Finished basement includes bedroom, playroom, new steps, floating floor and mini split for heat & ac.
Basement - cottage basement idea in Boston

Stunning 2 bedroom 2 bath in meticulously maintained boutique brownstone condominium on Hudson Street. This 1,023 sq. ft. home features period details including exposed brick, 2 decorative mantels and original pocket shutters. Chef’s kitchen with stainless steels appliances, granite counters and breakfast bar seating. Master bathroom features radiant heated floors, new HVAC system - central air conditioning and heat and in-unit washer/dryer. Just one flight up from the parlor level with plenty of storage including abundant closet space and additional storage in basement. Seconds from Elysian Park, Hoboken’s best shops, dining and NYC transportation.

Stunning 2 bedroom 2 bath in meticulously maintained boutique brownstone condominium on Hudson Street. This 1,023 sq. ft. home features period details including exposed brick, 2 decorative mantels and original pocket shutters. Chef’s kitchen with stainless steels appliances, granite counters and breakfast bar seating. Master bathroom features radiant heated floors, new HVAC system - central air conditioning and heat and in-unit washer/dryer. Just one flight up from the parlor level with plenty of storage including abundant closet space and additional storage in basement. Seconds from Elysian Park, Hoboken’s best shops, dining and NYC transportation.

Additional features include hooks for belts, drawers, and a folding rod to allow the homeowner to hang up dry cleaning or clothes for the next day.
Example of a transitional bathroom design in Philadelphia

This Master Bathroom remodel included adding a cathedral ceiling with skylight, venetian plaster on the walls, marble shower enclosure with glass tile accent and tall glass shower door, radiant heated tile floor, glass tile backsplash, modern vanity and fixtures.

Stunning 2 bedroom 2 bath in meticulously maintained boutique brownstone condominium on Hudson Street. This 1,023 sq. ft. home features period details including exposed brick, 2 decorative mantels and original pocket shutters. Chef’s kitchen with stainless steels appliances, granite counters and breakfast bar seating. Master bathroom features radiant heated floors, new HVAC system - central air conditioning and heat and in-unit washer/dryer. Just one flight up from the parlor level with plenty of storage including abundant closet space and additional storage in basement. Seconds from Elysian Park, Hoboken’s best shops, dining and NYC transportation.

Stunning 2 bedroom 2 bath in meticulously maintained boutique brownstone condominium on Hudson Street. This 1,023 sq. ft. home features period details including exposed brick, 2 decorative mantels and original pocket shutters. Chef’s kitchen with stainless steels appliances, granite counters and breakfast bar seating. Master bathroom features radiant heated floors, new HVAC system - central air conditioning and heat and in-unit washer/dryer. Just one flight up from the parlor level with plenty of storage including abundant closet space and additional storage in basement. Seconds from Elysian Park, Hoboken’s best shops, dining and NYC transportation.

This master bath refresh includes simple yet beautiful new plumbing fixtures, freestanding double vanity with great storage, a glass tile accent wall, disappearing designer drain and updated lighting.

This transformation started with a builder grade bathroom and was expanded into a sauna wet room. With cedar walls and ceiling and a custom cedar bench, the sauna heats the space for a relaxing dry heat experience. The goal of this space was to create a sauna in the secondary bathroom and be as efficient as possible with the space. This bathroom transformed from a standard secondary bathroom to a ergonomic spa without impacting the functionality of the bedroom. This project was super fun, we were working inside of a guest bedroom, to create a functional, yet expansive bathroom. We started with a standard bathroom layout and by building out into the large guest bedroom that was used as an office, we were able to create enough square footage in the bathroom without detracting from the bedroom aesthetics or function. We worked with the client on her specific requests and put all of the materials into a 3D design to visualize the new space. Houzz Write Up: https://www.houzz.com/magazine/bathroom-of-the-week-stylish-spa-retreat-with-a-real-sauna-stsetivw-vs~168139419 The layout of the bathroom needed to change to incorporate the larger wet room/sauna. By expanding the room slightly it gave us the needed space to relocate the toilet, the vanity and the entrance to the bathroom allowing for the wet room to have the full length of the new space. This bathroom includes a cedar sauna room that is incorporated inside of the shower, the custom cedar bench follows the curvature of the room's new layout and a window was added to allow the natural sunlight to come in from the bedroom. The aromatic properties of the cedar are delightful whether it's being used with the dry sauna heat and also when the shower is steaming the space. In the shower are matching porcelain, marble-look tiles, with architectural texture on the shower walls contrasting with the warm, smooth cedar boards. Also, by increasing the depth of the toilet wall, we were able to create useful towel storage without detracting from the room significantly. This entire project and client was a joy to work with.

