Photo: Tom Jenkins TomJenkinsksFilms.com
Large country detached two-car garage photo in Atlanta

The client’s request was quite common - a typical 2800 sf builder home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living space, and den. However, their desire was for this to be “anything but common.” The result is an innovative update on the production home for the modern era, and serves as a direct counterpoint to the neighborhood and its more conventional suburban housing stock, which focus views to the backyard and seeks to nullify the unique qualities and challenges of topography and the natural environment. The Terraced House cautiously steps down the site’s steep topography, resulting in a more nuanced approach to site development than cutting and filling that is so common in the builder homes of the area. The compact house opens up in very focused views that capture the natural wooded setting, while masking the sounds and views of the directly adjacent roadway. The main living spaces face this major roadway, effectively flipping the typical orientation of a suburban home, and the main entrance pulls visitors up to the second floor and halfway through the site, providing a sense of procession and privacy absent in the typical suburban home. Clad in a custom rain screen that reflects the wood of the surrounding landscape - while providing a glimpse into the interior tones that are used. The stepping “wood boxes” rest on a series of concrete walls that organize the site, retain the earth, and - in conjunction with the wood veneer panels - provide a subtle organic texture to the composition. The interior spaces wrap around an interior knuckle that houses public zones and vertical circulation - allowing more private spaces to exist at the edges of the building. The windows get larger and more frequent as they ascend the building, culminating in the upstairs bedrooms that occupy the site like a tree house - giving views in all directions. The Terraced House imports urban qualities to the suburban neighborhood and seeks to elevate the typical approach to production home construction, while being more in tune with modern family living patterns. Overview: Elm Grove Size: 2,800 sf, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Completion Date: September 2014 Services: Architecture, Landscape Architecture Interior Consultants: Amy Carman Design

The tip out tray from ShelfGenie makes better use of the space in front of your kitchen sink. Instead of a false front, we install a hinged tray that tips forward. Store your sponges and scrub brushes out of sight, yet still right by the sink where you need them!

Photo of a farmhouse partial sun gravel raised garden bed in San Francisco.

Photographer Tara Striano / Stylist Emily Rickard
Example of a cottage chic medium tone wood floor dining room design in New York with white walls

URRUTIA DESIGN Photography by Matt Sartain
Large transitional bathroom photo in San Francisco

Clad in wood board and batten siding stained in Cabot's semi-solid black stain with white trim.
Elegant black two-story wood exterior home photo in Charlotte

Example of a beach style bathroom design in San Francisco

Large rustic three-story mixed siding exterior home idea in Denver with a shed roof

This darling young family of four recently moved to a beautiful home over looking La Jolla Shores. They wanted a home that represented their simple and sophisticated style that would still function as a livable space for their children. We incorporated a subtle nautical concept to blend with the location and dramatic color and texture contrasts to show off the architecture. Photo cred: Chipper Hatter: www.chipperhatter.com

Donna Dotan Photography
Inspiration for a timeless wooden l-shaped staircase remodel in New York with wooden risers

The Florida residence is a winter home, not a beach house, and the clients requested it (1) not look like typical Florida retreat and (2) be conducive to entertaining. To that end, all the primary living areas are open to each other -- and the outdoors. Daniel Newcomb Photography

Photo of a large transitional partial sun backyard gravel landscaping in Seattle.

Photography: Danielle LeFebvre
Family room - transitional medium tone wood floor family room idea in Boston with white walls

A crescent garden container filled with coleus, petunias, new guinea impatiens, mandevilla, and potato vine.
Inspiration for a traditional partial sun front yard landscaping in New York for summer.

Francis Dzlkowski
Inspiration for a bedroom contemporary boy medium tone wood floor kids' bedroom remodel in New York with white walls

Cutrona
Example of a huge transitional family room design in Miami

In the living room, a white Perennials upholstered sofa with large chevron patterned chartreuse pillows accompanied by a mod needlepoint Jonathan Adler pillow sits next to graphic patterned black and white barrel-back swivel chairs covered in outdoor fabric, and a white modern coffee table rests on a striped black and white rug. A large spherical white pendant light fixture from the 1970s is suspended above it all. More color was added to the room with the yellow media cabinet and the bright abstract painting hung above it.

Halkin Mason Photography
Large ornate marble floor kitchen/dining room combo photo in Philadelphia with white walls and no fireplace