This stately 2-story home features a designer Craftsman-style exterior complete with shakes, brick, stone, fiber cement siding, window bump outs with standing seam metal roofs, and tapered porch columns with brick piers. In addition to the 2-car side entry garage with finished mudroom, a breezeway connects the home to a 3rd car detached garage. Inside, with over 3,700 square feet and a floor plan excellent for entertaining, designer details abound, including wide door and window trim and baseboards, wainscoting, chair rails, custom ceiling treatments, lofty 10' ceilings on the first floor and 9' ceilings on the second floor, decorative stairway designs, and unique entryways. The 2-story Foyer is flanked by the Study and the formal Dining Room with coffered ceiling, and leads to the Great Room with 2-story ceilings and hardwood flooring. An expansive screened-in porch is accessible from the Great Room, the first floor Owner’s Suite, and the Breakfast Area. The sprawling Kitchen is conveniently open to, and shares a wooden beamed ceiling with the Breakfast Area and Hearth Room, which in turn share a unique stone archway. The Kitchen includes lots of counter space with granite tops and tile backsplash, a 9’x4’ island, wall oven, stainless steel appliances, pantry, and a butler’s pantry connecting to the Dining Room. The Hearth Room features a cozy gas fireplace with floor to ceiling stone surround. The luxurious first floor Owner’s Suite includes custom ceiling trim detail, a walkout bay window, oversized closet, and a private bathroom with a cathedral ceiling, large tile shower, and freestanding tub. The 2nd floor includes bedrooms 2, 3, and 4, plus 2 full bathrooms.​

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For this project, the entire kitchen was designed around the “must-have” Lacanche range in the stunning French Blue with brass trim. That was the client’s dream and everything had to be built to complement it. Bilotta senior designer, Randy O’Kane, CKD worked with Paul Benowitz and Dipti Shah of Benowitz Shah Architects to contemporize the kitchen while staying true to the original house which was designed in 1928 by regionally noted architect Franklin P. Hammond. The clients purchased the home over two years ago from the original owner. While the house has a magnificent architectural presence from the street, the basic systems, appointments, and most importantly, the layout and flow were inappropriately suited to contemporary living. The new plan removed an outdated screened porch at the rear which was replaced with the new family room and moved the kitchen from a dark corner in the front of the house to the center. The visual connection from the kitchen through the family room is dramatic and gives direct access to the rear yard and patio. It was important that the island separating the kitchen from the family room have ample space to the left and right to facilitate traffic patterns, and interaction among family members. Hence vertical kitchen elements were placed primarily on existing interior walls. The cabinetry used was Bilotta’s private label, the Bilotta Collection – they selected beautiful, dramatic, yet subdued finishes for the meticulously handcrafted cabinetry. The double islands allow for the busy family to have a space for everything – the island closer to the range has seating and makes a perfect space for doing homework or crafts, or having breakfast or snacks. The second island has ample space for storage and books and acts as a staging area from the kitchen to the dinner table. The kitchen perimeter and both islands are painted in Benjamin Moore’s Paper White. The wall cabinets flanking the sink have wire mesh fronts in a statuary bronze – the insides of these cabinets are painted blue to match the range. The breakfast room cabinetry is Benjamin Moore’s Lampblack with the interiors of the glass cabinets painted in Paper White to match the kitchen. All countertops are Vermont White Quartzite from Eastern Stone. The backsplash is Artistic Tile’s Kyoto White and Kyoto Steel. The fireclay apron-front main sink is from Rohl while the smaller prep sink is from Linkasink. All faucets are from Waterstone in their antique pewter finish. The brass hardware is from Armac Martin and the pendants above the center island are from Circa Lighting. The appliances, aside from the range, are a mix of Sub-Zero, Thermador and Bosch with panels on everything.

