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Mid-sized transitional guest carpeted and beige floor bedroom photo in New York with gray walls and no fireplace

The exterior terrace features large concrete tiles, built-in planters and a reflecting pool. Amber string lights provide mood lighting outside the dining space. Photo by Lincoln Barber

Inspiration for a contemporary landscaping in Las Vegas.

This six-bedroom home — all with en-suite bathrooms — is a brand new home on one of Lincoln Park's most desirable streets. The neo-Georgian, brick and limestone façade features well-crafted detailing both inside and out. The lower recreation level is expansive, with 9-foot ceilings throughout. The first floor houses elegant living and dining areas, as well as a large kitchen with attached great room, and the second floor holds an expansive master suite with a spa bath and vast walk-in closets. A grand, elliptical staircase ascends throughout the home, concluding in a sunlit penthouse providing access to an expansive roof deck and sweeping views of the city.. Nathan Kirkman

Kids' bedroom - bedroom and small transitional girl medium tone wood floor kids' bedroom idea in Miami with white walls

Small eclectic loft-style light wood floor and beige floor living room photo in Los Angeles with multicolored walls, a corner fireplace, a plaster fireplace and a wall-mounted tv

Example of a mid-sized beach style wooden spiral wood railing staircase design in Bridgeport with painted risers

Bradshaw Photography
Inspiration for a large rustic look-out carpeted basement remodel in Columbus with gray walls, a ribbon fireplace and a metal fireplace

Example of a transitional wooden l-shaped metal railing staircase design in Denver with wooden risers

Large danish open concept and formal dark wood floor and brown floor living room photo with gray walls, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace and no tv

Living room - contemporary open concept dark wood floor living room idea in Denver with white walls, a ribbon fireplace and a wall-mounted tv

Photo: Sean Litchfield
Example of a mid-sized trendy wooden curved staircase design in New York with metal risers

Lissa Gotwals Photography
Example of a large classic orange floor staircase design in Raleigh

Much consideration was given to views that surround the home. The home sits on a reservoir and has breathtaking views from almost every room that the designers wanted to honor.

Kids' room - eclectic kids' room idea in Philadelphia

The Mazama house is located in the Methow Valley of Washington State, a secluded mountain valley on the eastern edge of the North Cascades, about 200 miles northeast of Seattle. The house has been carefully placed in a copse of trees at the easterly end of a large meadow. Two major building volumes indicate the house organization. A grounded 2-story bedroom wing anchors a raised living pavilion that is lifted off the ground by a series of exposed steel columns. Seen from the access road, the large meadow in front of the house continues right under the main living space, making the living pavilion into a kind of bridge structure spanning over the meadow grass, with the house touching the ground lightly on six steel columns. The raised floor level provides enhanced views as well as keeping the main living level well above the 3-4 feet of winter snow accumulation that is typical for the upper Methow Valley. To further emphasize the idea of lightness, the exposed wood structure of the living pavilion roof changes pitch along its length, so the roof warps upward at each end. The interior exposed wood beams appear like an unfolding fan as the roof pitch changes. The main interior bearing columns are steel with a tapered “V”-shape, recalling the lightness of a dancer. The house reflects the continuing FINNE investigation into the idea of crafted modernism, with cast bronze inserts at the front door, variegated laser-cut steel railing panels, a curvilinear cast-glass kitchen counter, waterjet-cut aluminum light fixtures, and many custom furniture pieces. The house interior has been designed to be completely integral with the exterior. The living pavilion contains more than twelve pieces of custom furniture and lighting, creating a totality of the designed environment that recalls the idea of Gesamtkunstverk, as seen in the work of Josef Hoffman and the Viennese Secessionist movement in the early 20th century. The house has been designed from the start as a sustainable structure, with 40% higher insulation values than required by code, radiant concrete slab heating, efficient natural ventilation, large amounts of natural lighting, water-conserving plumbing fixtures, and locally sourced materials. Windows have high-performance LowE insulated glazing and are equipped with concealed shades. A radiant hydronic heat system with exposed concrete floors allows lower operating temperatures and higher occupant comfort levels. The concrete slabs conserve heat and provide great warmth and comfort for the feet. Deep roof overhangs, built-in shades and high operating clerestory windows are used to reduce heat gain in summer months. During the winter, the lower sun angle is able to penetrate into living spaces and passively warm the exposed concrete floor. Low VOC paints and stains have been used throughout the house. The high level of craft evident in the house reflects another key principle of sustainable design: build it well and make it last for many years! Photo by Benjamin Benschneider

By Thayer Allyson Gowdy for House Beautiful
Inspiration for a timeless living room remodel in San Francisco

Jill Greer
Urban medium tone wood floor great room photo in Minneapolis with white walls, a two-sided fireplace and a tile fireplace

This is an example of a coastal porch design in Portland Maine with decking.