Kit Nichols

Chelone glabra / white turtlehead Photo: Aaron Carlson, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike -2.0 Generic

Soapweed yucca / Yucca glauca Photo: Matt Lavin, via Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic

Joyelle West Photography
Inspiration for a large timeless white two-story wood house exterior remodel in Boston with a shingle roof

Stylophorum Diphyllum / Celandine Poppy Photo: Simon Wheatley, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic

Nannyberry / Viburnum lentago Photo: Andrey Zharkikh, via Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-2.0 Generic

The 1,750-square foot Manhattan Beach bungalow is home to two humans and three dogs. Originally built in 1929, the bungalow had undergone various renovations that convoluted its original Moorish style. We gutted the home and completely updated both the interior and exterior. We opened the floor plan, rebuilt the ceiling with reclaimed hand-hewn oak beams and created hand-troweled plaster walls that mimicked the construction and look of the original walls. We also rebuilt the living room fireplace by hand, brick-by-brick, and replaced the generic roof tiles with antique handmade clay tiles. We returned much of this 3-bed, 2-bath home to a more authentic aesthetic, while adding modern touches of luxury, like radiant-heated floors, bi-fold doors that open from the kitchen/dining area to a large deck, and a custom steam shower, with Moroccan-inspired tile and an antique mirror. The end result is evocative luxury in a compact space.

Rosa californica / California wild rose Photo: Kat Grigg, via Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-2.0 Generic

Great Blue Lobelia / Lobelia siphilitica Photo: rockerBOO, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution- ShareAlike 2.0 Generic

Soapweed yucca / Yucca glauca Photo: Matt Lavin, via Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic

Adding color to a generic bathroom
Bathroom - mid-sized transitional 3/4 porcelain tile and beige floor bathroom idea in Jacksonville with beige walls

Living area - note view is generic - this is not ocean front property!
Example of a classic living room design in New York

Conoclinium Coelestinum / Blue Mistflower Photo: Fritz Flohr Reynolds, via Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic

L. McGrath
Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional shade hillside landscaping in Boston for summer.

Cream Wild Indigo / Baptisia bracteata Photo: Joshua Mayer, via Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic

Yellow Gingko Trees wrapped and ready for shipping Photo: Dana, via Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic

Photo: Joshua Mayer, via Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic University of Wisconsin Arboretum

Prairie false dandelion / Nothocalais Cuspidata Photo: Matt Lavin, via Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic

Ribes malvaceum / Pink chaparral currant Photo: Curtis Clark, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license