This unique city-home is designed with a center entry, flanked by formal living and dining rooms on either side. An expansive gourmet kitchen / great room spans the rear of the main floor, opening onto a terraced outdoor space comprised of more than 700SF. The home also boasts an open, four-story staircase flooded with natural, southern light, as well as a lower level family room, four bedrooms (including two en-suite) on the second floor, and an additional two bedrooms and study on the third floor. A spacious, 500SF roof deck is accessible from the top of the staircase, providing additional outdoor space for play and entertainment. Due to the location and shape of the site, there is a 2-car, heated garage under the house, providing direct entry from the garage into the lower level mudroom. Two additional off-street parking spots are also provided in the covered driveway leading to the garage. Designed with family living in mind, the home has also been designed for entertaining and to embrace life's creature comforts. Pre-wired with HD Video, Audio and comprehensive low-voltage services, the home is able to accommodate and distribute any low voltage services requested by the homeowner. This home was pre-sold during construction. Steve Hall, Hedrich Blessing

The dual head shower includes a large multi-level niche to house the owner’s daily essentials. A heated, anti fog in-shower shave mirror is placed permanently within the shower for daily ease. Haley Hendrickson Photography

The white stone tile in this traditional bathroom design is beautifully offset by the warm wood tones of the cabinetry. Recessed cabinetry ensures maximum use of available space in this room, including a recessed medicine cabinet, partially recessed toilet topper cabinet, and recessed linen cabinet. The medicine cabinet is custom framed to match the vanity. The large shower offers luxurious bathing with rainfall and slide bar showerheads, a fold-down wooden shower seat, and built in storage niche including a mosaic tile detail. The floor includes a tile rug pattern and underfloor heating.

Private Arena, 140 acres including 8 buildings of a Guest House, Grooms Quarters, Barn and a high tech Arena building located on steep sloped site. The Arena is built on the edge of a hillside, which creates dynamic vistas. The Arena provides a viewing room, cherry kick rails with hidden heating areas to provide an ultimate horse riding facility. Services included an overall site planning, architecture, civil and structural engineering, and construction management.

Extra-large bathroom completed, free-standing tub, Carrara marble on floors and hexagon marble tile on the shower, includes 2 shower heads combination, bench, electrical upgrade, and heated floors.

Our new construction green home project designed by the nationally and internationally acclaimed architect Douglas Garofalo. This convention-bending modern green home is anything but ordinary with its distinctive elements including a 'floating' second floor over wraparound first floor window wall, and a jaunty three-story 'tree-house' tower. Green building practices and materials utilized throughout include sustainable steel siding, geothermal heating and cooling, radiant floor heat, and site plan orientation for energy efficiency.

A new home for two, generating four times more electricity than it uses, including the "fuel" for an electric car. This house makes Net Zero look like child's play. But while the 22kW roof-mounted system is impressive, it's not all about the PV. The design features great energy savings in its careful siting to maximize passive solar considerations such as natural heating and daylighting. Roof overhangs are sized to limit direct sun in the hot summer and to invite the sun during the cold winter months. The construction contributes as well, featuring R40 cellulose-filled double-stud walls, a R50 roof system and triple glazed windows. Heating and cooling are supplied by air source heat pumps. Photos By Ethan Drinker

Contemporary bathroom renovation including frameless glass shower, large-format tile installation, heated tile flooring system, and custom vanity cabinetry in a North Shore residence.

SeaThru is a new, waterfront, modern home. SeaThru was inspired by the mid-century modern homes from our area, known as the Sarasota School of Architecture. This homes designed to offer more than the standard, ubiquitous rear-yard waterfront outdoor space. A central courtyard offer the residents a respite from the heat that accompanies west sun, and creates a gorgeous intermediate view fro guest staying in the semi-attached guest suite, who can actually SEE THROUGH the main living space and enjoy the bay views. Noble materials such as stone cladding, oak floors, composite wood louver screens and generous amounts of glass lend to a relaxed, warm-contemporary feeling not typically common to these types of homes. Photos by Ryan Gamma Photography

Maple Stained Smoke floating vanity is topped with Carrara White Marble. The glass front shower is fitted with Calacatta tile with a Calacatta Basket Weave in a picture frame. The shower includes a Moen spa system with body sprays and handheld unit.

