This 3 BR, 3 1/2 bath home allows the owners to live on one level most of the time. The Master Suite is on the main level along with the Living Room, Kitchen, Dining, pantries, Sun Room and service areas. The upper level houses two ample bedrooms while the lower level supports a rec center, media room, wine cellar, shop and full wet bar. Conceived as a Great Room house, the main level is designed as one seamless space that flows onto an ample deck overlooking the rear yard. We also incorporated a variety of green building techniques - photo-voltaic shingles on the roof of the garage to generate a portion of the home's energy, a super insulated building envelope, rain water harvesting, high performance windows and doors, a high efficiency heat pump, low flow bath & kitchen fixtures, Energy Star appliances and LED lighting - that greatly reduced this structure's carbon footprint. All of the strategies amounted to a 30% reduction in the energy consumption in this home relative to comparable structures.

Zito Landscape Design South Florida
Inspiration for a large tropical partial sun side yard gravel formal garden in Miami for summer.

BC FLOORS
Mid-sized minimalist dark wood floor and brown floor hallway photo in Vancouver with white walls

Mid-sized traditional blue two-story concrete fiberboard gable roof idea in Chicago

Weeping mortared joints
This is an example of a large traditional full sun backyard stone formal garden in Chicago for summer.

Free Float is a pool house that continues UP's obsession with contextual contradiction. Located on a three acre estate in Sands Point NY, the modern pool house is juxtaposed against the existing traditional home. Using structural gymnastics, a column-free, simple shading area was created to protect occupants from the summer sun while still allowing the structure to feel light and open, maintaining views of the Long Island Sound and surrounding beaches. Photography : Harriet Andronikides

Dane Spencer
Photo of an asian landscaping in Portland.

We went for lots of texture and foliage color in this small space. Ferns hold the composition together while the Persian Ivy, Rhododendron, Hosta and Heuchera provide color and leaf variation. This planting is partially under a deck.

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Example of a trendy exterior home design in San Francisco

We designed and installed this 15 years ago, before digital camera's....so I'm looking for a picture of it running! :)
This is an example of a contemporary landscaping in Seattle.

A small space was reimagined for clients on Lake Washington by Landscape Architect Mark S. Garff. In this photo a gabion basket wall holds back the steep slope, creating a flat garden area for viewing. A new horizontal board fence adds privacy and creates an intimate seating area at the water's edge. Photos by Mark S. Garff.

Mountain style home design photo in Denver

Giving reclaimed barnboard new life. A blend of classic style and reclaimed materials creates an organic and stylish kitchen space. Photography by Eric Roth

Frost window film applied for privacy on beveled glass entry. Custom cut of the frost to line up with the bevels.
Trendy entryway photo in Indianapolis

Lead Plant / Amorpha canascens Photo: Joshua Mayer, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution- ShareAlike 2.0 Generic

Countertop detail showing composite slab with sea glass found on the beach near this Massachusetts home. Randall Perry Photography
Small beach style l-shaped slate floor eat-in kitchen photo in Boston with an island, flat-panel cabinets, medium tone wood cabinets, recycled glass countertops, white backsplash, stainless steel appliances and an undermount sink

Diagonal Trex decking is used here in a narrow side yard to give the appearance of greater width to the space. A statue of Buddha and a pagoda are backed by naturalistic bamboo to add to the Asian inspired / zen ambiance of the design of the deck / patio.