See the video for this project here - https://vimeo.com/87374361 See high resolution photos here - http://flic.kr/s/aHsjTkUBWB This is a look at Penthouse 7 at 4 Midtown in Miami, Florida. Mila Design, based in Miami, South Florida, specializes in the full "Design & Remodeling" service of retail, commercial and residential projects. The motivated Mila Design's team is passionate about creating stylish, organic, fluid and minimalist spaces. The team efficiency and creativity is present in all projects. Sensible, detail-oriented and vibrant, Mila Design's team strive for effortless, timeless and balanced spaces. The approach is always holistic, often engaging interiors, product design, and landscape design with the architecture. The results have been consistently harmonious, visceral and dramatic. Visit - milainterior.com for more information Cinematography by Chibi Moku - chibimoku.com

The clients had just bought the home and loved the inside but not the outside. They did not want the formal setting with Greek busts. Since remodeling the old pool would have restricted the new, they had it removed so they could start from scratch. Their favorite setting was much more organic with a cabana, fireplace, and an outdoor kitchen. The house needed an addition with an entertainment media room, cigar room and pool bath. Privacy was achieved by adding a cabana on the north side with a full stone wall. The spa needed to be close to the master bedroom and have visibility of the flat screen television in the cabana. The spa is flush with the upper patio so not to block the view of the pool. A natural boulder stream connects the pool and spa. To soften the house planting is between the cabana and house. Decks and coping are Travertine. Pebblesheen color is Ocean Blue. Access to the cabana was located between the spa and the pool on the floating pad. Remote controlled fire features accent both ends of the boulders. Retaining walls were built behind the waterfall to bring the grade up so plantings looked more natural and waterfalls appeared to come out of the hillside. The cabana features were to create three zones. It does not matter the season or time of day, this space provides the family's perfect outside setting to enjoy each other. Project designed by Mike Farley. Check out Mike's Reference Site at FarleyPoolDesigns.com for more info and videos.

A video producer and animation entrepreneur with a young family sought a private retreat, creative space for guests, and a dedicated work studio. After teaming up with an architect, this client chose Woodland Builders for the 747-square-foot ADU construction. The floor plan includes a vaulted great room with double doors to a covered patio, a full bath, a kitchenette, and a versatile office space that can transform into a guest room with double doors leading to the covered porch. Key Features: - A small closet built into the full bath, designed to fit the hot water heater and shelves for storage - Kitchenette with a beverage refrigerator, open shelving, and under-sink storage Calacatta Sienna Quartz countertop - Removal and flattening of a property slope, and building of a retaining wall with two sets of stairs to lower property - Boston Bone by Porcelanosa floor tile - Bathroom floor tile in Fonte Field Tile Mosaics Herringbone with MS Heather Harbor from Daltile - Shower walls are Fonte Field Stone A’La Mod in brick join with MS Contempo White from Daltile - Exterior is vertical board and batten siding, painted Benjamin Moore Soot - Tongue and groove 1×6 red Cedar siding with clear coat Benjamin Moore Arborcoat finish at the front entrance porch and covered back patio

A video producer and animation entrepreneur with a young family sought a private retreat, creative space for guests, and a dedicated work studio. After teaming up with an architect, this client chose Woodland Builders for the 747-square-foot ADU construction. The floor plan includes a vaulted great room with double doors to a covered patio, a full bath, a kitchenette, and a versatile office space that can transform into a guest room with double doors leading to the covered porch. Key Features: - A small closet built into the full bath, designed to fit the hot water heater and shelves for storage - Kitchenette with a beverage refrigerator, open shelving, and under-sink storage Calacatta Sienna Quartz countertop - Removal and flattening of a property slope, and building of a retaining wall with two sets of stairs to lower property - Boston Bone by Porcelanosa floor tile - Bathroom floor tile in Fonte Field Tile Mosaics Herringbone with MS Heather Harbor from Daltile - Shower walls are Fonte Field Stone A’La Mod in brick join with MS Contempo White from Daltile - Exterior is vertical board and batten siding, painted Benjamin Moore Soot - Tongue and groove 1×6 red Cedar siding with clear coat Benjamin Moore Arborcoat finish at the front entrance porch and covered back patio

Governor's House Entry by Lisa Tharp. 2019 Bulfinch Award - Interior Design. Photo by Michael J. Lee
Transitional painted wood floor foyer photo with white walls and a black front door

