Andrew Pogue Photography Located on one of the highest hilltops in Lakeway, this contemporary home enjoys panoramas of the Texas Hill Country. The home employs it’s unique position, surrounded by nature preserve, to integrate views with a variety of interior and outdoor spaces. The all stone entry features two massive pivot doors, front and back to view across the all negative edge pool, and on to the 15 mile view.

Mike and Michelle of Lake Barrington knew they needed extra space. Their home was becoming too crowded for their family with blossoming teenagers, so a basement renovation offered the perfect solution for more space for the kids and more room to entertain for the adults. “Our project consisted of expanding our laundry room, putting in a first floor wet bar so we had adult space upstairs, while also renovating our basement for a family-friendly and teen-functional area as well,” Michelle says. They found Advance Design Studio through a neighbor who gave a glowing recommendation, giving Michelle and Mike the confidence they needed to move forward with a major home renovation. They felt like they knew Advance Design before they even worked together. When they met with the owner Todd Jurs and designer Nicole Ryan, Mike and Michelle knew they were getting a trustworthy, dependable team that could create the project they had been dreaming about for 7 years. Having virtually no natural light to work with, one of the biggest design challenges was creating a basement that did not feel dark and depressing. The Advance team got to work creating architectural archways and custom detailed dry-stack stone columns artfully designed into the space, adding a dramatic element that made the space feel less like a basement or more like a relaxing family room. Color 3D renderings were created to portray what the space would look like so Mike and Michelle could visualize the space in advance. Detailed trim and crown moldings grace the built in buffet and wet bar making for an amazingly functional space that lacks nothing in style and visual interest. Cherry wood cabinetry by Dura Supreme is featured in the space with a “Cocoa Brown” finish and includes beautiful mirrored glass doors embellished with unique elliptical mullion details. A built-in microwave, dishwasher and mini fridge add practicality to the ample entertainment mecca. An under mounted sink finishes the space joined with a intricate mosaic tile backsplash and “Ventisca Polished” quartz countertops. The basement is absolutely perfect for hosting friends and family with expertly designed key areas such as a game space for the kids, a movie area for the family, an ample workout room with luxurious full bath, and even built in wine storage. The family absolutely loves the new basement living space, and has already enjoyed numerous family movie nights and sleep-overs with friends. While custom cabinets made by Dura Supreme were used to create unique spaces that lived up to Mike and Michelle’s expectations., heated flooring under the 16”x16” “Mongolian Spring” tile was installed giving all tiled areas of the basement a much cozier feel, eliminating that cold hard surface most of us hate in our basements! The new basement must-have requirement list included a new bath space, which was incorporated adjacent to the work out room. The sleek shower door and cabinets in the new bathroom make guests and family feel like they are in an elegant hotel. The new guest bath features 4”x36” “Silver Screen” honed marble tile in a brick pattern on the shower walls and 2”x2” “Chenille” limestone tile in a hexagon mosaic pattern on the shower floor. “I came in with very specific requirements for our three project areas,” Michelle says. “There was not one time that I felt like I was asking for something that was not going to turn out how I anticipated.” Tying in multiple rooms during a renovation if you have can do it makes a lot of sense and saves money in the long run. A fully functional laundry room as well was a must on this family’s wish list. Michelle wanted to add space to the existing cramped and awkward laundry room, and Mike wanted to make sure they could still park a car in the garage. Reconfiguring interior walls required borrowing unused space cleverly from the garage in order to enlarge the laundry room space. Drawers under the stairs added beautiful hidden storage created almost magically out of dead space. White painted Dura Supreme cabinets bring additional light into the small space; while the 16”x16” cleft slate tile flooring provides excellent contrast and the naturally earthy feel Michelle wanted. Quartz countertops with a 3”x12” “Debut Dew” subway tile backsplash add elegance to the now upliftingly bright laundry room. The extra space makes doing laundry much more pleasurable and the added storage is a great for all those little things like winter hats and gloves, umbrellas and the like. “The Advance Design project team was phenomenal to work with,” Michelle says. “They came in, shared the plans with us and walked us through the expectations. We always knew what was coming next.” Converting an existing closet space, the wet bar upstairs was challenging because they wanted a functional area that didn’t look or feel like cabinets just sticking out of a closet. So the Advance team transformed this ordinary closet space into a stunning wet bar that architecturally appears as if it’s always been there. Traditional, elegant hand carved custom molding matching the adjacent fireplace ties the new entertainment bar area in nicely with the existing family room and kitchen area. Featuring a built in wine refrigerator, Dura Supreme cabinetry in deep cherry wood elegantly displays wine bottles and etched glass mullion doors that fill with soft light in the evening hours. Cambria “Windermere” quartz countertops with a sophisticated hammered copper sink and a glimmering backsplash round out the stunning wet bar. Hosting parties and family functions has become much more enjoyable now that they have a dedicated beverage serving area large enough to include hors devours. All three projects were designed and constructed together at the same time, making for a cohesive project that was administered smoothly and easily both for the design team and for the family. Disruption to the home was minimal as each phase was completed in each project conclusively, and design and meeting time for the homeowner was efficient and organized making for an enjoyable process. “Advance Design was great to work with,” Michelle says. “I would highly recommend them to anyone considering a home improvement project. They took the time at the beginning to understand our needs, our budget, and our vision for our home. The field team was great, attentive, on time, cleaned up each day and made the overall experience very positive. We couldn't be happier with the finished product.” With the help of our talented, award winning design team you can create the basement, laundry room, or any other home renovation that you have been dreaming of. With our “Common Sense Remodeling” approach, the process of renovating you home has never been easier. Contact us today at 847-836-2600 or schedule an appointment to talk with us about that kitchen remodeling project. Joe Nowak

