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This kitchen remodel showcases a seamless blend of timeless elegance and modern functionality, thoughtfully designed to create a sophisticated and inviting space. The cabinetry features faceframe construction with a classic Shaker door style, combining painted white cabinets with options in maple wood stained Storm Gray and cherry wood with a Cappuccino stain, offering both contrast and warmth. The countertops, crafted from Vadara Quartz in Calacatta Blanco, bring a luxurious and durable surface to the space, perfectly complemented by the backsplash of Calacatta Vagil marble, lending a refined touch of natural beauty. Waterjet marble tile in a fusion of Asian Statuary, Temple Gray, and Tunisia Gray adds a striking and intricate detail to the design. High-end appliances, including a Dacor rangetop, Miele dishwasher, Sub-Zero refrigerator, Bosch oven, and Sharp microwave, ensure state-of-the-art performance while seamlessly integrating into the aesthetic. A Rohl fireclay sink and a Waterstone faucet in polished chrome provide both style and practicality. The flooring features Australian Spotted Gum hardwood, adding richness and warmth underfoot. Berenson Swagger Collection pulls in black nickel and brushed gold provide a sophisticated accent to the cabinetry, while decorative glass from New German Antique introduces a unique and artisanal touch. Benjamin Moore’s West Coast paint enhances the overall color scheme, tying together the design elements with its harmonious tones. This remodel effortlessly combines style, functionality, and individuality to create a kitchen that is both beautiful and highly functional.

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HomerWood Hardwood Flooring install - Alamo CA

Diablo Flooring,Inc

Diablo Flooring Inc - Danville CA HomerWood is an American brand you can trust! Using only the highest quality, local raw materials they hand-craft premium hardwood flooring in a range of beautiful colors, styles, textures and surface treatments to fit both residential and commercial interiors. HomerWood Hardwood Flooring is visually opulent with distinct looks and is a truly unique hardwood flooring with a personal reflection of one's own taste and lifestyle. Allow Nature To Customize Your Floor! HomerWood Hardwood Flooring Traditional Character - Click to View Selections Traditional Character™ Crafted from the entire tree, all of nature's beautiful distinctive markings are revealed. These one-of-a-kind markings are highlighted beneath a smooth durable finish. Amish Hand-Scraped® These floors are truly fashioned by hand by local Amish artisans and like a true piece of art, each plank bears the signature of the proud craftsman who created it. HomerWood's Traditional scrape covers the full surface of the floor. Whereas Time Worn, a softer scrape, provides a subtle rolling surface variation. Smoked Specialties™ Dramatic, rich and alluring visuals that add design and depth to a room. Using a technique achieved by gently flaming the wood, board by board, the heat from the open flame caramelizes the sugars in the sapwood creating a shadowed look that can't be imitated. Aesthetics™ by HomerWood® Oak and Ash hardwood sourced from the Appalachian region are custom crafted into beautiful long, wide planks that are precisely milled to enhance the overall presence of your wood floor. These visually pleasing floors are offered in a 9/16" engineered construction to provide installation versatility and excellent stability. HomerWood's designer inspired color choices are highlighted beneath a smooth durable matte finish making these floors an attractive option for both residential and commercial interiors. Birch Run™ The rich elegance of HomerWood's all American birch lends an air of distinction to any room where the beauty of the wood is of the utmost importance. Birch wood is fine grained with an attractive satin like luster. While all trees are naturally renewable, not all are able to be utilized to the full extent like the Birch tree. This capability makes it an environmentally friendly resource precisely milled by HomerWood. Raw Material Homerwood uses only the highest grade, center cut, raw material from verifiable sources in the Appalachian region. Visually beautiful floors with tight grain. Allows for long lengths and wider widths with excellent stability. Species Homerwood uses only domestic species which include hickory, cherry, black walnut, hard maple, ash, birch, red oak, white oak and rift and quartered white oak. With a broad range of species and colors to choose from, you have many options and choices to design to your taste and style. Green Homerwood hardwood flooring is produced with zero waste, is Carb II compliant with zero off-gassing and no VOC's. Engineered floors are cold pressed with no urea formaldehyde. Environmentally friendly. Provides for healthy living with no allergens. Warranty - Lifetime Structural Warranty Superior Finish Warranty - Aluminum Oxide only: 50-year residential / 3-year commercial Custom Options Custom stains, gloss levels, long lengths, wide widths, textures, reclaimed flooring, pre-cut herringbone and pre-cut parquets.

