ABS Shutters This material is extremely hard wearing, making it ideal for commercial installations. Our Shutters are manufactured using a hardwood core combined with an ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) plastic coating.

ABS Shutters This material is extremely hard wearing, making it ideal for commercial installations. Our Shutters are manufactured using a hardwood core combined with an ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) plastic coating.

Kevin Weber Photography
Inspiration for a contemporary living room remodel in Baltimore with white walls and a two-sided fireplace

ABS Shutters This material is extremely hard wearing, making it ideal for commercial installations. Our Shutters are manufactured using a hardwood core combined with an ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) plastic coating..

Luxury Vinyl Plank Flooring - MultiCore in color Appalachian Style Number MC-348
Living room - mid-sized traditional formal and enclosed vinyl floor living room idea in San Diego with beige walls, a standard fireplace, a brick fireplace and no tv

Living room - mid-sized eclectic formal and enclosed vinyl floor and beige floor living room idea in DC Metro with gray walls, a standard fireplace, a brick fireplace and no tv

Bedroom - small transitional guest painted wood floor bedroom idea in Los Angeles with beige walls and no fireplace

Once 'open', the kitchen still portrays sleek organization with a touch of contemporary class via the Flos Lighting wrapped chandelier and butcher block style table. Photography © Bruce Buck

Small trendy backyard gravel patio photo with a pergola

Inspiration for a coastal bedroom remodel in Philadelphia with multicolored walls

Inspiration for a craftsman kitchen remodel in Louisville

Minimalist kitchen photo in Portland

Photography by Sean Litchfield
Inspiration for a transitional dining room remodel in Boston

Photo: Jaclyn Dowdle

ABS Shutters This material is extremely hard wearing, making it ideal for commercial installations. Our Shutters are manufactured using a hardwood core combined with an ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) plastic coating..

Mid-sized trendy master gray tile and porcelain tile porcelain tile drop-in bathtub photo in Portland with shaker cabinets, dark wood cabinets, a one-piece toilet, gray walls, a drop-in sink and tile countertops

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Inspiration for a small cottage enclosed light wood floor family room remodel in San Francisco with gray walls

Mid-sized trendy look-out medium tone wood floor and gray floor basement photo in Edmonton with gray walls and no fireplace

The Control/Shift House is perched on the high side of the site which takes advantage of the view to the southeast. A gradual descending path navigates the change in terrain from the street to the entry of the house. A series of low retaining walls/planter beds gather and release the earth upon the descent resulting in a fairly flat level for the house to sit on the top one third of the site. The entry axis is aligned with the celebrated stair volume and then re-centers on the actual entry axis once you approach the forecourt of the house. The initial desire was for an “H” scheme house with common entertaining spaces bridging the gap between the more private spaces. After an investigation considering the site, program, and view, a key move was made: unfold the east wing of the “H” scheme to open all rooms to the southeast view resulting in a “T” scheme. The new derivation allows for both a swim pool which is on axis with the entry and main gathering space and a lap pool which occurs on the cross axis extending along the lengthy edge of the master suite, providing direct access for morning exercise and a view of the water throughout the day. The Control/Shift House was derived from a clever way of following the “rules.” Strict HOA guidelines required very specific exterior massing restrictions which limits the lengths of unbroken elevations and promotes varying sizes of masses. The solution most often used in this neighborhood is one of addition - an aggregation of masses and program randomly attached to the inner core of the house which often results in a parasitic plan. The approach taken with the Control/Shift House was to push and pull program/massing to delineate and define the layout of the house. Massing is intentional and reiterated by the careful selection of materiality that tracks through the house. Voids and relief in the plan are a natural result of this method and allow for light and air to circulate throughout every space of the house, even into the most inner core. Photography: Charles Davis Smith