SDH Studio - Architecture and Design Location: Golden Beach, Florida, USA The Architecture is conceived as an ensemble of vertical and horizontal planes that guide the user through a sequence of spatial and visual experiences. Our clients’ passion for the outdoors is embedded in the entire project. Also, the use of color is an important feature that highlights certain accents along the design.

The patio features cooking, dining, and living areas extending the great room outside / Builder - Platinum Custom Homes / Photo by ©Thompson Photographic.com 2018 / Tate Studio Architects

Mid-sized transitional open concept carpeted living room photo in Denver with gray walls, a standard fireplace and a tile fireplace

The genesis of design for this desert retreat was the informal dining area in which the clients, along with family and friends, would gather. Located in north Scottsdale’s prestigious Silverleaf, this ranch hacienda offers 6,500 square feet of gracious hospitality for family and friends. Focused around the informal dining area, the home’s living spaces, both indoor and outdoor, offer warmth of materials and proximity for expansion of the casual dining space that the owners envisioned for hosting gatherings to include their two grown children, parents, and many friends. The kitchen, adjacent to the informal dining, serves as the functioning heart of the home and is open to the great room, informal dining room, and office, and is mere steps away from the outdoor patio lounge and poolside guest casita. Additionally, the main house master suite enjoys spectacular vistas of the adjacent McDowell mountains and distant Phoenix city lights. The clients, who desired ample guest quarters for their visiting adult children, decided on a detached guest casita featuring two bedroom suites, a living area, and a small kitchen. The guest casita’s spectacular bedroom mountain views are surpassed only by the living area views of distant mountains seen beyond the spectacular pool and outdoor living spaces. Project Details | Desert Retreat, Silverleaf – Scottsdale, AZ Architect: C.P. Drewett, AIA, NCARB; Drewett Works, Scottsdale, AZ Builder: Sonora West Development, Scottsdale, AZ Photographer: Dino Tonn Featured in Phoenix Home and Garden, May 2015, “Sporting Style: Golf Enthusiast Christie Austin Earns Top Scores on the Home Front” See more of this project here: http://drewettworks.com/desert-retreat-at-silverleaf/

Design/Build custom home in Hummelstown, PA. This transitional style home features a timeless design with on-trend finishes and features. An outdoor living retreat features a pool, landscape lighting, playground, outdoor seating, and more.

This kitchen features full overlay frameless cabinets in the Metro door style from Eclipse Cabinetry by Shiloh in Pearl White Melamine. Panel ready Sub-Zero column refrigerator and freezer flank the Wolf fuel professional range with custom hood. Builder: J. Peterson Homes Architect: Visbeen Architects Kitchen and Cabinetry Design: TruKitchens Photos: Ashley Avila Photography

The potting shed and vegetable garden (featured in a spring issue of Country Living Gardens magazine. © Melissa Clark Photography. All rights reserved

Modern residential architecture featuring Windsor Pinnacle wood clad windows and patio doors with black clad exteriors and (after-market) black painted interiors.

Our clients wanted to make a statement and add an element of lux to their bathroom. Our designer created a sense of luxury and drama by mixing dark moody surface textures. Black feature tiles have different textured surfaces and create an eye catching finish as soon as you enter the bathroom. Black tiles are complemented by the walnut finish on the sleek vanity with an edgy Luxecrete benchtop in charcoal. The basin is moulded into the benchtop giving the vanity its clean minimalist look. The vanity, the shaving cabinet and the cupboard provide plenty of storage for the busy family of four. Matt black wall-mounted taps suit the dark colour scheme and give the bathroom its polished look. The black wall hung toilet is both practical and aesthetically pleasing, and it’s a sophisticated choice for a contemporary concealed toilet solution. The built-in shower bench enhances the look and functionality of the walk-in shower and provides its user with many practical solutions - from storing the toiletries to creating a perch to sit on.

