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A rustic modern patio blends natural stone pavers, warm wood accents, and seamless mountain views, crafting an inviting and sustainable outdoor living space in this organic mountain home.

Open concept living room and kitchen. Club chairs, custom pillows and unique drum table warm up the space and are easily movable for entertaining. Mark Campbell Creative Photography.

The ground floor volumes wrapped in an elongated hand-fired brick, emphasizing the horizontality of the architecture that lays solidly on the land. (Photography by: Matthew Millman)

Pinnacle Mountain Homes
Living room - rustic open concept medium tone wood floor living room idea in Denver with white walls, a standard fireplace and a stone fireplace

The homeowners of this California Cottage wanted a beach vibe in their 1700 sq. ft. home. They wanted to make the most of their spaces by widening doorways, adding wood floors throughout the house, and adding a skylight. The result is cozy, casual California living at its best with frequent family dinners and celebrations with friends. Photos by Erika Bierman www.erikabiermanphotography.com

Jim Bartsch
Inspiration for a mediterranean formal and open concept dark wood floor living room remodel in Santa Barbara with white walls, a ribbon fireplace, a metal fireplace and a wall-mounted tv

Paul Hester
Example of a trendy staircase design in Austin

A guest bath transformation in Bothell featuring a unique modern coastal aesthetic complete with a floral patterned tile flooring and a bold Moroccan-inspired green shower surround.

Laundry room - contemporary single-wall laundry room idea in Toronto with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, yellow cabinets, white walls, a side-by-side washer/dryer and white countertops

Living room with white washed brick fireplace surround and reclaimed mantel made from a rough hewn beam. Engineered hardwood flooring (Mohawk Winchester) in varying lengths and widths.

INT2architecture
Inspiration for a small scandinavian master white tile and ceramic tile ceramic tile doorless shower remodel in Saint Petersburg with a vessel sink, wood countertops, white walls and beige countertops

Delicate green and pink wallpaper and accents tie this young girl's bathroom to her ensuite bedroom decor, partially seen in the mirror. Green glass edged with white glass pencil tiles create a coordinated mirror frame. Green glass floral hardware adds interest to the vanity.

Sunroom - mid-sized traditional slate floor and gray floor sunroom idea in New York with a standard ceiling

Kat Alves
Alcove bathtub - 1960s green tile alcove bathtub idea in Sacramento

Dan Piassick
Living room - huge contemporary open concept dark wood floor living room idea in Dallas with beige walls, a ribbon fireplace and a stone fireplace

Klopf Architecture, Arterra Landscape Architects and Henry Calvert of Calvert Ventures Designed and built a new warm, modern, Eichler-inspired, open, indoor-outdoor home on a deeper-than-usual San Mateo Highlands property where an original Eichler house had burned to the ground. The owners wanted multi-generational living and larger spaces than the original home offered, but all parties agreed that the house should respect the neighborhood and blend in stylistically with the other Eichlers. At first the Klopf team considered re-using what little was left of the original home and expanding on it. But after discussions with the owner and builder, all parties agreed that the last few remaining elements of the house were not practical to re-use, so Klopf Architecture designed a new home that pushes the Eichler approach in new directions. One disadvantage of Eichler production homes is that the house designs were not optimized for each specific lot. A new custom home offered the team a chance to start over. In this case, a longer house that opens up sideways to the south fit the lot better than the original square-ish house that used to open to the rear (west). Accordingly, the Klopf team designed an L-shaped “bar” house with a large glass wall with large sliding glass doors that faces sideways instead of to the rear like a typical Eichler. This glass wall opens to a pool and landscaped yard designed by Arterra Landscape Architects. Driving by the house, one might assume at first glance it is an Eichler because of the horizontality, the overhanging flat roof eaves, the dark gray vertical siding, and orange solid panel front door, but the house is designed for the 21st Century and is not meant to be a “Likeler.” You won't see any posts and beams in this home. Instead, the ceiling decking is a western red cedar that covers over all the beams. Like Eichlers, this cedar runs continuously from inside to out, enhancing the indoor / outdoor feeling of the house, but unlike Eichlers it conceals a cavity for lighting, wiring, and insulation. Ceilings are higher, rooms are larger and more open, the master bathroom is light-filled and more generous, with a separate tub and shower and a separate toilet compartment, and there is plenty of storage. The garage even easily fits two of today's vehicles with room to spare. A massive 49-foot by 12-foot wall of glass and the continuity of materials from inside to outside enhance the inside-outside living concept, so the owners and their guests can flow freely from house to pool deck to BBQ to pool and back. During construction in the rough framing stage, Klopf thought the front of the house appeared too tall even though the house had looked right in the design renderings (probably because the house is uphill from the street). So Klopf Architecture paid the framer to change the roofline from how we had designed it to be lower along the front, allowing the home to blend in better with the neighborhood. One project goal was for people driving up the street to pass the home without immediately noticing there is an "imposter" on this lot, and making that change was essential to achieve that goal. This 2,606 square foot, 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom Eichler-inspired new house is located in San Mateo in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Klopf Architecture Project Team: John Klopf, AIA, Klara Kevane Landscape Architect: Arterra Landscape Architects Contractor: Henry Calvert of Calvert Ventures Photography ©2016 Mariko Reed Location: San Mateo, CA Year completed: 2016