Example of a mountain style one-story wood exterior home design in San Francisco

Leanna Rathkelly
Inspiration for a contemporary gray tile and stone tile beige floor bathroom remodel in Vancouver with medium tone wood cabinets, beige walls and an undermount sink

Example of a cottage two-story stone exterior home design in New York with a hip roof

The gym area designed in the basement of this home has all the amenities including rubberized flooring, space for stretching and yoga, full wall mirrors, television, new gym equipment and space for storage. A perfect place to dedicate your fitness time!!! Tim Lee Photography

Mountain style screened-in porch idea in Burlington

Example of an alcove bathtub design in Cincinnati with a vessel sink, flat-panel cabinets, medium tone wood cabinets and gray countertops

Shaun Ring
Arts and crafts open concept medium tone wood floor and brown floor family room photo with gray walls, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace and a wall-mounted tv

This mountain-top retreat is made with durable, wood-alternative decking materials -- Fiberon composite decking to be exact. Choosing Fiberon is a smart choice because you'll never need to stain or refinish, giving you more time to enjoy the great outdoors.

Photography by Mike Kaskel Photography
Open concept kitchen - small farmhouse u-shaped dark wood floor open concept kitchen idea with a farmhouse sink, recessed-panel cabinets, gray cabinets, quartz countertops, white backsplash, subway tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances and a peninsula

Photo: Rikki Snyder © 2015 Houzz
Example of a classic medium tone wood floor living room design in New York with white walls, a standard fireplace and a stone fireplace

Troy Thies Photography
Elegant galley gray floor dedicated laundry room photo in Minneapolis with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, dark wood cabinets, a side-by-side washer/dryer, beige countertops and gray walls

Bill Timmerman Photography
Inspiration for a modern galley concrete floor open concept kitchen remodel in Phoenix with an undermount sink, open cabinets, medium tone wood cabinets and stainless steel appliances

A custom vanity made from reclaimed Wyoming snow fence wood is a home for an antique milk bucket fashioned into a sink. The mirror is made from an old window frame, and the light fixtures from old plumbing fittings. Photography by Emily Minton Redfield

The historic restoration of this First Period Ipswich, Massachusetts home (c. 1686) was an eighteen-month project that combined exterior and interior architectural work to preserve and revitalize this beautiful home. Structurally, work included restoring the summer beam, straightening the timber frame, and adding a lean-to section. The living space was expanded with the addition of a spacious gourmet kitchen featuring countertops made of reclaimed barn wood. As is always the case with our historic renovations, we took special care to maintain the beauty and integrity of the historic elements while bringing in the comfort and convenience of modern amenities. We were even able to uncover and restore much of the original fabric of the house (the chimney, fireplaces, paneling, trim, doors, hinges, etc.), which had been hidden for years under a renovation dating back to 1746. Winner, 2012 Mary P. Conley Award for historic home restoration and preservation You can read more about this restoration in the Boston Globe article by Regina Cole, “A First Period home gets a second life.” http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2013/10/26/couple-rebuild-their-century-home-ipswich/r2yXE5yiKWYcamoFGmKVyL/story.html Photo Credit: Eric Roth

Susan Plocher Photography
Large transitional underground ceramic tile home design photo in Cincinnati with gray walls

Tuscan living room photo in San Francisco

Emilio Collavino
Inspiration for a huge contemporary open concept and formal porcelain tile and gray floor living room remodel in Miami with no fireplace and no tv

Designed by Nathan Taylor and J. Kent Martin of Obelisk Home - Photos by Randy Colwell
Basement - large eclectic walk-out concrete floor basement idea with beige walls and no fireplace

Klopf Architecture, Arterra Landscape Architects and Henry Calvert of Calvert Ventures Designed and built a new warm, modern, Eichler-inspired, open, indoor-outdoor home on a deeper-than-usual San Mateo Highlands property where an original Eichler house had burned to the ground. The owners wanted multi-generational living and larger spaces than the original home offered, but all parties agreed that the house should respect the neighborhood and blend in stylistically with the other Eichlers. At first the Klopf team considered re-using what little was left of the original home and expanding on it. But after discussions with the owner and builder, all parties agreed that the last few remaining elements of the house were not practical to re-use, so Klopf Architecture designed a new home that pushes the Eichler approach in new directions. One disadvantage of Eichler production homes is that the house designs were not optimized for each specific lot. A new custom home offered the team a chance to start over. In this case, a longer house that opens up sideways to the south fit the lot better than the original square-ish house that used to open to the rear (west). Accordingly, the Klopf team designed an L-shaped “bar” house with a large glass wall with large sliding glass doors that faces sideways instead of to the rear like a typical Eichler. This glass wall opens to a pool and landscaped yard designed by Arterra Landscape Architects. Driving by the house, one might assume at first glance it is an Eichler because of the horizontality, the overhanging flat roof eaves, the dark gray vertical siding, and orange solid panel front door, but the house is designed for the 21st Century and is not meant to be a “Likeler.” You won't see any posts and beams in this home. Instead, the ceiling decking is a western red cedar that covers over all the beams. Like Eichlers, this cedar runs continuously from inside to out, enhancing the indoor / outdoor feeling of the house, but unlike Eichlers it conceals a cavity for lighting, wiring, and insulation. Ceilings are higher, rooms are larger and more open, the master bathroom is light-filled and more generous, with a separate tub and shower and a separate toilet compartment, and there is plenty of storage. The garage even easily fits two of today's vehicles with room to spare. A massive 49-foot by 12-foot wall of glass and the continuity of materials from inside to outside enhance the inside-outside living concept, so the owners and their guests can flow freely from house to pool deck to BBQ to pool and back. During construction in the rough framing stage, Klopf thought the front of the house appeared too tall even though the house had looked right in the design renderings (probably because the house is uphill from the street). So Klopf Architecture paid the framer to change the roofline from how we had designed it to be lower along the front, allowing the home to blend in better with the neighborhood. One project goal was for people driving up the street to pass the home without immediately noticing there is an "imposter" on this lot, and making that change was essential to achieve that goal. This 2,606 square foot, 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom Eichler-inspired new house is located in San Mateo in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Klopf Architecture Project Team: John Klopf, AIA, Klara Kevane Landscape Architect: Arterra Landscape Architects Contractor: Henry Calvert of Calvert Ventures Photography ©2016 Mariko Reed Location: San Mateo, CA Year completed: 2016