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Beautiful dry river bed with synthetic turf.
Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional drought-tolerant and partial sun front yard river rock landscaping in San Diego.
Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional drought-tolerant and partial sun front yard river rock landscaping in San Diego.

Example of a cottage built-in desk medium tone wood floor and brown floor study room design in Salt Lake City with black walls, a standard fireplace and a stone fireplace
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Daytime view of home from side of cliff. This home has wonderful views of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal park.
Anice Hoachlander, Hoachlander Davis Photography LLC

Photo of a mid-sized traditional partial sun backyard stone formal garden in Indianapolis for spring.

Inspiration for a mid-sized drought-tolerant and full sun front yard stone garden path in Austin for summer.

Jonathan Reece
Mid-sized transitional brown backyard and two-story gravel and wood gable roof photo in Portland Maine with a fire pit, no cover and a metal roof
Mid-sized transitional brown backyard and two-story gravel and wood gable roof photo in Portland Maine with a fire pit, no cover and a metal roof

Photo of a mid-sized traditional full sun front yard concrete paver driveway in Calgary for spring.

Minimalist+® is modern going mainstream: using simplicity of form to produce efficient construction. These are high performance homes that reduce energy use and create a model for sustainable living. SiteFab® is a new building system (part prefabricated, part site work) designed to streamline the process, reduce costs, waste and eliminate weather-related issues that lead to construction defects. The homes are carefully designed for a lifestyle of elegant simplicity: from the architecture of the spaces, to the carefully chosen window views, to the sustainable interior design choices the home inspires.

A cabin in Western Wisconsin is transformed from within to become a serene and modern retreat. In a past life, this cabin was a fishing cottage which was part of a resort built in the 1920’s on a small lake not far from the Twin Cities. The cabin has had multiple additions over the years so improving flow to the outdoor space, creating a family friendly kitchen, and relocating a bigger master bedroom on the lake side were priorities. The solution was to bring the kitchen from the back of the cabin up to the front, reduce the size of an overly large bedroom in the back in order to create a more generous front entry way/mudroom adjacent to the kitchen, and add a fireplace in the center of the main floor.
Photographer: Wing Ta
Interior Design: Jennaea Gearhart Design

These door give you the ability the imitate wood doors without the maintenance and upkeep. Don't be fooled the cost of these doors can match or exceed wood, but the bonus is the exposure is not an issue, insulation value is best in industry and the weight is greatly reduced from wood. To me this is the way of the future and should be strongly considered over the wood products if possible.

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When we first started talking in the spring of 2015, I was impressed. She was witty, realistic, and understood that as much as she loves my shows on HGTV, design does not does not happen in 43 minutes! She told me about her space, and how she felt that her bedroom seemed “blah” to her. She had no retreat. Molly desperately longed for a place that she could spend time in, read in, play in and above all, relax in.
What we did:
Many people are terrified of hiring a designer. Rightfully so, they are investing a pretty penny in their homes. They want to make sure that everything, down to the last floral arrangement, is to their liking, because they will have to live it (and pay for it). Unfortunately, a client can unintentionally stifle a designer’s creativity through micro-management. This can produce lackluster results and ultimately cause more time (and money) to be spent on a project than is really necessary.
With Molly, that was never an issue. Before she even showed me the room in question, she said that I could have full creative license to do what I needed to do to her bedroom. SAY WHAAH!?
With Molly giving me complete creative freedom, I planned everything out and got down to business. The result: Bite-your-bottom-lip sexy. I don’t get jealous of too many of my clients’ spaces, but this one still takes my breath away every time I look at the pics!
The craziest part was that by adding more furniture, it actually made the space feel larger.
Molly and her husband Patrick loved the finished space, and promised me I will be back to finish the rest of the house!
Here’s the highlights of the rest of the project:
I came up with a space plan with three options.
Next, we reviewed mood boards and fabric schemes that would work for both Molly and her hubby Patrick.
We started with the bed. My goal was to add edge to its otherwise traditional style.
We decided to spice things up by painting the trim work in the room black.
We built in layers of lighting with dimmers. In a bedroom everything should be on dimmers, right? Right.
We designed and customized bedding, chairs and window treatments.
Together with Molly, we selected the most perfect wallpaper. This geometric “grasscloth” adds so much depth and dimension that was just missing before.
What I love:
That light fixture. I mean it is really, really amazing in person.
The porcupine mirror. This thing came packaged like it was the hope diamond, and everyone was terrified to handle it. But it really became a highlight of the room.

Minimalist+® is modern going mainstream: using simplicity of form to produce efficient construction. These are high performance homes that reduce energy use and create a model for sustainable living. SiteFab® is a new building system (part prefabricated, part site work) designed to streamline the process, reduce costs, waste and eliminate weather-related issues that lead to construction defects. The homes are carefully designed for a lifestyle of elegant simplicity: from the architecture of the spaces, to the carefully chosen window views, to the sustainable interior design choices the home inspires.

When too loud becomes an issue, floating cork flooring can help to reduce the noise. The cellular construction of cork is made up of millions of tiny air filled chambers that act as barriers against the transmission of noise, effectively insulating any room where this material is installed. Floating cork flooring will help to keep noise from transmitting down through the floor, or up through the ceiling. Go with floating cork flooring, you’ll hear it kept on the low.

