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The main organizing principal is that the common spaces flow around a central core of demised function like a donut. These common spaces include the kitchen, eating, living, and dining areas, lounge, and media room.
Photographer: Paul Dyer

Maximize your bathroom storage with custom pull out shelves designed to fit your existing bathroom cabinets and vanities. Add riser shelves to your pull out shelves for additional storage. This cabinet features two riser shelves that fit around the plumbing inside the cabinet. The pull out shelves are also notched to fit around other plumbing features. All of our shelves are custom made to fit your space.

Chad Mahlum Photography
Drop-in bathtub - contemporary master porcelain tile and brown tile porcelain tile drop-in bathtub idea in Denver with brown walls
Drop-in bathtub - contemporary master porcelain tile and brown tile porcelain tile drop-in bathtub idea in Denver with brown walls
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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.

Peter Rymwid
Staircase - large traditional wooden u-shaped dark wood floor staircase idea in New York with white walls and wooden risers
Staircase - large traditional wooden u-shaped dark wood floor staircase idea in New York with white walls and wooden risers

Unique sunroom with a darker take. This sunroom features shades of grey and a velvet couch with a wall of windows.
Werner Straube Photography
Example of a large transitional gray floor and dark wood floor sunroom design in Chicago with a standard ceiling and no fireplace
Example of a large transitional gray floor and dark wood floor sunroom design in Chicago with a standard ceiling and no fireplace

We planned a thoughtful redesign of this beautiful home while retaining many of the existing features. We wanted this house to feel the immediacy of its environment. So we carried the exterior front entry style into the interiors, too, as a way to bring the beautiful outdoors in. In addition, we added patios to all the bedrooms to make them feel much bigger. Luckily for us, our temperate California climate makes it possible for the patios to be used consistently throughout the year.
The original kitchen design did not have exposed beams, but we decided to replicate the motif of the 30" living room beams in the kitchen as well, making it one of our favorite details of the house. To make the kitchen more functional, we added a second island allowing us to separate kitchen tasks. The sink island works as a food prep area, and the bar island is for mail, crafts, and quick snacks.
We designed the primary bedroom as a relaxation sanctuary – something we highly recommend to all parents. It features some of our favorite things: a cognac leather reading chair next to a fireplace, Scottish plaid fabrics, a vegetable dye rug, art from our favorite cities, and goofy portraits of the kids.
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Project designed by Courtney Thomas Design in La Cañada. Serving Pasadena, Glendale, Monrovia, San Marino, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena, and Altadena.
For more about Courtney Thomas Design, see here: https://www.courtneythomasdesign.com/
To learn more about this project, see here:
https://www.courtneythomasdesign.com/portfolio/functional-ranch-house-design/

Inspiration for a large contemporary open concept travertine floor living room remodel in San Diego with a two-sided fireplace, a music area and a wall-mounted tv

photo: Mark Pinkerton, VI360
Trendy split-level mixed siding exterior home photo in San Francisco
Trendy split-level mixed siding exterior home photo in San Francisco

Example of a transitional utility room design in Richmond with shaker cabinets, gray cabinets, white walls and a side-by-side washer/dryer

Photograhpy by Braden Gunem
Project by Studio H:T principal in charge Brad Tomecek (now with Tomecek Studio Architecture). This project questions the need for excessive space and challenges occupants to be efficient. Two shipping containers saddlebag a taller common space that connects local rock outcroppings to the expansive mountain ridge views. The containers house sleeping and work functions while the center space provides entry, dining, living and a loft above. The loft deck invites easy camping as the platform bed rolls between interior and exterior. The project is planned to be off-the-grid using solar orientation, passive cooling, green roofs, pellet stove heating and photovoltaics to create electricity.

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Plain City, OH
The Creative Kitchen Company
Columbus Area Kitchen Remodeling and Refacing Professional

Trendy eat-in kitchen photo in New York with white backsplash and an island

CONCRETE & CASHMERE
Industrial edge, softly tailored.
DESIGN DESCRIPTION
In this loft-style home, raw architecture meets the refinement of a tailored suit. Exposed concrete ceilings sit above classic white wall panelling and warm herringbone oak floors, giving every room a balance of grit and grace. In the living room, a deep taupe velvet sectional, smoked glass tables and a cowhide rug invite lounging, while a sculptural smoked-chrome pendant floats above the dining table. The kitchen pairs Calacatta marble with bronze-toned cabinetry and a waterfall island lined with bentwood stools. In the bedrooms, charcoal upholstery, inky drapery and graphic black-and-white rugs create a moody, hotel-like calm. The bathrooms continue the story with cerused oak vanities, brushstroke tile and crisp modern fixtures. The result is urban luxury: bold, layered and effortlessly livable.

The main organizing principal is that the common spaces flow around a central core of demised function like a donut. These common spaces include the kitchen, eating, living, and dining areas, lounge, and media room.
Photographer: Paul Dyer

Inspiration for a mediterranean medium tone wood floor bedroom remodel in Austin with gray walls

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Plain City, OH
The Creative Kitchen Company
Columbus Area Kitchen Remodeling and Refacing Professional

Inspiration for a small transitional light wood floor, beige floor and shiplap wall mudroom remodel in Orlando with white walls and a white front door

Ashley Avila Photography
Example of a mid-century modern white tile drop-in bathtub design in Grand Rapids with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, medium tone wood cabinets and gray countertops
Example of a mid-century modern white tile drop-in bathtub design in Grand Rapids with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, medium tone wood cabinets and gray countertops
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