Striking bathroom brings the outdoors in with floor to ceiling window and an organic tile wall and features smart home automation to enhance the ambiance. In-ceiling speakers broadcast the music of your choice using a whole-home audio solution, powered by Control4. The recessed smart lighting lighting and accent lights are designed to create the perfect personalized ambiance, whether relaxing after a hard day or getting energized for a night out. Other automation options may include triggering tinted windows for privacy, ambient heating in the floor and placing a TV behind the mirror. Everything can be controlled from virtually anywhere using your Control4 app with a smart phone or tablet device.

This is an example of a country concrete front porch design in San Francisco with a roof extension.

The Montebello DLX Direct-Vent Fireplace offers the versatility and performance necessary to make it a stunning centerpiece for any home. With a traditional premium oak log set and five interior liners to choose from, the Montebello DLX can complement any style. The focal point of the Montebello DLX is its exceptionally tall, dancing flame seen through an expansive ceramic-glass opening for unmatched clarity and radiance. A vast array of accessories including several interior panel styles and optional andirons gives further ability to customize the look to add warmth and ambiance and value to your home. Aesthetics Smooth-faced design features ceramic glass for optimum heat transfer. Powerful burner system produces tall, dancing flames. Clean-face design provides a seamless, built-in look. Tall opening provides an exceptional view of the fire and interior panels. Contemporary glossy black porcelain panels amplify the look of the flame. Premium, split-oak log set and beautiful glowing embers provide fine detailing that replicates the natural look of a real wood fire. Comfort Clean-face design features ceramic glass for optimum heat transfer and safety. Adjustable flame height gives you full control of heat output. Intermittent pilot ignition includes battery backup to provide continued operation in the event of a power outage. Ease of Operation Full-function remote offers an array of controls, including modulating flame height. Gas controls are conveniently located to the side of the fireplace opening for easy installation and operation. Design Versatility Premium split oak log set has the look of a traditional wood fire. Choice of four realistic ceramic brick fireplace liners for the true look of masonry craftsmanship to complete the traditional look. Smooth porcelain interior liners complement the traditional log fire. Optional andirons and free-standing fire screens allow for further customization. This fireplace meets all 2015 ANSI barrier requirements.

Griffith Property Development Remodel of an existing garage/shop space into additional living area - including new entry from carport area, hallway with laundry and pantry closets, bathroom, bedroom with large closet, new heating system, new flooring, plumbing, and lighting - to facilitate single-floor ease of living into elder years. An enclosed and heated garage was also part of the redesign. Materials were repurposed wherever possible, local independent contractors and businesses supported, and thanks to great teamwork, it all came in under budget and on-time.

Kitchen featuring traditional design including coffered ceiling and transome windows.
Eat-in kitchen - large traditional l-shaped medium tone wood floor eat-in kitchen idea in Manchester with an undermount sink, raised-panel cabinets, white cabinets, soapstone countertops, green backsplash, stone slab backsplash, stainless steel appliances, yellow walls and an island

This house is discreetly tucked into its wooded site in the Mad River Valley near the Sugarbush Resort in Vermont. The soaring roof lines complement the slope of the land and open up views though large windows to a meadow planted with native wildflowers. The house was built with natural materials of cedar shingles, fir beams and native stone walls. These materials are complemented with innovative touches including concrete floors, composite exterior wall panels and exposed steel beams. The home is passively heated by the sun, aided by triple pane windows and super-insulated walls. Photo by: Nat Rea Photography

The white stone tile in this traditional bathroom design is beautifully offset by the warm wood tones of the cabinetry. Recessed cabinetry ensures maximum use of available space in this room, including a recessed medicine cabinet, partially recessed toilet topper cabinet, and recessed linen cabinet. The medicine cabinet is custom framed to match the vanity. The large shower offers luxurious bathing with rainfall and slide bar showerheads, a fold-down wooden shower seat, and built in storage niche including a mosaic tile detail. The floor includes a tile rug pattern and underfloor heating.

Clients open concept now included island seating for four with a desk area and wine fridge off to the side. Seating and additional space now added as well as new baseboard hot water heating.

Clients open concept now included island seating for four with a desk area and wine fridge off to the side. Seating and additional space now added as well as new baseboard hot water heating.