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Stuart Wade, Envision Virtual Tours Own your own Lodge! This 1 year old home has layers of mountain views including Brasstown Bald & overlooks a 10 acre common area with pond. 5,182 sq ft., 3 level home has private elevator, outdoor fireplace, levels of spacious decks, screened rooms, brick paver driveay, sprinkler system, alarm system, central vac system, steam showers, 2 tankless on-demand hot water heaters, geo-thermal HVAC, private office, theater room & solid wood doors. Kitchen has butlers pantry, double ovens, warming drawer, SubZero and ice machine. Every bedroom is a suite. Wood floors, walls and ceilings in majority of house. Subdivision of 7 lots and high-end homes share common area, paved road, pond nad barn all surrounded by wood fencing. 4 bedroom septic on file.

Stuart Wade, Envision Virtual Tours Own your own Lodge! This 1 year old home has layers of mountain views including Brasstown Bald & overlooks a 10 acre common area with pond. 5,182 sq ft., 3 level home has private elevator, outdoor fireplace, levels of spacious decks, screened rooms, brick paver driveay, sprinkler system, alarm system, central vac system, steam showers, 2 tankless on-demand hot water heaters, geo-thermal HVAC, private office, theater room & solid wood doors. Kitchen has butlers pantry, double ovens, warming drawer, SubZero and ice machine. Every bedroom is a suite. Wood floors, walls and ceilings in majority of house. Subdivision of 7 lots and high-end homes share common area, paved road, pond nad barn all surrounded by wood fencing. 4 bedroom septic on file.

This 2-story home includes a 3- car garage with mudroom entry, an inviting front porch with decorative posts, and a screened-in porch. The home features an open floor plan with 10’ ceilings on the 1st floor and impressive detailing throughout. A dramatic 2-story ceiling creates a grand first impression in the foyer, where hardwood flooring extends into the adjacent formal dining room elegant coffered ceiling accented by craftsman style wainscoting and chair rail. Just beyond the Foyer, the great room with a 2-story ceiling, the kitchen, breakfast area, and hearth room share an open plan. The spacious kitchen includes that opens to the breakfast area, quartz countertops with tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances, attractive cabinetry with crown molding, and a corner pantry. The connecting hearth room is a cozy retreat that includes a gas fireplace with stone surround and shiplap. The floor plan also includes a study with French doors and a convenient bonus room for additional flexible living space. The first-floor owner’s suite boasts an expansive closet, and a private bathroom with a shower, freestanding tub, and double bowl vanity. On the 2nd floor is a versatile loft area overlooking the great room, 2 full baths, and 3 bedrooms with spacious closets.

Stuart Wade, Envision Virtual Tours Own your own Lodge! This 1 year old home has layers of mountain views including Brasstown Bald & overlooks a 10 acre common area with pond. 5,182 sq ft., 3 level home has private elevator, outdoor fireplace, levels of spacious decks, screened rooms, brick paver driveay, sprinkler system, alarm system, central vac system, steam showers, 2 tankless on-demand hot water heaters, geo-thermal HVAC, private office, theater room & solid wood doors. Kitchen has butlers pantry, double ovens, warming drawer, SubZero and ice machine. Every bedroom is a suite. Wood floors, walls and ceilings in majority of house. Subdivision of 7 lots and high-end homes share common area, paved road, pond nad barn all surrounded by wood fencing. 4 bedroom septic on file.

Decorative brackets and cedar shakes accent the gables of this angled design for a distinctly rustic appearance. A coat closet and powder room await just inside the foyer entry. The vaulted great room enjoys a fireplace flanked by built-in bookcases and additional display shelves. An angled kitchen island overlooks the dining room and the screened porch and open porch take entertaining outdoors when the weather is nice. The master suite features a vaulted ceiling and private access to the porch. Pass through the efficient master bathroom to enter a spacious walk-in closet. Two additional bedrooms share a bathroom and plenty of storage. A side porch conveniently enters the home through the mud room with bench seating and a walk-in pantry and spacious utility room are nearby. Find a bonus room above the garage for additional square footage.