This residence was a complete gut renovation of a 4-story row house in Park Slope, and included a new rear extension and penthouse addition. The owners wished to create a warm, family home using a modern language that would act as a clean canvas to feature rich textiles and items from their world travels. As with most Brooklyn row houses, the existing house suffered from a lack of natural light and connection to exterior spaces, an issue that Principal Brendan Coburn is acutely aware of from his experience re-imagining historic structures in the New York area. The resulting architecture is designed around moments featuring natural light and views to the exterior, of both the private garden and the sky, throughout the house, and a stripped-down language of detailing and finishes allows for the concept of the modern-natural to shine.
Upon entering the home, the kitchen and dining space draw you in with views beyond through the large glazed opening at the rear of the house. An extension was built to allow for a large sunken living room that provides a family gathering space connected to the kitchen and dining room, but remains distinctly separate, with a strong visual connection to the rear garden. The open sculptural stair tower was designed to function like that of a traditional row house stair, but with a smaller footprint. By extending it up past the original roof level into the new penthouse, the stair becomes an atmospheric shaft for the spaces surrounding the core. All types of weather – sunshine, rain, lightning, can be sensed throughout the home through this unifying vertical environment. The stair space also strives to foster family communication, making open living spaces visible between floors. At the upper-most level, a free-form bench sits suspended over the stair, just by the new roof deck, which provides at-ease entertaining. Oak was used throughout the home as a unifying material element. As one travels upwards within the house, the oak finishes are bleached to further degrees as a nod to how light enters the home.
The owners worked with CWB to add their own personality to the project. The meter of a white oak and blackened steel stair screen was designed by the family to read “I love you” in Morse Code, and tile was selected throughout to reference places that hold special significance to the family. To support the owners’ comfort, the architectural design engages passive house technologies to reduce energy use, while increasing air quality within the home – a strategy which aims to respect the environment while providing a refuge from the harsh elements of urban living.
This project was published by Wendy Goodman as her Space of the Week, part of New York Magazine’s Design Hunting on The Cut.
Photography by Kevin Kunstadt

This residence was a complete gut renovation of a 4-story row house in Park Slope, and included a new rear extension and penthouse addition. The owners wished to create a warm, family home using a modern language that would act as a clean canvas to feature rich textiles and items from their world travels. As with most Brooklyn row houses, the existing house suffered from a lack of natural light and connection to exterior spaces, an issue that Principal Brendan Coburn is acutely aware of from his experience re-imagining historic structures in the New York area. The resulting architecture is designed around moments featuring natural light and views to the exterior, of both the private garden and the sky, throughout the house, and a stripped-down language of detailing and finishes allows for the concept of the modern-natural to shine.
Upon entering the home, the kitchen and dining space draw you in with views beyond through the large glazed opening at the rear of the house. An extension was built to allow for a large sunken living room that provides a family gathering space connected to the kitchen and dining room, but remains distinctly separate, with a strong visual connection to the rear garden. The open sculptural stair tower was designed to function like that of a traditional row house stair, but with a smaller footprint. By extending it up past the original roof level into the new penthouse, the stair becomes an atmospheric shaft for the spaces surrounding the core. All types of weather – sunshine, rain, lightning, can be sensed throughout the home through this unifying vertical environment. The stair space also strives to foster family communication, making open living spaces visible between floors. At the upper-most level, a free-form bench sits suspended over the stair, just by the new roof deck, which provides at-ease entertaining. Oak was used throughout the home as a unifying material element. As one travels upwards within the house, the oak finishes are bleached to further degrees as a nod to how light enters the home.
The owners worked with CWB to add their own personality to the project. The meter of a white oak and blackened steel stair screen was designed by the family to read “I love you” in Morse Code, and tile was selected throughout to reference places that hold special significance to the family. To support the owners’ comfort, the architectural design engages passive house technologies to reduce energy use, while increasing air quality within the home – a strategy which aims to respect the environment while providing a refuge from the harsh elements of urban living.
This project was published by Wendy Goodman as her Space of the Week, part of New York Magazine’s Design Hunting on The Cut.
Photography by Kevin Kunstadt

Used As Permeable
Permeable pavers help the environment by protecting the quality of our water supplies. They reduce the amount of storm water runoff entering our natural waterways that carry with it contaminants and pollutants. The water can naturally drain into the surface through the spaces in the pavers. Permeable pavers also will help with erosion control, and flooding issues.
Color: Oak Barrel Gray
Pattern: Running Bond

These door give you the ability the imitate wood doors without the maintenance and upkeep. Don't be fooled the cost of these doors can match or exceed wood, but the bonus is the exposure is not an issue, insulation value is best in industry and the weight is greatly reduced from wood. To me this is the way of the future and should be strongly considered over the wood products if possible.

The children’s play area is home to the swing set and kid friendly trampoline. And there is still plenty of space to run and play on the artificial turf. The artificial turf offers many benefits beyond the low maintenance. It reduces water usage and is a non-allergen so pets and children can enjoy this grass with no allergy issues.
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