images by: Travis Rhoads Photography
Photo of a small modern drought-tolerant and full sun backyard concrete paver landscaping in San Francisco with a fire pit.

Transitional dining room photo in New York

Looking up at the saddle flashed H3.2 treated deck joists. M. Bowman
Staircase - small coastal side yard balcony staircase idea in Auckland with no cover

MCM Style with Perpindicular Glass Slivers
Inspiration for a modern front door remodel in Salt Lake City with a medium wood front door

We expanded an existing deck with new stairs, railing, decking, deck board design, lighting, complete with all post and beam wraps. All decking you see is Zuri decking with Timbertech Rail Systems. We installed riser lights up the stairs with post caps on top of all posts.

Tuftex Casablanca pattern carpet

Mid-sized beach style u-shaped medium tone wood floor open concept kitchen photo in Hawaii with a single-bowl sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, quartz countertops, blue backsplash, glass tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances and an island

Miss Frugal Fancy Pants
Elegant bathroom photo in Tampa

Mid-sized trendy light wood floor hallway photo in Dallas with white walls

Josiah Zukowski
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern carpeted straight carpeted staircase remodel in Portland with white walls and carpeted risers

Granite entry staircase cleaning, sealing and caulking application after photo. These stairs cleaned up beautifully after our extractor cleaning process. This just shows the durability and longevity that granite can have.

Photos by Tina Witherspoon.
Example of a small 1960s ceramic tile black floor bathroom design in Seattle

The Tanglewood is a Donald A. Gardner plan with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. This 2,500 square foot home is near completion and custom built in Grey Fox Forest in Shelby, NC. Like the Smart Construction, Inc. Facebook page or follow us on Instagram at scihomes.dream.build.live to follow the progress of other Craftsman Style homes. DREAM. BUILD. LIVE. www.smartconstructionhomes.com

Megan White Photography
Danish master marble tile porcelain tile and gray floor bathroom photo in Charlotte with white cabinets, white walls and a hinged shower door

| DETAILS | in concrete constructed condos it's very rare that we ever want to have to core new drain locations. For the Master Ensuite more and more when we do full renovations down to studs we are removing the terrible 5' tubs and tiny itty bitty 3x3' showers. For some reason the idea of luxury meant squeeze as much as you can so you have a long list of features when you go to market. More and more we are doing oversized his and hers showers. So when you have a drain that you are repurposing from previous plumbing fixtures and the drain isn't centred, it's pretty much magic to have the team surprise you after several site meetings and evaluations - we opted for the plumbers favourite to use Schluter linear tile over drains and have the oversized tile cut to fit and provide the necessary grout lines for a flush shower threshold. This might seem like nothing but is everything when we have the perfect tile layout be inline with the what we think is a centred drain. These are the kind of details that make my OCD sister inside so happy, we call it the centre flush drain happy dance. Kudos to @caisleydevelopments @4thdimensionconstruction with the help of @stonetilevancouver for finding a perfect subtle sand toned oversized porcelain. A large format tile in a shade and same tone value as our hardwood floor and one shade darker than our Baltic Birch flush panels for ease of cleaning and hiding dirt. When you want things clean I opt for showers with minimal detailing to be in shades darker than white. Cleaning becomes less treacherous. Also gone is this idea of ugly accent tile, we opt for uniform tile one material throughout a bathroom floor to ceiling and if possible all walls. Construction geekery 101 continues

Installed cable railing.
Staircase - mid-sized mid-century modern carpeted u-shaped open and cable railing staircase idea in Seattle

Patio - craftsman concrete paver patio idea in DC Metro

This Grass Cloth by Thibaut Design has a very uniform look as a result of having a very tight and even weave. This helps us produce a seamless installation not normally associated with grass cloth wallcoverings. In this bedroom in El Segundo, we see one of the switch plates wrapped in the material.