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Inspiration for a large transitional open concept medium tone wood floor and brown floor family room remodel in Chicago with white walls, a standard fireplace, a wood fireplace surround and a media wall

Morgan Howarth
Inspiration for a large coastal u-shaped light wood floor eat-in kitchen remodel in DC Metro with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, quartzite countertops, multicolored backsplash, stainless steel appliances, two islands and ceramic backsplash

Inspiration for a transitional porch remodel in Charleston

Chef's kitchen with a 17' island carrara marble counter tops, and over sized subway tiles off-set by the dark wood floors create a clean pallet for this chef's kitchen. Photo by Susan Teare

Michael J. Lee Photography
Kitchen - mid-sized traditional medium tone wood floor kitchen idea in Boston with an undermount sink, white cabinets, marble countertops, mosaic tile backsplash, an island, recessed-panel cabinets, multicolored backsplash and stainless steel appliances

Ward Jewell, AIA was asked to design a comfortable one-story stone and wood pool house that was "barn-like" in keeping with the owner’s gentleman farmer concept. Thus, Mr. Jewell was inspired to create an elegant New England Stone Farm House designed to provide an exceptional environment for them to live, entertain, cook and swim in the large reflection lap pool. Mr. Jewell envisioned a dramatic vaulted great room with hand selected 200 year old reclaimed wood beams and 10 foot tall pocketing French doors that would connect the house to a pool, deck areas, loggia and lush garden spaces, thus bringing the outdoors in. A large cupola “lantern clerestory” in the main vaulted ceiling casts a natural warm light over the graceful room below. The rustic walk-in stone fireplace provides a central focal point for the inviting living room lounge. Important to the functionality of the pool house are a chef’s working farm kitchen with open cabinetry, free-standing stove and a soapstone topped central island with bar height seating. Grey washed barn doors glide open to reveal a vaulted and beamed quilting room with full bath and a vaulted and beamed library/guest room with full bath that bookend the main space. The private garden expanded and evolved over time. After purchasing two adjacent lots, the owners decided to redesign the garden and unify it by eliminating the tennis court, relocating the pool and building an inspired "barn". The concept behind the garden’s new design came from Thomas Jefferson’s home at Monticello with its wandering paths, orchards, and experimental vegetable garden. As a result this small organic farm, was born. Today the farm produces more than fifty varieties of vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers; many of which are rare and hard to find locally. The farm also grows a wide variety of fruits including plums, pluots, nectarines, apricots, apples, figs, peaches, guavas, avocados (Haas, Fuerte and Reed), olives, pomegranates, persimmons, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and ten different types of citrus. The remaining areas consist of drought-tolerant sweeps of rosemary, lavender, rockrose, and sage all of which attract butterflies and dueling hummingbirds. Photo Credit: Laura Hull Photography. Interior Design: Jeffrey Hitchcock. Landscape Design: Laurie Lewis Design. General Contractor: Martin Perry Premier General Contractors

Living room - contemporary living room idea in London

Photography by JC Buck
Open concept kitchen - modern u-shaped light wood floor open concept kitchen idea in Denver with flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, solid surface countertops, white backsplash, stainless steel appliances, an island and an integrated sink

Inspiration for a mid-sized coastal beige floor and medium tone wood floor open concept kitchen remodel with a farmhouse sink, white cabinets, white backsplash, stainless steel appliances, an island, white countertops and recessed-panel cabinets

The dining room is open to the kitchen, underscoring the desired lack of formality in this house.
Dining room - transitional dining room idea in Nashville

Architecture & Interior Design: David Heide Design Studio Photo: Susan Gilmore Photography
Example of a tuscan u-shaped dark wood floor and brown floor eat-in kitchen design in Minneapolis with a double-bowl sink, recessed-panel cabinets, green cabinets, quartzite countertops, white backsplash, ceramic backsplash, stainless steel appliances and an island

SpaceCrafting Real Estate Photography
Example of a mid-sized transitional white two-story wood gable roof design in Minneapolis

Kitchen designed by our LS Kitchens division…check out the website at http://www.livingspacesco.com

Eat-in kitchen - large contemporary single-wall medium tone wood floor eat-in kitchen idea in Denver with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, granite countertops, white backsplash, stainless steel appliances and an island

Example of a classic blue three-story stone house exterior design with a hip roof and a shingle roof

Jeri Koegel
Beach style white two-story exterior home photo in Orange County

This home was featured in the May 2016 edition of HOME & DESIGN Magazine. To see the rest of the home tour as well as other luxury homes featured, visit http://www.homeanddesign.net/classically-comfortable/

Kim Sargent
Example of a tuscan dining room design in New York with orange walls

This light and airy kitchen combines traditional accents with transitional ones. Black honed granite counter tops are balanced by dark accents through out the space like the slat-back island stools, lantern pendant fixtures above, and bronze hardware on doors. The light stone on the kitchen island work beautifully with white cabinets, Nickel pulls, and Nickel plumbing fixtures. Carrara marble is used on the kitchen island and both island and counter tops have an eased edge profile. White marble island top and white porcelain farmhouse sink work beautifully within the space The kitchen's honed stone counter top is repeated at the pass-through to the dining room. Architectural mill-work and column at Dining Room entry add a traditional element to this relaxed space. The combinations of all these finishes bring personalty and warmth to the home. Photos by Alicia's Art, LLC RUDLOFF Custom Builders, is a residential construction company that connects with clients early in the design phase to ensure every detail of your project is captured just as you imagined. RUDLOFF Custom Builders will create the project of your dreams that is executed by on-site project managers and skilled craftsman, while creating lifetime client relationships that are build on trust and integrity. We are a full service, certified remodeling company that covers all of the Philadelphia suburban area including West Chester, Gladwynne, Malvern, Wayne, Haverford and more. As a 6 time Best of Houzz winner, we look forward to working with you on your next project.