San Marino based clients were interested in developing a property that had been in their family for generations. This was an exciting proposition as it was one of the last surviving bayside double lots on the scenic Coronado peninsula in San Diego. They desired a holiday home that would be a gathering place for their large, close- knit family. San Marino based clients were interested in developing a property that had been in their family for generations. This was an exciting proposition as it was one of the last surviving bayside double lots on the scenic Coronado peninsula in San Diego. They desired a holiday home that would be a gathering place for their large, close-knit family. Facing the Back Bay, overlooking downtown and the Bay Bridge, this property presented us with a unique opportunity to design a vacation home with a dual personality. One side faces a bustling harbor with a constant parade of yachts, cargo vessels and military ships while the other opens onto a deep, quiet contemplative garden. The home’s shingle-style influence carries on the historical Coronado tradition of clapboard and Craftsman bungalows built in the shadow of the great Hotel Del Coronado which was erected at the turn of the last century. In order to create an informal feel to the residence, we devised a concept that eliminated the need for a “front door”. Instead, one walks through the garden and enters the “Great Hall” through either one of two French doors flanking a walk-in stone fireplace. Both two-story bedroom wings bookend this central wood beam vaulted room which serves as the “heart of the home”, and opens to both views. Three sets of stairs are discretely tucked away inside the bedroom wings. In lieu of a formal dining room, the family convenes and dines around a beautiful table and banquette set into a circular window bay off the kitchen which overlooks the lights of the city beyond the harbor. Working with noted interior designer Betty Ann Marshall, we designed a unique kitchen that was inspired by the colors and textures of a fossil the couple found on a honeymoon trip to the quarries of Montana. We set that ancient fossil into a matte glass backsplash behind the professional cook’s stove. A warm library with walnut paneling and a bayed window seat affords a refuge for the family to read or play board games. The couple’s fine craft and folk art collection is on prominent display throughout the house and helps to set an intimate and whimsical tone. Another architectural feature devoted to family is the play room lit by a dramatic cupola which beacons the older grandchildren and their friends. Below the play room is a four car garage that allows the patriarch space to refurbish an antique fire truck, a mahogany launch boat and several vintage cars. Their jet skis and kayaks are housed in another garage designed for that purpose. Lattice covered skylights that allow dappled sunlight to bathe the loggia affords a comfortable refuge to watch the kids swim and gaze out upon the rushing water, the Coronado Bay Bridge and the romantic downtown San Diego skyline. Architect: Ward Jewell Architect, AIA Interior Design: Betty Ann Marshall Construction: Bill Lyons Photographer: Laura Hull Styling: Zale Design Studio

This basement features billiards, a sunken home theatre, a stone wine cellar and multiple bar areas and spots to gather with friends and family.
Large country brown floor living room photo in Cincinnati with a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace and gray walls

The PLFW 755 is a strong statement piece in this kitchen, covering two ranges. The LED lights highlight a beautiful brick backsplash and make the range shine! What a beautiful kitchen! The PLFW 755 is a modern rectangular wall range hood that looks beautiful in any kitchen. It features an 1100 CFM blower, more than enough power to cook whatever you like! This hood is a great fit for casual cooks and serious cooks. You can use the user-friendly four-speed control panel to adjust the power, control the LED lights, or turn the range hood off. Speaking of lights, the PLFW 755 features bright, energy-efficient LEDs (2-4 depending on the size of your model). You'll also enjoy dishwasher-safe baffle filters that collect grease and dirt as the kitchen air travels out of your home. This model also features a delayed shut-off timer, allowing you to keep your range hood on for 15 minutes after you cook. Then, it shuts off by itself! More Features and Specs: 2-4 LED Lights (Depending on Size) High-Quality 430 Stainless Steel Duct size: 10" Sone: 7.5 Dual 1100 CFM blower Note: The 30" range hood in this model has a single 900 CFM blower, not an 1100 CFM dual blower.

