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Cottage chic family room photo in Tampa

JAC 140 - Twilight in Space by Jon Allen The Jon Allen Collection is an exclusive, hand-selected group of my most personal work to date. Each piece is hand-painted on aluminum. My art itself and my chosen medium, aluminum, are blissfully married. You may not think of the word organic when you hear the word metal, but this is some of my most organic art and that’s simply because metal allows my work to achieve true sentience. Aluminum’s naturally reflective nature enables each color, shape, and stroke to reach its full potential. A new aspect of the painting will reveal itself to you as it basks in the light that surrounds, evades, or envelops it in that moment. When you see the piece from different angles, you will appreciate how vibrant, dynamic, and environmentally influenced these pieces are. What you may see and feel by morning is not what you’ll see or feel by dusk and in many ways, and as such I feel these pieces capture the ever-ebbing and complex nature of human emotion and perception. Some of these pieces are truly abstract while others are modern takes on traditional landscapes, marine life, and portraits. I hope you enjoy them a fraction of how much I enjoyed creating them. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Number of Pieces: 1 Dimensions: 46" x 13" x 2" off the wall Care & Cleaning: Clean with a soft cloth and plain soap & water Other Features: Hardware is pre-installed for simple hanging and art will “float” 2” off the wall

Thalictrum massed together in full bloom.
This is an example of a small traditional full sun backyard formal garden in New York for summer.

CLOSE-UP VIEW This master bath makeover starts with bare walls that have been floated out smooth over the sheetrock. Then we hand applied a beautiful custom tinted, soft grey Venetian plaster. After two coats of plaster, the walls were waxed and buffed. This process seals the plaster, leaving a long-lasting finish. The finished product is subtle and undeniably beautiful! I’ve included a close-up view of the finish below.

Inspiration for a coastal home design remodel in Miami

Custom Ship Ladder shaft with canting wall with hidden light. Translucent wall behind ship ladder to silhouette stair.
Example of a minimalist staircase design in San Francisco

Example of a transitional home design design in Boston

Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) is a profuse bloomer. It's golden, sunflower-like blooms dance above its soft, gray-white foliage and leave these charming yellow stems when they retreat. It's tough and beautiful. Its dried resin is used as incense. It's excellent in the high desert - Palm Springs, Joshua Tree and Anza Borrego State Parks - and the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valley heat gives it no trouble.

Four Seasons Landscape
Photo of a transitional full sun backyard stone landscaping for summer.

Daniel Nadelbach
Example of a trendy home design design in Albuquerque

Living room - mid-sized shabby-chic style living room idea in San Francisco

Inspiration for a mid-sized backyard concrete and custom-shaped hot tub remodel in Philadelphia

A tiny backyard in the middle of an old neighborhood is completely transformed with the addition of a waterfall, stream & Koi pond!
This is an example of a small mediterranean partial sun backyard pond in Phoenix.

Inspiration for a modern landscaping in Austin.

Carribbean Vibration part of the series of 20 raw canvas unstretched paintings that are also in an online audio book called Blood Moon tide! This is 21 by 18 inches

Roses from the gardens.

When this homeowner’s neighbor removed two, two- story-high Ficus trees, her side-yard became baron and sunbaked. Concrete covers virtually the whole area from the house to the property line, but because the side-yard has a lot of foot traffic and serves as a sitting area to the basement apartment, the owner did not want to remove any of the concrete. The solution was to put up fencing to block the view of the neighbor’s house, then upcycle wine barrels and 55-gallon drums into huge planters. The drums are large enough to accommodate a full-sized tree and provide the added advantage of giving height to smaller trees to provide further screening of the neighbor’s house. Everything was painted in bright colors to give the space a cheery Caribbean feel. The neighbor’s tree removal ended up as a blessing in disguise, because what had been a drab trough-way was transformed into a happy patio.

Family room - cottage family room idea in Houston

The garden at the old Smith and Hawken store in Houston David Morello
Photo of a traditional landscaping in Houston.