This minimalist railing features black horizontal bars, a modern T-rail profile, and simple square newels, offering sleek, modern aesthetics.
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Thee exterior of Plan 963-00694 offers a beautiful curb appeal with a covered porch and the front entry garage feature with space for 2-vehicles.
Example of a cottage exterior home design in Atlanta

This minimalist railing features black horizontal bars, a modern T-rail profile, and simple square newels, offering sleek, modern aesthetics.
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This 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom Modern Farmhouse house plan features 3,881 sq ft of living space. The exterior of this home is covered in Modern Farmhouse features and offers a large covered porch giving the home a beautifu curb appeal.

With only 35 residences and superior finishes, Edge Lofts is a unique collection of sustainable luxury residences that offers a more intimate & private lifestyle. Achieving the highest level of LEED certification, this unique building offers modern loft-style residences, a common garden terrace, smoke-free environment, and an abundance of green features. Each residence features energy-efficient design and appliances, Nest smart technology controlled heating & cooling, LED lighting and fresh air filtration systems.

With only 35 residences and superior finishes, Edge Lofts is a unique collection of sustainable luxury residences that offers a more intimate & private lifestyle. Achieving the highest level of LEED certification, this unique building offers modern loft-style residences, a common garden terrace, smoke-free environment, and an abundance of green features. Each residence features energy-efficient design and appliances, Nest smart technology controlled heating & cooling, LED lighting and fresh air filtration systems.

The accessible slope offers different perspectives of the living water feature, which lights up at night
Photo of a mid-sized contemporary drought-tolerant and full sun hillside river rock water fountain landscape in Los Angeles for summer.

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This modern green home offers both a vacation destination on Cape Cod near local family members and an opportunity for rental income. FAMILY ROOTS. A West Coast couple living in the San Francisco Bay Area sought a permanent East Coast vacation home near family members living on Cape Cod. As academic professionals focused on sustainability, they sought a green, energy efficient home that was well-aligned with their values. With no green homes available for sale on Cape Cod, they decided to purchase land near their family and build their own. SLOPED SITE. Comprised of a 3/4 acre lot nestled in the pines, the steeply sloping terrain called for a plan that embraced and took advantage of the slope. Of equal priority was optimizing solar exposure, preserving privacy from abutters, and creating outdoor living space. The design accomplished these goals with a simple, rectilinear form, offering living space on the both entry and lower/basement levels. The stepped foundation allows for a walk-out basement level with light-filled living space on the down-hill side of the home. The traditional basement on the eastern, up-hill side houses mechanical equipment and a home gym. The house welcomes natural light throughout, captures views of the forest, and delivers entertainment space that connects indoor living space to outdoor deck and dining patio. MODERN VISION. The clean building form and uncomplicated finishes pay homage to the modern architectural legacy on the outer Cape. Durable and economical fiber cement panels, fixed with aluminum channels, clad the primary form. Cedar clapboards provide a visual accent at the south-facing living room, which extends a single roof plane to cover the entry porch. SMART USE OF SPACE. On the entry level, the “L”-shaped living, dining, and kitchen space connects to the exterior living, dining, and grilling spaces to effectively double the home’s summertime entertainment area. Placed at the western end of the entry level (where it can retain privacy but still claim expansive downhill views) is the master suite with a built-in study. The lower level has two guest bedrooms, a second full bathroom, and laundry. The flexibility of the space—crucial in a house with a modest footprint—emerges in one of the guest bedrooms, which doubles as home office by opening the barn-style double doors to connect it to the bright, airy open stair leading up to the entry level. Thoughtful design, generous ceiling heights and large windows transform the modest 1,100 sf* footprint into a well-lit, spacious home. *(total finished space is 1800 sf) RENTAL INCOME. The property works for its owners by netting rental income when the owners are home in San Francisco. The house especially caters to vacationers bound for nearby Mayo Beach and includes an outdoor shower adjacent to the lower level entry door. In contrast to the bare bones cottages that are typically available on the Cape, this home offers prospective tenants a modern aesthetic, paired with luxurious and green features. Durable finishes inside and out will ensure longevity with the heavier use that comes with a rental property. COMFORT YEAR-ROUND. The home is super-insulated and air-tight, with mechanical ventilation to provide continuous fresh air from the outside. High performance triple-paned windows complement the building enclosure and maximize passive solar gain while ensuring a warm, draft-free winter, even when sitting close to the glass. A properly sized air source heat pump offers efficient heating & cooling, and includes a carefully designed the duct distribution system to provide even comfort throughout the house. The super-insulated envelope allows us to significantly reduce the equipment capacity, duct size, and airflow quantities, while maintaining unparalleled thermal comfort. ENERGY EFFICIENT. The building’s shell and mechanical systems play instrumental roles in the home’s exceptional performance. The building enclosure reduces the most significant energy glutton: heating. Continuous super-insulation, thorough air sealing, triple-pane windows, and passive solar gain work together to yield a miniscule heating load. All active energy consumers are extremely efficient: an air source heat pump for heating and cooling, a heat pump hot water heater, LED lighting, energy recovery ventilation (ERV), and high efficiency appliances. The result is a home that uses 70% less energy than a similar new home built to code requirements. OVERALL. The home embodies the owners’ goals and values while comprehensively enabling thermal comfort, energy efficiency, a vacation respite, and supplementary income. PROJECT TEAM ZeroEnergy Design - Architect & Mechanical Designer A.F. Hultin & Co. - Contractor Pamet Valley Landscape Design - Landscape & Masonry Lisa Finch - Original Artwork European Architectural Supply - Windows Eric Roth Photography - Photography

Handcrafted of reclaimed Chinese elm and hardwood, our Bluff Point Console features a distinctive inlaid X pattern across the top and down the sides. Parsons-style legs and storage drawers offer elevated style and practical functionality.

