Photographer: Bernard Andre'
Example of a country dining room design in San Francisco

Photo: Lisa Petrole
Huge minimalist porcelain tile and gray floor great room photo in San Francisco with a ribbon fireplace, a tile fireplace and gray walls

Trent Bell
Inspiration for a coastal medium tone wood floor breakfast nook remodel in Portland Maine

Joe Fletcher Atop a ridge in the Santa Lucia mountains of Carmel, California, an oak tree stands elevated above the fog and wrapped at its base in this ranch retreat. The weekend home’s design grew around the 100-year-old Valley Oak to form a horseshoe-shaped house that gathers ridgeline views of Oak, Madrone, and Redwood groves at its exterior and nestles around the tree at its center. The home’s orientation offers both the shade of the oak canopy in the courtyard and the sun flowing into the great room at the house’s rear façades. This modern take on a traditional ranch home offers contemporary materials and landscaping to a classic typology. From the main entry in the courtyard, one enters the home’s great room and immediately experiences the dramatic westward views across the 70 foot pool at the house’s rear. In this expansive public area, programmatic needs flow and connect - from the kitchen, whose windows face the courtyard, to the dining room, whose doors slide seamlessly into walls to create an outdoor dining pavilion. The primary circulation axes flank the internal courtyard, anchoring the house to its site and heightening the sense of scale by extending views outward at each of the corridor’s ends. Guest suites, complete with private kitchen and living room, and the garage are housed in auxiliary wings connected to the main house by covered walkways. Building materials including pre-weathered corrugated steel cladding, buff limestone walls, and large aluminum apertures, and the interior palette of cedar-clad ceilings, oil-rubbed steel, and exposed concrete floors soften the modern aesthetics into a refined but rugged ranch home.

Perimeter counters and island in Wicked White quartzite.
Mid-sized trendy backyard and l-shaped medium tone wood floor and brown floor eat-in kitchen photo in Boston with a farmhouse sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, quartzite countertops, white backsplash, porcelain backsplash, stainless steel appliances, an island and no cover

Adrienne DeRosa © 2014 Houzz Inc. Along with the living room, this dining area has received a style overhaul. "Everything in the informal dining space as well as the living room is new," Jennifer explains. "I changed it all; the walls used to be grey and the furniture used to be off white. I had antique chippy paint cabinets and all kinds of french decor ... I have evolved from that and now want simple, fun and bright." Starting with painting the walls white, Jennifer let the room evolve as she went. "Then I started to move the furniture around to see what I had, to make sure it worked," she describes. From there it became a process of eliminating and adding back in. The brass shelving was a "picking" find that Jennifer retrieved from the side of the road. By emphasizing the large windows with white drapery, and adding in soft textural elements, Jennifer created a fresh space that exudes depth and comfort. "I would never want anyone to ever come in and say they don't feel comfortable. I feel I have created that chic, fun, eclectic style space that anyone of any age can enjoy and feel comfortable in." Curtain rods, pendant lamp: West Elm; chairs: vintage Russell Woodard, Etsy Adrienne DeRosa © 2014 Houzz

Architect: DiMauro Architects Builder: Jacob Talbot Photographer: Warren Jagger
Beach style u-shaped medium tone wood floor and brown floor eat-in kitchen photo in Providence with shaker cabinets, white cabinets, white backsplash, subway tile backsplash and an island

Inspiration for a mid-sized transitional dark wood floor enclosed dining room remodel in Los Angeles with white walls and no fireplace

Cottage porch idea in Boston

Landmark Photography, Eskuche Design
Traditional exterior home idea in Minneapolis

Inspiration for a contemporary courtyard concrete paver water fountain landscape in London.

Transitional home bar photo in New York

Inspiration for a mediterranean galley beige floor kitchen remodel in Orange County with an undermount sink, recessed-panel cabinets, gray cabinets, two islands and white countertops

Finished interior view.
This is an example of a large transitional tile screened-in back porch design in Raleigh with a roof extension.

Landmark Photography
Example of a transitional backyard patio design in Minneapolis with a roof extension and a fireplace

Elegant medium tone wood floor and brown floor eat-in kitchen photo in Philadelphia with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, white backsplash, subway tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances and an island

Inspiration for a small coastal open concept light wood floor living room remodel in Los Angeles with white walls, a standard fireplace, a brick fireplace and no tv

Beach style gray floor dining room photo in DC Metro with white walls

Justin Krug Photography
Patio - huge cottage backyard concrete patio idea in Portland with a fireplace and a roof extension