Photos: Jim Banks E-mail: jim@banksimaging.com
Example of a trendy bathroom design in San Francisco

Finished basement includes bedroom, playroom, new steps, floating floor and mini split for heat and ac.
Example of a farmhouse basement design in Boston

Joe Fletcher Atop a ridge in the Santa Lucia mountains of Carmel, California, an oak tree stands elevated above the fog and wrapped at its base in this ranch retreat. The weekend home’s design grew around the 100-year-old Valley Oak to form a horseshoe-shaped house that gathers ridgeline views of Oak, Madrone, and Redwood groves at its exterior and nestles around the tree at its center. The home’s orientation offers both the shade of the oak canopy in the courtyard and the sun flowing into the great room at the house’s rear façades. This modern take on a traditional ranch home offers contemporary materials and landscaping to a classic typology. From the main entry in the courtyard, one enters the home’s great room and immediately experiences the dramatic westward views across the 70 foot pool at the house’s rear. In this expansive public area, programmatic needs flow and connect - from the kitchen, whose windows face the courtyard, to the dining room, whose doors slide seamlessly into walls to create an outdoor dining pavilion. The primary circulation axes flank the internal courtyard, anchoring the house to its site and heightening the sense of scale by extending views outward at each of the corridor’s ends. Guest suites, complete with private kitchen and living room, and the garage are housed in auxiliary wings connected to the main house by covered walkways. Building materials including pre-weathered corrugated steel cladding, buff limestone walls, and large aluminum apertures, and the interior palette of cedar-clad ceilings, oil-rubbed steel, and exposed concrete floors soften the modern aesthetics into a refined but rugged ranch home.

Genuine 1800's barn reassembled into a beautiful rustic home with plenty of character. Some features include heated tile floors, exposed beam ceiling, custom barn style doors, exterior stone work, board and batten siding, metal roof, stone countertops, and much more.

This Boulder, Colorado remodel by fuentesdesign demonstrates the possibility of renewal in American suburbs, and Passive House design principles. Once an inefficient single story 1,000 square-foot ranch house with a forced air furnace, has been transformed into a two-story, solar powered 2500 square-foot three bedroom home ready for the next generation. The new design for the home is modern with a sustainable theme, incorporating a palette of natural materials including; reclaimed wood finishes, FSC-certified pine Zola windows and doors, and natural earth and lime plasters that soften the interior and crisp contemporary exterior with a flavor of the west. A Ninety-percent efficient energy recovery fresh air ventilation system provides constant filtered fresh air to every room. The existing interior brick was removed and replaced with insulation. The remaining heating and cooling loads are easily met with the highest degree of comfort via a mini-split heat pump, the peak heat load has been cut by a factor of 4, despite the house doubling in size. During the coldest part of the Colorado winter, a wood stove for ambiance and low carbon back up heat creates a special place in both the living and kitchen area, and upstairs loft. This ultra energy efficient home relies on extremely high levels of insulation, air-tight detailing and construction, and the implementation of high performance, custom made European windows and doors by Zola Windows. Zola’s ThermoPlus Clad line, which boasts R-11 triple glazing and is thermally broken with a layer of patented German Purenit®, was selected for the project. These windows also provide a seamless indoor/outdoor connection, with 9′ wide folding doors from the dining area and a matching 9′ wide custom countertop folding window that opens the kitchen up to a grassy court where mature trees provide shade and extend the living space during the summer months. With air-tight construction, this home meets the Passive House Retrofit (EnerPHit) air-tightness standard of

Commercial patio/deck space. Galvanized steel structure with integrated drainage, heated stamped concrete and Trex railings. Oliver Construction's roles included design, general contractor and carpenter. Photos by Kyle Oliver

Originally a class Q barn conversion project on the outskirts of Exmoor National Park, planning was achieved for a new build dwelling using the class Q approval as a 'fallback' position. The proposals included a number of sustainable measures including a fabric first approach to building envelope, solar PV, ground source heat pump, SUDs principles rain water disposal and energy efficient heating and lighting systems. The design reflects and upholds the inherently agricultural and rural character of the existing barn and its setting. The proposals will lead to a significant improvement to the appearance of the existing building and the site and its wider context.

Example of a large mountain style backyard concrete paver and custom-shaped natural pool design in Oklahoma City

This home is one of our finest home. All floors were gutted including the basement. Our design also included a kitchen addition, bathroom addition, heated three car garage with a covered arcade connecting the house to the garage.

Stunning 2 bedroom 2 bath in meticulously maintained boutique brownstone condominium on Hudson Street. This 1,023 sq. ft. home features period details including exposed brick, 2 decorative mantels and original pocket shutters. Chef’s kitchen with stainless steels appliances, granite counters and breakfast bar seating. Master bathroom features radiant heated floors, new HVAC system - central air conditioning and heat and in-unit washer/dryer. Just one flight up from the parlor level with plenty of storage including abundant closet space and additional storage in basement. Seconds from Elysian Park, Hoboken’s best shops, dining and NYC transportation.