Attic side of the 24,000 Bth (2 ton) heat pump ceiling cassette. All cassettes make it hard to attach refrigerant lines. Someday those engineers will learn!

Art Gray
Small trendy master concrete floor and gray floor bedroom photo in Los Angeles with gray walls and no fireplace

Custom-built pool house featuring a modern smooth stucco exterior in warm earth tones. This project includes energy-efficient windows, sliding glass doors, and a durable concrete foundation. The surrounding area showcases a beautifully designed patio with travertine tiles and low-maintenance artificial turf, creating the perfect outdoor living space. Attention to detail and high-quality craftsmanship make this pool house an elegant addition to the backyard.

This Boulder, Colorado remodel by fuentesdesign demonstrates the possibility of renewal in American suburbs, and Passive House design principles. Once an inefficient single story 1,000 square-foot ranch house with a forced air furnace, has been transformed into a two-story, solar powered 2500 square-foot three bedroom home ready for the next generation. The new design for the home is modern with a sustainable theme, incorporating a palette of natural materials including; reclaimed wood finishes, FSC-certified pine Zola windows and doors, and natural earth and lime plasters that soften the interior and crisp contemporary exterior with a flavor of the west. A Ninety-percent efficient energy recovery fresh air ventilation system provides constant filtered fresh air to every room. The existing interior brick was removed and replaced with insulation. The remaining heating and cooling loads are easily met with the highest degree of comfort via a mini-split heat pump, the peak heat load has been cut by a factor of 4, despite the house doubling in size. During the coldest part of the Colorado winter, a wood stove for ambiance and low carbon back up heat creates a special place in both the living and kitchen area, and upstairs loft. This ultra energy efficient home relies on extremely high levels of insulation, air-tight detailing and construction, and the implementation of high performance, custom made European windows and doors by Zola Windows. Zola’s ThermoPlus Clad line, which boasts R-11 triple glazing and is thermally broken with a layer of patented German Purenit®, was selected for the project. These windows also provide a seamless indoor/outdoor connection, with 9′ wide folding doors from the dining area and a matching 9′ wide custom countertop folding window that opens the kitchen up to a grassy court where mature trees provide shade and extend the living space during the summer months. With air-tight construction, this home meets the Passive House Retrofit (EnerPHit) air-tightness standard of

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Example of an arts and crafts single-wall dark wood floor home bar design in Kansas City with shaker cabinets, white cabinets, red backsplash and brick backsplash

Interior Design and Architecture: Vivid Interior Design Builder: Jarrod Smart Construction Photo Credit: Cipher Imaging
Home bar - transitional single-wall black floor home bar idea with glass-front cabinets, black cabinets, white backsplash, no sink and black countertops

The side of the island has convenient storage for cookbooks and other essentials. The strand woven bamboo flooring looks modern, but tones with the oak flooring in the rest of the house. Photos by- Michele Lee Willson

this garage conversion includes custom built in cabinets with barn doors and movie projection area, hardwood flooring and a built in wall folding bed cabinet 4" LED recessed lights throughout the vaulted ceilings with a white wood siding and reclaimed wood beams A custom built in bar with Quartz counter tops and reclaimed wood shelves

Matt Wier
Inspiration for a 1950s master gray tile light wood floor freestanding bathtub remodel in Los Angeles with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, black cabinets and white walls

Mid-sized transitional built-in desk light wood floor and brown floor home office photo in Grand Rapids with beige walls and no fireplace

Coming from Minnesota this couple already had an appreciation for a woodland retreat. Wanting to lay some roots in Sun Valley, Idaho, guided the incorporation of historic hewn, stone and stucco into this cozy home among a stand of aspens with its eye on the skiing and hiking of the surrounding mountains. Miller Architects, PC

Example of a mid-sized beach style slate floor and blue floor front door design in Orange County with white walls and a medium wood front door