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Our client in Emerson has a beautiful home, perched on a magnificent mountain slope with incredible views. They asked Dreamscapes to design outdoor living spaces for them in order to fully utilize the property. Their wish list included a water feature, a deck for outdoor living, a patio to take in the distant views of the mountains, a place to garden, and a natural and native planting design to fit into the existing southeastern native woodlands and mountain environment.
Living on the side of a mountain means bedrock. The design incorporates the natural slope and stone and works with the terrain. A new deck was constructed to extend out from the house, floating over the bedrock where it meets the new pond. From the top of the hill, a waterfall cascades down through the native plantings into the pond below. Natural boulders were used to build seating along the pond’s edge, where you can watch the fish, tend to the aquatic plants, listen to the frogs, and even take a dip to cool off.
Two natural flagstone patios were built at two different elevations to sit and enjoy the views of the landscape and the mountains. Both patios are accessible by cut stone crab orchard steps set into the slope.
The space at the end of the driveway was a blank canvas and the perfect place to design and build a garden of raised beds, enclosed in a traditional picket fence. It is now filled with vegetables, herbs, and cutting flowers. The local bees and butterflies love it too.
And the beautiful landscape takes on a magical look after sunset. Landscape lighting was expertly placed, using a variety of fixture types to enhance the pond, waterfalls, trees and plants, bringing the spaces to life after dark.
The homeowners are both multi-talented and wanted a place to incorporate their skills. They create original art, build detailed wood work and plant edible gardens, just to name a few. This new landscape gives them and their family and friends a place to work and play and relax. It has become a haven for people and wildlife alike. Outdoor living at its finest!

By carefully reworking the layout, we created a brand-new guest bathroom that offers comfort, privacy, and style for visiting family and friends. This guest bathroom was fully designed from the ground up—featuring modern fixtures, custom tile work, and high-end finishes from trusted brands like Kohler and Delta. From concept to completion, our team focused on maximizing space, functionality, and design flow, turning a once-cramped layout into a seamless, luxurious addition. This renovation showcases how thoughtful bathroom remodeling can dramatically enhance a home’s value, convenience, and overall aesthetic appeal.

By carefully reworking the layout, we created a brand-new guest bathroom that offers comfort, privacy, and style for visiting family and friends. This guest bathroom was fully designed from the ground up—featuring modern fixtures, custom tile work, and high-end finishes from trusted brands like Kohler and Delta. From concept to completion, our team focused on maximizing space, functionality, and design flow, turning a once-cramped layout into a seamless, luxurious addition. This renovation showcases how thoughtful bathroom remodeling can dramatically enhance a home’s value, convenience, and overall aesthetic appeal.
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By carefully reworking the layout, we created a brand-new guest bathroom that offers comfort, privacy, and style for visiting family and friends. This guest bathroom was fully designed from the ground up—featuring modern fixtures, custom tile work, and high-end finishes from trusted brands like Kohler and Delta. From concept to completion, our team focused on maximizing space, functionality, and design flow, turning a once-cramped layout into a seamless, luxurious addition. This renovation showcases how thoughtful bathroom remodeling can dramatically enhance a home’s value, convenience, and overall aesthetic appeal.

By carefully reworking the layout, we created a brand-new guest bathroom that offers comfort, privacy, and style for visiting family and friends. This guest bathroom was fully designed from the ground up—featuring modern fixtures, custom tile work, and high-end finishes from trusted brands like Kohler and Delta. From concept to completion, our team focused on maximizing space, functionality, and design flow, turning a once-cramped layout into a seamless, luxurious addition. This renovation showcases how thoughtful bathroom remodeling can dramatically enhance a home’s value, convenience, and overall aesthetic appeal.

A two story house located in Alta Loma after the installation of Vinyl Cedar Shake Shingles and Shiplap Vinyl Insulated Siding in "Cypress," as well as Soffit & Fascia.

Initially designed as a bachelor's Sonoma weekend getaway, The Fan House features glass and steel garage-style doors that take advantage of the verdant 40-acre hilltop property. With the addition of a wife and children, the secondary residence's interiors needed to change. Ann Lowengart Interiors created a family-friendly environment while adhering to the homeowner's preference for streamlined silhouettes. In the open living-dining room, a neutral color palette and contemporary furnishings showcase the modern architecture and stunning views. A separate guest house provides a respite for visiting urban dwellers.

