A home built on one of Canada's most beautiful lakes posed a design challenge. The home had originally been built almost directly in opposition to natural light and views to the lake. While most opinions were to tear the existing home down, BLDG Workshop worked closely with the client to recreate the home in a way that opened it up and became more fitting to the site.

Jewett Farms + Co’s Reclaimed Antique White Pine flooring has a rustic and warm feel that creates a sense of personal history. Antique white pine has long been loved for its tall straight growth, providing long boards perfect for barn siding. White pine planks age to a warm golden pumpkin tone. It’s a soft wood and with time will show signs of daily use. Reclaimed white pine timbers have variegated amber tones and feature occasional nail holes, knots and saw marks. Antique white pine is salvaged from granary boards as well as interior and exterior barn siding. Jewett Farms + Co’s Reclaimed Antique White Pine wide plank flooring is available to be shipped throughout the United States from our New England headquarters

Turning backyards and landscapes into works of art at night. Lighting design by Marras Illumination
Design ideas for a rustic backyard formal garden in New York.

I like to hike in this redwood forest in Northern California. Observing nature helps design sustainable human settlements.

Angela Dye
Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary drought-tolerant and full sun hillside stone garden path in Denver for summer.

The concept of the garden was based on, “Brazilian Hummingbirds II”, a painting the MFAH has in its collection by the artist, Martin Johnson Heade. Heade travelled to the rainforest in Brazil between 1863 and 1864 and painted a series of small paintings depicting hummingbirds in the lush foliage of the Brazilian rainforests. His painting, Brazilian Hummingbirds, II, evokes the sultry atmosphere of the Brazilian rainforest with its misty quality and subtle lighting. His interest in ornithology can be seen in his detailed depictions of the hummingbirds. The garden location is adjacent to one of Buffalo Bayou’s steep, wooded ravines. The ravine, with its native plant communities and topography, is a perfect back- drop for a garden with a rainforest theme. Because the date for the garden opening coincides with the spring migration of hummingbirds into our region, the hummingbird theme seemed appropriate for this garden competition. The garden will include a variety of tropical plants native to the rainforests such as bromeliads, orchids, heliconia, and passion fruit flowers. In addition, native plants to our region such as the Sabal Minor and Southern Wood Fern will be included to integrate plants that are found nearby in the ravine. The Heliconia flowers produce considerable amounts of nectar, a high energy food essential for hummingbirds who are known to consume three times their bodyweight in a single day. In addition to nectar producing plants, there will be hummingbird nest materials dispersed throughout the garden. A misty quality to the garden will be provided by a misting system, and tropical colored lights will be lit at night for special events. Visitors to the garden will have a unique sensory experience reminiscent to that of Heade’s travels to Brazil’s rainforests.

Premonition by Jon Allen - JAC 195 The Jon Allen Collection is an exclusive, hand-selected group of my most personal work to date. Each piece is hand-painted on aluminum. My art itself and my chosen medium, aluminum, are blissfully married. You may not think of the word organic when you hear the word metal, but this is some of my most organic art and that’s simply because metal allows my work to achieve true sentience. Aluminum’s naturally reflective nature enables each color, shape, and stroke to reach its full potential. A new aspect of the painting will reveal itself to you as it basks in the light that surrounds, evades, or envelops it in that moment. When you see the piece from different angles, you will appreciate how vibrant, dynamic, and environmentally influenced these pieces are. What you may see and feel by morning is not what you’ll see or feel by dusk and in many ways, and as such I feel these pieces capture the ever-ebbing and complex nature of human emotion and perception. Some of these pieces are truly abstract while others are modern takes on traditional landscapes, marine life, and portraits. I hope you enjoy them a fraction of how much I enjoyed creating them. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Number of Pieces: 1 Dimensions: 48" x 24" x 2" off the wall Care & Cleaning: Clean with a soft cloth and plain soap & water Other Features: Hardware is pre-installed for simple hanging and art will “float” 2” off the wall

American Beautyberry (Callicarpa Americana) showing a hint of yellow fall color and brilliant purple berries.
Inspiration for a mid-sized craftsman partial sun backyard landscaping in Jacksonville for fall.

Becky Young
Photo of a tropical landscaping in Hawaii.

Most species of wood used in hardwood flooring have some special feature that is only visible when the lumber is radially cut, a milling process more commonly known as "quarter-sawn." Every species will showcase tight, vertical grain. Maple figuring can result in "flaming" or a "tiger-stripe" pattern perpendicular to the grain structure; walnut will normalize in color almost completely and present burling and flame. Quarter-sawn oak boasts organic, cross-grain patterns of figuring and flecking that have remarkable depth. The vertical grain structure is still clearly visible, but this historic, old-growth oak houses an explosion of fleck.

Arbre 4x8 is a sculpted relief tile. The trees can be painted or dipped in one mono-chromatic glaze color. Framed with a chair rail and surrounded by 4x8 field in glaze POP #153 Call us to learn more at 612.270.2533

Inspiration for a contemporary side yard concrete paver garden path.

Backlighting and shadowing of trees create a backdrop for the flowers in the foreground.
Design ideas for a large craftsman backyard stone formal garden in Denver for summer.

Oversized and underused was how our Client described their old furniture for this space. We were brought in to come up with a furniture plan and accessorizing details that would make the space livable and loveable again!

This property owner was in need of a new driveway leading to his house and we had no problem carving one in for them.
This is an example of a mid-sized modern hillside gravel driveway.

Inspiration for a large contemporary full sun front yard gravel formal garden in New York.

Patio - traditional patio idea in Burlington

This Thunderhead pine offers so much texture and form to the garden.
Inspiration for an eclectic landscaping in Charlotte.