Builder: Falcon Custom Homes Interior Designer: Mary Burns - Gallery Photographer: Mike Buck A perfectly proportioned story and a half cottage, the Farfield is full of traditional details and charm. The front is composed of matching board and batten gables flanking a covered porch featuring square columns with pegged capitols. A tour of the rear façade reveals an asymmetrical elevation with a tall living room gable anchoring the right and a low retractable-screened porch to the left. Inside, the front foyer opens up to a wide staircase clad in horizontal boards for a more modern feel. To the left, and through a short hall, is a study with private access to the main levels public bathroom. Further back a corridor, framed on one side by the living rooms stone fireplace, connects the master suite to the rest of the house. Entrance to the living room can be gained through a pair of openings flanking the stone fireplace, or via the open concept kitchen/dining room. Neutral grey cabinets featuring a modern take on a recessed panel look, line the perimeter of the kitchen, framing the elongated kitchen island. Twelve leather wrapped chairs provide enough seating for a large family, or gathering of friends. Anchoring the rear of the main level is the screened in porch framed by square columns that match the style of those found at the front porch. Upstairs, there are a total of four separate sleeping chambers. The two bedrooms above the master suite share a bathroom, while the third bedroom to the rear features its own en suite. The fourth is a large bunkroom above the homes two-stall garage large enough to host an abundance of guests.

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http://www.ctmarchitects.com/ Located near McAllister, Montana, the Double D Ranch was born from the owner’s hope for a more appealing accommodation than the original cabin, so his wife would enjoy her time in Montana as much as he did. We met with the couple and toured one of our other projects to get a better idea of what they had in mind. She became very involved in the process (and in fact is an interior designer), and together we created a ranch compound with: a main house, a guesthouse, a horse barn and fishing cabin. All are located on a rural parcel in a historic mining area—in fact, the stone for the buildings was reclaimed from local abandoned mines and the foundation built from century-old gold mine tailings. The buildings feature salvaged and reclaimed log, found branches from the surrounding site for ‘wiggly wood’ on the porches, and antique railroad lanterns act as exterior lighting to further establish tone and texture. Today their home allows him to fish more, and her to raise paint horses and embrace the Montana lifestyle that her husband had hoped to share with her.

Stuart Wade, Envision Virtual Tours Own your own Lodge! This 1 year old home has layers of mountain views including Brasstown Bald & overlooks a 10 acre common area with pond. 5,182 sq ft., 3 level home has private elevator, outdoor fireplace, levels of spacious decks, screened rooms, brick paver driveay, sprinkler system, alarm system, central vac system, steam showers, 2 tankless on-demand hot water heaters, geo-thermal HVAC, private office, theater room & solid wood doors. Kitchen has butlers pantry, double ovens, warming drawer, SubZero and ice machine. Every bedroom is a suite. Wood floors, walls and ceilings in majority of house. Subdivision of 7 lots and high-end homes share common area, paved road, pond nad barn all surrounded by wood fencing. 4 bedroom septic on file.

Another house inspired by the Lodge series and this plan: https://www.postandbeam.com/plan/508/, this custom version with our Full Exposure Exterior Wall System ( https://www.postandbeam.com/wall-framing-system) and Plaster & Accent Beam Roof System ( https://www.postandbeam.com/roof-framing-system) throughout will be built in the countryside of Columbia County, New York. The main level of about 1100 sq. ft. offers the potential for one-level living with a flexible-use room on the left with a full bath and walk-in closet (currently designed as an office). The center section is the entry and living room, and to the right are the kitchen and dining areas with a screen porch bumpout off of the dining area. The main level is under a tall flat ceiling/Plaster & Beam Mid-Floor System ( https://www.postandbeam.com/floor-framing-system). Upstairs is about 1100 sq. ft. with a flat-ceiling bedroom wing to the left, a cathedral ceiling bedroom to the front with a shared full bath, and the cathedral ceiling master bedroom suite across the hall to the rear. The lower-level walkout basement includes a large family room, utility room, and space for a studio-sized apartment that opens out to the yard. Beyond.

