**Please Note--If you click on the tags in this photo you may NOT be taken to the actual vendors. Anyone may tag photos and redirect you to their own site. Large Custom Kitchen in Mechanicsburg, PA

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Complete re-design and remodeling of existing unfinished basement with creation of separate function areas: wet bar, home theater, play room, gym, pantry, bath and storage rooms. New, re-directed stairs emphasize new layout.

Mid-sized mountain style brown one-story wood gable roof photo

BEAUTIFUL FROM ALL ANGLES The A9 is designed and crafted like a beautiful piece of furniture – with a careful selection of materials and a great attention to detail. The days of wanting to hide your bulky black stereo are over. No matter where you choose to place the A9, it's going to look beautiful.

The challenge: Create a dual office that can be closed and secured when the weather turns ugly and soccer practice comes inside. In addition, incorporate design feature to redirect heat from wall-length baseboard. The result: Large-scale custom cabinets open to reveal individualized offices—a balance of performance and design. Pocket doors disappear, creating leg room below and exposing open work areas above. File drawers are in abundance and a supply cabinet in between provides the two spaces with ample storage for office necessities. When closed, the doors protect computers and technology creating a barrier against whatever life throws at them. An inset backer board channels heat from baseboard to air vents above and below cabinets. Kara Lashuay

**Please Note--If you click on the tags in this photo you may NOT be taken to the actual vendors. Anyone may tag photos and redirect you to their own site. Photo Donovan Roberts Witmer

**Please Note--If you click on the tags in this photo you may NOT be taken to the actual vendors. Anyone may tag photos and redirect you to their own site. Photo Donovan Roberts Witmer

This family room wall was updated with a modern linear fireplace and custom stone facade. Additionally we redirected a corner hallway for a improved seating area.

This large and private city garden is nestled behind a handsome 3 story Edwardian, protected from Dolores Street and adjacent buildings. It is owned by four parties with as many garden activities and varied styles. Creating distinct outdoor rooms was never more important! Curved and meandering pathways were designed to (re)direct views. Down one path you become immersed in a lush explosion of foliage and flowers and charmingly repurposed brick and boulders. In another direction, peace reigns amidst well groomed and organized plants, the structure of the sensible geometry of decking, and book matched large scale pottery. Edibles are mixed throughout, and again, some are kept tidy and controlled such as the formally espaliered apple tree and lemon archway (Eureka meets Meyers), while others are allowed to wend and wind. Plant screens are used as baffles and living walls to mask unwanted views between rooms while allowing us to retain the sunlight and openness of the site.

Amy Le Sueur
Photo of an asian landscaping in DC Metro.

The project began with this request to have a home that was understated but uniquely unfolded after entering. Each living space redirects orientation; expansive courtyard views shift to private gardens, and neighborhood foliage is displayed in vaulted clerestory windows, also giving unexpected volume to the low-slung house. The house is organized around an existing pecan tree and proposed pool with bedrooms off the courtyard. The living room and master bedroom bookend this oasis with covered patios under the canopy overlooking the pool.

Creative drainage solutions address historic surface drainage issues due to the property's sub-street-level positioning. No soil was exported or imported to the site: all sandstone cobble excavated for the pool and addition was incorporated into the landscape to form the swales and berms that shape the front yard rainwater management. A dry creek captures and redirects rainwater and is crossed by an attractive Oklahoma flagstone bridge to the front door.

Porch and driveway redesigned. Our designer extended the porch area, incorporating hardscape lighting illuminating a before bleak wall adding depth and dimension to the area. Shosh also created a planter to define the porch space naturally, encase existing palm trees redirecting the rain water to the planter. Space is complimented by the design and installation of floating steps and hardscape lighting under the steps showcasing aesthetics and safety.

What was once a dark kitchen with island running the wrong way and supported by huge cantera columns is now an open flow kitchen for a large busy family. Microwave in the island for the kids. Fridge relocated from next to ovens to spot closer to the breakfast table. No sink in the island is so critical. Had to match 40 year old travertine to resituate the island. Ventilation was a downdraft at the island and had to be redirected to exhaust to exterior.

During - 2016 - Was all weeds/turf approx 3 years ago. Solarized and smothered entire lawn in stages in 2013. Redirected water by digging a "dry creek" bed 1-2 feet and filling with gravel in 2013. Covered with cobblestone in 2016. Landscaped over past 3 years with azaleas, rhododendron, ferns, lamium, delphinium, carpet roses (drought tolerant), iceberg roses and a 50 year old Chrysler Imperial rose transplanted from the back yard. Also, ground cover herbs such as lemon thyme, creeping thyme, compact oregano and corsican mint (as well as alyssum). Walkway replaced with pavers in 2016. Flagstone walkway to driveway being placed. Will also be re-mulched. Facing South from middle of front yard.

Another important feature of the backyard is the 12.5’ x 20’ elevated composite deck off the main floor walkout which runs the full width of the home. Special waterproofing and drainage were installed to redirect rainfall runoff so that the outdoor living room below would be free from unwanted overhead surprises.

The master bedroom embodies the principles of the SVITLO game: WIND and KVITKA are the natural harmony of light captured in ceramics. WIND is a tile that can catch and redirect the rays like a sail or a breeze. Thanks to its special dynamic shape, the play of light and shadow brings the walls to life with exquisite patterns. Turning day or night light into artistic illumination.