This modern Sarasota living room showcases a clean, minimalist layout designed to highlight natural light and the seamless connection to the outdoor patio. iStage Homes used low-profile furnishings, soft textures, and warm wood accents to create an inviting, contemporary atmosphere that enhances the home’s open architecture. The styling draws attention to the expansive sliders and garden views—key features that appeal to buyers seeking relaxed, modern living in Sarasota. Ryan Gamma Photography

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Blending graciously with this Cape Cod home’s architecture is an expansive and impressive Walpole custom attached pergola. It creates a spectacular outdoor room for relaxing and entertaining throughout the warmer months. Crafted in low maintenance AZEK, the custom pergola measures 35’ long by 11’ 10” high. The reinforced 5” deep by 14” high carrying beam sits atop four 9’ high by 10”dia. columns set into the homeowners’ blue stone patio. Joists are 1 1/2” by 7 1/4” and are attached to an 11/2” by 7 1/4” ledger board on the house. Walpole custom pergolas are limited only by your imagination. We will work from your sketches, architects drawings, or photographs. We also offer pergola kits in sizes from 10’ by 10’ to 14’ by 14’. For a free consultation, call Walpole at 800-343-6948 or complete our Design Consultation form.

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Inspired by elegance and simplicity the Portland collection is on trend with today's decor. The clear organza hardback shade with light gray trim encases the candelabras that emit a soft glow making any room visually appealing. The Brushed Nickel finish completes the look where fashion meets form. Also available in a Western Bronze finish and a complementing light amber organza hardback shade with bronze trim.

Columns and stone frame this traditional adaptation of a craftsman front door in the modern farmhouse aesthetic. The long porch overhang separates vertical and horizontal siding materials.

This gracious property in the award-winning Blaine school district - and just off the Southport Corridor - marries an old world European design sensibility with contemporary technologies and unique artisan details. With more than 5,200 square feet, the home has four bedrooms and three bathrooms on the second floor, including a luxurious master suite with a private terrace. The house also boasts a distinct foyer; formal living and dining rooms designed in an open-plan concept; an expansive, eat-in, gourmet kitchen which is open to the first floor great room; lower-level family room; an attached, heated, 2-½ car garage with roof deck; a penthouse den and roof deck; and two additional rooms on the lower level which could be used as bedrooms, home offices or exercise rooms. The home, designed with an extra-wide floorplan, achieved through side yard relief, also has considerable, professionally-landscaped outdoor living spaces. This brick and limestone residence has been designed with family-functional experiences and classically proportioned spaces in mind. Highly-efficient environmental technologies have been integrated into the design and construction and the plan also takes into consideration the incorporation of all types of advanced communications systems. The home went under contract in less than 45 days in 2011. Jim Yochum

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This darling young family of four recently moved to a beautiful home over looking La Jolla Shores. They wanted a home that represented their simple and sophisticated style that would still function as a livable space for their children. We incorporated a subtle nautical concept to blend with the location and dramatic color and texture contrasts to show off the architecture. Photo cred: Chipper Hatter: www.chipperhatter.com

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