This 2-story home includes a 3- car garage with mudroom entry, an inviting front porch with decorative posts, and a screened-in porch. The home features an open floor plan with 10’ ceilings on the 1st floor and impressive detailing throughout. A dramatic 2-story ceiling creates a grand first impression in the foyer, where hardwood flooring extends into the adjacent formal dining room elegant coffered ceiling accented by craftsman style wainscoting and chair rail. Just beyond the Foyer, the great room with a 2-story ceiling, the kitchen, breakfast area, and hearth room share an open plan. The spacious kitchen includes that opens to the breakfast area, quartz countertops with tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances, attractive cabinetry with crown molding, and a corner pantry. The connecting hearth room is a cozy retreat that includes a gas fireplace with stone surround and shiplap. The floor plan also includes a study with French doors and a convenient bonus room for additional flexible living space. The first-floor owner’s suite boasts an expansive closet, and a private bathroom with a shower, freestanding tub, and double bowl vanity. On the 2nd floor is a versatile loft area overlooking the great room, 2 full baths, and 3 bedrooms with spacious closets.

Our vision for living on a steeply-sloped site is a stack of two living spaces. You enter the upper living space from the uphill side, then walk toward the view as the hill falls away, leaving you high in the air. The lower living space is tucked into the hill: you descend to it by an open stair, then walk toward the view, and step out directly onto the hillside. The upper living space is an expansive great room, and off to one side is a full master-bedroom suite - allowing the possibility for single-level living. This level also features a large screened porch, directly off the kitchen – all sharing in the same unobstructed view. The lower living space includes a more intimate family room, flanked by a bedroom and junior master suite. Suitable as a vacation home or primary residence, this design can be customized to allow for downhill entry if required.

This 1926 Mediterranean Bungalow in the Tangletown neighborhood of South Minneapolis was ready for a new face. The homeowners were very interested in saving the original cabinetry while also updating the space. With keeping the cabinetry, we still wanted to add some additional detail. By applying additional molding cabinetry faces, new oil rubbed bronze hinges and pulls, and by painting the cabinets with a top glaze, the cabinetry now has a new life. One new cabinet was designed to match the existing to the left of the fridge and some modifications were made for a new dishwasher, larger sink, and a copper screen was installed on a base cabinet door to add detail and air-flow to an existing radiator. To top off the newly finished cabinetry, Alaska White granite tops were installed. The gorgeous tops pull the accents of bronze and the glazed cabinetry together perfectly. Kohler faucet and a Blanco Silgranit sink finish off the tops. New lighting, crackled ceramic tile backsplash, and a fresh coat of paint complete the kitchen update. The homeowner’s couldn’t be happier and now have a classic yet eccentric kitchen to enjoy and share.

This large and private city garden is nestled behind a handsome 3 story Edwardian, protected from Dolores Street and adjacent buildings. It is owned by four parties with as many garden activities and varied styles. Creating distinct outdoor rooms was never more important! Curved and meandering pathways were designed to (re)direct views. Down one path you become immersed in a lush explosion of foliage and flowers and charmingly repurposed brick and boulders. In another direction, peace reigns amidst well groomed and organized plants, the structure of the sensible geometry of decking, and book matched large scale pottery. Edibles are mixed throughout, and again, some are kept tidy and controlled such as the formally espaliered apple tree and lemon archway (Eureka meets Meyers), while others are allowed to wend and wind. Plant screens are used as baffles and living walls to mask unwanted views between rooms while allowing us to retain the sunlight and openness of the site.

This 1926 Mediterranean Bungalow in the Tangletown neighborhood of South Minneapolis was ready for a new face. The homeowners were very interested in saving the original cabinetry while also updating the space. With keeping the cabinetry, we still wanted to add some additional detail. By applying additional molding cabinetry faces, new oil rubbed bronze hinges and pulls, and by painting the cabinets with a top glaze, the cabinetry now has a new life. One new cabinet was designed to match the existing to the left of the fridge and some modifications were made for a new dishwasher, larger sink, and a copper screen was installed on a base cabinet door to add detail and air-flow to an existing radiator. To top off the newly finished cabinetry, Alaska White granite tops were installed. The gorgeous tops pull the accents of bronze and the glazed cabinetry together perfectly. Kohler faucet and a Blanco Silgranit sink finish off the tops. New lighting, crackled ceramic tile backsplash, and a fresh coat of paint complete the kitchen update. The homeowner’s couldn’t be happier and now have a classic yet eccentric kitchen to enjoy and share.