Experience the latest renovation by TK Homes with captivating California contemporary interior design by Jessica Koltun Home. Offering a rare opportunity in the Merriman Park Estates neighborhood, this single story ranch home on an expansive lot has been superbly rebuilt to new construction specifications for an unparalleled showcase of quality and style. The coastal color palette of moody blues and textured whites flow through out the wide-open floor plan features a formal dining, dedicated study, bonus sun room, and Chef's kitchen with 36in gas range. Retire to your owner's suite with separate vanities including makeup vanity and an oversized shower completely tiled in marble. Two bedrooms share a bathroom and a third bedroom and bath in a private wing of the house offers private guest or mother-in law space. Designer amenities: white oak beams, tongue and groove shiplap, marble countertops and tile, and a high end lighting, plumbing, & hardware.

A dramatic entry with brick piers and apron opening to an asphalt driveway, ending in a drive court detailed with a cushwa brick medallion inlay. The drive is lined with the same brick curb that pulls from the brick inlay above the great window at the homes entry. The apron is also trimmed with a soldier course of brick. The hedge is boxwood, underplanted with hosta and ground cover. The gardens in the background are filled with 'Tina' crabapple, Hydrangea, boxwood, and Pachysandra ground cover. Photo Credit: Linda Oyama Bryan

Builder: Eric Budge Interior Design: Remington Avenue Photography: Alan Blakely We provided architectural drawings for the home which gives sizes, dimensions, proportions, etc. Colors, treatments, material selections, etc. were decided by the interior designer and builder.

Front Stamped Concrete Walkway with Brick Soldier Course Border
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The front Entry was relocated to the central space in the house, repurposing the existing Dining Room as a Foyer. This allowed the Family Room to become its own space. The Entry Courtyard was designed by the architects as an asymmetrical courtyard, stepping away from the house in a series of rectangular forms. This created a pleasant interplay with the landscape, provided a setting for sculpture, and serve to center the approach from the circular driveway to the offset front Entry. New York Bluestone was set in a random rectangular flagging pattern, to relate to the rectangular massing of the house architecturally. New York State Bluestone was selected for its multi-colorations, to complement the hand-moulded brick on the house. The original Nassau Red brick was replaced with Glen Gery Trevanian hand moulded brick, because Nassau Red, in addition to being rather unattractive, is also unavailable. The new materiality, incorporating hand-moulded brick with grape vine joints, and blending in with the natural stone at the chimney, adds a richer, softer appearance in this naturally wooded setting. The new masonry chimney on the end of the Family Room played an important part of the street-view architectural presence. It was surfaced primarily in natural stone, with the brick soldier course carrying across from the frieze details, and was capped with a Superior Clay Mathis Flue Cap in a Salt Glaze. A double soldier course of brick tops the tapered stone chimney. Raised panels were detailed below the new windows, and a substantial frieze board, underscored by a brick soldier course, lends additional weight to the roof, emphasizing the horizontal lines. The project team: Glen Grayson, AIA managing partner, Michael Vandrei, project architect; Oakwood Construction Corp., Bob Thornton. The renovation and expansion project was completed in 2006 on a rolling wooded site in Muttontown, NY. Photo by Glen Grayson, AIA

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The primary patio space narrows into a walkway connecting to the fire pit. The planting beds on both side help define and separate the spaces. Photo courtesy of Mike Crews Photography.

Stunning patio features Holland Stone pavers with an inset Mega Arbel circle. For added definition we designed a double soldiers course to surround the inset circle. The built-in grill surround adds definition to the space and the fire pit surrounded by seat walls creates an inviting space for entertaining. ~ Hoffman Estates, IL http://chicagoland.archadeck.com/

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AV Architects + Builders Location: Great Falls, VA, USA Our modern farm style home design was exactly what our clients were looking for. They had the charm and the landscape they wanted, but needed a boost to help accommodate a family of four. Our design saw us tear down their existing garage and transform the space into an entertaining family friendly kitchen. This addition moved the entry of the home to the other side and switched the view of the kitchen on the side of the home with more natural light. As for the ceilings, we went ahead and changed the traditional 7’8” ceilings to a 9’4” ceiling. Our decision to approach this home with smart design resulted in removing the existing stick frame roof and replacing it with engineered trusses to have a higher and wider roof, which allowed for the open plan to be implemented without the use of supporting beams. And once the finished product was complete, our clients had a home that doubled in space and created many more opportunities for entertaining and relaxing in style. Stacy Zarin Photography

Front foundation plantings surround this classic herring bone pattern brick entry path. Photo by:Peter Rymwid
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