Transitional Elegance

KBE Design & Build

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Hunter Douglas Roman Shades

Accent Window Fashions LLC

Hunter Douglas Unique Solera™ Soft Shades Made of woven and non-woven fabrics, Solera™ Soft Shades create a fluid, sculpted look. The only soft shades with cellular construction, they also lend both light-filtering and room-darkening options. UV protection SUNSCREEN FOR YOUR VALUABLES Protect your furniture, flooring and artwork from fading with at least 75% protection from harmful UV rays. Platinum™ Technology CONTROL FROM YOUR PHONE OR TABLET Controlling your window treatments with a mobile device means you can set your blinds to movie mode, work mode, or 8 a.m. mode with the touch of a button, without leaving your seat. It’s effortless, fun and smart—with perfectly smooth operation. Learn More Lifetime Guarantee FOR LIFE Hunter Douglas products are designed and custom-assembled in the U.S. with the highest level of quality. But just in case, every window treatment from Hunter Douglas is covered by our lifetime limited guarantee. Read the Hunter Douglas Warranty to learn more. Hunter Douglas Solera™ Soft Shades Hunter Douglas Solera™ Soft Shades with UltraGlide® Material: Cobblestone Room Darkening Color: Granite Hunter Douglas Solera™ Soft Shades with UltraGlide® Operating Systems: UltraGlide Room: Living Room Room Styles: Contemporary, Transitional Available from Accent Window Fashions LLC Hunter Douglas Showcase Priority Dealer Hunter Douglas Certified Installer Hunter Douglas Certified Professional Dealer #Hunter_Douglas #Solera #Soft_Shades #UltraGlide #Living_Room #Contemporary #Transitional #Window_Shadings #Window_Treatments #HunterDouglas #Accent_Window_Fashions Copyright 2001-2014 Hunter Douglas, Inc. All rights reserved.

HomerWood Hardwood Flooring install - Alamo CA

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Columbus, OH

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Columbus Design-Build, Kitchen & Bath Remodeling, Historic Renovations

Home Office Attic Renovation

Way-Mar Inc.

The first stage of the renovation was to gut the entire attic and then apply spray foam insulation. As work has been done to different areas of their home, the owners have chosen to insulate with polyurethane foam because it provides the best thermal protection. This makes a notable difference in their older home even with the natural insulating factor of the double brick construction. Since the attic is a place where a significant amount of time is spent year round, choosing spray foam insulation has proven to be a wise choice. The owner says “it’s quite air tight up here so keeping it warm in the winter isn’t a problem. We ran a little infrared heater this winter but needed to shut it off by noon or it was too hot even on the coldest days. On really hot days in the summer, I turn on the small window air conditioner early in the morning and it doesn’t run very much to keep it quite comfortable.” In the overall design of the office, WayMar was able to maximize the usable space which is often a challenge in attics. Even with low slanted ceilings, the office is full of natural light and has an open airy feel with a wonderful view of the neighbourhood’s mature trees. The client is certainly satisfied with the move up from the basement. “There’s just something about working up here that I prefer.” The open concept office also lends to long term flexibility and resale value as the space can easily be converted to a bedroom or recreation room. photo: jeff brubacher

Kitchen to Fit Your Culinary Needs

Medallion Cabinetry

This culinary kitchen design has a transitional style and incorporates beautiful clean lines. The designer selected a beautiful combination of three different finishes from Medallion to create a well-designed and functional space to satisfy your inner chef. The custom designed kitchen island showcases our Greystone finish from the New Stoney Brooke Collection and creates defined cooking, cleaning, and prep zones within the overall space. Medallion’s new Stoney Brooke Collection is uniquely textured in subtle shades of grays and browns. This unique finish is achieved by artfully brushing multiple glaze materials onto a stained surface. The varying shades of this glaze application create a subtle textural feel and appearance. The component hood creates a function focal point and is finished in both Greystone and our new Irish Crème painted finish. The Irish Crème wall cabinetry coordinates beautifully with the Smoke stained base cabinets which provide a neutral backdrop for your culinary creations. Extend the style and well-appropriated design of your kitchen into the pantry. Select coordinating cabinetry and specialized storage options to fit your culinary needs. Find a Medallion Showroom near you today: http://www.medallioncabinetry.com/DealerLocator

