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Welcome home to this luxe, modern, and inviting townhome in the heart of downtown Jersey City! We are ecstatic to see this project completed.
This 4-story multifamily underwent a major renovation and was transformed into a spacious and functional family home for our clients. Careful consideration of our client’s lifestyle and plans for the future dictated every design decision. They needed a space that would function well now that they are a young professional couple and a space that would nicely accommodate a growing family in the future. Greater emphasis was placed on common family spaces and bedrooms were designed exclusively for sleep with minimal room for work or study and without TV connections to discourage those activities from taking place in these spaces. Instead, common places such as the family room and the kitchen are inviting and foster those activities.
Due to sagging floors in need of extensive repair, it made more financial sense to replace them entirely. We took this historic house and by re-pitching the roof in an inverted form we were able to gain an overall 36” which we used for raising the floors. This, in turn, allowed us to bring the ground level up to code and be suitable for living space and gave us additional ceiling room on the upper floors. The ground floor was designed to be used as a rental unit and can be reincorporated into the home later when more space is needed.
Both front and back facades were replaced with timeless brick and vertical wood siding and all windows and front doors were replaced. The ground floor features a one-bedroom suite, living room, and open kitchen-dining area. On the first floor, we achieved a more effective entry sequence to the living room, an open-concept design leading to the kitchen. The interior is bright and airy, and the kitchen opens up to the deck in the back and the patio, making entertaining indoors and outdoors seamless. The design works in a way to accommodate the addition of a stair leading to the ground level when the rental unit is incorporated back into the house.
Up on the second floor, a suite with a bathroom was designed with grandparents or guests in mind. Also, two additional bedrooms are now being used as an exercise room and a zoom-worthy office but can later be used as kids’ rooms.
Last but not least, the third floor features the master suite with his and hers walk-in closets, a master bath, and a library.


An open house lot is like a blank canvas. When Mathew first visited the wooded lot where this home would ultimately be built, the landscape spoke to him clearly. Standing with the homeowner, it took Mathew only twenty minutes to produce an initial color sketch that captured his vision - a long, circular driveway and a home with many gables set at a picturesque angle that complemented the contours of the lot perfectly.
The interior was designed using a modern mix of architectural styles – a dash of craftsman combined with some colonial elements – to create a sophisticated yet truly comfortable home that would never look or feel ostentatious.
Features include a bright, open study off the entry. This office space is flanked on two sides by walls of expansive windows and provides a view out to the driveway and the woods beyond. There is also a contemporary, two-story great room with a see-through fireplace. This space is the heart of the home and provides a gracious transition, through two sets of double French doors, to a four-season porch located in the landscape of the rear yard.
This home offers the best in modern amenities and design sensibilities while still maintaining an approachable sense of warmth and ease.
Photo by Eric Roth


Hearthside seating area Lighting closeup, see also the joinery, mortise and tenon work, By Paul Kiler 2004
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Patio - transitional gravel patio idea in Los Angeles with a fire pit and no cover


Kitchen eat in area, with large bell jar hanging light
Dining room - traditional dining room idea in New York with yellow walls
Dining room - traditional dining room idea in New York with yellow walls


A few steps from the beach on Bainbridge Island, this new home on an old foundation has 3100 square feet of living space, plus his/hers art studios adjacent to and above the detached garage. Taught lines are combined with rugged, sustainable materials, including triple-glazed windows, heated concrete floors, reclaimed wood stairs, and counters of concrete and recycled glass.


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Example of a large trendy u-shaped light wood floor and beige floor kitchen design in Cleveland with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, black cabinets, quartz countertops, white backsplash, stone slab backsplash, paneled appliances and an island
Example of a large trendy u-shaped light wood floor and beige floor kitchen design in Cleveland with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, black cabinets, quartz countertops, white backsplash, stone slab backsplash, paneled appliances and an island

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This ceiling was designed and detailed by dSPACE Studio. We created a custom plaster mold that was fabricated by a Chicago plaster company and installed and finished on-site.


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Dining room - coastal medium tone wood floor dining room idea in Providence with white walls
Dining room - coastal medium tone wood floor dining room idea in Providence with white walls


This home design features a two story vaulted great room space with a stone fireplace flanked by custom built in cabinetry. It features a custom two story white arched window. This great room features a blend of enameled and stained work.
Photo by Spacecrafting


Beach style medium tone wood floor kitchen/dining room combo photo in Charleston with white walls


Inspiration for a contemporary wood exterior home remodel in Portland


Design ideas for an asian shade backyard stone landscaping in Seattle.


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Small trendy white tile and gray tile porcelain tile powder room photo in Detroit with an undermount sink, furniture-like cabinets, granite countertops, gray walls, a one-piece toilet and dark wood cabinets
Small trendy white tile and gray tile porcelain tile powder room photo in Detroit with an undermount sink, furniture-like cabinets, granite countertops, gray walls, a one-piece toilet and dark wood cabinets


Photo Credit © Steve Keating
Entryway - traditional beige floor entryway idea in Seattle with a glass front door
Entryway - traditional beige floor entryway idea in Seattle with a glass front door


After having spent several years living in a trailer getting to know their rural property in La Pine Oregon, our clients made the decision to build a small off-the-grid modern cabin that they can retire in and use as a hub for entertaining family and friends. Keeping the cabin modest in scale and construction cost was critical to this couple since they planned to build the cabin themselves and didn’t want to overextend themselves financially so they can continue pursuing their love for international travel and maximize time spent with their loved ones.
Set amongst a grove of lodge pole pines, the cabin was designed with simplicity in mind and utilizes materials that help it fit in seamlessly with the surrounding high desert environment while being low maintenance and fire resistant. Although the cabin is compact in footprint, the interior spaces are all designed to open out onto a large outdoor deck, effectively doubling the usable living space, while a covered breezeway provides protected access to the main entry and houses an outdoor kitchen for entertaining in warmer weather and wood storage for use in the indoor/ outdoor fireplace during the winter months. The compact 600 square foot interior footprint also has a 200 square foot flexible loft space which can be used to work from and house guests alike. The exterior breezeway, main living space and loft was designed to be open to the vaulted wood rafters, steel collar ties and skylights above, creating a seamless transition between the interior and exterior and a sense of openness and lightness unusual for such a compact footprint.
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Nursery - transitional girl carpeted and gray floor nursery idea in Orange County with multicolored walls


Example of a mid-sized trendy white one-story vinyl gable roof design in Houston with a white roof
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