Inspiration for a contemporary home design remodel in San Francisco

Sept 2014 Renovation of Daleville VA Colonial including extensive redesign of foundation planting. Planting includes Little Lime and Pee Wee Oakleaf Hydrangeas, Otto Luyken Laurels, Soft Touch Hollies, Endless Summer Hydrangeas, Sweeps of Azaleas, Astilbes and Heuchera, tied together with Big Blue Liriope. Color scheme includes pink, white, fuschia, burgundy, magenta and blue.

Inspiration for a mid-sized country boy dark wood floor and brown floor toddler room remodel in Dallas with gray walls

Inspiration for a large full sun backyard landscaping in Portland.

Mid-sized farmhouse boy dark wood floor and brown floor toddler room photo in Dallas with gray walls

3 to 6' tall and wide. Part to full sun. Acanthus mollis is prized for its bold clumps of shiny green leaves topped with striking, 3-foot-tall spires of white flowers which are clasped by showy purple bracts. This is a great plant for an eye-catching structural element in a part-shade border.

Beach style laundry room photo in Louisville

Dwarf boxwood hedges with Endless Summer and PeeGee Hydrangeas
This is an example of a traditional landscaping in New York.

Melissa Oholendt Photography
Large transitional boy carpeted and beige floor kids' room photo in Minneapolis with gray walls

Inspiration for a mid-sized country boy dark wood floor and brown floor childrens' room remodel in Dallas with gray walls

Serena Apostal
Large traditional white two-story brick gable roof idea in Charlotte

The mission: turn an unused back patio into a space where mom and dad and kids can all play and enjoy being together. Dad is an avid video gamer, mom and dad love to play board games with friends and family, and the kids love to draw and play. After the patio received a new enclosure and ceiling with recessed LED lights, my solution was to divide this long space into two zones, one for adults and one for kids, but unified with a sky blue and soothing green color palette and coordinating rugs. To the right we have a comfortable sofa with poufs gathered around a specialty cocktail table that turns into a gaming table featuring a recessed well which corrals boards, game pieces, and dice (and a handy grooved lip for propping up game cards), and also has a hidden pop-up monitor that connects to game consoles or streams films/television. I designed a shelving system to wrap around the back of a brick fireplace that includes narrow upper shelving to store board games, and plenty of other spots for fun things like working robotic models of R2D2 and BB8! Over in the kids’ zone, a handy storage system with blue doors, a modular play table in a dark blue grey, and a sweet little tee pee lined with fur throws for playing, hiding, or napping gives this half of the room an organized way for kids to express themselves. Magnetic art holders on the wall display an ever-changing gallery of finger paintings and school crafts. This back patio is now a fun room sunroom where the whole family can play!

The mission: turn an unused back patio into a space where mom and dad and kids can all play and enjoy being together. Dad is an avid video gamer, mom and dad love to play board games with friends and family, and the kids love to draw and play. After the patio received a new enclosure and ceiling with recessed LED lights, my solution was to divide this long space into two zones, one for adults and one for kids, but unified with a sky blue and soothing green color palette and coordinating rugs. To the right we have a comfortable sofa with poufs gathered around a specialty cocktail table that turns into a gaming table featuring a recessed well which corrals boards, game pieces, and dice (and a handy grooved lip for propping up game cards), and also has a hidden pop-up monitor that connects to game consoles or streams films/television. I designed a shelving system to wrap around the back of a brick fireplace that includes narrow upper shelving to store board games, and plenty of other spots for fun things like working robotic models of R2D2 and BB8! Over in the kids’ zone, a handy storage system with blue doors, a modular play table in a dark blue grey, and a sweet little tee pee lined with fur throws for playing, hiding, or napping gives this half of the room an organized way for kids to express themselves. Magnetic art holders on the wall display an ever-changing gallery of finger paintings and school crafts. This back patio is now a fun room sunroom where the whole family can play!

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Paul Matthews
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Solid bluestone risers lead to the irregular bluestone patio.
Inspiration for a rustic partial sun stone landscaping in Boston.

Jennifer Bakshi
Example of a classic patio design in New York

Mid-sized country boy dark wood floor and brown floor toddler room photo in Dallas with gray walls