The Closet Doctor completed this completed this guest room conversion for the client who wanted a nice place to work on her projects and still have a place for guests to sleep. The desk area included file drawers and storage space along with the open upper cabinets to display some of their momentos, as well as a place for the TV and its components. LED under cabinet strip lights illuminate the Wilsonart work surface. The Queen size wallbed folds down when family and friends stop in for a night or two and includes storage for books as well as the clients favorite ironing board. Radius display shelves on the end of the bed soften the entrance into the room. www-closet-doctor.com

A video producer and animation entrepreneur with a young family sought a private retreat, creative space for guests, and a dedicated work studio. After teaming up with an architect, this client chose Woodland Builders for the 747-square-foot ADU construction. The floor plan includes a vaulted great room with double doors to a covered patio, a full bath, a kitchenette, and a versatile office space that can transform into a guest room with double doors leading to the covered porch. Key Features: - A small closet built into the full bath, designed to fit the hot water heater and shelves for storage - Kitchenette with a beverage refrigerator, open shelving, and under-sink storage Calacatta Sienna Quartz countertop - Removal and flattening of a property slope, and building of a retaining wall with two sets of stairs to lower property - Boston Bone by Porcelanosa floor tile - Bathroom floor tile in Fonte Field Tile Mosaics Herringbone with MS Heather Harbor from Daltile - Shower walls are Fonte Field Stone A’La Mod in brick join with MS Contempo White from Daltile - Exterior is vertical board and batten siding, painted Benjamin Moore Soot - Tongue and groove 1×6 red Cedar siding with clear coat Benjamin Moore Arborcoat finish at the front entrance porch and covered back patio

We started with a blank slate on this basement project where our only obstacles were exposed steel support columns, existing plumbing risers from the concrete slab, and dropped soffits concealing ductwork on the ceiling. It had the advantage of tall ceilings, an existing egress window, and a sliding door leading to a newly constructed patio. This family of five loves the beach and frequents summer beach resorts in the Northeast. Bringing that aesthetic home to enjoy all year long was the inspiration for the décor, as well as creating a family-friendly space for entertaining. Wish list items included room for a billiard table, wet bar, game table, family room, guest bedroom, full bathroom, space for a treadmill and closed storage. The existing structural elements helped to define how best to organize the basement. For instance, we knew we wanted to connect the bar area and billiards table with the patio in order to create an indoor/outdoor entertaining space. It made sense to use the egress window for the guest bedroom for both safety and natural light. The bedroom also would be adjacent to the plumbing risers for easy access to the new bathroom. Since the primary focus of the family room would be for TV viewing, natural light did not need to filter into that space. We made sure to hide the columns inside of newly constructed walls and dropped additional soffits where needed to make the ceiling mechanicals feel less random. In addition to the beach vibe, the homeowner has valuable sports memorabilia that was to be prominently displayed including two seats from the original Yankee stadium. For a coastal feel, shiplap is used on two walls of the family room area. In the bathroom shiplap is used again in a more creative way using wood grain white porcelain tile as the horizontal shiplap “wood”. We connected the tile horizontally with vertical white grout joints and mimicked the horizontal shadow line with dark grey grout. At first glance it looks like we wrapped the shower with real wood shiplap. Materials including a blue and white patterned floor, blue penny tiles and a natural wood vanity checked the list for that seaside feel. A large reclaimed wood door on an exposed sliding barn track separates the family room from the game room where reclaimed beams are punctuated with cable lighting. Cabinetry and a beverage refrigerator are tucked behind the rolling bar cabinet (that doubles as a Blackjack table!). A TV and upright video arcade machine round-out the entertainment in the room. Bar stools, two rotating club chairs, and large square poufs along with the Yankee Stadium seats provide fun places to sit while having a drink, watching billiards or a game on the TV. Signed baseballs can be found behind the bar, adjacent to the billiard table, and on specially designed display shelves next to the poker table in the family room. Thoughtful touches like the surfboards, signage, photographs and accessories make a visitor feel like they are on vacation at a well-appointed beach resort without being cliché.

