This light and airy bathroom exudes a tranquil and refreshing atmosphere with its harmonious color palette of blues, greens, creams, and whites. The space is anchored by a stylish bathroom vanity featuring a sleek quartz countertop, offering both elegance and functionality. Above the vanity, a decorative glass backsplash adds a touch of sophistication, reflecting light beautifully to enhance the room's brightness. The tiled shower serves as a focal point, with thoughtfully arranged tiles that showcase the blues and greens in the design. A built-in niche adds convenience and aesthetic appeal, making the shower both practical and visually engaging. The floor tiles seamlessly tie the space together, providing texture and grounding the airy ambiance. This cohesive design blends natural hues and materials to create a spa-like retreat that’s as stylish as it is serene.

This light and airy bathroom exudes a tranquil and refreshing atmosphere with its harmonious color palette of blues, greens, creams, and whites. The space is anchored by a stylish bathroom vanity featuring a sleek quartz countertop, offering both elegance and functionality. Above the vanity, a decorative glass backsplash adds a touch of sophistication, reflecting light beautifully to enhance the room's brightness. The tiled shower serves as a focal point, with thoughtfully arranged tiles that showcase the blues and greens in the design. A built-in niche adds convenience and aesthetic appeal, making the shower both practical and visually engaging. The floor tiles seamlessly tie the space together, providing texture and grounding the airy ambiance. This cohesive design blends natural hues and materials to create a spa-like retreat that’s as stylish as it is serene.

This light and airy bathroom exudes a tranquil and refreshing atmosphere with its harmonious color palette of blues, greens, creams, and whites. The space is anchored by a stylish bathroom vanity featuring a sleek quartz countertop, offering both elegance and functionality. Above the vanity, a decorative glass backsplash adds a touch of sophistication, reflecting light beautifully to enhance the room's brightness. The tiled shower serves as a focal point, with thoughtfully arranged tiles that showcase the blues and greens in the design. A built-in niche adds convenience and aesthetic appeal, making the shower both practical and visually engaging. The floor tiles seamlessly tie the space together, providing texture and grounding the airy ambiance. This cohesive design blends natural hues and materials to create a spa-like retreat that’s as stylish as it is serene.

This image captures the architectural detail of a curved staircase, which provides a dynamic and visually engaging element to the interior space. The staircase is fitted with plush, gray carpeting that softens each step and adds a comfortable texture underfoot. The warmth of the wooden handrail curves gently alongside the steps, leading the eye upward and creating a sense of continuity and flow. Metal balusters with a sleek, horizontal design accompany the curve of the stairs, contributing to the modern aesthetic while also ensuring safety and support. The backdrop features a blend of natural stone tiles, whose earthy tones and varied patterns provide a rich contrast to the carpet and wood. This design element encapsulates a balance of comfort, style, and organic textures, resulting in an inviting and stylish ascent to the upper level of the home.

This light and airy bathroom exudes a tranquil and refreshing atmosphere with its harmonious color palette of blues, greens, creams, and whites. The space is anchored by a stylish bathroom vanity featuring a sleek quartz countertop, offering both elegance and functionality. Above the vanity, a decorative glass backsplash adds a touch of sophistication, reflecting light beautifully to enhance the room's brightness. The tiled shower serves as a focal point, with thoughtfully arranged tiles that showcase the blues and greens in the design. A built-in niche adds convenience and aesthetic appeal, making the shower both practical and visually engaging. The floor tiles seamlessly tie the space together, providing texture and grounding the airy ambiance. This cohesive design blends natural hues and materials to create a spa-like retreat that’s as stylish as it is serene.

This light and airy bathroom exudes a tranquil and refreshing atmosphere with its harmonious color palette of blues, greens, creams, and whites. The space is anchored by a stylish bathroom vanity featuring a sleek quartz countertop, offering both elegance and functionality. Above the vanity, a decorative glass backsplash adds a touch of sophistication, reflecting light beautifully to enhance the room's brightness. The tiled shower serves as a focal point, with thoughtfully arranged tiles that showcase the blues and greens in the design. A built-in niche adds convenience and aesthetic appeal, making the shower both practical and visually engaging. The floor tiles seamlessly tie the space together, providing texture and grounding the airy ambiance. This cohesive design blends natural hues and materials to create a spa-like retreat that’s as stylish as it is serene.

Original Abstract Painting on Canvas by Kathleen Patrick This painting is heavily textured, and combines soft grays and white with flickering metallic gold. Medium: Acrylic on Canvas with Gold Leaf Foil Size: 36" x 48" x 1.5" This painting is sold - but you can contact us to commission a painting in this style. Tel: 312-292-7904 Visit our website www.chicagoskylineart.com to see much more From the artist: "This work is from a series that takes inspiration from weathered stone facades, natural stone formations and the organic shapes in nature. This painting is a quiet study in subtleties where I used only neutral colors. There are elusive shapes and formations in the multi-layered background - creating a uniquely textured artwork that is continuously visually engaging." Paintings in this series have been created as large as 6 ft. x 8 ft.