In our busy lives, creating a peaceful and rejuvenating home environment is essential to a healthy lifestyle. Built less than five years ago, this Stinson Beach Modern home is your own private oasis. Surrounded by a butterfly preserve and unparalleled ocean views, the home will lead you to a sense of connection with nature. As you enter an open living room space that encompasses a kitchen, dining area, and living room, the inspiring contemporary interior invokes a sense of relaxation, that stimulates the senses. The open floor plan and modern finishes create a soothing, tranquil, and uplifting atmosphere. The house is approximately 2900 square feet, has three (to possibly five) bedrooms, four bathrooms, an outdoor shower and spa, a full office, and a media room. Its two levels blend into the hillside, creating privacy and quiet spaces within an open floor plan and feature spectacular views from every room. The expansive home, decks and patios presents the most beautiful sunsets as well as the most private and panoramic setting in all of Stinson Beach. One of the home's noteworthy design features is a peaked roof that uses Kalwall's translucent day-lighting system, the most highly insulating, diffuse light-transmitting, structural panel technology. This protected area on the hill provides a dramatic roar from the ocean waves but without any of the threats of oceanfront living. Built on one of the last remaining one-acre coastline lots on the west side of the hill at Stinson Beach, the design of the residence is site friendly, using materials and finishes that meld into the hillside. The landscaping features low-maintenance succulents and butterfly friendly plantings appropriate for the adjacent Monarch Butterfly Preserve. Recalibrate your dreams in this natural environment, and make the choice to live in complete privacy on this one acre retreat. This home includes Miele appliances, Thermadore refrigerator and freezer, an entire home water filtration system, kitchen and bathroom cabinetry by SieMatic, Ceasarstone kitchen counter tops, hardwood and Italian ceramic radiant tile floors using Warmboard technology, Electric blinds, Dornbracht faucets, Kalwall skylights throughout livingroom and garage, Jeldwen windows and sliding doors. Located 5-8 minute walk to the ocean, downtown Stinson and the community center. It is less than a five minute walk away from the trail heads such as Steep Ravine and Willow Camp.

Striking foliage of spiderwort (tradescantia) and elephant ears creates drama.
Photo of a contemporary landscaping in Boston for summer.
Photo of a contemporary landscaping in Boston for summer.

Designed for an urban family with young children, this family retreat is fully integrated into the natural surroundings of Mont Shefford. The home and surrounding property exudes the luxurious feel of a resort environment for visiting family and friends, yet still maintain a sense of intimacy. While the common living areas are within an open floorplan, various zones were created throughout the home to ensure that all those inhabiting the house at a given time would be free to escape from the hustle and bustle of daily life and reconnect with nature.
The central living space reveals an expansive open layout encompassing a living room, dining area, kitchen, and wine cellar. This elevated volume feels like a treehouse, immersed in a lush canopy and panoramic views to the mountains.
Inspired by a natural palette, the interior and exterior materials of the home are neutral and were chosen simultaneously for their inherent natural textures and relationship with the exterior environment. This intrinsic balance is evident between the exterior’s charcoal stone, black matte metal and cedar cladding, and the interior’s organic finishes. Refined materials including glass, metal and wood were carefully selected with the intention of creating a cohesive connection between the exterior and interior.
Black Fenix was selected as the primary material for all interior millwork, featuring a sleek matte finish that beautifully contrasts the warmth of natural wood elements and the organic patterns found in the porcelain tiles installed throughout the residence.
The home feels modern and minimalist, yet cozy, inviting, and liveable.
Architect : Maxime Moreau, MXMA Architecture & Design
Photography : Nanne Springer

Rooted in a blend of tradition and modernity, this family home harmonizes rich design with personal narrative, offering solace and gathering for family and friends alike.
The Leisure Lounge is a sanctuary of relaxation and sophistication. Adorned with bespoke furniture and luxurious furnishings, this space features a stunning architectural element that frames an outdoor water feature, seamlessly merging indoor and outdoor environments. Initially resembling a fireplace, this geometric wall serves the unique purpose of highlighting the serene outdoor setting.
Project by Texas' Urbanology Designs. Their North Richland Hills-based interior design studio serves Dallas, Highland Park, University Park, Fort Worth, and upscale clients nationwide.
For more about Urbanology Designs see here:
https://www.urbanologydesigns.com/
To learn more about this project, see here: https://www.urbanologydesigns.com/luxury-earthen-inspired-home-dallas

The Ravenwood's Kitchen showcases a clean and contemporary design with its white countertops and cabinets. The light hardwood floor adds warmth and a touch of natural beauty to the space. The kitchen also features a spacious white island, providing additional countertop space and serving as a gathering spot for friends and family. A white couch adds a cozy seating area within the kitchen, creating a comfortable and inviting atmosphere. A beige rug enhances the overall aesthetic and adds a soft touch underfoot. White can lighting illuminates the space, creating a bright and well-lit environment for cooking and entertaining. The Ravenwood's Kitchen is a stylish and functional space that combines modern elements with a timeless appeal.

