Design ideas for a contemporary landscaping in Austin.

Foyer - large southwestern concrete floor foyer idea in San Francisco with beige walls

We choose a variety of burgundy color plants to play contrast with the blue walls. We used against the front wall Black Vanish hedge (arbusto Mosaico Vino); Breynia Nivosa (arbusto Nevado Rosa); Dianella Tasmanica, a variety of sun resistant bromeliads

View to water feature photo credit:katia Goffin
Transitional exterior home idea in DC Metro

Home design - eclectic home design idea in Sacramento

In this project the home owner was a furniture importer, so she had an amazing array of decorative elements to add to the design. After spending years traveling through Indonesia and India on buying trips, she wanted a taste of the tropics in her own back yard. We worked together to incorporate her beautiful objects into an undeniably tropical-feeling space. By carefully selecting plants and their placement, we were able to achieve the lush green feel of Bali or Hawaii in the Southern California climate without using a lot of water. After installation, this oasis is alive with birds and dragonflies. Lush green plantings create microclimates around the house that help cool the property on hot days. Integrating edible trees provides the homeowner with pomegranates, several types of guavas, lemons, limes, and bananas. Today, the homeowner rents out her home and garden for photo shoots and weddings.

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Tropical white one-story stucco exterior home idea in Miami

Unusual chandelier highlighting the focal point of the master bath tub Photo by Lisa Roy
Example of a mid-sized transitional home design design in Toronto with glass countertops and beige walls

This Coles Fine Flooring project included new hardwood flooring and seagrass carpeting.
Living room - small modern formal and enclosed medium tone wood floor living room idea in San Diego with beige walls

Ogon Spirea blooming in the spring. Great texture and fall foliage as well. Ruth Consoli Design
This is an example of a mid-sized full sun landscaping for spring.

Home design - modern home design idea in Toronto

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Inspiration for a modern home design remodel in Boston

design: Carrie Preston (Studio TOOP) and Jasper Helmantel (Cruydt Hoeck), 2011 location: Appeltern, NL status: built in 2012 by Appeltern Model Garden Complex photos: Olga van Saane, October 2013 Designed as assignment from both the Dutch gardening magazine Groei & Bloei and the television and radio nature program Vara's Vroege Vogels, this garden serves as a model of how homeowners can incorporate lots of plant life and wildlife into the design but without sacrificing practicality or aesthetics. The garden is deliberately contemporary in its style to emphasize that nature-rich gardens need not look a certain way - insects and birds don't care if the lines are straight or curved. At the same time the garden makes use of affordable, simple, no-nonsense materials. The 40x60 cm paving stones are one of the most common and affordable paving options in the Netherlands, available en masse for free on the Internet. Conceptually we imagined a garden completely paved with the tiles (as to many gardens are) and what would happen if took out some of these stones, used them to build benches and structure and added plants where the tiles had been. In the construction of the benches we include other materials such as bamboo sticks and insulation bricks that create habitat for insects such as solitary bees. The plant palette is based on a selection of native and host plants in combination with the 26 plants plan set up by Groei & Boei -- a list of plants aimed at making the use of more plants in gardens accessible and less intimidating. The choice for the number 26 corresponds with the number of letters in the alphabet in line with the famous Dutch garden designer Mien Ruy's comment that if we only need 26 letters to create a whole language, we should be able to combine and mix 26 plants to express far more than we think.

Small glass tile carefully installed to round corner detail. Tile liner carefully set to align with window muntin Tali Hardonag Color Consulting: Penelope Jones Interior Design

3% Screen Motorized Roller Shades installed at high-end condo in San Diego
Inspiration for a modern living room remodel in San Diego

Elegant home design photo in Chicago

Photo of a mid-sized modern drought-tolerant and full sun backyard gravel landscaping in Portland for summer.