This light and airy bathroom exudes a tranquil and refreshing atmosphere with its harmonious color palette of blues, greens, creams, and whites. The space is anchored by a stylish bathroom vanity featuring a sleek quartz countertop, offering both elegance and functionality. Above the vanity, a decorative glass backsplash adds a touch of sophistication, reflecting light beautifully to enhance the room's brightness. The tiled shower serves as a focal point, with thoughtfully arranged tiles that showcase the blues and greens in the design. A built-in niche adds convenience and aesthetic appeal, making the shower both practical and visually engaging. The floor tiles seamlessly tie the space together, providing texture and grounding the airy ambiance. This cohesive design blends natural hues and materials to create a spa-like retreat that’s as stylish as it is serene.

This heart-forward project reimagined dark, dated communal spaces within an assisted living facility into warm, elevated environments that feel like a beautiful home. The goal was to inspire residents to leave their rooms, connect more often, and engage meaningfully with one another—enhancing daily life in tangible, human ways. Through crisp white finishes, layered dimmable 3000K lighting, and thoughtfully selected, durable furnishings, each space was designed for comfort, accessibility, textile interest and visual delight. Rich textures, Montana-inspired black and white photographic artwork, greenery, and purpose-driven zones—from a salon, bird-watching nook to gaming and family gathering areas—created a cohesive, welcoming atmosphere. The transformation sparked remarkable change: residents began gathering, laughing, sharing meals, and forming friendships, while families lingered longer and staff felt renewed pride. We are grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the renewal of this cottage and to play a small part in bringing new life to its spaces.

This light and airy bathroom exudes a tranquil and refreshing atmosphere with its harmonious color palette of blues, greens, creams, and whites. The space is anchored by a stylish bathroom vanity featuring a sleek quartz countertop, offering both elegance and functionality. Above the vanity, a decorative glass backsplash adds a touch of sophistication, reflecting light beautifully to enhance the room's brightness. The tiled shower serves as a focal point, with thoughtfully arranged tiles that showcase the blues and greens in the design. A built-in niche adds convenience and aesthetic appeal, making the shower both practical and visually engaging. The floor tiles seamlessly tie the space together, providing texture and grounding the airy ambiance. This cohesive design blends natural hues and materials to create a spa-like retreat that’s as stylish as it is serene.

This light and airy bathroom exudes a tranquil and refreshing atmosphere with its harmonious color palette of blues, greens, creams, and whites. The space is anchored by a stylish bathroom vanity featuring a sleek quartz countertop, offering both elegance and functionality. Above the vanity, a decorative glass backsplash adds a touch of sophistication, reflecting light beautifully to enhance the room's brightness. The tiled shower serves as a focal point, with thoughtfully arranged tiles that showcase the blues and greens in the design. A built-in niche adds convenience and aesthetic appeal, making the shower both practical and visually engaging. The floor tiles seamlessly tie the space together, providing texture and grounding the airy ambiance. This cohesive design blends natural hues and materials to create a spa-like retreat that’s as stylish as it is serene.

This light and airy bathroom exudes a tranquil and refreshing atmosphere with its harmonious color palette of blues, greens, creams, and whites. The space is anchored by a stylish bathroom vanity featuring a sleek quartz countertop, offering both elegance and functionality. Above the vanity, a decorative glass backsplash adds a touch of sophistication, reflecting light beautifully to enhance the room's brightness. The tiled shower serves as a focal point, with thoughtfully arranged tiles that showcase the blues and greens in the design. A built-in niche adds convenience and aesthetic appeal, making the shower both practical and visually engaging. The floor tiles seamlessly tie the space together, providing texture and grounding the airy ambiance. This cohesive design blends natural hues and materials to create a spa-like retreat that’s as stylish as it is serene.

