This bathroom came to us dark and outdated with a tub jutting into the middle of the room. A shower consisting of a lot of black tile make the space feel even more dark and confined. With an amazing sense of design and style, the homeowner selected finishes that are light and bright, while still keeping the space grounded with the black rub-thru vanity and make-up area. The shower enclosure received a healthy dose of glass and the tub was rotated 180 degrees to open up the space. A beautiful tile mosaic and fun light fixtures draws your eye into the room. Matt Villano Photography

Advice on interior design is available everywhere—from TV shows and websites to books, magazines and apps. We love seeing people become engaged in design and educated on the wide range of possibilities. But we hope you’ll proceed with caution. It’s not that style errors are a matter of life and death. It’s just that it’s easy to choose designs that aren’t necessarily reflective of your own personality and character. And since you’re typically stuck with your interior design decisions for years, styles that don’t quite fit can tend to grate on you. Interiors that give one person comfort may unleash chaos in someone else. This goes beyond favorite colors or hot trends, right to the heart of interior design, where you find questions of composition, balance, repetition, space and more. The goal is to find that unique combination of design elements that gives you comfort, support and balance. In one home, that perfect balance was struck through the use of symmetry. A pair of comfortable swivel chairs sit beneath matching indigo patterned paintings. Matching bookcases below the paintings contain similar, but not identical, arrangements of books, vases and bowls. Woods and bronzes help warm up the simple white bookcase shelving. Two matching poufs in front of the fireplace provide additional seating. The sofa is accented with a pair of pillows with a blue pattern that echoes the artwork. The effect of the symmetry is to achieve order and simplicity, which I promote at every opportunity. After all, your home interiors should be the setting or the backdrop of your life—not center stage. Antique bronze and blue are complementary colors. Together, they offer a rich palette of richness and depth, which brings out the beauty of wood and stone. In the home office, a unique, whitewash-stained wooden desk rests on metal, Sawhorse-inspired legs for a warm, rustic look. The black leather chair features a contemporary silhouette with an antique brass frame. An adjustable desk lamp has bronze accents. The bookcase combines a sleek, black metal frame with concrete shelves, for another unusual pairing. It’s kept uncluttered for an orderly, peaceful look. Items on the shelves include a bronze-accented lamp and a pair of high gloss-finished wooden bookends. The elegant artwork behind the desk is a simple midnight-blue and bronze with mottled white. Deep blues are again picked up in the rug, which adds a stately vibe with a modern pattern and satisfying texture. Within the framework of symmetry, the living room repeats the blue-and-bronze color scheme. A large midcentury brass clock above the fireplace keeps the natural stone visible, rather than hidden behind a painting or television, while its straight lines and color create a beautiful contrast. The sofa is a soft, neutral blue. The pattern on the round brass side table features echoes the darker blue-patterned rug, as well as the rug in the office, tying the rooms together. Indigo blue books adjacent to bronze vases on the shelves repeat the color scheme. The soapstone-topped coffee table echoes the shape of the fireplace. A pair of tall, matching floor lamps with long wooden bases, brass pulls and simple linen shades combine both the colors and symmetry found throughout the home.

Entry Door featuring our OS2 Thermally Broken Series with Black painted finish. All hardware was painted to match the door seamlessly. Here you can the stainless steel multi-point lock and ABS 16-point cylinder for the utmost security!

This classic, but modern, cedar gate can be found in Seattle, WA. This custom built, gate has a stylish aesthetic to contrast the more craftsman style house it accompanies. While the cedar planks offer some privacy, the iron mesh infill gives a playful reminder to passersby to check out this beautiful home.

John Welsh
Large elegant l-shaped medium tone wood floor and brown floor open concept kitchen photo in Philadelphia with white backsplash, stainless steel appliances, an island, white countertops, a farmhouse sink, white cabinets, marble countertops, subway tile backsplash and recessed-panel cabinets

Sherrie Sin Photography Design by Dana Collier
Example of a transitional kitchen design in Grand Rapids

Many rooms need a wastebasket: kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, or even the office. To determine what type of basket is right for you, consider how much garbage you’ll be placing into your wastebasket daily, as well as appealing preferences, materials and features. We offer a large line of luxury, designer waste baskets and step cans in many different shapes and finishes. These finishes include: polished chrome bathroom waste baskets, polished gold waste bins, white waste baskets. We also a lot of different shapes so that you can select the best option and style you are looking for. We offer round bathroom trash cans, square bathroom trash bins, stainless steel step can waste baskets, swing cover trash can, crystal glass bathroom waste baskets, brass bathroom waste bins, corner wastebaskets, and chrome bathroom waste baskets with a lid/cover, and wastebaskets without lid as well. Buying a bathroom waste basket will keep your room looking clean and tidy.

Entryway - victorian entryway idea in Dallas

Our challenge was to take a builder grade kitchen and infuse it with elements that combined Traditional cabinetry with Rustic overtones. Because our clients enjoy entertaining, the first step was to enlarge the kitchen. We took down the wall that separated the living room from the kitchen. This simple change enabled us to build an oversize island which serves as both a gathering place for guests and a work space for our client and her daughter, who is an aspiring chef. The island is made from reclaimed heart of pine taken out of a factory in Chicago. The semi-gloss, black lacquer cabinets were distressed to add to the rustic ambience the homeowner desired. We wrapped the micro-lam beam used to support the upper level of the house with the same reclaimed wood used for the island. Using a shot gun, we distressed the beam and hand worked the dovetail joints and walnut pegs creating a barn like post and beam look. The pantry has a charming hand made heart of pine screen door. Chicken wire was used for the screen, adding yet another rustic element to this thoroughly custom kitchen. There are even Urban Industrial overtones with the metal pulls on the cabinetry and the metal accented barstools. Cory Locatelli

Modern cable railing provides unique style to the overall deck.
Minimalist home design photo in Baltimore

Chris Robinson
Kitchen - traditional kitchen idea

Brass hardware continues into the kitchen.
Enclosed kitchen - large coastal l-shaped limestone floor and beige floor enclosed kitchen idea in Tampa with a drop-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, blue cabinets, wood countertops, white backsplash, ceramic backsplash, stainless steel appliances and brown countertops

An ornate antique Italian Florentine iron gate faces the inner courtyard of the home. Photographs by jonathan kozowyk.
Example of a classic exterior home design in Boston

Through the brush strokes that are evident in every scroll, the hand carved detail at every turn, and the perfect placement of distressing, one can’t help but to notice every intricate detail that completes this piece. Open the doors to vintage luxury with our Old World, Mediterranean, and Tuscan furniture at www.KoenigCollection.com!

Inspiration for a craftsman entryway remodel in Phoenix

~ Get the custom, high-end, raised panel look quickly and easily with our Patent Pending door moulding kits for flat panel doors! ~ To install your door moulding kit, all you have to do is: - measure/mark (instructions and worksheet included) - remove the protective backing from the adhesive - attach to your door (for permanent application caulk around the edges) Voilà! An instant transformation! There’s no noise, power tools, gluing or nails required- Just caulk around the edges. “It’s easy to add a little luxe in your home!"

Kitchen - kitchen idea in Sacramento