Jeri Koegel
Patio - contemporary patio idea in Orange County

This four bedroom beach house in Washington's South Sound is all about growing up near the water's edge during summer's freedom from school. The owner's childhood was spent in a small cabin on this site with her parents and siblings. Now married and with children of her own, it was time to savor those childhood memories and create new ones in a house designed for generations to come. At 3,200 square feet, including a whimsical Crow's Nest, the new summer cabin is much larger than the original cabin. The home is still about family and fun though. Above the 600 square foot water toys filled garage, there is a 500 square foot bunk room for friends and family. The bunk room is connected to the main house by an upper bridge where built-in storage frames a window seat overlooking the property. Throughout the home are playful details drawing from the waterfront locale. Paddles are integrated into the stair railing, engineered flooring with a weathered look, marine cleats as hardware, a boardwalk to the main entry, and nautical lighting are found throughout the house. Designed by BC&J Architecture.

Photo by: Russell Abraham
Eat-in kitchen - mid-sized contemporary galley eat-in kitchen idea in San Francisco with dark wood cabinets, stainless steel appliances and an island

This kitchen's Large Star & Cross backsplash in White Wash stuns with its beautiful counter-to-ceiling installation. Design: Archetype Photo: Ellis Creek Photography

Example of a classic exterior home design in Detroit

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

Example of a trendy kitchen design in Portland

Open floor plan connects dining area with kitchen. Wrought iron chandelier over wood dining table.
Tuscan dark wood floor kitchen/dining room combo photo in Santa Barbara with white walls

Patio - transitional patio idea in Tampa

The dining room provides the perfect space to entertain. The plank inlay at the alcove has a built in buffet cabinet for additional storage and service space. A mixture of materials and heavy timber beams provide another example of Modern Rustic Living.

Bright a cozy family room over looked by kitchen. Television over the fireplace with flanking built-ins, with a coffered ceiling.
Living room - small transitional open concept dark wood floor living room idea in New York with gray walls, a standard fireplace and a media wall

A large deck providing entertainment space, open play space for children, and storage. Outdoor kitchen and eating area. Izumi Tanaka Photography
Example of a trendy deck design in Los Angeles

Hillside Residence by Locati Architects, Interior Design by Tracey Byrne, Photography by Audrey Hall

The client was excited to purchase a home in the beautiful resort of Sandestin, but was not pleased with the dark interiors, heavy mouldings, tile floors, dated fixtures and heavy feel of the interior of the home. We solved their problems by completely renovating the interiors. Ceilings were raised, floors were replaced, cabinetry and fixtures were replaced and a problem area in the living room was solved. They now have the open, clean, airy beach home of their dreams and I couldn't be more pleased with how this home turned out for them. anthony vallee

Kitchen - contemporary l-shaped light wood floor and beige floor kitchen idea in San Francisco with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, white backsplash, paneled appliances, an island and white countertops

Photographer: Michael Hunter http://michaelhunterphotography.com/ Designer: Amy Slaughter http://www.houzz.com/pro/slaughterdesignstudio/slaughter-design-studio Oct/Nov 2015 Refined Family Farmhouse http://www.urbanhomemagazine.com/feature/1452

Werner Segarra
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Elegant l-shaped medium tone wood floor kitchen photo in Minneapolis with recessed-panel cabinets, beige cabinets, white backsplash, an island and paneled appliances

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