Robin Tompkins
Small eclectic carpeted bedroom photo with gray walls

Robin Tompkins
Small eclectic carpeted bedroom photo with gray walls

Bedroom and mid-sized elegant girl carpeted kids' bedroom photo in Salt Lake City with white walls

Home design - eclectic home design idea in Houston

The American flag is proudly displayed on the grounds of this mountain getaway. Scott Moore Photography
Inspiration for a huge rustic brown two-story stone exterior home remodel in Atlanta

Robin Tompkins
Example of a small eclectic carpeted bedroom design with gray walls

Trendy formal and open concept concrete floor living room photo in Miami with no fireplace

Builder: Vital Habitats, Farrell Building Company Photography: Spacecrafting
Example of a beach style dark wood floor and brown floor bedroom design with beige walls

BEFORE: Tucked under the eaves, this bedroom looked small while it was empty. AFTER: A pair of twin beds demonstrates plenty of sleeping space for kids and their friends. Red, white, and blue nautical finishes make this room fun and perfect for a beach house! (The nautical flag above the beds spells "Margate.") Photography by eCreative

Cottage white two-story gable roof photo in Atlanta with a metal roof

Living room - traditional living room idea in Detroit with a standard fireplace

Photos by Project Focus Photography
Inspiration for a large timeless guest porcelain tile and brown floor bedroom remodel in Tampa with beige walls

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.

Inspiration for a mid-sized timeless beige two-story wood gable roof remodel with a shingle roof

Gordon King Photography
Staircase - traditional wooden u-shaped staircase idea in Ottawa with painted risers

Bedroom - bedroom idea in Cleveland

Dark wood floor living room photo in Edmonton with beige walls

Robin Tompkins
Bedroom - small eclectic carpeted bedroom idea with gray walls

Inspiration for a contemporary family room remodel in Grand Rapids