Peter Lyons
Photo of a large mid-century modern partial sun backyard outdoor playset in San Francisco.

Utility room - huge contemporary utility room idea in New York with an undermount sink, white cabinets and a stacked washer/dryer

Ward Jewell, AIA was asked to design a comfortable one-story stone and wood pool house that was "barn-like" in keeping with the owner’s gentleman farmer concept. Thus, Mr. Jewell was inspired to create an elegant New England Stone Farm House designed to provide an exceptional environment for them to live, entertain, cook and swim in the large reflection lap pool. Mr. Jewell envisioned a dramatic vaulted great room with hand selected 200 year old reclaimed wood beams and 10 foot tall pocketing French doors that would connect the house to a pool, deck areas, loggia and lush garden spaces, thus bringing the outdoors in. A large cupola “lantern clerestory” in the main vaulted ceiling casts a natural warm light over the graceful room below. The rustic walk-in stone fireplace provides a central focal point for the inviting living room lounge. Important to the functionality of the pool house are a chef’s working farm kitchen with open cabinetry, free-standing stove and a soapstone topped central island with bar height seating. Grey washed barn doors glide open to reveal a vaulted and beamed quilting room with full bath and a vaulted and beamed library/guest room with full bath that bookend the main space. The private garden expanded and evolved over time. After purchasing two adjacent lots, the owners decided to redesign the garden and unify it by eliminating the tennis court, relocating the pool and building an inspired "barn". The concept behind the garden’s new design came from Thomas Jefferson’s home at Monticello with its wandering paths, orchards, and experimental vegetable garden. As a result this small organic farm, was born. Today the farm produces more than fifty varieties of vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers; many of which are rare and hard to find locally. The farm also grows a wide variety of fruits including plums, pluots, nectarines, apricots, apples, figs, peaches, guavas, avocados (Haas, Fuerte and Reed), olives, pomegranates, persimmons, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and ten different types of citrus. The remaining areas consist of drought-tolerant sweeps of rosemary, lavender, rockrose, and sage all of which attract butterflies and dueling hummingbirds. Photo Credit: Laura Hull Photography. Interior Design: Jeffrey Hitchcock. Landscape Design: Laurie Lewis Design. General Contractor: Martin Perry Premier General Contractors

This is an example of a farmhouse landscaping in Orange County.

Dirveway with artificial turf, many uses
Home design - transitional home design idea in San Francisco

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The gas fire pit casts a warm glow to the landscape as if it was always there. LED lighting as path lights and wall lights illuminate the paving, while a Pekin Lilac tree is illuminated by an uplight.

Design: View from Deck
Inspiration for a rustic landscaping in Atlanta.

Inspiration for a transitional l-shaped multicolored floor utility room remodel in Chicago with shaker cabinets, white cabinets, multicolored walls, a side-by-side washer/dryer and white countertops

Screened Porches Screened porches make up the rear of the house, but one can see the covered side porch at left (with Master Bath shower above) and the new back deck at the right. The back yard is decidedly low maintenance, with its artificial turf grass and gravel areas at the perimeter (where the dogs patrol). fiber cement siding painted Cleveland Green (7" siding), Sweet Vibrations (4" siding), and Texas Leather (11" siding)—all by Benjamin Moore • window trim and clerestory band painted Night Horizon by Benjamin Moore • soffit & fascia painted Camouflage by Benjamin Moore. Construction by CG&S Design-Build. Photography by Tre Dunham, Fine focus Photography

Pic of lower corner patio. Belgard Urbana permeable paver walkway. Doggie door steps access to yard
Photo of a concrete paver landscaping in Seattle.

Matthew J. Cunningham
Example of a trendy home design design in Boston

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This laundry, mud room, pool bath combination space is hardworking! Storage for family jackets, sports equipment, cleaning supplies,, laundry, and even the dog crate fills this space. the family powder room (pool bath) squeeked into a narrow space at the end of the room and is punctuated by sunny yellow wall covering.

After: Trees, Planters, & Boarders
Photo of a rustic landscaping in Atlanta.

Photography by Aaron Lietz
Mid-century modern exterior home photo in Portland

Photo of a mid-sized farmhouse partial sun backyard formal garden in Atlanta.

Back Patio

Michael Chudy
Home design - traditional home design idea in Toronto