Kat Alves Photography
Country kitchen photo in Sacramento with blue cabinets, concrete countertops, blue backsplash, ceramic backsplash, stainless steel appliances and an island

Family room - contemporary dark wood floor family room idea in New York with gray walls, no fireplace and no tv

Beach style master medium tone wood floor and beige floor bedroom photo in Sacramento with gray walls and a standard fireplace

Country light wood floor eat-in kitchen photo in Los Angeles with an undermount sink, white cabinets, white backsplash, subway tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances, an island and black countertops

Beach style living room photo in Houston

Neil Landino
Example of a large transitional l-shaped dark wood floor home design design in New York with an integrated sink, shaker cabinets, gray cabinets, limestone countertops, beige backsplash, mosaic tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances and an island

Inspiration for a mid-sized country guest and wooden straight medium tone wood floor, brown floor, open and wood railing staircase remodel in New York with white walls and no fireplace

Photo by Matt Dahlman
Inspiration for a contemporary carpeted family room remodel in Minneapolis with green walls and a tv stand

Our client wasn't ready to leave the home she loved, but a change in her health had made the upstairs bathroom harder to reach, and the main level didn't have a full bath. We converted one bay of her three-car garage into livable space, which gave us the room to build a fully accessible bathroom, a walk-in closet, and a proper mudroom and laundry on the level she actually lived on. Wide doorways. Heated floors. A curbless shower with a drain that disappears under the wall. Aged brass grab bars that read like jewelry rather than hospital equipment.

This mudroom off of the garage features a dark stained built-in bench with coat hooks on it. Vinyl plank flooring is also featured.
Mid-sized arts and crafts vinyl floor mudroom photo with white walls

This LEED Platinum certified house reflects the homeowner's desire for an exceptionally healthy and comfortable living environment, within a traditional neighborhood. INFILL SITE. The family, who moved from another area of Wellesley, sought out this property to be within walking distance of the high school and downtown area. An existing structure on the tight lot was removed to make way for the new home. 84% of the construction waste, from both the previous structure and the new home, was diverted from a landfill. ZED designed to preserve the existing mature trees on the perimeter of the property to minimize site impacts, and to maintain the character of the neighborhood as well as privacy on the site. EXTERIOR EXPRESSION. The street facade of the home relates to the local New England vernacular. The rear uses contemporary language, a nod to the family’s Californian roots, to incorporate a roof deck, solar panels, outdoor living space, and the backyard swimming pool. ZED’s careful planning avoided to the need to face the garage doors towards the street, a common syndrome of a narrow lot. THOUGHTFUL SPACE. Homes with dual entries can often result in duplicate and unused spaces. In this home, the everyday and formal entry areas are one and the same; the front and garage doors share the entry program of coat closets, mudroom storage with bench for removing your shoes, and a laundry room with generous closets for the children's sporting equipment. The entry area leads directly to the living space, encompassing the kitchen, dining and sitting area areas in an L-shaped open plan arrangement. The kitchen is placed at the south-west corner of the space to allow for a strong connection to the dining, sitting and outdoor living spaces. A fire pit on the deck satisfies the family’s desire for an open flame while a sealed gas fireplace is used indoors - ZED’s preference after omitting gas burning appliances completely from an airtight home. A small study, with a window seat, is conveniently located just off of the living space. A first floor guest bedroom includes an accessible bathroom for aging visitors and can be used as a master suite to accommodate aging in place. HEALTHY LIVING. The client requested a home that was easy to clean and would provide a respite from seasonal allergies and common contaminants that are found in many indoor spaces. ZED selected easy to clean solid surface flooring throughout, provided ample space for cleaning supplies on each floor, and designed a mechanical system with ventilation that provides a constant supply of fresh outdoor air. ZED selected durable materials, finishes, cabinetry, and casework with low or no volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and no added urea formaldehyde. YEAR-ROUND COMFORT. The home is super insulated and air-tight, paired with high performance triple-paned windows, to ensure it is draft-free throughout the winter (even when in front of the large windows and doors). ZED designed a right-sized heating and cooling system to pair with the thermally improved building enclosure to ensure year-round comfort. The glazing on the home maximizes passive solar gains, and facilitates cross ventilation and daylighting. ENERGY EFFICIENT. As one of the most energy efficient houses built to date in Wellesley, the home highlights a practical solution for Massachusetts. First, the building enclosure reduces the largest energy requirement for typical houses (heating). Super-insulation, exceptional air sealing, a thermally broken wall assembly, triple pane windows, and passive solar gain combine for a sizable heating load reduction. Second, within the house only efficient systems consume energy. These include an air source heat pump for heating & cooling, a heat pump hot water heater, LED lighting, energy recovery ventilation, and high efficiency appliances. Lastly, photovoltaics provide renewable energy help offset energy consumption. The result is an 89% reduction in energy use compared to a similar brand new home built to code requirements. RESILIENT. The home will fare well in extreme weather events. During a winter power outage, heat loss will be very slow due to the super-insulated and airtight envelope– taking multiple days to drop to 60 degrees even with no heat source. An engineered drainage system, paired with careful the detailing of the foundation, will help to keep the finished basement dry. A generator will provide full operation of the all-electric house during a power outage. OVERALL. The home is a reflection of the family goals and an expression of their values, beautifully enabling health, comfort, safety, resilience, and utility, all while respecting the planet. ZED - Architect & Mechanical Designer Bevilacqua Builders Inc - Contractor Creative Land & Water Engineering - Civil Engineering Barbara Peterson Landscape - Landscape Design Nest & Company - Interior Furnishings Eric Roth Photography - Photography

Unlimited Style Photography
Small elegant porcelain tile mudroom photo in Los Angeles with gray walls and a white front door

This compact pool house / guest house is contained within in a single module, clad in cedar siding.
Trendy one-story wood and rectangular brown pool house photo in New York

Kitchen - traditional galley dark wood floor kitchen idea in DC Metro with shaker cabinets, white cabinets, white backsplash, subway tile backsplash and an island

John Evans
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Iron work by James Gunnell of Antietam Iron Works, photo by James Gunnell
Inspiration for a rustic deck remodel in DC Metro

Maximize functionality in an entryway by building an entryway mud room. A stained bench with divided storage below is perfect for the family's shoes, while hooks and a ledge above provide the perfect resting spot for backpacks, jackets and scarves. Shelves above offer more open storage.

Classic Shaker Kitchen In A Small Space. Design by Mari Kushino Design, Cabinets by South Shore Cabinetry, Photography by Tony Colangelo Photography.

Eymeric Wilding
Small trendy light wood floor powder room photo in Calgary with a one-piece toilet, beige walls and a pedestal sink