Arts and crafts staircase photo in Santa Barbara

Custom Pool & Spa set on Beautiful Lake Benedict Wisconsin. Rich Full Range Bluestone Coping with a Thermal Finish Surrounds the Pool and Spa. Tanning Ledge inlayed with Full Range Bluestone set into the Pool Shell. The Pool is 20' x 44' and the Spa is 8' x 14'. The Spa seating is situated in a way to insure that there is not a bad seat in the house overlooking this private tranquil lake. Blue Stone Deck and Natural Stone Retaining Walls put the finishing touches on this spectacular setting.

Thassos White Marble and Carrara Marble Mix Diamond Waterjet Tile Mosaic from AllMarbleTiles.com
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Blackened Steel Stairs and Steel and glass handrail.
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Advice on interior design is available everywhere—from TV shows and websites to books, magazines and apps. We love seeing people become engaged in design and educated on the wide range of possibilities. But we hope you’ll proceed with caution. It’s not that style errors are a matter of life and death. It’s just that it’s easy to choose designs that aren’t necessarily reflective of your own personality and character. And since you’re typically stuck with your interior design decisions for years, styles that don’t quite fit can tend to grate on you. Interiors that give one person comfort may unleash chaos in someone else. This goes beyond favorite colors or hot trends, right to the heart of interior design, where you find questions of composition, balance, repetition, space and more. The goal is to find that unique combination of design elements that gives you comfort, support and balance. In one home, that perfect balance was struck through the use of symmetry. A pair of comfortable swivel chairs sit beneath matching indigo patterned paintings. Matching bookcases below the paintings contain similar, but not identical, arrangements of books, vases and bowls. Woods and bronzes help warm up the simple white bookcase shelving. Two matching poufs in front of the fireplace provide additional seating. The sofa is accented with a pair of pillows with a blue pattern that echoes the artwork. The effect of the symmetry is to achieve order and simplicity, which I promote at every opportunity. After all, your home interiors should be the setting or the backdrop of your life—not center stage. Antique bronze and blue are complementary colors. Together, they offer a rich palette of richness and depth, which brings out the beauty of wood and stone. In the home office, a unique, whitewash-stained wooden desk rests on metal, Sawhorse-inspired legs for a warm, rustic look. The black leather chair features a contemporary silhouette with an antique brass frame. An adjustable desk lamp has bronze accents. The bookcase combines a sleek, black metal frame with concrete shelves, for another unusual pairing. It’s kept uncluttered for an orderly, peaceful look. Items on the shelves include a bronze-accented lamp and a pair of high gloss-finished wooden bookends. The elegant artwork behind the desk is a simple midnight-blue and bronze with mottled white. Deep blues are again picked up in the rug, which adds a stately vibe with a modern pattern and satisfying texture. Within the framework of symmetry, the living room repeats the blue-and-bronze color scheme. A large midcentury brass clock above the fireplace keeps the natural stone visible, rather than hidden behind a painting or television, while its straight lines and color create a beautiful contrast. The sofa is a soft, neutral blue. The pattern on the round brass side table features echoes the darker blue-patterned rug, as well as the rug in the office, tying the rooms together. Indigo blue books adjacent to bronze vases on the shelves repeat the color scheme. The soapstone-topped coffee table echoes the shape of the fireplace. A pair of tall, matching floor lamps with long wooden bases, brass pulls and simple linen shades combine both the colors and symmetry found throughout the home.

Red Fern Landscape Design
Inspiration for a large transitional partial sun backyard mulch garden path for summer.

Incredible remodeled entryway with contemporary design. This beautiful black door and entry add curb appeal.
Large contemporary red two-story brick gable roof idea with a shingle roof

Custom wooden pergola with climbing clematis. for added privacy.
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This small but mighty bath makes the most of it's usable space with a full-size bathroom featuring a space maximizing curbless walk-in shower, with a trench drain.

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A desirable backyard 'living room', complete with wet bar, hot tub, and a golf green! In one day we jointed this well-balanced combination of dimensional and flagstone concrete pavers. The results are compelling!

Arts and crafts staircase photo in Los Angeles

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Photo was taken by Nick Quintana. This is stainless steel cable guard railing. With a mixture of glass steel, it doesn’t get much more contemporary than this.