View of dining area with floor to ceiling glass windows. (Photography by Jeremy Bitterman.)
Large minimalist concrete floor and gray floor dining room photo in Los Angeles with white walls

A new wine bar in place of the old ugly one. Quartz countertops pair with a decorative tile backsplash. The green cabinets surround an under counter wine refrigerator. The knotty alder floating shelves house cocktail bottles and glasses. Photos by Brian Covington

Faith Elder
Dining room - coastal light wood floor dining room idea in Orange County with beige walls and no fireplace

Trent Teigen
Inspiration for a huge contemporary master porcelain tile and beige floor bedroom remodel in Los Angeles with beige walls and no fireplace

Holland Photography
Example of a transitional medium tone wood floor kitchen design in Seattle with open cabinets, dark wood cabinets, white backsplash and quartzite countertops

Greg Premru
Family room - mid-sized country brown floor and dark wood floor family room idea in Boston with white walls, a standard fireplace and a media wall

Example of a huge transitional u-shaped dark wood floor kitchen design in Charlotte with a farmhouse sink, gray backsplash, glass tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances and an island

Inspiration for a transitional bedroom remodel in Los Angeles

Mid-sized transitional master dark wood floor and brown floor bedroom photo in Detroit with beige walls

Rick Bethem
Enclosed dining room - mid-sized contemporary light wood floor enclosed dining room idea in Miami with gray walls

Jonathan Raith Inc. - Builder Sam Oberter - Photography
Inspiration for a small transitional family room remodel in Boston with white walls and a wall-mounted tv

Boasting views of the Museum of Natural History and Central Park, the Beaux Arts and French Renaissance style building built in 1900 was once home to a luxury hotel. Over the years multiple hotel rooms were combined into the larger apartment residences that exist today. The resulting units, while large in size, lacked the continuity of a single formed space. StudioLAB was presented with the challenge of re-designing the space to fit a modern family’s lifestyle today with the flexibility to adjust as they evolve into their tomorrow. Thus, the existing configuration was completely abandoned with new programmatic elements being relocated in each and every corner of the space. For clients that are big wine connoisseurs, the focal point of entry and circulation lies in a 400 bottle, custom built, blackened steel and glass, temperature controlled wine cabinet. The once enclosed living room was demolished to create one main entertaining space that includes a new dining area and open kitchen. Hafele bi-folding pocket door slides were used in the Living room wall unit to conceal the television, bar and display shelves when not in use. Posing as kitchen cabinetry, a hidden integrated door opens to reveal a guest bedroom with an en suite bathroom. Down the hallway of wide plank ebony stained walnut flooring, a compact powder room was built to house an original Paul Villinski installation of small butterflies cut from recycled aluminum cans, entitled Mistral. Continuing down the hall, and through one of the walnut veneered doors, is the shared kids bedroom where a custom-built bunk bed with integrated storage steps and desk was designed to allow for play space and a reading corner. The kids bathroom across the hall is decorated with custom Lego inspired hand cast concrete tiles and integrated pull-out footstools residing underneath the floating vanity. The master suite features a bio-ethanol fireplace wrapped in blackened steel and integrated into the Tabu veneered built-in. The spacious walk-in closet serves several purposes, which include housing the apartment’s new central HVAC system as well as a sleeping spot for the family’s dog. An integrated URC control system paired with Lutron Radio RA lighting keypads were installed to control the AV, HVAC, lighting and solar shades all by the use of smartphones.

Three rooms were combined to create this space. The new "L" shaped space includes a dining area, kitchen and family room and is the heart of the house. Extensive custom cabinets transition from the kitchen to the family room. Photos: Bob Greenspan

santiago bernal
Living room - mid-sized contemporary open concept porcelain tile and white floor living room idea in Miami with beige walls

Alex Hayden
Living room - scandinavian open concept and formal light wood floor living room idea in Seattle with white walls, a stone fireplace, no tv and a ribbon fireplace

This unique project has heavy Asian influences due to the owner’s strong connection to Indonesia, along with a Mountain West flare creating a unique and rustic contemporary composition. This mountain contemporary residence is tucked into a mature ponderosa forest in the beautiful high desert of Flagstaff, Arizona. The site was instrumental on the development of our form and structure in early design. The 60 to 100 foot towering ponderosas on the site heavily impacted the location and form of the structure. The Asian influence combined with the vertical forms of the existing ponderosa forest led to the Flagstaff House trending towards a horizontal theme.

Landmark Photography
Home theater - large contemporary open concept medium tone wood floor and brown floor home theater idea in Other with white walls and a projector screen

Autumn in the vineyard | Lore Patterson
Photo of a farmhouse landscaping in Seattle for fall.

Photo by John Merkl
Inspiration for a mid-sized mediterranean courtyard concrete paver patio remodel in San Francisco with a roof extension and a fireplace