High-Level Bi-Level

Susan Yeley Homes

Two years before this photo shoot, a Bloomington couple came to SYI wondering whether to renovate their dated bi-level or upgrade to a new house entirely: the classic love-it-or-list-it dilemma. The whole house needed to be touched, really: bathrooms and kitchen, lighting and flooring and paint everywhere, not to mention new furniture to fill in and improve the living spaces. We spent a year with this family, considering options that were less transformative but allowed for the whole house to be upgraded, as well as options that dramatically changed the main living space but meant the rest of the house would have to wait. Meanwhile, they kept an eye out for better digs in town: a house at their price point, that met their family's needs and matched their aesthetic without major construction. After a year of hunting, hemming and hawing: they pulled the trigger. Give us the whole enchilada in the kitchen and main living space, they said. There's no other house for us. The bathrooms and basement can wait. Make this space, where we spend all our time, a place we love to be. Walls and ceilings came down; clerestory windows went in. A stunning 4-panel sliding door-cum-window wall replaced two separate doors in two separate rooms, and the sun streaming in now gives this house in Indiana a California-like access to the outdoors. The central custom screen does triple duty: displaying the client's objets d'art, hiding an HVAC chase, and holding up the ceiling. The gas fireplace is completely new, with custom shelving on either side. Of course, in 2017, the kitchen anchors everything. Family Central, it features custom cabinetry, honed quartz, a new window wall, and a huge island. Materials are earthy and natural, lending a warm modern effect to the space. The medium stain of the wood and overall horizontality of the design are a nod to the home's era (1967), while white cabinetry and charcoal tile provide a neutral but crisp backdrop for the family's stunning and colorful art collection. The result: an ordinary bi-level is now an extraordinary home, unlike any other in Bloomington. Contractor: Rusty Peterson Construction Cabinetry: Tim Graber Furniture Photography: Gina Rogers

