David Wu
Mid-sized minimalist brick floor entryway photo in Los Angeles with gray walls and a dark wood front door

Governor's House Entry by Lisa Tharp. 2019 Bulfinch Award - Interior Design. Photo by Michael J. Lee
Inspiration for a transitional painted wood floor entryway remodel with white walls and a black front door

• Matching Garage door and Entry door • Contemporary design • Rift White Oak Wood • White Laminate Glass • Custom stain with Dead Flat Clear coat • True Mortise and Tenon construction

Photography by Aidin Mariscal
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern gray one-story wood house exterior remodel in Orange County with a hip roof and a metal roof

Clopay Door Company
Inspiration for a timeless two-story exterior home remodel in Austin

Rustic fir plank style entry door with rosettes and lion head door knocker. All my doors are constructed using traditional mortise and tenon joinery with waterproof glue and will last for generations. The lion head knocker and rosettes are cast in Mexico and enhance the authentic Southwestern look and feel of the entry. Photo by: Wayne Hausknecht

Klopf Architecture and Outer space Landscape Architects designed a new warm, modern, open, indoor-outdoor home in Los Altos, California. Inspired by mid-century modern homes but looking for something completely new and custom, the owners, a couple with two children, bought an older ranch style home with the intention of replacing it. Created on a grid, the house is designed to be at rest with differentiated spaces for activities; living, playing, cooking, dining and a piano space. The low-sloping gable roof over the great room brings a grand feeling to the space. The clerestory windows at the high sloping roof make the grand space light and airy. Upon entering the house, an open atrium entry in the middle of the house provides light and nature to the great room. The Heath tile wall at the back of the atrium blocks direct view of the rear yard from the entry door for privacy. The bedrooms, bathrooms, play room and the sitting room are under flat wing-like roofs that balance on either side of the low sloping gable roof of the main space. Large sliding glass panels and pocketing glass doors foster openness to the front and back yards. In the front there is a fenced-in play space connected to the play room, creating an indoor-outdoor play space that could change in use over the years. The play room can also be closed off from the great room with a large pocketing door. In the rear, everything opens up to a deck overlooking a pool where the family can come together outdoors. Wood siding travels from exterior to interior, accentuating the indoor-outdoor nature of the house. Where the exterior siding doesn’t come inside, a palette of white oak floors, white walls, walnut cabinetry, and dark window frames ties all the spaces together to create a uniform feeling and flow throughout the house. The custom cabinetry matches the minimal joinery of the rest of the house, a trim-less, minimal appearance. Wood siding was mitered in the corners, including where siding meets the interior drywall. Wall materials were held up off the floor with a minimal reveal. This tight detailing gives a sense of cleanliness to the house. The garage door of the house is completely flush and of the same material as the garage wall, de-emphasizing the garage door and making the street presentation of the house kinder to the neighborhood. The house is akin to a custom, modern-day Eichler home in many ways. Inspired by mid-century modern homes with today’s materials, approaches, standards, and technologies. The goals were to create an indoor-outdoor home that was energy-efficient, light and flexible for young children to grow. This 3,000 square foot, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom new house is located in Los Altos in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Klopf Architecture Project Team: John Klopf, AIA, and Chuang-Ming Liu 
Landscape Architect: Outer space Landscape Architects 
Structural Engineer: ZFA Structural Engineers 
Staging: Da Lusso Design 
Photography ©2018 Mariko Reed 
Location: Los Altos, CA
 Year completed: 2017

A daytime view of the front entry. Very bright and striking.
Example of a small classic beige two-story brick exterior home design in Milwaukee with a hip roof

Architect: Michelle Penn, AIA This is remodel & addition project of an Arts & Crafts two-story home. It included the Kitchen & Dining remodel and an addition of an Office, Dining, Mudroom & 1/2 Bath. The new Mudroom has a bench & hooks for coats and storage. The skylight and angled ceiling create an inviting and warm entry from the backyard. Photo Credit: Jackson Studios

The Simpson 501 3/4 Lite door is painted tomato red and is set off by the ebony to the left and white shiplap of the exterior. Inviting red chair for taking off gardening gear.

The new front door entryway now organizes the space in a way that is much more efficient. A small bench, hooks and shelf organize the homeowners belongings. New details were added at the stair to enhance the area. See before images at www.clawsonarchitects.com to understand the complete transformation.

Borano Stockholm double modern door (one smaller panel). Pre-hung 3" thick genuine mahogany custom door 1 3/4" thick jamb, concealed hinges, impact rated door.

Covered entryway with custom designed & built stained Mahogany double entrance door. Photography: Peter Rymwid
Inspiration for a timeless exterior home remodel in New York

Angle Eye Photography
Inspiration for a huge country concrete floor entryway remodel in Philadelphia with a gray front door

Simple style, combined with simple materials, creates wonderful spaces for easy lake living. Photos by Susan Teare
Entryway - craftsman entryway idea in Burlington with a light wood front door

Beautiful home on Lake Keowee with English Arts and Crafts inspired details. The exterior combines stone and wavy edge siding with a cedar shake roof. Inside, heavy timber construction is accented by reclaimed heart pine floors and shiplap walls. The three-sided stone tower fireplace faces the great room, covered porch and master bedroom. Photography by Accent Photography, Greenville, SC.

photos by Eric Roth
Inspiration for a 1960s porcelain tile and gray floor entryway remodel in New York with white walls and a glass front door

Design by Joanna Hartman Photography by Ryann Ford Styling by Adam Fortner This space features Crema Marfil Honed 12x12 floor tile and Restoration Hardware "Vintage Hooks".

S6093 2'10" x 6'6" 2'10" x 6'8" 2'10" x 7'0" 2'4" x 6'6" 2'4" x 6'8" 2'6" x 6'6" 2'6" x 6'8" 2'8" x 6'6" 2'8" x 6'8" 2'8" x 7'0" 3'0" x 6'6" 3'0" x 6'8" 3'0" x 7'0" 3'6" x 6'8" Sidelites Left Sidelite Style ID Available Sizes Features S154SL 12" x 6'8" 14" x 6'8" Right Sidelite Style ID Available Sizes Features S154SL 12" x 6'8" 14" x 6'8" Finish Option: Paintable Get the look of fine painted wood and the strength of steel with a front door from the Smooth-Star® Entry Door Collection. It’s an excellent value in a fiberglass entry door, made of rugged compression-molded fiberglass with deep detailed panels. This design creates beautiful shadows and contours on your door’s surface. This perfectly stylish yet rugged fiberglass front door resists the dents and dings from day-to-day traffic, and will never rust or corrode. Also available with vented sidelites.