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Example of a trendy hallway design in Vancouver

It’s rare when a client comes to me with a brief for a complete home from scratch, but that is exactly what happened here. My client, a professional musician and singer, was having a luxury three-story condo built and wanted help choosing not only all the hardscape materials like tile, flooring, carpet, and cabinetry, but also all furniture and furnishings. I even outfitted his new home with plates, flatware, pots and pans, towels, sheets, and window coverings. Like I said, this was from scratch! We defined his style direction for the new home including dark colors, minimalistic furniture, and a modern industrial sensibility, and I set about creating a fluid expression of that style. The tone is set at the entry where a custom laser-cut industrial steel sign requests visitors be shoeless. We deliberately limited the color palette for the entire house to black, grey, and deep blue, with grey-washed or dark stained neutral woods. The navy zellige tiles on the backsplash in the kitchen add depth between the cement-textured quartz counters and cerused cabinetry. The island is painted in a coordinating navy and features hand-forged iron stools. In the dining room, horizontal and vertical lines play with each other in the form of an angular linear chandelier, lighted acrylic light columns, and a dining table with a special faceted wave edge. Chair backs echo the shape of the art maps on the wall. We chose a unique, three dimensional wall treatment for the living room where a plush sectional and LED tunable lights set the stage for comfy movie nights. Walls with a repeating whimsical black and white whale skeleton named Bruce adorn the walls of the powder room. The adjacent patio boasts a resort-like feeling with a cozy fire table, a wall of up-lit boxwoods, and a black sofa and chairs for star gazing. A gallery wall featuring a roster of some of my client’s favorite rock, punk, and jazz musicians adorns the stairwell. On the third floor, the primary and guest bathrooms continue with the cement-textured quartz counters and same cerused cabinetry. We completed this well-appointed home with a serene guest room in the established limited color palette and a lounge/office/recording room. All photos by Bernardo Grijalva

This striking custom-fabricated credenza marries organic natural beauty with robust industrial strength. The defining feature of this piece is a breathtaking solid wood live-edge slab that flows seamlessly from the expansive countertop down the side in a continuous waterfall design, highlighting a dramatic natural split and rich, sweeping wood grain. Supported by a heavy-duty dark steel skeleton frame, the console offers a balance of concealed and open storage. The front facade features beautiful solid wood cabinet doors meticulously encased in custom-welded steel frames. These framed doors flank a central open shelving section, making it an ideal statement piece for use as a high-end media center or a sophisticated dining room sideboard.

This is an example of a contemporary porch design in Oklahoma City.

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Example of a trendy exterior home design in Vancouver

Extend a Halloween hello that's just as captivating to the friendly as it is to the fiendish, with our "Happy Haunting" Scene Kit. Possesses just the right levels of spookiness and style. Here's the treat: it's a complete, professionally designed look you'll enjoy for years. An eerily elegant swirl of black feathers graced by a mischievous, handpainted skeleton, our "Happy Haunting" Wreath flutters with every passing breeze. Everlasting stacked pumpkins create an eye-catching statement that's simply out of this world.

This 640sf backyard cottage with finished basement needed a roof raise to add height and storage to the 2nd floor primary bedroom space. The original space had very low knee walls, a tiny bathroom and limited closet space. This roof raise gave them a much better bedroom with an added balcony, a spacious closet with built in shelving and hanging space and a bathroom that includes a clawfoot tub and generous shower. We also added a bookshelf on the stairs with a custom ladder. Awesome transformation!

The hardscape in a landscape is often the skeleton of a design, helping create the style and function of an outdoor space. Patios, outdoor fireplaces, outdoor kitchens, pathways, and retaining walls in a variety of materials can be every style from the most modern and contemporary to the traditional.

The client was looking for a better way to utilize the small backyard of their Baltimore rowhome. The project included a patio using Outdoor Living by Belgard Aquaroc (permeable paver); a water feature using a natural Basalt column with LED light rings and mexican beach gravel; a workbench and storage cabinet with a Flagstone thermal cap and cedar trim; a wrought iron fence and pergola skeleton for plants to grow; wood fence on top of solid painted block; perennial plants in planter boxes; and landscape lighting.

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Our Temptress Mantel Scene invites guests to the party, who take creepy couture well beyond traditional orange and black. Our 5-foot skeleton brings the bling in gold–skull to toe bones–featuring hinged joints for posing or dressing to suit the soiree. His friend, the witch? She’s only halfway-committed to the event… And whatever you do, don’t get caught staring at the exquisite, handpainted details of the Temptress, perched high above the room in feathers and lace. She draws you in, but you can’t be sure what she’ll do.

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Trendy porch idea in Oklahoma City

The hardscape in a landscape is often the skeleton of a design, helping create the style and function of an outdoor space. Patios, outdoor fireplaces, outdoor kitchens, pathways, and retaining walls in a variety of materials can be every style from the most modern and contemporary to the traditional.

We build a skeleton of drip hoses around and through the planting bed, rather than just run the hose from the first plant to the last. This way if a tube gets cut or broken, the water has a secondary path back to the plants.

GAIA ENGINEERED SOLID POLYMER CORE COMPOSITE (eSPC) - BLACK SERIES Multi-ply eSPC features the best quality of embossing with depth and definition that is state of the art. The level of definition and quality in the texture and laser aligned film makes this the most realistic luxury synthetic floor to date and it's proprietary composition is industry leading. Gaia Engineered Multi-ply Solid Polymer Core Composite (eSPC) combines advantages of both SPC and new engineered Multi-ply luxury With IXPE cushioned backing, Gaia eSPC provides: a quieter, warmer vinyl flooring and, surpasses luxury standards for multilevel estates. Waterproof and guaranteed in all rooms in your home and all regular commercial environments. UV Cured Ceramic Bead Finish With Stain Resistance This protective finish is a UV cured ceramic bead finish that is scratch resistant and stain resistant. Wear Layer at 0.5mm/20mil Thickness This wear layer is 20 mil to ensure longevity and residential and commercial environments. Laser-Aligned High Definition Film With Realistic Texture The decorative film has multi-layer depth in color to provide a similar realism to real wood. Stabilizing eSPC Layer This SPC component layer is a proprietary composition to maintain the benefits of an SPC but provide stability necessary on a thick plank. High Density Skeleton Core This core provides luxury thermal and luxury sound insulation with a high tensile strength. The bone structure keeps insulating pockets strong and light. Balancing Solid Polymer Layer This is a proprietary composition layer that combined with the SPC component layer provides leading waterproof stability for a 10mm product. High Density IXPE Antimicrobial Underlayment The underlayment is a high density antimicrobial virgin vinyl padding to provide warmth and a luxury feel.

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The hardscape in a landscape is often the skeleton of a design, helping create the style and function of an outdoor space. Patios, outdoor fireplaces, outdoor kitchens, pathways, and retaining walls in a variety of materials can be every style from the most modern and contemporary to the traditional.