This stacked arrangement of sea glass and natural stones serves as a sculptural accent beside the garden bench. The interplay of smooth, translucent glass and textured river stones creates a soothing contrast, echoing water and light. Placed within the shaded seating nook, it enhances the sense of calm and continuity, linking art and nature in a quiet corner designed for pause and reflection.

Inspiration for a contemporary living room remodel in San Francisco

These are the most precious pale, pale pink antique shutters I found! Ones like these, are very hard to find so originally, I wanted to put these in the baby nursery that I'm doing. They were to serve their actual purpose on the window as shutters however, I was heartbroken when I decided they would not work in the nursery! The shape of them, along with the doors that I'm using for the wall, were too similar. I needed something different. Magnolia Mae Vintage Design

Custom transition strips made. Due to irregular floor heights and widths, a store bought transition strip would not work. These were custom cut and then stained to match.

Bluestone patio with wrought iron railings.
Small elegant backyard patio photo in New York

Josiah Zukowski
Mid-sized minimalist carpeted straight carpeted staircase photo in Portland with white walls and carpeted risers

Modern Kitchen Pantry Cabinets beyond installed as part of major renovatin to pre-existing rustic home - Interior Architecture: HAUS | Architecture For Modern Lifestyles - Construction Management: Blaze Construction - Photo: HAUS | Architecture

Fretwork banding
Kitchen - traditional kitchen idea in Boston

Inspiration for a mid-sized scandinavian open concept light wood floor family room remodel with blue walls and a tv stand

Inverness brick with Savannah Ivory mortar

Home design - mid-century modern home design idea in Seattle

For this project, our client came to us looking for a full-service company to build a custom, high-efficient new home with minimal exterior maintenance. In order to achieve this, we used a different medium of product, including split-faced concrete block to natural cedar siding, both of which require zero maintenance. The design throughout was congruent with the contemporary farmhouse aesthetic and highly-efficient goal of the client and adhering to the energy standards of Efficiency Vermont. A few of the features included a finished concrete floor, a cutting-edge wood-fired boiler system to efficiently heat the home.

Large minimalist tile u-shaped staircase photo in Vancouver with tile risers

Valley Hardwood
Mid-sized transitional medium tone wood floor living room photo in Seattle with gray walls

Photo by Dupont
Home design - contemporary home design idea in New York

I was recently asked to this property in Wimbledon in to see if there was anything we could do to resolve the problem with a recently laid Black Limestone tiled floor. The builders that had laid the Limestone did not cover or clean the tiles prior to sealing with an impregnating seal thereby trapping in all the dirt from the building works. They then grouted the tiles but didn’t clean the grout off the surface before putting on another two coats of sealer all of which resulted in a very poor finish. Naturally the customer was not happy so called them back to rectify the problem and so they came back and tried to strip the sealer off with cloths and a chemical stripper. Then without rinsing the stone to remove the chemicals they added another two coats of sealer; in desperation the lady gave up with them and called me in. To resolve I tried all the sealant strippers available to me but couldn’t budge the mess effectively. The only other option available was to diamond grind the surface so I discussed this with the customer and she agreed to this and left me to carry on. Initially I started with a coarse 400 grit diamond pad but even that wasn’t having much effect so in the end I had to cut back the surface using a 100 grit pad moving up to 200 grit, then 400 before finally stopping at 800. To lubricate the process you need to use a little water and then rinse away the resultant soil after each pad. If this was a polished stone surface I would have continued with finer and finer grits to restore the surface polish however these tiles were rough limestone and I needed to leave it as near to how it should be. Once all the Limestone had been stripped back the stone turned an uninviting grey colour, so to bring it back to black I applied two coats of Tile Doctor Stone Oil which enhanced the colour. I left the floor overnight to allow the Stone Oil to dry out and then returned to seal the Limestone using two coats of Tile Doctor Colour Grow which is an impregnating sealer that enhances the colour in the stone and will protect it from staining going forward. When the customer saw the final result she was overwhelmed and said she felt like crying with relief, because the floor now looked how she had imagined it to be. It was a great feeling for me to know that I had solved the problems for her.

Detail of our custom craftsman-style paneling. 100% wood.
Arts and crafts home design photo in Atlanta

Living room - shabby-chic style living room idea in Los Angeles