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Frank Ooms
Example of a minimalist medium tone wood floor dining room design in Austin with white walls

rear yard with pool and cabana
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Photography: Piston Design
Tuscan front door photo in Houston with a glass front door

A full guest suite with its own exterior and separate entry that can double as an in-law unit is placed near the garage entry and across the pool courtyard from the master suite. This separation helps frame the outdoor space and provides a feeling of independence. The design components are consistent with the rest of the home, including custom windows and doors, Ann Sacks ceramic tile, custom oak vanities and antique brass fixtures. The light fixture by Mooi, purchased from Design Within Reach, adds a unique and playful element to the space.

Dry river bed terminating in a seating boulder at edge of patio with fire pit.
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Inspiration for a mid-sized southwestern drought-tolerant and partial sun side yard brick garden path in Phoenix.

Steve Keating Photography
Trendy courtyard concrete and rectangular pool photo in Seattle

Located in the prestigious Town of Higland Park, just outside Dallas, this luxury residence features aspects of both Country French style and classic formality. The front garden features an internal lawn with symmetrical walkways that curve around to the front porch and balustrade. In the side courtyard, a decorative fountain element accents this intimate space with wonderful tumbled bluestone paving detailing. In the rear garden, a raised formal pool anchors the space and features an antique French wall fountain element that spills into the pool. The brick perimeter walls feature lush landscaping, climbing vines and screen trees to enclose the garden and provide screening for the view from the house and upper balconies. Completed with Naud Burnett & Partners.

Landscape Design by Lisa Gimmy, www.lglalandscape.com
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1950s living room photo in San Francisco with a tile fireplace

The site in River Oaks, located across from a neighborhood shopping center, called for a rethinking of a typical front yard. The design creates a private courtyard garden with a small pool as the exterior focus for the living spaces as well as the master bedroom. Peter Molick Photography

Coronado, CA The Alameda Residence is situated on a relatively large, yet unusually shaped lot for the beachside community of Coronado, California. The orientation of the “L” shaped main home and linear shaped guest house and covered patio create a large, open courtyard central to the plan. The majority of the spaces in the home are designed to engage the courtyard, lending a sense of openness and light to the home. The aesthetics take inspiration from the simple, clean lines of a traditional “A-frame” barn, intermixed with sleek, minimal detailing that gives the home a contemporary flair. The interior and exterior materials and colors reflect the bright, vibrant hues and textures of the seaside locale.

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A custom lacquered orange pivot gate at the double-sided cedar wood slats courtyard enclosure provides both privacy and creates movement and pattern at the entry court.

Patio Area Paul Bartholomew
Inspiration for a contemporary backyard patio remodel in Philadelphia with a pergola and a fireplace

This “Arizona Inspired” home draws on some of the couples’ favorite desert inspirations. The architecture honors the Wrightian design of The Arizona Biltmore, the courtyard raised planter beds feature labeled specimen cactus in the style of the Desert Botanical Gardens, and the expansive backyard offers a resort-style pool and cabana with plenty of entertainment space. Additional focal areas of landscape design include an outdoor living room in the front courtyard with custom steel fire trough, a shallow negative-edge fountain, and a rare “nurse tree” that was salvaged from a nearby site, sits in the corner of the courtyard – a unique conversation starter. The wash that runs on either side of the museum-glass hallway is filled with aloes, agaves and cactus. On the far end of the lot, a fire pit surrounded by desert planting offers stunning views both day and night of the Praying Monk rock formation on Camelback Mountain. Project Details: Landscape Architect: Greey|Pickett Architect: Higgins Architects Builder: GM Hunt Builders Landscape Contractor: Benhart Landscaping Interior Designer: Kitchell Brusnighan Interior Design Photography: Ian Denker

French Country home built by Parkinson Building Group in the Waterview subdivision and featured on the cover of the Fall/Winter 2014 issue of Country French Magazine

Inspiration for a small contemporary living room remodel in Delhi with white walls