The PLFW 755 is a modern rectangular wall range hood that looks beautiful in any kitchen. It features an 1100 CFM blower, more than enough power to cook whatever you like! This hood is a great fit for casual cooks and serious cooks. You can use the user-friendly four-speed control panel to adjust the power, control the LED lights, or turn the range hood off. Speaking of lights, the PLFW 755 features bright, energy-efficient LEDs (2-4 depending on the size of your model). You'll also enjoy dishwasher-safe baffle filters that collect grease and dirt as the kitchen air travels out of your home. This model also features a delayed shut-off timer, allowing you to keep your range hood on for 15 minutes after you cook. Then, it shuts off by itself! More Features and Specs: 2-4 LED Lights (Depending on Size) High-Quality 430 Stainless Steel Duct size: 10" Sone: 7.5 Dual 1100 CFM blower Note: The 30" range hood in this model has a single 900 CFM blower, not an 1100 CFM dual blower. View the full product information by clicking on the link below. https://www.prolinerangehoods.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=PLFW%20755

The PLFW 755 is a strong statement piece in this kitchen, covering two ranges. The LED lights highlight a beautiful brick backsplash and make the range shine! What a beautiful kitchen! The PLFW 755 is a modern rectangular wall range hood that looks beautiful in any kitchen. It features an 1100 CFM blower, more than enough power to cook whatever you like! This hood is a great fit for casual cooks and serious cooks. You can use the user-friendly four-speed control panel to adjust the power, control the LED lights, or turn the range hood off. Speaking of lights, the PLFW 755 features bright, energy-efficient LEDs (2-4 depending on the size of your model). You'll also enjoy dishwasher-safe baffle filters that collect grease and dirt as the kitchen air travels out of your home. This model also features a delayed shut-off timer, allowing you to keep your range hood on for 15 minutes after you cook. Then, it shuts off by itself! More Features and Specs: 2-4 LED Lights (Depending on Size) High-Quality 430 Stainless Steel Duct size: 10" Sone: 7.5 Dual 1100 CFM blower Note: The 30" range hood in this model has a single 900 CFM blower, not an 1100 CFM dual blower.

The PLFW 755 is a modern rectangular wall range hood that looks beautiful in any kitchen. It features an 1100 CFM blower, more than enough power to cook whatever you like! This hood is a great fit for casual cooks and serious cooks. You can use the user-friendly four-speed control panel to adjust the power, control the LED lights, or turn the range hood off. Speaking of lights, the PLFW 755 features bright, energy-efficient LEDs (2-4 depending on the size of your model). You'll also enjoy dishwasher-safe baffle filters that collect grease and dirt as the kitchen air travels out of your home. This model also features a delayed shut-off timer, allowing you to keep your range hood on for 15 minutes after you cook. Then, it shuts off by itself! More Features and Specs: 2-4 LED Lights (Depending on Size) High-Quality 430 Stainless Steel Duct size: 10" Sone: 7.5 Dual 1100 CFM blower Note: The 30" range hood in this model has a single 900 CFM blower, not an 1100 CFM dual blower. View the full product information by clicking on the link below. https://www.prolinerangehoods.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=PLFW%20755

The PLFW 755 is a modern rectangular wall range hood that looks beautiful in any kitchen. It features an 1100 CFM blower, more than enough power to cook whatever you like! This hood is a great fit for casual cooks and serious cooks. You can use the user-friendly four-speed control panel to adjust the power, control the LED lights, or turn the range hood off. Speaking of lights, the PLFW 755 features bright, energy-efficient LEDs (2-4 depending on the size of your model). You'll also enjoy dishwasher-safe baffle filters that collect grease and dirt as the kitchen air travels out of your home. This model also features a delayed shut-off timer, allowing you to keep your range hood on for 15 minutes after you cook. Then, it shuts off by itself! More Features and Specs: 2-4 LED Lights (Depending on Size) High-Quality 430 Stainless Steel Duct size: 10" Sone: 7.5 Dual 1100 CFM blower Note: The 30" range hood in this model has a single 900 CFM blower, not an 1100 CFM dual blower. View the full product information by clicking on the link below. https://www.prolinerangehoods.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=PLFW%20755

The PLFW 755 is a strong statement piece in this kitchen, covering two ranges. The LED lights highlight a beautiful brick backsplash and make the range shine! What a beautiful kitchen! The PLFW 755 is a modern rectangular wall range hood that looks beautiful in any kitchen. It features an 1100 CFM blower, more than enough power to cook whatever you like! This hood is a great fit for casual cooks and serious cooks. You can use the user-friendly four-speed control panel to adjust the power, control the LED lights, or turn the range hood off. Speaking of lights, the PLFW 755 features bright, energy-efficient LEDs (2-4 depending on the size of your model). You'll also enjoy dishwasher-safe baffle filters that collect grease and dirt as the kitchen air travels out of your home. This model also features a delayed shut-off timer, allowing you to keep your range hood on for 15 minutes after you cook. Then, it shuts off by itself! More Features and Specs: 2-4 LED Lights (Depending on Size) High-Quality 430 Stainless Steel Duct size: 10" Sone: 7.5 Dual 1100 CFM blower Note: The 30" range hood in this model has a single 900 CFM blower, not an 1100 CFM dual blower.