This 3,036 sq. ft custom farmhouse has layers of character on the exterior with metal roofing, cedar impressions and board and batten siding details. Inside, stunning hickory storehouse plank floors cover the home as well as other farmhouse inspired design elements such as sliding barn doors. The house has three bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, an office, second floor laundry room, and a large living room with cathedral ceilings and custom fireplace. Photos by Tessa Manning

Photo Courtesy of Cindy Loughridge
Living room library - scandinavian light wood floor living room library idea in San Francisco with white walls and a standard fireplace

Example of a beach style single-wall dark wood floor and brown floor home bar design in Los Angeles with no sink, open cabinets, white cabinets, black backsplash and white countertops

Example of a classic single-wall white floor wet bar design in Cleveland with glass-front cabinets, white cabinets, white backsplash and stainless steel countertops

Attractive living as an architectural experiment: a 136-year-old water tower, a listed building with a spectacular 360-degree panorama view over the City of London. The task, to transform it into a superior residence, initially seemed an absolute impossibility. But when the owners came across architect Mike Collier, they had found a partner who was to make the impossible possible. The tower, which had been empty for decades, underwent radical renovation work and was extended by a four-storey cube containing kitchen, dining and living room - connected by glazed tunnels and a lift shaft. The kitchen, realised by Enclosure Interiors in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, with furniture from LEICHT is the very heart of living in this new building. Shiny white matt-lacquered kitchen fronts (AVANCE-LR), tone-on-tone with the worktops, reflect the light in the room and thus create expanse and openness. The surface of the handle-less kitchen fronts has a horizontal relief embossing; depending on the light incidence, this results in a vitally structured surface. The free-standing preparation isle with its vertical side panels with a seamlessly integrated sink represents the transition between kitchen and living room. The fronts of the floor units facing the dining table were extended to the floor to do away with the plinth typical of most kitchens. Ceiling-high tall units on the wall provide plenty of storage space; the electrical appliances are integrated here invisible to the eye. Floor units on a high plinth which thus appear to be floating form the actual cooking centre within the kitchen, attached to the wall. A range of handle-less wall units concludes the glazed niche at the top. LEICHT international: “Architecture and kitchen” in the centre of London. www.LeichtUSA.com

Photo by Jeremy Bittermann
Inspiration for a modern open concept light wood floor living room remodel in Portland with white walls

Joe Fletcher Photography
Dining room - transitional dark wood floor dining room idea in San Francisco with white walls

Example of a trendy medium tone wood floor bedroom design in Las Vegas with beige walls, a stone fireplace and a two-sided fireplace

photos: Kyle Born
Example of a large eclectic enclosed light wood floor and brown floor living room design in New York with a bar, blue walls, a standard fireplace and no tv

Powder room - transitional light wood floor powder room idea in New York with flat-panel cabinets, gray cabinets, a two-piece toilet, gray walls and a drop-in sink

Transitional home gym photo in Calgary

Compact master bathroom remodel, Swiss Alps Photography
Inspiration for a small timeless master beige tile and travertine tile travertine floor and multicolored floor walk-in shower remodel in Portland with raised-panel cabinets, medium tone wood cabinets, a wall-mount toilet, beige walls, an undermount sink, quartz countertops and a hinged shower door

Transitional master dark wood floor bedroom photo in Dallas with gray walls and a standard fireplace

This unique Old Hampshire Designs timber frame home has a rustic look with rough-cut beams and tongue and groove ceilings, and is finished with hard wood floors through out. The centerpiece fireplace is of all locally quarried granite, built by local master craftsmen. This Lake Sunapee area home features a drop down bed set on a breezeway perfect for those cool summer nights. Built by Old Hampshire Designs in the Lake Sunapee/Hanover NH area Timber Frame by Timberpeg Photography by William N. Fish

Inspiration for a transitional dark wood floor and brown floor living room remodel in Houston with white walls

Eric Zepeda
Living room - large contemporary open concept light wood floor and gray floor living room idea in San Francisco with a ribbon fireplace, a stone fireplace, beige walls and a wall-mounted tv

Inspiration for a mid-sized transitional enclosed dark wood floor and brown floor living room library remodel in New York with white walls, no fireplace and a media wall

Example of a mid-sized cottage dark wood floor dining room design in Salt Lake City with white walls

Photo: Caela McKeever © 2015 Houzz
Example of a transitional living room design in Seattle