Powder room - transitional powder room idea in Birmingham

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Home design - contemporary home design idea in New York

At the S.S. Prairie Dog playground (Grand Prairie, TX), some of the play equipment looks like boats or ships, while the rubber surfacing has a swirling water-like design in colors of dark and light blue. Children can imagine setting sail on the ocean blue while enjoying this amusing playground setting! Interested in having a playground like this in your back yard? No problem! No Fault can install this type of surfacing theme for your own back yard play area!

Inspiration for a large timeless master beige tile and ceramic tile ceramic tile alcove shower remodel in Dallas with raised-panel cabinets, white cabinets, beige walls, an undermount sink and solid surface countertops

Large elegant u-shaped ceramic tile kitchen photo in Raleigh with an undermount sink, raised-panel cabinets, white cabinets, granite countertops, beige backsplash, stainless steel appliances and an island

| DETAILS | in concrete constructed condos it's very rare that we ever want to have to core new drain locations. For the Master Ensuite more and more when we do full renovations down to studs we are removing the terrible 5' tubs and tiny itty bitty 3x3' showers. For some reason the idea of luxury meant squeeze as much as you can so you have a long list of features when you go to market. More and more we are doing oversized his and hers showers. So when you have a drain that you are repurposing from previous plumbing fixtures and the drain isn't centred, it's pretty much magic to have the team surprise you after several site meetings and evaluations - we opted for the plumbers favourite to use Schluter linear tile over drains and have the oversized tile cut to fit and provide the necessary grout lines for a flush shower threshold. This might seem like nothing but is everything when we have the perfect tile layout be inline with the what we think is a centred drain. These are the kind of details that make my OCD sister inside so happy, we call it the centre flush drain happy dance. Kudos to @caisleydevelopments @4thdimensionconstruction with the help of @stonetilevancouver for finding a perfect subtle sand toned oversized porcelain. A large format tile in a shade and same tone value as our hardwood floor and one shade darker than our Baltic Birch flush panels for ease of cleaning and hiding dirt. When you want things clean I opt for showers with minimal detailing to be in shades darker than white. Cleaning becomes less treacherous. Also gone is this idea of ugly accent tile, we opt for uniform tile one material throughout a bathroom floor to ceiling and if possible all walls. Construction geekery 101 continues

What is an ADU: Accessory Dwelling Units: An accessory dwelling unit, usually just called an ADU, is a secondary housing unit on a single-family residential lot. The term “accessory dwelling unit” is a institutional-sounding name, but it’s the most commonly-used term across the country to describe this type of housing. While the full name is a mouthful, the shorthand “ADU” is better. ADUs vary in their physical form quite a bit, as there are detached ADU, attached ADU, second story ADU (above garage or work shop), addition ADU, internal ADU. IMPORTANT: There’s simply too few permitted ADUs to make a real difference in the housing stock. But, even if they aren’t going to solve all a city’s problems, they may help homeowners solve some of their problems. The most common motivation for ADU development is rental income potential, followed by the prospect of flexible living space for multigenerational households. We at FIDELITY GENERAL CONTRACTORS, providing a single point of contact to homeowners interested in this product, from conceptual stage including plans, city legwork, project managing of the construction stage including assistance with material purchase and other coordination, all the way to completion. (this project showcases a detached ADU, 400 SQ.)

This customer wanted a normal (western cedar) deck attached to his porch. He also had a drainage problem that required a french drain, and he wanted a walkway. This is the solution we came up with. under all the flagstone is a gravel bed with the french drain system inside. In between the flagstone is pea gravel to let the water through and the stones on each side serve as water traps to keep heavy rain from the house. We also dug into the hillside and installed a retaining wall with drains to make the deck the size and shape he wanted. I think it was a nice solution to a normally unusable space!

We just finished this beautiful flagstone pad and path, for the flagstone we used the Variegated Bluestone from Smith Rock. Our customers main problem with their yard was their chickens tearing it apart, we didn’t have too many options for a solution due to huge Sweet Gum roots spanning the length of their yard. We worked around them and got it done! The infill we used here was 3/4-1.5 river rock to minimize the migration due to chickens.

Inspiration for a transitional home design remodel in Vancouver

Design by Lux Decor. Photographed by Angela Auclair Photography
Example of a large transitional master dark wood floor and brown floor bedroom design in Montreal with gray walls and a standard fireplace

This pool was designed one one side with an exposed wall in order to address the problems of the sloping terrain. Deck and Patio veneered the wall in Cambridge Ledgestone. The patio is made of Cambridge Pavers. www.deckandpatio.com

Bountiful perennials soften the front entrance. The challenge of this site was to design functional living spaces while resolving a series of problems. Two entry courts offer suitable welcomes to the home: a formal granite court that is approached from above as one descends down a once blind driveway, and a more utilitarian play court off the garage. The rear yard, once disconnected from the house, is terraced and suitable for entertaining. A granite stair descends from the terrace to a new expanded lower lawn. A custom fire pit sits off the upper terrace and provides a more intimate gathering space.

Staircase - contemporary staircase idea in Boston

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This is an example of a transitional backyard stone landscaping in Boston.

This formal Pennsylvania bluestone landing at the front steps has a circle of brick in a herringbone pattern with a brick edge. No one would know that we raised this landing 7 inches higher than the previous one. This allowed the new construction to be built where poor drainage would no longer be a problem. Photographer-Nancy Dransfield

For Ryan's bedroom we took our usual approach to decorating kids rooms which is to develop a scheme that will grow with a child into adolescence. We are confident that Ryan will have no problem transitioning his bedroom into a cool teen hangout when he decides to trade stuffed animals for video games and sports equipment. We paired classic black furniture with grey walls and some key pieces like an industrial spring table lamp, polyhedron light fixture and metal side table to create a boy's bedroom with character. Interior Decorating by Lori Steeves of Simply Home Decorating. Photos by Tracey Ayton Photography

Thick Tennessee Crab Orchard Stone slabs create the steps. The slabs were snap cut to retain a natural feel. Virginia mined Sandstone blocks pick up the same color range and were used to create stone walls along the stone path. The garden primarily consists of serpentine swaths of Liriope spicata and Euonymus coloratus. These two plants work well to retain the soil and have kept erosion from being a problem. Additional species were added and nestled in close to the walk for garden interest. Blue sedges, white flowering geranium, dwarf mounding boxwoods and dwarf wintercreeper are visible in this picture. Photography by Katherine Palmer

• Before - 2,300 square feet • After – 3,800 square feet • Remodel of a 1930’s vacation cabin on a steep, lakeside lot • Asian-influenced Arts and Crafts style architecture compliments the owner’s art and furniture collection • A harmonious design blending stained wood, rich stone and natural fibers • The creation of an upper floor solved access problems while adding space for a grand entry, office and media room • The new staircase, with its Japanese tansu-style cabinet and widened lower sculpture display steps, forms a partitioning wall for the two-story library