Garage Remodel in Littleton, Colorado

VAULT®

In the Tuscany region of central Italy, a region made famous around the world for its history, landscapes, traditions, artistic legacy and fine wine, perhaps nothing is more universally recognized than the old world villa’s that are nestled into the rolling countryside. Standing at approximately 10,500 square feet, this custom residence has all of the elegance, style and craftsmanship of those old world homes, but with all of the modern amenities of a new modern luxury home. This stunning residence was recognized by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) as the best custom built home in the country in 2010, a testament to the skillful designers and craftsmen who brought the homeowners vision into reality. When Chad Haas, Founder of VAULT (www.vaultgarage.com), a company that prides itself in furnishing some of the most beautiful garages in the world, was brought into the project, the home and garage had already been built. The accolades of the gorgeous villa already awarded. But the homeowner felt that the exterior and interior of the garage lacked architectural harmony with the rest of the home and so he flew Mr. Haas out to visit the space directly so that he could assist hands-on with re-designing a new look and to add furnishings to accessories the space. “When I first approached the villa from the street, I knew that I’d have my work cut out for me. Everything looked so perfect exactly the way it was designed and built. I questioned myself ‘how was I going to improve upon perfection?’, since remarkable attention was paid to even the smallest of details in the home” asked Haas. The client’s goal was to engage Haas to design and furnish a garage where he could relax, separate from the home, enjoy his growing car collection and entertain family and friends. After spending a short weekend together with the home owner to gather his ideas, Haas returned back to his Beaverton, Oregon-based company with a clearer vision: create the ultimate gentlemen’s retreat through the look of a turn-of-a-century Tuscan ‘car barn’. Absolutely nothing in the garage was overlooked – and it shows. Every design element in the garage for color, texture and material was meticulously thought out to elicit just the right feeling and emotion in everyone that enters what may be one of the most beautifully elegant garages in America, a space commonly overlooked in the construction of homes today. A main focal point of the exterior of garage is the beautiful view from the courtyard, where all three carriage doors can be seen. While the existing wood doors looked acceptable, it was agreed that something more befitting of the quality and beauty of the home were appropriate. Haas designed luxurious castle-style doors handcrafted from solid Mahogany and bathed in a rich dark brown stain that was complemented by hand-wrought iron grills, clavos and door pull hardware. The double-wide door, in particular, is truly remarkable in both its elegance, as well as its one-of-a-kind operation. “The client was concerned in this area of having mounting hardware and a motor on the ceiling. Because the cars in this area do not get brought out on a regular (daily) basis, the doors open manually by hand and operate accordion style on a track”. The homes main overhead garage doors feature jack-shaft operation which removes the clutter of a motor on the garage ceiling, but offers the convenience of powered operation. These extraordinary, custom-made castle doors look just as beautiful on the inside as the out and their unparalleled design and craftsmanship take the exterior of the home to even greater heights than before. On to the interior, a black and white epoxy coating was stripped and replaced with porcelain tiles that resembled Italian travertine stone. To give the car barn a rustic feeling and a presence that it was older, not modern, Haas worked on the development and concept directly with the home owner to collaborate with a local millwork company that designed and hand-finished substantial wood beams from distressed Doug Fir. All of the walls were hand-plastered by a local artist using straw that was harvested from the immediate area surrounding the home and incorporated into the plaster to give it a rustic antique quality. Haas conceived and designed a bar area and cabinetry for a work area that pulled inspiration from old ice boxes of the 1920’s that utilized heavy nickel-plated hardware, again to give storage spaces a rustic appearance. The warm glow from several custom porcelain neon signs, each one meticulously built entirely by hand by VAULT, are dispersed throughout the space and transform the entire room and bring it to life. The client had never previously owned a neon sign before and along with the carriage doors felt that these items have transformed the space more than any other feature. Several antique gas pumps, restored in the client’s favorite petro bran, and a few additional porcelain signs will eventually furnish the rest of the space to complement the clients amazing car collection. In addition to the countless details that set this showcase garage apart, its ability to seamlessly blend with the rest of the home and the natural, rustic setting of the Colorado Rockies, yet house modern automobiles in a manner in which they feel well placed and belong, is also noteworthy. GARAGE DESIGN & FURNISHINGS To learn more about VAULT visit them at: http://www.vaultgarage.com/ And on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/VaultGarage PHOTOGRAPHY All photographs were used with the permission of photographer John Vanderpool (john.vanderpool5@gmail.com) You can visit John Vanderpool on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/JVanderpoolPhotography ARCHITECTURE Jerry Gloss, Principal, KGA Architects: http://www.kgarch.com/ HOMEBUILDER Thomas Sattler Home: http://thomassattlerhomes.com/ VEHICLES Here is an overview of the cars that were photographed in this article: 1. 2014 Ferrari 458 Italia 2. 2013 Maserati GranTurismo Sport 3. 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997) 4. 2008 Porsche Cayenne GTS 5. 2008 Porsche GT3 RS 6. 2013 Porsche 911 Turbo S (997) 7. 2014 Porsche Panamera GTS 8. 2013 Ford SVT Raptor (6.2L CrewCab)’ Overview of project reprinted with permission of DuPont Registry.

