Joe Fletcher Atop a ridge in the Santa Lucia mountains of Carmel, California, an oak tree stands elevated above the fog and wrapped at its base in this ranch retreat. The weekend home’s design grew around the 100-year-old Valley Oak to form a horseshoe-shaped house that gathers ridgeline views of Oak, Madrone, and Redwood groves at its exterior and nestles around the tree at its center. The home’s orientation offers both the shade of the oak canopy in the courtyard and the sun flowing into the great room at the house’s rear façades. This modern take on a traditional ranch home offers contemporary materials and landscaping to a classic typology. From the main entry in the courtyard, one enters the home’s great room and immediately experiences the dramatic westward views across the 70 foot pool at the house’s rear. In this expansive public area, programmatic needs flow and connect - from the kitchen, whose windows face the courtyard, to the dining room, whose doors slide seamlessly into walls to create an outdoor dining pavilion. The primary circulation axes flank the internal courtyard, anchoring the house to its site and heightening the sense of scale by extending views outward at each of the corridor’s ends. Guest suites, complete with private kitchen and living room, and the garage are housed in auxiliary wings connected to the main house by covered walkways. Building materials including pre-weathered corrugated steel cladding, buff limestone walls, and large aluminum apertures, and the interior palette of cedar-clad ceilings, oil-rubbed steel, and exposed concrete floors soften the modern aesthetics into a refined but rugged ranch home.

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Dining room - transitional dark wood floor dining room idea in San Francisco with white walls

Small spaces can be the best. This pool and spa separated with a sheet of acrylic gives this pool an uninterrupted look. The limestone wall acts as a backdrop for the garden urn creating a focal piece of art

CATALINA Pool Table by MITCHELL Pool Tables Black Lacquer Automotive Paint | High Gloss Finish | High Energy Finish on Stainless Steel Apron and Rail Top | Euro Blue Billiard Cloth |

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Inspiration for a timeless medium tone wood floor dining room remodel in DC Metro with gray walls

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Example of a mid-sized transitional dark wood floor kitchen/dining room combo design in Boston with gray walls

This is a convertible dining table that can also be a pool or billiard table. It was designed by my wife Karen and custom built in 3 months. It is an 8 foot table constructed with red oak stained a dark walnut color. The felt is khaki colored. Please let me know if you have any questions.Steve Obarowski

Before renovating, this bright and airy family kitchen was small, cramped and dark. The dining room was being used for spillover storage, and there was hardly room for two cooks in the kitchen. By knocking out the wall separating the two rooms, we created a large kitchen space with plenty of storage, space for cooking and baking, and a gathering table for kids and family friends. The dark navy blue cabinets set apart the area for baking, with a deep, bright counter for cooling racks, a tiled niche for the mixer, and pantries dedicated to baking supplies. The space next to the beverage center was used to create a beautiful eat-in dining area with an over-sized pendant and provided a stunning focal point visible from the front entry. Touches of brass and iron are sprinkled throughout and tie the entire room together. Photography by Stacy Zarin

Great room - mid-sized traditional great room idea in Houston

• Eclectic dining room furnishings • Wall color - Benjamin Moore Superwhite I-01 • Vintage Dining Table - Refinished by Acorn Restoration • Brazilian Walnut wood flooring • Vintage Area rug - gray + blue • Drapery Panels and Hardware - The Shade Store • Cluster Pendant - Menicus (Discontinued) • Upholstered dining chairs - Bonaldo • Black + White framed art - salon-style installation featuring the client's favorite family photos • Decorative Accessory Styling • Metal side buffet table - BluDot

A bright and updated breakfast nook with neutral and soft roman shades, an inviting blue wall paint, updated geometric hanging pendant, round wood top table and orange modern chairs. Custom design walnut table flanked by DVR chairs. Laurie Perez Photography

Rectangular live edge dining table with brown leather dining chairs, rusted steel pendant lights, floor to ceiling espresso-stained wood sliding doors, off-white walls and ceilings and heart pine wood floors in modern farmhouse style home in rural Idaho. Photo by Tory Taglio Photography

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Large cottage medium tone wood floor and brown floor enclosed dining room photo in Philadelphia with white walls and no fireplace

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Example of a classic medium tone wood floor, brown floor, tray ceiling and wallpaper dining room design in Chicago with multicolored walls

Traditional / Transitional Dining Room with coffered ceiling, champagne & beige patterned wallpaper and glass beaded light fixture. Keeping the dining room interesting by accompanying dining table and wood dining chairs with custom upholstered dining chairs at either ends of the table. Photography by Andrea Behrends.

Vision by Vision Billiards is a luxury dining pool table that converts easily from billiard table to a kitchen or dining room table or desk. Custom & bespoke tables available. We also have a table designed and ready to ship for every style of interior. USA company. Made in Europe.

The stunning two story dining room in this Bloomfield Hills home, completed in 2015, allows the twenty foot wall of windows and the breathtaking lake views beyond to take center stage as the key focal point. Twin built in buffets grace the two side walls, offering substantial storage and serving space for the generously proportioned room. The floating cabinets are topped with leathered granite mitered countertops in Fantasy Black. The backsplashes feature Peau de Béton, lightweight fiberglass reinforced concrete panels, in a dynamic Onyx finish for a sophisticated industrial look. The custom walnut table sports a metal edge binding, furthering the modern industrial theme of the buffets. The soaring ceiling is treated to a stepped edge detail with indirect LED strip lighting above to provide ambient light to accent the scene below.

This steel and wood covered patio makes for a great outdoor living and dining area overlooking the pool There is also a pool cabana with a fireplace and a TV for lounging poolside.

Glamorous dining room with magnificent crystal chandelier and tufted dining chairs
Inspiration for a large transitional medium tone wood floor and brown floor great room remodel in Miami with gray walls and no fireplace