Mountain style wood exterior home photo in Salt Lake City

This post-war, plain bungalow was transformed into a charming cottage with this new exterior detail, which includes a new roof, red shutters, energy-efficient windows, and a beautiful new front porch that matched the roof line. Window boxes with matching corbels were also added to the exterior, along with pleated copper roofing on the large window and side door. Photo courtesy of Kate Benjamin Photography

Traditional exterior home idea in Seattle

Springhill Residence by Locati Architects, Interior Design by Locati Interiors, Photography by Roger Wade
Inspiration for a cottage patio remodel with a fire pit and a roof extension

Inspiration for a large farmhouse backyard deck remodel in Richmond with no cover

Example of a trendy gray tile and stone tile medium tone wood floor walk-in shower design in Manchester with a wall-mount sink and a wall-mount toilet

photo: Mark Pinkerton, VI360
Trendy split-level mixed siding exterior home photo in San Francisco

Reverse Shed Eichler This project is part tear-down, part remodel. The original L-shaped plan allowed the living/ dining/ kitchen wing to be completely re-built while retaining the shell of the bedroom wing virtually intact. The rebuilt entertainment wing was enlarged 50% and covered with a low-slope reverse-shed roof sloping from eleven to thirteen feet. The shed roof floats on a continuous glass clerestory with eight foot transom. Cantilevered steel frames support wood roof beams with eaves of up to ten feet. An interior glass clerestory separates the kitchen and livingroom for sound control. A wall-to-wall skylight illuminates the north wall of the kitchen/family room. New additions at the back of the house add several “sliding” wall planes, where interior walls continue past full-height windows to the exterior, complimenting the typical Eichler indoor-outdoor ceiling and floor planes. The existing bedroom wing has been re-configured on the interior, changing three small bedrooms into two larger ones, and adding a guest suite in part of the original garage. A previous den addition provided the perfect spot for a large master ensuite bath and walk-in closet. Natural materials predominate, with fir ceilings, limestone veneer fireplace walls, anigre veneer cabinets, fir sliding windows and interior doors, bamboo floors, and concrete patios and walks. Landscape design by Bernard Trainor: www.bernardtrainor.com (see “Concrete Jungle” in April 2014 edition of Dwell magazine). Microsoft Media Center installation of the Year, 2008: www.cybermanor.com/ultimate_install.html (automated shades, radiant heating system, and lights, as well as security & sound).

Photography: Garett + Carrie Buell of Studiobuell/ studiobuell.com
Large cottage white two-story brick house exterior photo in Nashville with a shingle roof and a hip roof

Patio - mid-sized rustic backyard concrete patio idea with a roof extension

Example of a mid-sized cottage backyard concrete paver patio kitchen design in Nashville with a roof extension

Sleeping Porch Sam Oberter Photography
This is an example of a large traditional screened-in back porch design in New York with decking and a roof extension.

© Will Sullivan, Emerald Coat Real Estate Photography, LLC
Front door - traditional front door idea in Miami with a gray front door

Traditional white one-story gable roof idea in San Francisco

Lauren Rubenstein Photography
Example of a large classic brick floor, red floor and white one-story wood gable roof design in Atlanta with white walls, a dark wood front door and a metal roof

Mid-sized transitional white two-story brick gable roof photo in Atlanta with a shingle roof

Large cottage black two-story wood exterior home idea in San Francisco

Large tropical white two-story stucco exterior home idea in Miami with a hip roof

Patio container garden - mid-sized contemporary courtyard tile patio container garden idea in New York with no cover