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Suburban Contemporary Design

Edgewater Design Group

As written in Northern Home & Cottage by Elizabeth Edwards Sara and Paul Matthews call their head-turning home, located in a sweet neighborhood just up the hill from downtown Petoskey, “a very human story.” Indeed it is. Sara and her husband, Paul, have a special-needs son as well as an energetic middle-school daughter. This home has an answer for everyone. Located down the street from the school, it is ideally situated for their daughter and a self-contained apartment off the great room accommodates all their son’s needs while giving his caretakers privacy—and the family theirs. The Matthews began the building process by taking their thoughts and needs to Stephanie Baldwin and her team at Edgewater Design Group. Beyond the above considerations, they wanted their new home to be low maintenance and to stand out architecturally, “But not so much that anyone would complain that it didn’t work in our neighborhood,” says Sara. “We were thrilled that Edgewater listened to us and were able to give us a unique-looking house that is meeting all our needs.” Lombardy LLC built this handsome home with Paul working alongside the construction crew throughout the project. The low maintenance exterior is a cutting-edge blend of stacked stone, black corrugated steel, black framed windows and Douglas fir soffits—elements that add up to an organic contemporary look. The use of black steel, including interior beams and the staircase system, lend an industrial vibe that is courtesy of the Matthews’ friend Dan Mello of Trimet Industries in Traverse City. The couple first met Dan, a metal fabricator, a number of years ago, right around the time they found out that their then two-year-old son would never be able to walk. After the couple explained to Dan that they couldn’t find a solution for a child who wasn’t big enough for a wheelchair, he designed a comfortable, rolling chair that was just perfect. They still use it. The couple’s gratitude for the chair resulted in a trusting relationship with Dan, so it was natural for them to welcome his talents into their home-building process. A maple floor finished to bring out all of its color-tones envelops the room in warmth. Alder doors and trim and a Doug fir ceiling reflect that warmth. Clearstory windows and floor-to-ceiling window banks fill the space with light—and with views of the spacious grounds that will become a canvas for Paul, a retired landscaper. The couple’s vibrant art pieces play off against modernist furniture and lighting that is due to an inspired collaboration between Sara and interior designer Kelly Paulsen. “She was absolutely instrumental to the project,” Sara says. “I went through two designers before I finally found Kelly.” The open clean-lined kitchen, butler’s pantry outfitted with a beverage center and Miele coffee machine (that allows guests to wait on themselves when Sara is cooking), and an outdoor room that centers around a wood-burning fireplace, all make for easy, fabulous entertaining. A den just off the great room houses the big-screen television and Sara’s loom— making for relaxing evenings of weaving, game watching and togetherness. Tourgoers will leave understanding that this house is everything great design should be. Form following function—and solving very human issues with soul-soothing style.

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Newschool Builders LLC

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Inspiration for a contemporary bathroom remodel in Burlington

How To Choose The Perfect Bathroom Suite?

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How To Choose The Perfect Bathroom Suite? Why stay with a boring, staid and un-relaxing bathroom space when you can, with a bit of thought and the right investment, go for a bathroom space that: • Is so good that it has to be called a suite • Is fitted with the latest items to make bath time relaxation time • Comes with many options so you can choose the perfect one for yourself. Bathroom suites have become rather popular these days because people are realising the many benefits offered by them. The important question then is how do you choose the right bathroom suite for yourself? Space Space is certainly one of the most important considerations for you to start with. Typically, bathroom suites have: • Shower units • Bathtubs • Faucets • Bidets • Toilets and • Sinks to name just a few. Each of these components can be right sized to make your bathroom suite spectacular. For instance, a shower bath is great for small spaces simply because it combines bathing and showering into one unit. If you have a large space for the suite then you can go in for a sprawling suite as well. You could go in for a suite even for an odd space that does not lend itself to regular designs! Ornate or simple? You can create a bathroom suite according to the décor that you love or even the décor that is in place in the rest of your home. For instance, a country style home can have a simple, rustic looking bathroom suite. An ornate sink could even work best for a traditional Victorian type of mansion. Special features It is useful for you to consider the extra features and functions that you need from the bathroom suites. For instance, a bathroom geared for mobility may come in handy if you have senior citizens or people with special needs living in the house. People also choose eco friendly bathrooms which can help them save water and power bills too. Make the time to plan It is a very good idea for you to spend a bit of extra time in planning and choosing. There are quite a few websites like Bella Bathrooms that are dedicated to bathroom suites and you should browse their images and information so you can choose the right suite. Of course it also helps to talk to their experts who will give you additional inputs when it comes to designing the right space. After all, you would not want to invest in the wrong bathroom or the wrong space to relax in!