Roger Wade Studio
Mountain style stone patio photo with a fire pit and a roof extension

Opening the pocketing steel lift and slide doors allows nature into this Master Bedroom.
Example of a mid-sized country master medium tone wood floor and brown floor bedroom design in San Francisco with white walls

The uniquely modern Revel outdoor path light features a sleek metal surface that is laser-cut with horizontal slots which allow the LED light to shine through an inner white diffuser.

Reverse Shed Eichler This project is part tear-down, part remodel. The original L-shaped plan allowed the living/ dining/ kitchen wing to be completely re-built while retaining the shell of the bedroom wing virtually intact. The rebuilt entertainment wing was enlarged 50% and covered with a low-slope reverse-shed roof sloping from eleven to thirteen feet. The shed roof floats on a continuous glass clerestory with eight foot transom. Cantilevered steel frames support wood roof beams with eaves of up to ten feet. An interior glass clerestory separates the kitchen and livingroom for sound control. A wall-to-wall skylight illuminates the north wall of the kitchen/family room. New additions at the back of the house add several “sliding” wall planes, where interior walls continue past full-height windows to the exterior, complimenting the typical Eichler indoor-outdoor ceiling and floor planes. The existing bedroom wing has been re-configured on the interior, changing three small bedrooms into two larger ones, and adding a guest suite in part of the original garage. A previous den addition provided the perfect spot for a large master ensuite bath and walk-in closet. Natural materials predominate, with fir ceilings, limestone veneer fireplace walls, anigre veneer cabinets, fir sliding windows and interior doors, bamboo floors, and concrete patios and walks. Landscape design by Bernard Trainor: www.bernardtrainor.com (see “Concrete Jungle” in April 2014 edition of Dwell magazine). Microsoft Media Center installation of the Year, 2008: www.cybermanor.com/ultimate_install.html (automated shades, radiant heating system, and lights, as well as security & sound).

Patio and landscaping.
Example of a classic backyard concrete paver patio design in Santa Barbara with a roof extension

Ryan Galvin at ryangarvinphotography.com This is a ground up custom home build in eastside Costa Mesa across street from Newport Beach in 2014. It features 10 feet ceiling, Subzero, Wolf appliances, Restoration Hardware lighting fixture, Altman plumbing fixture, Emtek hardware, European hard wood windows, wood windows. The California room is so designed to be part of the great room as well as part of the master suite.

Example of a mid-sized mountain style backyard gravel patio kitchen design in San Francisco with a pergola

Photography by Paul Dyer
Large transitional backyard rectangular pool photo in San Francisco

Mountain style deck photo in Atlanta with no cover

Richard Bloom
Inspiration for a 1960s patio remodel in Orange County

Inspiration for a transitional deck remodel in Denver with decking and a roof extension

hardscaping, 1.4 minus gravel walkway, rock garden, water features, waterfall, pondless, outdoor living space, outdoor seating, concrete pavers, flagstone hardscaping

The pergola, above the uppermost horizontal 'strip' of cedar, is a bronze poly-carbonate, which allows light to come through, but which blocks UV rays and keeps out the rain. It's also available in clear, and a few more colors.

Example of a large classic backyard rectangular and brick pool design in San Francisco

Polsky Perlstein Architects, Michael Hospelt Photography
Cottage gray one-story wood gable roof photo in San Francisco with a metal roof

Jimmy White Photography
Large transitional backyard concrete patio photo in Seattle with a fire pit and no cover

Patio - mid-sized rustic backyard concrete patio idea with a roof extension

Large rustic brown stone exterior home idea

Open concept kitchen - coastal l-shaped medium tone wood floor and brown floor open concept kitchen idea in Los Angeles with shaker cabinets, white cabinets, white backsplash, an island and white countertops