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We took a predictable suburban spec house and transformed it into a unique home of enduring value and family-centered design. The existing footprint was expanded where it needed it most: in the family and kitchen area, creating a large square room with open views to a protected nature preserve abutting the property. An unexpected glass canopy and teak entry door are clues that what lies beyond is hardly commonplace.
The design challenge was to infuse modern-day functionality and architectural quality into a spec house. Working in partnership with Gary Cruz Studio, we designed the pared down, art-filled interiors with the goal of creating comfortable, purposeful living environments. We also sought to integrate the existing pool and rear deck into the overall building design, extending the usable space outside as a screened-in porch, a dining terrace, and a seating area around a stone fire pit.

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Example of a mid-sized arts and crafts l-shaped ceramic tile eat-in kitchen design in Charlotte with dark wood cabinets, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, beige walls, an island, a farmhouse sink, recessed-panel cabinets, brown backsplash and matchstick tile backsplash
Example of a mid-sized arts and crafts l-shaped ceramic tile eat-in kitchen design in Charlotte with dark wood cabinets, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, beige walls, an island, a farmhouse sink, recessed-panel cabinets, brown backsplash and matchstick tile backsplash

A large but pedestrian back yard became a glamorous playground for grown-ups. The vision started with a motion pool and cabana. As the design progressed, it grew to encompass the entire yard area.
The Cabana is designed to embrace entertaining, with an interior living space, kitchenette, and an open-air covered hearth area. These environments seamlessly integrate and visually connect to the new garden. The Cabana also functions as a private Guest House, and takes advantage of the beautiful spring and summer weather, while providing a protected area in the cold and wet winter months. Sustainable materials are used throughout and features include an open hearth area with fireplace, an interior living space with kitchenette and bathroom suite, a spa tub and exercise pool.
Photos by Terry Poe Photography

This Eaglemont multi bathroom project has a spectacular blend of warmth, simplistic lines lend themselves to a clean environment, great storage and creating a friendly welcoming environment.
This style focuses on simplicity and functionality.
Custom joinery presents a casual, calm cozy but yet a personal touch, taking care of all the essential storage needs that every bathroom requires.
This neutral sleek palette with a blend of timber for the double vanity certainly creating warmth along with the smart feature tile used on the splash back.
Smart storage, recess shelves between the wall studs in showers and above the bathtub to simply store shampoo and conditioner or just simply to style with candles and or greenery.
The main bathroom has used the same neutral palette but a different stone on their double vanity, creates depth, drama, and elegance in this spacious bathroom. Freestanding tubs visually extend the bathroom along with the frameless walk-in shower.

Our goal for this project was to transform this home from family-friendly to an empty nesters sanctuary. We opted for a sophisticated palette throughout the house, featuring blues, greys, taupes, and creams. The punches of colour and classic patterns created a warm environment without sacrificing sophistication.
Project by Richmond Hill interior design firm Lumar Interiors. Also serving Aurora, Newmarket, King City, Markham, Thornhill, Vaughan, York Region, and the Greater Toronto Area.
For more about Lumar Interiors, click here: https://www.lumarinteriors.com/
To learn more about this project, click here: https://www.lumarinteriors.com/portfolio/vaughan-renovation-and-decor/

This Eaglemont multi bathroom project has a spectacular blend of warmth, simplistic lines lend themselves to a clean environment, great storage and creating a friendly welcoming environment.
This style focuses on simplicity and functionality.
Custom joinery presents a casual, calm cozy but yet a personal touch, taking care of all the essential storage needs that every bathroom requires.
This neutral sleek palette with a blend of timber for the double vanity certainly creating warmth along with the smart feature tile used on the splash back.
Smart storage, recess shelves between the wall studs in showers and above the bathtub to simply store shampoo and conditioner or just simply to style with candles and or greenery.
The main bathroom has used the same neutral palette but a different stone on their double vanity, creates depth, drama, and elegance in this spacious bathroom. Freestanding tubs visually extend the bathroom along with the frameless walk-in shower.
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