Featured home in Architectural Digest blends traditional design with updated features. Custom cabinetry and built-ins. Exotic woods and specialty building materials throughout.

Space by Descience Laboratories Inc. and Sachs Lindores Moroccan Stripe carpet by DLB
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Beach style light wood floor sunroom photo in Los Angeles

Jason Miller, Pixelate Ltd.
Freestanding bathtub - small traditional master multicolored tile and ceramic tile porcelain tile and beige floor freestanding bathtub idea in Cleveland with beaded inset cabinets, blue cabinets, a one-piece toilet, beige walls, an undermount sink, quartz countertops and a hinged shower door

Interior Design, Custom Furniture Design, & Art Curation by Chango & Co. Photography by Raquel Langworthy See the project in Architectural Digest
Inspiration for a huge transitional gender-neutral carpeted and gray floor playroom remodel in New York with multicolored walls

Our designer has achieved a stylish look by combining dark cabinets and light-colored marbles.

Inspiration for a contemporary brown two-story wood flat roof remodel in New York

Adrian Wilson
Example of a trendy bathroom design in New York with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, an undermount tub and white walls

For most, rattan furniture isn’t chosen—it chooses you. These pieces, in all their kitschy, sun-soaked glory, often come to us as hand-me-downs from grandparents and aunts or, if we're fortunate, hold court in an old family summer house. For Los Angeles furniture dealer Harvey Schwartz, however, a connection to rattan came from outer space. Interior designers are calling too. When designing a home for Poppy and Cara Delevingne, Beverly Hills architect Nicolò Bini wanted to create a tropical feel by blurring the lines between indoor and outdoor, a role rattan was born to play. “Poppy wanted something very Hollywood Regency, a California dream home—light, airy, fun,” says Bini. “So I thought that rattan would be the perfect match for her.” Bini, a longtime fan and friend of Schwartz’s, had never before taken a client to Harvey’s warehouse. But when he brought Poppy at the end of a long day of touring furniture shops, “she just absolutely flipped out,” he says. The pieces she ended up buying not only found their way into a central part of the home, but onto the cover of AD last September.

Adrian Wilson
Deck - contemporary deck idea in New York with a roof extension

Adrian Wilson
Example of a trendy light wood floor bedroom design in New York with white walls

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Lifestyled with Soul Stevi Fourouli’s work with high-end residential and commercial spaces has earned her a reputation for the designer you call when you’re looking for a new and unexpected level of luxury. “It’s all about meraki,” she says. “In Greek, meraki means love, passion, and creativity, and no matter what I’m designing, every space reflects the best of me and the best of my clients.” Stevi’s clients unapologetically describe her as someone who can turn any space into a real-life fantasy. She uses her own artistic flair to create beautiful artwork for her clients’ spaces, and she also relies on vendors and craftspeople to take her vision and turn it up a notch. “My team includes Global Stone who supplies the most exquisite and exotic marbles and Hudson Valley Group who provides breathtaking lighting, including the Troy chandelier that hangs in my own dining room,” she says. “We bring our knowledge, experience, and skills to the table, and we give our clients the tools and motivation to pour themselves into their designed space. Each client is unique and their space reflects that individuality.”

Photo credit: Scott McDonald @ Hedrich Blessing 7RR-Ecohome: The design objective was to build a house for a couple recently married who both had kids from previous marriages. How to bridge two families together? The design looks forward in terms of how people live today. The home is an experiment in transparency and solid form; removing borders and edges from outside to inside the house, and to really depict “flowing and endless space”. The house floor plan is derived by pushing and pulling the house’s form to maximize the backyard and minimize the public front yard while welcoming the sun in key rooms by rotating the house 45-degrees to true north. The angular form of the house is a result of the family’s program, the zoning rules, the lot’s attributes, and the sun’s path. We wanted to construct a house that is smart and efficient in terms of construction and energy, both in terms of the building and the user. We could tell a story of how the house is built in terms of the constructability, structure and enclosure, with a nod to Japanese wood construction in the method in which the siding is installed and the exposed interior beams are placed in the double height space. We engineered the house to be smart which not only looks modern but acts modern; every aspect of user control is simplified to a digital touch button, whether lights, shades, blinds, HVAC, communication, audio, video, or security. We developed a planning module based on a 6-foot square room size and a 6-foot wide connector called an interstitial space for hallways, bathrooms, stairs and mechanical, which keeps the rooms pure and uncluttered. The house is 6,200 SF of livable space, plus garage and basement gallery for a total of 9,200 SF. A large formal foyer celebrates the entry and opens up to the living, dining, kitchen and family rooms all focused on the rear garden. The east side of the second floor is the Master wing and a center bridge connects it to the kid’s wing on the west. Second floor terraces and sunscreens provide views and shade in this suburban setting. The playful mathematical grid of the house in the x, y and z axis also extends into the layout of the trees and hard-scapes, all centered on a suburban one-acre lot. Many green attributes were designed into the home; Ipe wood sunscreens and window shades block out unwanted solar gain in summer, but allow winter sun in. Patio door and operable windows provide ample opportunity for natural ventilation throughout the open floor plan. Minimal windows on east and west sides to reduce heat loss in winter and unwanted gains in summer. Open floor plan and large window expanse reduces lighting demands and maximizes available daylight. Skylights provide natural light to the basement rooms. Durable, low-maintenance exterior materials include stone, ipe wood siding and decking, and concrete roof pavers. Design is based on a 2' planning grid to minimize construction waste. Basement foundation walls and slab are highly insulated. FSC-certified walnut wood flooring was used. Light colored concrete roof pavers to reduce cooling loads by as much as 15%. 2x6 framing allows for more insulation and energy savings. Super efficient windows have low-E argon gas filled units, and thermally insulated aluminum frames. Permeable brick and stone pavers reduce the site’s storm-water runoff. Countertops use recycled composite materials. Energy-Star rated furnaces and smart thermostats are located throughout the house to minimize duct runs and avoid energy loss. Energy-Star rated boiler that heats up both radiant floors and domestic hot water. Low-flow toilets and plumbing fixtures are used to conserve water usage. No VOC finish options and direct venting fireplaces maintain a high interior air quality. Smart home system controls lighting, HVAC, and shades to better manage energy use. Plumbing runs through interior walls reducing possibilities of heat loss and freezing problems. A large food pantry was placed next to kitchen to reduce trips to the grocery store. Home office reduces need for automobile transit and associated CO2 footprint. Plan allows for aging in place, with guest suite than can become the master suite, with no need to move as family members mature.

Japanese Tatami Dining Room featuring Tatami Mats and Garden View. Design and Build by Trilogy Partners. Photos Roger Wade Photography. Featured Architectural Digest May 2010

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Inspiration for a transitional bathroom remodel in Chicago