Design showroom Kitchen for Gabriel Builders featuring a limestone hood, mosaic tile backsplash, pewter island, wolf appliances, exposed fir beams, limestone floors, and pot filler. Rear pantry hosts a wine cooler and ice machine and storage for parties or set up space for caterers

Jonathan Ivy Productions
Tuscan u-shaped open concept kitchen photo in Houston with a single-bowl sink, yellow backsplash, paneled appliances, raised-panel cabinets, limestone countertops and gray cabinets

Wing Wong
Large elegant l-shaped light wood floor and brown floor eat-in kitchen photo in New York with a farmhouse sink, white cabinets, granite countertops, beige backsplash, subway tile backsplash, paneled appliances, flat-panel cabinets and an island

New kitchen. photos by William Quarles
Example of a mid-sized classic galley medium tone wood floor and brown floor open concept kitchen design in Charleston with recessed-panel cabinets, gray cabinets, marble countertops, gray backsplash, subway tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances and an island

Located on farmland in McLean, Virginia, the American Farmhouse balances the expected comforts of a new home with the bucolic beauty of an old farmhouse. The final site plan still has evidence showing parallel courses of the barn’s destiny. The house mass is broken and lowered so that the home can remain secondary to the monolithic barn structure. Earthy and elemental materials are selected for the home that reference the barn without directly mimicking it. Wooden members found inside the barn and from other barns bridge ceilings and are used in floors along with rustic slate adding to a sense of simplicity to the farmhouse design. The age and patina of the barn is reflected in the house’s textural use of board and batten and field stone layered similar to stone foundations. The original development plan was to demolish the existing barn and construct three suburban homes. Part of an endangered breed, as one of the few remaining barns in the area, it was originally viewed as a challenge in a luxury home construction with several difficulties posed to the impending project: it would be expensive to renovate, vulnerable to demolition, and threatened by urban sprawl. However, instead of trying to alter or destroy the barn, the structure was fully embraced into the traditional architecture project as a centerpiece and was used as the inspiration for the home. The new house was sited parallel to the barn so that views to the barn gable were accessible.

Jeff Herr
Inspiration for a large transitional galley dark wood floor eat-in kitchen remodel in Atlanta with an undermount sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, stainless steel appliances, an island, gray backsplash and stone tile backsplash

Kitchen - traditional l-shaped dark wood floor kitchen idea in Nashville with a farmhouse sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, mosaic tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances and an island

Eat-in kitchen - large traditional single-wall dark wood floor and brown floor eat-in kitchen idea in New York with an island, an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, granite countertops, white backsplash, mosaic tile backsplash and stainless steel appliances

Inspiration for a contemporary built-in desk dark wood floor study room remodel in New York with white walls

Example of a large classic u-shaped medium tone wood floor and brown floor eat-in kitchen design in Seattle with a farmhouse sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, quartz countertops, white backsplash, subway tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances and an island

Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary master green tile and glass tile porcelain tile doorless shower remodel in Austin with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, quartzite countertops and white walls

Best of Houzz Design & Service 2014. --Photography by Paul Dyer.
Eat-in kitchen - large transitional l-shaped medium tone wood floor eat-in kitchen idea in San Francisco with recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, stainless steel appliances and an island

Inspiration for a mediterranean girl beige floor nursery remodel in Austin with multicolored walls

Photography by Jared Kuzia
Mudroom - mid-sized cottage slate floor and gray floor mudroom idea in Boston with white walls

Jeff Thayer Photography
Inspiration for a transitional family room library remodel in Los Angeles

Ulrich Desginer: Don DiNovi, CKD Photography by Peter Rymwid This lovely new kitchen incorporates defined work areas to accommodate the multi-tasking activities of a busy family. Four work stations fit and function easily and beautifully in a tidy 300 SF space: (1) cooking, including separate gas and electric cooking surfaces; (2) prep/cleaning, on the island; and (3) food storage, in the cherry wood armoire concealing both refrigerator and pantry. (4) is the area between the food storage and double ovens (around the corner from the formal serving hutch) and is devoted to baking.

Nat Rea
Kitchen/dining room combo - mid-sized contemporary medium tone wood floor and brown floor kitchen/dining room combo idea with beige walls and no fireplace

Example of a mid-sized classic light wood floor foyer design in Boston with yellow walls

Inspiration for a transitional dining room remodel in New York with gray walls