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Paver Brick Patio with Natural Stone Seatwall and Built-In-Grill
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This all-encompassing whole house remodel transformed this 1966 ranch into a serene, modern home that tips its hat to the home’s midcentury origins while giving it a fresh update. Richard Brown Architecture drew the master plan while Introspecs provided the interior design direction. The scope included a full remodel of the kitchen, living/dining area, and master suite, while a new addition over the garage added studio space and a sunroom. Bright light streams in with the new open floorplan, while extensive white oak cabinetry and casework throughout lend warmth to the neutral palette and provide connection to the home’s wooded setting.

A modern luxury pool and outdoor living area addition to an expansive ranch property located in Celina, TX just a few minutes north of Dallas. This project created a large, infinity edge pool to enhance the dramatic views from the house to the rest of the ranch property. Details included are a glass tile infinity edge, perimeter overflow pool, concrete and ipe wood deck, raised overflow spa, fire pit seating area all enhanced by the addition of mature trees and native plantings.

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By relocating and reorganizing some of the utilities, we were about to open up and stream line the kitchen. Making a more functional island with views and access to the family room, living room, formal dining room, eat in kitchen with fire place and rear yard patio. Peter Kubilus Architectural Photography. Cabinetry by Alexandria Como Design

This project focused on transforming an upper floor unit, with a long footprint and dark segmented spaces, into a light filled, open and efficient home. The new kitchen incorporates former circulation space and creates a generous, relaxed gathering area. A glass clad mezzanine level is the home's new crown jewel. Open to the kitchen below, the mezzanine streams sunlight into the center of the home and connects to the outside through two new roof decks. With a bold colored wind wall delineating the mezzanine and roof level, the outdoor spaces are private, comfortable oases within the city. ©Lucas Fladzinski

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Situated on a 3.5 acre, oak-studded ridge atop Santa Barbara's Riviera, the Greene Compound is a 6,500 square foot custom residence with guest house and pool capturing spectacular views of the City, Coastal Islands to the south, and La Cumbre peak to the north. Carefully sited to kiss the tips of many existing large oaks, the home is rustic Mediterranean in style which blends integral color plaster walls with Santa Barbara sandstone and cedar board and batt. Landscape Architect Lane Goodkind restored the native grass meadow and added a stream bio-swale which complements the rural setting. 20' mahogany, pocketing sliding doors maximize the indoor / outdoor Santa Barbara lifestyle by opening the living spaces to the pool and island view beyond. A monumental exterior fireplace and camp-style margarita bar add to this romantic living. Discreetly buried in the mission tile roof, solar panels help to offset the home's overall energy consumption. Truly an amazing and unique property, the Greene Residence blends in beautifully with the pastoral setting of the ridge while complementing and enhancing this Riviera neighborhood.

This all-encompassing whole house remodel transformed this 1966 ranch into a serene, modern home that tips its hat to the home’s midcentury origins while giving it a fresh update. Richard Brown Architecture drew the master plan while Introspecs provided the interior design direction. The scope included a full remodel of the kitchen, living/dining area, and master suite, while a new addition over the garage added studio space and a sunroom. Bright light streams in with the new open floorplan, while extensive white oak cabinetry and casework throughout lend warmth to the neutral palette and provide connection to the home’s wooded setting.

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A peaceful backyard escape featuring vibrant drought-tolerant plantings, a natural stone retaining wall, and a hammock nestled among towering pines, offering a perfect spot for relaxation in a serene woodland setting.

Together with the Main Home, the 360 Ranch Guest Cabins offer even more spaces for friends and family to connect in the shadow of towering Emigrant Peak. Like the Main Home, the Guest Cabins draw design inspiration from the classic log lodges of The West, integrating smaller round logs and native stone to convey that distinctive historic feel. The two 2000 square foot cabins are connected—essentially mirrored at the fireplace—with each side boasting a master suite with fireplace and a second bedroom with bunks, a full kitchen, and living area. A combination of open deck space and screened porches, as well as its location on the banks of a small stream that feeds the pond, further connects this structure with the surrounding landscape.

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This rustic backyard retreat features a patio with natural gas fire pit constructed with boulders, a cascading water feature with ponds, and lush native plantings, perfect for evening relaxation and gatherings.

Koi are a healthy part of this Deck and Patio pond’s natural ecosystem; they have lots of room to hide as well as swim. The pond is sufficiently deep, including around the edges. There are also plenty of high rock overhangs to discourage predators. A motion-activated sprinkler and a koi castle offer the final bits of security.

Located on a wooded lot on the south side of Mount Orford in Estrie, this country house is designed to enjoy views of the wooded slope down to a stream at the bottom of the valley and rising to the opposite cliff. The south offers a splendid view of distant mountains. Of modest size, the house is simple, modern and showcases natural materials. It opens towards the forest and the landscape while preserving the intimacy of the customers. The interior is spacious; the living spaces are communicating and friendly, with a high ceiling above the living room and a large picture window in front of the master bedroom, on the mezzanine. The living areas open onto an outdoor terrace that anchors the house to its rocky terrain, protected from the weather and hidden from the street. The rock of the land is highlighted at the edge of the terrace, where a rock face down the slope. A large roof overhang protects the house from the sun in the summer, and the low-level concrete floors absorb sunlight in the winter. The house has been designed according to the criteria of LEED and Novoclimat.