With only 35 residences and superior finishes, Edge Lofts is a unique collection of sustainable luxury residences that offers a more intimate & private lifestyle. Achieving the highest level of LEED certification, this unique building offers modern loft-style residences, a common garden terrace, smoke-free environment, and an abundance of green features. Each residence features energy-efficient design and appliances, Nest smart technology controlled heating & cooling, LED lighting and fresh air filtration systems.

With only 35 residences and superior finishes, Edge Lofts is a unique collection of sustainable luxury residences that offers a more intimate & private lifestyle. Achieving the highest level of LEED certification, this unique building offers modern loft-style residences, a common garden terrace, smoke-free environment, and an abundance of green features. Each residence features energy-efficient design and appliances, Nest smart technology controlled heating & cooling, LED lighting and fresh air filtration systems.

With only 35 residences and superior finishes, Edge Lofts is a unique collection of sustainable luxury residences that offers a more intimate & private lifestyle. Achieving the highest level of LEED certification, this unique building offers modern loft-style residences, a common garden terrace, smoke-free environment, and an abundance of green features. Each residence features energy-efficient design and appliances, Nest smart technology controlled heating & cooling, LED lighting and fresh air filtration systems.

With only 35 residences and superior finishes, Edge Lofts is a unique collection of sustainable luxury residences that offers a more intimate & private lifestyle. Achieving the highest level of LEED certification, this unique building offers modern loft-style residences, a common garden terrace, smoke-free environment, and an abundance of green features. Each residence features energy-efficient design and appliances, Nest smart technology controlled heating & cooling, LED lighting and fresh air filtration systems.

Located steps from the waterways of Huntington Harbor, California, Phelps Residence is a remodel of a regional mid-century house, developed in the 1960s along with the rest of the Harbor neighborhood. The goal of the renovation was to honor the mid-century bones of the existing structure featuring full-height windows and open beam ceilings while infusing new life and detail via a ground-up renovation. The volume of the house is a two-story stucco façade structure with vertical cedar and black metal accents. The wall-to-wall, full-height sliding doors create an indoor-outdoor experience by extending the front yard fire pit and seating area through the living room to the backyard swimming pool and cabana beyond. The climate of the Harbor provides an ideal environment to open the space up to the yards year-round, thereby expanding the footprint of the house and allowing for an uninterrupted flow between rooms and indoor and outdoor areas. The entry foyer features a steel and terrazzo sculptural stair in a recessed bed of river rock. The lower level’s large-scale terrazzo tiles seamlessly join the living room, dining room, and kitchen. The upper level is reserved for the private bedrooms and a more intimate family room. Hardwood floors flow throughout while large-scale windows seek to capture the unique views offered from each room. Stack bond CMU garden walls in the front yard define the entry sequence, honoring the mid-century history of the residence.

This minimalist railing features black horizontal bars, a modern T-rail profile, and simple square newels, offering sleek, modern aesthetics.
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary carpeted l-shaped mixed material railing staircase remodel in New York with carpeted risers

This open floor plan allows and easy flow between the family room, kitchen and screen porch. The wonderfully functional kitchen features a large island with seating and stainless steel appliances. White cabinets always offer a bright clean look to any kitchen. Photo: M. Eric Honeycutt

When the developer found this brownstone on the Upper Westside he immediately researched and found its potential for expansion. We were hired to maximize the existing brownstone and turn it from its current existence as 5 individual apartments into a large luxury single family home. The existing building was extended 16 feet into the rear yard and a new sixth story was added along with an occupied roof. The project was not a complete gut renovation, the character of the parlor floor was maintained, along with the original front facade, windows, shutters, and fireplaces throughout. A new solid oak stair was built from the garden floor to the roof in conjunction with a small supplemental passenger elevator directly adjacent to the staircase. The new brick rear facade features oversized windows; one special aspect of which is the folding window wall at the ground level that can be completely opened to the garden. The goal to keep the original character of the brownstone yet to update it with modern touches can be seen throughout the house. The large kitchen has Italian lacquer cabinetry with walnut and glass accents, white quartz counters and backsplash and a Calcutta gold arabesque mosaic accent wall. On the parlor floor a custom wetbar, large closet and powder room are housed in a new floor to ceiling wood paneled core. The master bathroom contains a large freestanding tub, a glass enclosed white marbled steam shower, and grey wood vanities accented by a white marble floral mosaic. The new forth floor front room is highlighted by a unique sloped skylight that offers wide skyline views. The house is topped off with a glass stair enclosure that contains an integrated window seat offering views of the roof and an intimate space to relax in the sun.

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This is an example of a large traditional brick front porch design in Atlanta with a roof extension.