Functionality of layout Unique design elements Choice of materials Environmental considerations (energy, comfort, health) Construction details/techniques to achieve industry best practices Open-concept and filled with sunshine, a culinary hub that’s designed to be the social heart of this home and a subtle reference to the engaged, family-first lifestyle that would have been found in the original, heritage farmhouse located on this property. 8x5-foot* island (with seating for 4-5 people) includes storage on each side plus convenient USB outlets to keep everyone’s electronics powered up and ready to go. Easy flow when entertaining is appreciated by family/guests alike who want to engage with chefs-at-work without intruding into their workspace. Pendant lighting above island is purposefully absent. View-lines to adjacent great-room remains unobstructed, thus fulfilling clients desire to provide the entire family (from teen to grandparents) with welcoming space to simply hang out together. Gas cooktop (with elegantly-curved, chimney hood-fan) and two, full-sized wall-ovens (regular and microwave/convection) conveniently located adjacent to each other on the back wall where it’s easy to transfer steaming dishes directly onto the island ready for your guests/family to help themselves. Subway-tile (3x6-inch) quartz backsplash creates visual continuity with the solid-slab island surface and perimeter countertops. Custom millwork (in contemporary white with brushed chrome handles) designed with full-height cabinets with upper shelves back-lit for warm night-time visual. Extra bonus storage and reduced dusting: always a winning combo. Easy-access spice kitchen includes all the features today’s savvy buyers expect from their cooking space: full-sized range with induction* cooktop, fridge, dishwasher, and 36-inch* sink that’s deep enough to effortlessly handle the biggest spaghetti/corn pots. A caterer’s dream too. Large format (3x3-foot) marble-inspired porcelain floor-tiling is extension of material used throughout main floor. Elegant, contemporary, dramatic. Warm on the feet, thanks to energy-efficient, in-floor radiant heating.

Original Abstract Painting on Canvas by Kathleen Patrick This painting is heavily textured, and combines soft grays and white with flickering metallic gold. Medium: Acrylic on Canvas with Gold Leaf Foil Size: 36" x 48" x 1.5" This painting is sold - but you can contact us to commission a painting in this style. Tel: 312-292-7904 Visit our website www.chicagoskylineart.com to see much more From the artist: "This work is from a series that takes inspiration from weathered stone facades, natural stone formations and the organic shapes in nature. This painting is a quiet study in subtleties where I used only neutral colors. There are elusive shapes and formations in the multi-layered background - creating a uniquely textured artwork that is continuously visually engaging." Paintings in this series have been created as large as 6 ft. x 8 ft.

This light and airy bathroom exudes a tranquil and refreshing atmosphere with its harmonious color palette of blues, greens, creams, and whites. The space is anchored by a stylish bathroom vanity featuring a sleek quartz countertop, offering both elegance and functionality. Above the vanity, a decorative glass backsplash adds a touch of sophistication, reflecting light beautifully to enhance the room's brightness. The tiled shower serves as a focal point, with thoughtfully arranged tiles that showcase the blues and greens in the design. A built-in niche adds convenience and aesthetic appeal, making the shower both practical and visually engaging. The floor tiles seamlessly tie the space together, providing texture and grounding the airy ambiance. This cohesive design blends natural hues and materials to create a spa-like retreat that’s as stylish as it is serene.

Living room - transitional living room idea in New York

photos courtesy of Seth Beckton
Inspiration for a large contemporary u-shaped dark wood floor open concept kitchen remodel in Denver with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, granite countertops, beige backsplash, stone slab backsplash, stainless steel appliances and a peninsula

Example of a beach style living room design in Boston

This residence was a complete gut renovation of a 4-story row house in Park Slope, and included a new rear extension and penthouse addition. The owners wished to create a warm, family home using a modern language that would act as a clean canvas to feature rich textiles and items from their world travels. As with most Brooklyn row houses, the existing house suffered from a lack of natural light and connection to exterior spaces, an issue that Principal Brendan Coburn is acutely aware of from his experience re-imagining historic structures in the New York area. The resulting architecture is designed around moments featuring natural light and views to the exterior, of both the private garden and the sky, throughout the house, and a stripped-down language of detailing and finishes allows for the concept of the modern-natural to shine. Upon entering the home, the kitchen and dining space draw you in with views beyond through the large glazed opening at the rear of the house. An extension was built to allow for a large sunken living room that provides a family gathering space connected to the kitchen and dining room, but remains distinctly separate, with a strong visual connection to the rear garden. The open sculptural stair tower was designed to function like that of a traditional row house stair, but with a smaller footprint. By extending it up past the original roof level into the new penthouse, the stair becomes an atmospheric shaft for the spaces surrounding the core. All types of weather – sunshine, rain, lightning, can be sensed throughout the home through this unifying vertical environment. The stair space also strives to foster family communication, making open living spaces visible between floors. At the upper-most level, a free-form bench sits suspended over the stair, just by the new roof deck, which provides at-ease entertaining. Oak was used throughout the home as a unifying material element. As one travels upwards within the house, the oak finishes are bleached to further degrees as a nod to how light enters the home. The owners worked with CWB to add their own personality to the project. The meter of a white oak and blackened steel stair screen was designed by the family to read “I love you” in Morse Code, and tile was selected throughout to reference places that hold special significance to the family. To support the owners’ comfort, the architectural design engages passive house technologies to reduce energy use, while increasing air quality within the home – a strategy which aims to respect the environment while providing a refuge from the harsh elements of urban living. This project was published by Wendy Goodman as her Space of the Week, part of New York Magazine’s Design Hunting on The Cut. Photography by Kevin Kunstadt