A cozy cottage nestled in the woods of Vashon Island.
Studio / workshop shed - small traditional detached studio / workshop shed idea in Seattle

Rustic exterior home idea in Austin

Trendy concrete floor bedroom photo in Houston with white walls

Chi Chi Ubina
Rustic one-story glass exterior home idea in New York

Photo: Rikki Snyder © 2015 Houzz
Example of an eclectic kitchen design in New York

Example of a mid-sized island style backyard stone and rectangular infinity hot tub design in Miami

Inspiration for a timeless gray two-story wood gable roof remodel in Minneapolis

What a way to showcase existing deciduous trees...landscape a small garden around them. Be sure to add lows and highs to your design.
Inspiration for a small mediterranean shade front yard mulch landscaping in Chicago for summer.

Covered Porch with custom made screen panels. Screen door opens to rest of covered deck. The Screened porch also has access to the dinning room. Longviews Studios

Alic Hayes Photography
Small rustic three-story wood exterior home idea in Seattle with a shed roof

Lori Hamilton Photography
Huge island style backyard stone and custom-shaped infinity water slide photo in Miami

Our pioneer project, Casita de Tierra in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, showcases the natural building techniques of a rubble trench foundation, earthbag construction, natural plasters, earthen floors, and a composting toilet. Our earthbag wall system consists of locally available, cost-efficient, polypropylene bags that are filled with a formula of clay and aggregate unearthed from our building site. The bags are stacked like bricks in running bonds, which are strengthened by courses of barbed wire laid between each row, and tamped into place. The walls are then plastered with a mix composed of clay, sand, soil and straw, and are followed by gypsum and lime renders to create attractive walls. The casita exhibits a load-bearing wall system demonstrating that thick earthen walls, with no rebar or cement, can support a roofing structure. We, also, installed earthen floors, created an indoor dry-composting toilet system, utilized local woods for the furniture, routed all grey water to the outdoor garden, and maximized air flow by including cross-ventilating screened windows below the natural palm frond and cane roof. Casita de Tierra exemplifies an economically efficient, structurally sound, aesthetically pleasing, environmentally kind, and socially responsible home.

Designed and built by Land Art Design, Inc.
Photo of a large traditional shade backyard stone retaining wall landscape in DC Metro.

Extending the architectural elegance of the house was the primary objective for this suburban Toronto pool. Special care was taken to retain existing mature trees and a small retaining wall was built to help level the sloping yard. The pool's formal lines are established with the 11' radius Roman steps centred across from a stone feature wall with three bronze fleur-de-lys spitter sconces. A dark vinyl liner surrounded by natural flagstone coping and deck completes the look. (13 x 30, rectangular)

The trough collects overflow and moves towards a rock and metal channel within the rain garden, and toward the forests and escarpment. This linear view occurs at the large windows in the master suite, and was our response to a specific client request, that directs views from an expanse of windows to sunrises in the east. Photo Credit :Rebecca A O'Neal

Shade Garden Space, RCB
Design ideas for a traditional landscaping in Kansas City.

Eric Piasecki
Example of a beach style two-story exterior home design in New York

Northeast Elevation reveals private deck, dog run, and entry porch overlooking Pier Cove Valley to the north - Bridge House - Fenneville, Michigan - Lake Michigan, Saugutuck, Michigan, Douglas Michigan - HAUS | Architecture For Modern Lifestyles

Photographer: John Bessler Photography http://www.besslerphoto.com/ Designer: Heather Garrett http://www.houzz.com/pro/heathergarrett/heather-garrett-design Apr/May 2016 Higher Ground http://urbanhomemagazine.com/feature/1529