The master bedroom's vaulted ceiling is clad in a white washed cedar, the white walls are the perfect pallet for the bright colored accent pillows and fresh tropical greenery. The sliding glass doors lead out to the upstairs lanai overlooking the ocean and a well placed orange swing bed sways in the breeze under the outdoor fan, shaded from the afternoon sun by Bahama shutters

D Randolph Foulds Photography
Dining room - traditional dining room idea in Charlotte

Front view showing driveway and wood stained soffits.. classic white modern facade
Mid-sized modern white two-story stucco flat roof idea in Miami

Rear elevation
Southwest exterior home photo in Phoenix

Arched entry leads to master bath with mountain views.
Large tuscan master freestanding bathtub photo in Los Angeles

Glenn Layton Homes, LLC, "Building Your Coastal Lifestyle"
Coastal gray three-story wood exterior home idea in Jacksonville with a hip roof

This Havana fiberglass pergola kit boasts a beautiful retractable shade canopy seen in garden green and painted with our ColorLast paint process in Latte offering a low maintenance, high quality finish. This modern pergola design boasts double beams and spaced out double rafters which keeps Havana as one of our lowest cost fiberglass shade structures. With six different column options, ten canopy fabric selections and seven paint finishes, you will be able to design the perfect pergola kit for your outdoor retreat. Enjoy the sun or observe the stars with the option to retract your canopy to customize the amount of shade that will make you most comfortable. The pergola ideas are endless if a custom Havana is more your style. Fabricated by Brown Jordan Structures, you know the quality is unbeatable.

“Compelling.” That’s how one of our judges characterized this stair, which manages to embody both reassuring solidity and airy weightlessness. Architect Mahdad Saniee specified beefy maple treads—each laminated from two boards, to resist twisting and cupping—and supported them at the wall with hidden steel hangers. “We wanted to make them look like they are floating,” he says, “so they sit away from the wall by about half an inch.” The stainless steel rods that seem to pierce the treads’ opposite ends are, in fact, joined by threaded couplings hidden within the thickness of the wood. The result is an assembly whose stiffness underfoot defies expectation, Saniee says. “It feels very solid, much more solid than average stairs.” With the rods working in tension from above and compression below, “it’s very hard for those pieces of wood to move.” The interplay of wood and steel makes abstract reference to a Steinway concert grand, Saniee notes. “It’s taking elements of a piano and playing with them.” A gently curved soffit in the ceiling reinforces the visual rhyme. The jury admired the effect but was equally impressed with the technical acumen required to achieve it. “The rhythm established by the vertical rods sets up a rigorous discipline that works with the intricacies of stair dimensions,” observed one judge. “That’s really hard to do.”

Large transitional gray two-story house exterior idea in Burlington with a gambrel roof, a metal roof and a gray roof

Home bar - rustic home bar idea

Design ideas for a southwestern landscaping in Phoenix.

When the homeowners decided it was time to update their kitchen to have it reflect more their current tastes and needs, they came to me. They wanted to have a hearth-style hood area and a mantel to display seasonal decorations. The kitchen was extended slightly to accommodate the mantel, and to add the microwave, oven, & warming drawer to the primary work side of the kitchen. A second prep sink and refrigerator drawers were added to the island. Hand selected Teak wood was used as the countertop, because of the luscious texture and durability around wet areas, more than most other woods. A very long towel bar, set to the backside of the island, allows Trisha a handy place to display tea towels. Challenging to this design was that the ceiling height is only 94”, which we couldn’t raise. The kitchen, however, feels more open due to the lightness of the cabinet color, the glass-front and open display cabinets, the different levels of cabinets, and the liberal amount of well-balanced details. The bountiful details include two cabinet colors, two counter top materials, five door styles, three glass types, three drawer styles, and four hardware styles all designed to keep the observer engaged in the space. This kitchen can be described as a lush bouquet with each individual element gracefully adding to the spectacular result Design and remodel by Design Studio West Brady Architectural Photography

Studio C | Cheryl Nemazie
Sunroom - mid-sized coastal dark wood floor and brown floor sunroom idea with no fireplace and a standard ceiling

Mike Seidl
Mid-sized rustic exterior home idea in Seattle

For this project we converted an old ranch house into a truly unique boat house overlooking the Lagoon. Our renovation consisted of adding a second story, complete with a roof deck and converting a three car garage into a game room, pool house and overall entertainment room. The concept was to modernize the existing home into a bright, inviting vacation home that the family would enjoy for generations to come. Both porches on the upper and lower level are spacious and have cable railing to enhance the stunning view of the Lagoon.

A female mining bee on American plum (Prunus americana). This photo illustrates where mining bee females collect pollen: on the lower part of the hind leg, as well as higher up on the hind leg and the side of the thorax, giving the appearance that pollen is collected in their ‘armpit’.

With this client who has been passionate about plants all his life, there was naturally a close collaboration and a lot of input from him. Upon closer inspection you'd find some very exceptional plants that are sort of experimental but "all worth the try" in Gordon's eyes. And he is right! I relished the opportunity to use Star Magnolia stellata, Redbud Cercis 'Avondale' and 'Silver Cloud', Arabian Lilac 'Grand Duke of Tuscany', Royal Bromeliad Vriesea imperialis, also many unusual bulbs such as Scilla. Besides structure providing shrubs and trees (Tecoma, existing Indian Hawthorne with beautiful structures, Sweet Pea Bush, Golden Breath of Heaven, Ilex, Ginkgo, Bronze Loquat etc.) you'll see here also my favorite perennials, succulents and grasses, all as low care and undemanding as well as low-water as possible, to keep the landscape colorful and interesting year round. One of the highlights of this garden are the dry stream beds, bird bath and garden bench that we added. Built originally by himself and his wife, the dry stream beds were overgrown, mostly hidden by plant debris, or half rolling down hill. We had fun selecting a mixed collection of colorful and richly textured boulders of various sizes over, and with the input from 7 team members: Gordon, me, the contractor, the supervisor and three workers, we re-created the stream beds, making sure that anchor stones on the sides were well embedded in the slope, and that stone shelves and “top dressing” with smaller pebbles would add to the visual interest. Now these beds form very pleasing architectural features that look like they have always been there. We were all surprised how quickly all plants adapted to the site and started growing and putting out bloom. Now the old birdbath, a traditional white thing with dove figurines resting on the scalloped bowl, looked out of place, and I suggested to replace it with a stone bowl. And that part of the garden just called for a bench under the Macademia nut tree, to observe the birds and contemplate the whole creation. Only stone would do, but not any stone! Gordon picked a Basalt boulder that was naturally bowl shaped. It’s so heavy that it took 8 men to heave it into place! The Basalt bench was not much lighter, and together they make a very inviting scene. This job should last for a while. Photographed by Emma Almendarez at http://www.emmatheodoraphotography.com/

Photo Chris Berg http://www.chrisberg.ca/
Example of a mid-sized minimalist white three-story mixed siding flat roof design in Toronto