Example of a trendy concrete floor and gray floor sunroom design in San Francisco

Interior Design: NB Design Group; Contractor: Prestige Residential Construction; Photo: Benjamin Benschneider
Trendy light wood floor entryway photo in Seattle with white walls and a glass front door

Interior view of dining room with custom designed screen wall that provides privacy from front entry while showcasing the Owner's collection of travel artifacts. Photo: Ebony Ellis

Benjamin Noriega Ortiz Interior Designer, Brian Boyle Architect, Rusk Renovations Inc. Contractor
Trendy great room photo in New York

Transitional living room photo in Hertfordshire

Photo Credit: ©Tom Holdsworth, A screen porch was added to the side of the interior sitting room, enabling the two spaces to become one. A unique three-panel bi-fold door, separates the indoor-outdoor space; on nice days, plenty of natural ventilation flows through the house. Opening the sunroom, living room and kitchen spaces enables a free dialog between rooms. The kitchen level sits above the sunroom and living room giving it a perch as the heart of the home. Dressed in maple and white, the cabinet color palette is in sync with the subtle value and warmth of nature. The cooktop wall was designed as a piece of furniture; the maple cabinets frame the inserted white cabinet wall. The subtle mosaic backsplash with a hint of green, represents a delicate leaf.

Photography by John Bessler http://www.besslerphoto.com/john/

Pool & Pool House Stowe, Vermont This mountain top residential site offers spectacular 180 degree views towards adjacent hillsides. The client desired to replace an existing pond with a pool and pool house to be used for both entertaining and family use. The open site is adjacent to the driveway to the north but offered spectacular mountain views to the south. The challenge was to provide privacy at the pool without obstructing the beautiful vista from the entry drive. Working closely with the architect we designed the pool and pool house as one modern element closely linked by proximity, detailing & geometry. In so doing, we used precise placement, careful choice of building & site materials, and minimalist planting. Existing trees were edited to open up selected views to the south. Rows of ornamental grasses provide architectural delineation of outdoor space. Understated stone steps in the lawn loosely connect the pool to the main house. Architect: Michael Minadeo + Partners Image Credit: Westphalen Photography

Kitchen - contemporary dark wood floor kitchen idea in New York with flat-panel cabinets

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Kitchen - country medium tone wood floor kitchen idea in Los Angeles with a farmhouse sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, black appliances and no island

Semi-custom & custom cabinetry is used throughout the home in the Brookhaven & Wood-Mode cabinet lines (both manufactured by Wood-Mode). In the kitchen, the cabinetry displays a modern feel with a simple door style in a custom opaque and dark walnut wood. A large (+11') island with seating for 8 is at the center of the layout. This design includes several built-in appliances: refrigerator, freezer, coffee machine, microwave oven, cooktop, custom hood, steam oven, (2) dishwashers, warming drawer & (2) single ovens.

Project completed in conjunction with Royce Jarrendt of The Lexington Group, who designed and built the custom home. Features: Louvered Doors, Open Shelves, Custom Stained to Match Furniture Piece on Right in Photo # 1; Custom Countertop Cutout for Access to Plumbing Cabinets (on left): Honey Brook Custom Cabinets in Oak Wood with Custom Stain # CS-3431; Louvered, Beaded Inset Door Style with Flat Drawer Heads # CWS-10446 Cabinetry Designer: Michael Macklin Countertops: Limestone, Fabricated & Installed by Diamond Tile Floors: Clear Sealed White Oak; Installed by Floors by Dennis Photographs by Kelly Keul Duer and Virginia Vipperman

My client for this project was a builder/ developer. He had purchased a flat two acre parcel with vineyards that was within easy walking distance of downtown St. Helena. He planned to “build for sale” a three bedroom home with a separate one bedroom guest house, a pool and a pool house. He wanted a modern type farmhouse design that opened up to the site and to the views of the hills beyond and to keep as much of the vineyards as possible. The house was designed with a central Great Room consisting of a kitchen area, a dining area, and a living area all under one roof with a central linear cupola to bring natural light into the middle of the room. One approaches the entrance to the home through a small garden with water features on both sides of a path that leads to a covered entry porch and the front door. The entry hall runs the length of the Great Room and serves as both a link to the bedroom wings, the garage, the laundry room and a small study. The entry hall also serves as an art gallery for the future owner. An interstitial space between the entry hall and the Great Room contains a pantry, a wine room, an entry closet, an electrical room and a powder room. A large deep porch on the pool/garden side of the house extends most of the length of the Great Room with a small breakfast Room at one end that opens both to the kitchen and to this porch. The Great Room and porch open up to a swimming pool that is on on axis with the front door. The main house has two wings. One wing contains the master bedroom suite with a walk in closet and a bathroom with soaking tub in a bay window and separate toilet room and shower. The other wing at the opposite end of the househas two children’s bedrooms each with their own bathroom a small play room serving both bedrooms. A rear hallway serves the children’s wing, a Laundry Room and a Study, the garage and a stair to an Au Pair unit above the garage. A separate small one bedroom guest house has a small living room, a kitchen, a toilet room to serve the pool and a small covered porch. The bedroom is ensuite with a full bath. This guest house faces the side of the pool and serves to provide privacy and block views ofthe neighbors to the east. A Pool house at the far end of the pool on the main axis of the house has a covered sitting area with a pizza oven, a bar area and a small bathroom. Vineyards were saved on all sides of the house to help provide a private enclave within the vines. The exterior of the house has simple gable roofs over the major rooms of the house with sloping ceilings and large wooden trusses in the Great Room and plaster sloping ceilings in the bedrooms. The exterior siding through out is painted board and batten siding similar to farmhouses of other older homes in the area. Clyde Construction: General Contractor Photographed by: Paul Rollins

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Example of an urban black and white tile mosaic tile floor and black floor bathroom design in Philadelphia with a wall-mount sink and white walls

Photography: Garett + Carrie Buell of Studiobuell/ studiobuell.com
Open concept kitchen - large transitional galley medium tone wood floor and brown floor open concept kitchen idea in Nashville with shaker cabinets, white cabinets, marble countertops, green backsplash, two islands and white countertops

Inspiration for a timeless galley kitchen remodel in Other with beaded inset cabinets, granite countertops, a double-bowl sink, beige cabinets, beige backsplash, stone slab backsplash and paneled appliances

King size bed with grey- blue nightstands, brass chandelier, velvet chairs, round table lamps, custom artwork, linen curtains with brass rods, warm earth tones, bright and airy primary bedroom.

Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary master beige tile bathroom remodel in Chicago with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets and dark wood cabinets

Inspiration for a contemporary master bedroom remodel in Atlanta with gray walls and no fireplace