Designer: Randy Warren
Kitchen - traditional kitchen idea in Kansas City

Modern farmhouse kitchen design and remodel for a traditional San Francisco home include simple organic shapes, light colors, and clean details. Our farmhouse style incorporates walnut end-grain butcher block, floating walnut shelving, vintage Wolf range, and curvaceous handmade ceramic tile. Contemporary kitchen elements modernize the farmhouse style with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertop, and cork flooring.

New custom beach home in the Golden Hills of Hermosa Beach, California, melding a modern sensibility in concept, plan and flow w/ traditional design aesthetic elements and detailing.

Trish Hennessey
Large transitional single-wall dark wood floor kitchen photo in New York with a farmhouse sink, flat-panel cabinets, medium tone wood cabinets, marble countertops, beige backsplash, ceramic backsplash, paneled appliances and an island

Living room - transitional living room idea in Detroit

living room
Example of a classic living room design in Charleston

Example of a large transitional eat-in kitchen design in New York with glass-front cabinets, white cabinets, limestone countertops and an island

Evan White
Inspiration for a timeless kitchen remodel in Boston

Photo: Nancy McGregor © 2015 Houzz
Inspiration for a farmhouse living room remodel in Atlanta

Two Birds Photography
Example of a transitional kitchen design in Chicago

Atherton has many large substantial homes - our clients purchased an existing home on a one acre flag-shaped lot and asked us to design a new dream home for them. The result is a new 7,000 square foot four-building complex consisting of the main house, six-car garage with two car lifts, pool house with a full one bedroom residence inside, and a separate home office /work out gym studio building. A fifty-foot swimming pool was also created with fully landscaped yards. Given the rectangular shape of the lot, it was decided to angle the house to incoming visitors slightly so as to more dramatically present itself. The house became a classic u-shaped home but Feng Shui design principals were employed directing the placement of the pool house to better contain the energy flow on the site. The main house entry door is then aligned with a special Japanese red maple at the end of a long visual axis at the rear of the site. These angles and alignments set up everything else about the house design and layout, and views from various rooms allow you to see into virtually every space tracking movements of others in the home. The residence is simply divided into two wings of public use, kitchen and family room, and the other wing of bedrooms, connected by the living and dining great room. Function drove the exterior form of windows and solid walls with a line of clerestory windows which bring light into the middle of the large home. Extensive sun shadow studies with 3D tree modeling led to the unorthodox placement of the pool to the north of the home, but tree shadow tracking showed this to be the sunniest area during the entire year. Sustainable measures included a full 7.1kW solar photovoltaic array technically making the house off the grid, and arranged so that no panels are visible from the property. A large 16,000 gallon rainwater catchment system consisting of tanks buried below grade was installed. The home is California GreenPoint rated and also features sealed roof soffits and a sealed crawlspace without the usual venting. A whole house computer automation system with server room was installed as well. Heating and cooling utilize hot water radiant heated concrete and wood floors supplemented by heat pump generated heating and cooling. A compound of buildings created to form balanced relationships between each other, this home is about circulation, light and a balance of form and function. Photo by John Sutton Photography.

Adding new maser bedroom with master bathroom to existing house. New walking shower with frameless glass door and rain shower head.
Bathroom - large contemporary master white tile and marble tile slate floor, black floor and double-sink bathroom idea in Los Angeles with white cabinets, a two-piece toilet, an undermount sink, marble countertops, gray countertops, blue walls, furniture-like cabinets, a niche and a built-in vanity

Atherton has many large substantial homes - our clients purchased an existing home on a one acre flag-shaped lot and asked us to design a new dream home for them. The result is a new 7,000 square foot four-building complex consisting of the main house, six-car garage with two car lifts, pool house with a full one bedroom residence inside, and a separate home office /work out gym studio building. A fifty-foot swimming pool was also created with fully landscaped yards. Given the rectangular shape of the lot, it was decided to angle the house to incoming visitors slightly so as to more dramatically present itself. The house became a classic u-shaped home but Feng Shui design principals were employed directing the placement of the pool house to better contain the energy flow on the site. The main house entry door is then aligned with a special Japanese red maple at the end of a long visual axis at the rear of the site. These angles and alignments set up everything else about the house design and layout, and views from various rooms allow you to see into virtually every space tracking movements of others in the home. The residence is simply divided into two wings of public use, kitchen and family room, and the other wing of bedrooms, connected by the living and dining great room. Function drove the exterior form of windows and solid walls with a line of clerestory windows which bring light into the middle of the large home. Extensive sun shadow studies with 3D tree modeling led to the unorthodox placement of the pool to the north of the home, but tree shadow tracking showed this to be the sunniest area during the entire year. Sustainable measures included a full 7.1kW solar photovoltaic array technically making the house off the grid, and arranged so that no panels are visible from the property. A large 16,000 gallon rainwater catchment system consisting of tanks buried below grade was installed. The home is California GreenPoint rated and also features sealed roof soffits and a sealed crawlspace without the usual venting. A whole house computer automation system with server room was installed as well. Heating and cooling utilize hot water radiant heated concrete and wood floors supplemented by heat pump generated heating and cooling. A compound of buildings created to form balanced relationships between each other, this home is about circulation, light and a balance of form and function. Photo by John Sutton Photography.

Wendy Hay Photography
Family room - small coastal open concept family room idea in Orange County

Gold-toned fixtures, vibrant wallpaper pattern, and bold deep blue painted wainscotting give this powder room an elegant modern-tradish vibe.
Example of a small classic powder room design in San Francisco with blue walls and a pedestal sink

AJF Photography
Country family room photo in Salt Lake City

Inspiration for a mid-sized transitional l-shaped dark wood floor and brown floor eat-in kitchen remodel in Atlanta with an undermount sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, marble countertops, white backsplash, marble backsplash, stainless steel appliances, an island and white countertops

Eat-in kitchen - small transitional u-shaped porcelain tile eat-in kitchen idea in Austin with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, granite countertops, white backsplash, mosaic tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances and no island

All white kitchen with white moldings and cabinetry, wood top island, wide plank wood flooring, brass hardware. Farmhouse style kitchen.
Example of a large country u-shaped light wood floor eat-in kitchen design in St Louis with an undermount sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, quartzite countertops, white backsplash, subway tile backsplash, paneled appliances and two islands