Bedroom - mid-sized contemporary master light wood floor bedroom idea in Orange County with white walls, a standard fireplace and a metal fireplace

The paver driveway and sweeps in front of the house to the parking area and around the back to the garage.
Inspiration for a huge transitional shade front yard concrete paver driveway in San Francisco.

A pair of world travelers with a deep love of Japan asked JMMDS to design a Japanese-inspired landscape that would complement the contemporary renovation of their home in Edinburgh, Scotland. JMMDS created a plan that included a handsome cut-stone patio, meandering stepping stone paths, sweeping bed lines, stony mounds, a grassy pool of space, and swaths of elegant plantings. JMMDS was on site during the installation to craft the mounds and place the plants and stones. Julie Moir Messervy set out the ancient pieces of gneiss from Scotland’s Isle of Lewis. With the planting design, JMMDS sought to evoke the feeling of a traditional Japanese garden using locally suitable plants. The designers and clients visited nurseries in search of distinctive plant specimens, including cloud-pruned hollies, craggy pines, Japanese maples of varied color and habit, and a particularly notable Japanese snowbell tree. Beneath these, they laid drifts of sedges, hellebores, European gingers, ferns, and Solomon’s Seal. Evergreen azaleas, juniper, rhododendrons, and hebe were clustered around the lawn. JMMDS placed bamboos within root-controlled patio beds and planted mondo grass, sedums, and mosses among the stepping stones. Project designers: Julie Moir Messervy, Principal; Erica Bowman, Senior Landscape Architect Collaborators: Helen Lucas Architects, Steven Ogilvie (garden installers) Photography: Angus Bremner

The gas fire pit casts a warm glow to the landscape as if it was always there. LED lighting as path lights and wall lights illuminate the paving, while a Pekin Lilac tree is illuminated by an uplight.

Design & Build Team: Anchor Builders, Photographer: Andrea Rugg Photography
Claw-foot bathtub - large traditional master white tile and stone tile marble floor claw-foot bathtub idea in Minneapolis with recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, quartz countertops, gray walls and a console sink

We used a beautiful and earthy sage green on the cabinets, warm wood on the floors, island, floatng shelves, and back of glass cabinets for added warmth.

This roofdeck highlights some of the best elements of outdoor construction materials. Highlighted with an array of reclaimed timber including Elm and Oak to the Ipe decking. A steel and cedar pergola help frame the Chicago skyline behind the stone fireplace. Cynthia Lynn

Brian Kellogg
Family room - traditional family room idea in Sacramento with beige walls

Farmhouse entryway photo in Minneapolis

Inspiration for a farmhouse landscaping in Boston.

Photography by Studio H Landscape Architecture & COCO Gallery. Post processing by Isabella Li.
This is an example of a small modern drought-tolerant and partial sun side yard stone water fountain landscape in Orange County.

Succulents, grasses and low-water shrubs with vivid foliage give this coastal garden a rich, textured look with minimal maintenance. Exterior colors and furniture selection by Julie McMahon. Photos by Daniel Bosler

Karl Neumann Photography
Inspiration for a large rustic backyard deck remodel with a fire pit and no cover

Inspiration for a coastal side yard landscaping in New York.

Example of a minimalist pool design in Orange County with a fire pit and no cover

Mid-Century update to a home located in NW Portland. The project included a new kitchen with skylights, multi-slide wall doors on both sides of the home, kitchen gathering desk, children's playroom, and opening up living room and dining room ceiling to dramatic vaulted ceilings. The project team included Risa Boyer Architecture. Photos: Josh Partee

Photo: Le Michelle Nguyen © 2014 Houzz
Example of a transitional living room design in San Francisco

Peter Rymwid
Example of a mid-sized classic enclosed dark wood floor living room design in New York with a music area, beige walls, a standard fireplace, no tv and a stone fireplace

Stepping stones in a minimal gravel paved area lead past two lounge chairs to the intimate dining area. The herringbone-patterned limestone patio dissipates into a lush planting bed filled with loose swaths of shade-loving perennials and seasonal bulbs. Beech hedging, and formal clipped evergreens, surround the space and provide privacy, structure and winter interest to the garden. On axis to the main interior living space of the home, the fountain, is the focal point of the garden. A limestone water wall featuring an engraved pattern of fallen Honey Locust leaves nods to the centrally located mature Honey Locust tree that anchors the garden. Water, flowing down the wall, falls a short distance into a pool with a submerged limestone panel. The light noise of the falling water helps soften the sounds of the bustling downtown neighbourhood, creating a tranquil back drop for living and entertaining.