in Beaconsfield reimagines a transitional backyard by fusing timeless warmth with crisp modern geometry. At its heart lies a custom concrete pool whose expansive beach entry pool—also known as a generous tanning ledge—slopes gently into the water, delivering the relaxed feel of a private resort. A frameless glass pool fence with low-iron panels preserves unobstructed lake vistas while ensuring safety, allowing the pool’s shimmering surface to merge visually with the open water beyond. Anchoring the far end of the basin is a dramatic outdoor fire feature that rises directly from the waterline. By day it acts as a sculptural focal point; by night the flames ripple across the water, transforming the space into a show-stopping luxury swimming pool experience. Every contour, drainage line, and equipment specification was shaped by Northstone’s in-house landscape architect design team and executed by our 180-strong crew of specialists, reinforcing our reputation as the go-to Beaconsfield pool builder for bespoke, high-end projects. Because Northstone is an entirely in-house design build firm, we streamline all stages—city permits, excavation, steel placement, shotcrete, and finishing—under a single roof. This turnkey approach distinguishes us among Montreal pool construction companies and ensures flawless craftsmanship in every pour. It is also why clients seeking a custom pool contractor to create a resort-style backyard consistently choose Northstone. That commitment to quality has earned us the #1 ranking for landscaping on bestinMTL.com and the top spot for pool design-build on bestmontrealservices.com. Our work has been showcased in Dwell, House & Home, the Montreal Gazette, and Living Luxe Magazine, underscoring our status as Montreal’s premier high-end pool company for luxury outdoor living on lakefront properties.

This custom coastal charmer blends classic seaside architecture with thoughtful modern craftsmanship. The exterior sets the tone with soft gray shingle siding, crisp white trim, and layered gable details that create depth, character, and timeless curb appeal. A round accent window and decorative gable elements add a subtle nod to traditional coastal design. The welcoming screened porch extends the living space outdoors, offering a perfect spot to enjoy lake breezes while remaining sheltered and private. Clean lines, balanced proportions, and carefully selected materials give the home an elevated yet approachable presence. Practicality meets design with an attached garage that integrates seamlessly into the home’s architecture, maintaining a polished and cohesive look. Mature landscaping and a clean concrete drive complete the setting, allowing the home to feel established and effortless from day one. Built with durability, livability, and long-term enjoyment in mind, this coastal charmer reflects a careful balance of form and function—an inviting home that feels just as good to live in as it looks from the street.

This family room is the perfect gathering. The vast space is well laid out, with the sectional, cocktail & sofa tables placed accordingly you can enjoy that mug of coffee or bowl of popcorn with ample placement options. The fire adds the warmth from those chilly days we are custom to have. Enjoy a window seat and a view. Store all the sensible needed items in the custom built-ins. All the details really tie the space together.

DESIGN CHALLENGES ADDRESSED: To anyone who may be reading this project overview, I do hope you'll have the opportunity to have a look at the 'before' photo of this space. It's quite a transformation! Our clients purchased their condo at the beach several years ago. As shown in the 'before' photo, the owner's bedroom suite was a dark and dated space with unsightly paneled walls, heavy faux ceiling beams and outdated furniture. Everything felt cramped and cluttered throughout the condo, especially their primary bedroom . The client's vision for this space was for everything to have an airy and relaxed spa like feel. DESIGN SOLUTIONS PROVIDED: The entire condo was taken down to the stud. The faux beams were edited out and the ceiling raised. The heavy out-dated paneling was removed and replaced with fresh clean walls that were painted in a calming creamy tone throughout the entire condo. The awkwardly positioned windows were removed. New windows were then added with great attention to placement. On the main wall, windows were spaced to allow a queen sized bed to nest perfectly in between them. Richly textured honeycomb cellular shades were selected with a black out liner to tame the direct sun throughout the day. The homeowners have two dogs and a cat who love a visit to the beach as much as their 'humans'. All of our updated new furniture selections successfully addressed the client's quest for a 'pet friendly' environment. The existing dark and gloomy furniture was replaced with stylish updated pieces. Great thought was given to the size, scale and textiles used in this space. A custom upholstered bed with great architectural detailing was selected. It's richly textured easy-care fabric in a soft oatmeal tone created the perfect touch.

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Babcock Custom Pools and M Royce Architecture Unveil Project Razor: A Modern Design Marvel. Babcock Custom Pools, a leading name in custom pool design and construction, has teamed up with M Royce Architecture, a premier architectural firm specializing in custom residential design, to bring you Project Razor. This breathtaking pool design exudes a fusion of sophistication and functionality, showcasing Babcock’s commitment to delivering top-notch products and services to their clients. Step into the future with Project Razor’s sleek and contemporary design that boasts clean lines, minimalist aesthetics, and state-of-the-art amenities. This modern pool design is the perfect addition for homeowners seeking to infuse a touch of glamour into their backyard. One of Project Razor’s most impressive features is its plumbing and electrical equipment room, strategically located 12 feet below street level. Not only does this unique placement elevate the pool’s overall appeal, but it also offers superior protection from the elements to the equipment. Project Razor offers homeowners a space for leisure, exercise, and entertainment, providing the ultimate relaxation and fun experience. Whether it’s lounging in the sun, taking a dip on a hot day, or hosting a pool party with friends, Project Razor has everything you need to make the most of your outdoor living space. Babcock Custom Pools is comprised of a team of experts who are highly skilled and experienced in custom pool design and construction. They work closely with homeowners to bring their dreams to life and ensure that each project exceeds their expectations. In conclusion, Project Razor is a masterpiece in custom pool design, blending the artistry of M Royce Architecture and the expertise of Babcock Custom Pools. This modern and functional pool is the perfect centerpiece for any backyard and a testament to Babcock’s dedication to quality. If you’re ready to upgrade your outdoor living space, contact Babcock Custom Pools today to learn more about Project Razor and elevate your backyard to the next level.

This condo was originally on the market for 90 days with no offers because without furniture, potential buyers couldn't visualize furniture placement. Working with Sold By Style stagers, the condo received an offer within a week and was sold.

This Rancho Bernardo bathroom remodel was inspired by a modern design on a budget. The glass enclosed shower and modern bathroom fixtures create a spa-like atmosphere. The Rancho Bernardo bathroom design also incorporates plenty of cabinet storage and a vanity area to get ready for your day.