A video producer and animation entrepreneur with a young family sought a private retreat, creative space for guests, and a dedicated work studio. After teaming up with an architect, this client chose Woodland Builders for the 747-square-foot ADU construction. The floor plan includes a vaulted great room with double doors to a covered patio, a full bath, a kitchenette, and a versatile office space that can transform into a guest room with double doors leading to the covered porch. Key Features: - A small closet built into the full bath, designed to fit the hot water heater and shelves for storage - Kitchenette with a beverage refrigerator, open shelving, and under-sink storage Calacatta Sienna Quartz countertop - Removal and flattening of a property slope, and building of a retaining wall with two sets of stairs to lower property - Boston Bone by Porcelanosa floor tile - Bathroom floor tile in Fonte Field Tile Mosaics Herringbone with MS Heather Harbor from Daltile - Shower walls are Fonte Field Stone A’La Mod in brick join with MS Contempo White from Daltile - Exterior is vertical board and batten siding, painted Benjamin Moore Soot - Tongue and groove 1×6 red Cedar siding with clear coat Benjamin Moore Arborcoat finish at the front entrance porch and covered back patio

Two Birds Photography
Kids' room - transitional kids' room idea in Chicago

A video producer and animation entrepreneur with a young family sought a private retreat, creative space for guests, and a dedicated work studio. After teaming up with an architect, this client chose Woodland Builders for the 747-square-foot ADU construction. The floor plan includes a vaulted great room with double doors to a covered patio, a full bath, a kitchenette, and a versatile office space that can transform into a guest room with double doors leading to the covered porch. Key Features: - A small closet built into the full bath, designed to fit the hot water heater and shelves for storage - Kitchenette with a beverage refrigerator, open shelving, and under-sink storage Calacatta Sienna Quartz countertop - Removal and flattening of a property slope, and building of a retaining wall with two sets of stairs to lower property - Boston Bone by Porcelanosa floor tile - Bathroom floor tile in Fonte Field Tile Mosaics Herringbone with MS Heather Harbor from Daltile - Shower walls are Fonte Field Stone A’La Mod in brick join with MS Contempo White from Daltile - Exterior is vertical board and batten siding, painted Benjamin Moore Soot - Tongue and groove 1×6 red Cedar siding with clear coat Benjamin Moore Arborcoat finish at the front entrance porch and covered back patio

A video producer and animation entrepreneur with a young family sought a private retreat, creative space for guests, and a dedicated work studio. After teaming up with an architect, this client chose Woodland Builders for the 747-square-foot ADU construction. The floor plan includes a vaulted great room with double doors to a covered patio, a full bath, a kitchenette, and a versatile office space that can transform into a guest room with double doors leading to the covered porch. Key Features: - A small closet built into the full bath, designed to fit the hot water heater and shelves for storage - Kitchenette with a beverage refrigerator, open shelving, and under-sink storage Calacatta Sienna Quartz countertop - Removal and flattening of a property slope, and building of a retaining wall with two sets of stairs to lower property - Boston Bone by Porcelanosa floor tile - Bathroom floor tile in Fonte Field Tile Mosaics Herringbone with MS Heather Harbor from Daltile - Shower walls are Fonte Field Stone A’La Mod in brick join with MS Contempo White from Daltile - Exterior is vertical board and batten siding, painted Benjamin Moore Soot - Tongue and groove 1×6 red Cedar siding with clear coat Benjamin Moore Arborcoat finish at the front entrance porch and covered back patio

Collaboration with Canonbury Homes and Frank Neely Design Associates.
Inspiration for a timeless open concept kitchen remodel in Atlanta with beaded inset cabinets and two islands

A video producer and animation entrepreneur with a young family sought a private retreat, creative space for guests, and a dedicated work studio. After teaming up with an architect, this client chose Woodland Builders for the 747-square-foot ADU construction. The floor plan includes a vaulted great room with double doors to a covered patio, a full bath, a kitchenette, and a versatile office space that can transform into a guest room with double doors leading to the covered porch. Key Features: - A small closet built into the full bath, designed to fit the hot water heater and shelves for storage - Kitchenette with a beverage refrigerator, open shelving, and under-sink storage Calacatta Sienna Quartz countertop - Removal and flattening of a property slope, and building of a retaining wall with two sets of stairs to lower property - Boston Bone by Porcelanosa floor tile - Bathroom floor tile in Fonte Field Tile Mosaics Herringbone with MS Heather Harbor from Daltile - Shower walls are Fonte Field Stone A’La Mod in brick join with MS Contempo White from Daltile - Exterior is vertical board and batten siding, painted Benjamin Moore Soot - Tongue and groove 1×6 red Cedar siding with clear coat Benjamin Moore Arborcoat finish at the front entrance porch and covered back patio

A video producer and animation entrepreneur with a young family sought a private retreat, creative space for guests, and a dedicated work studio. After teaming up with an architect, this client chose Woodland Builders for the 747-square-foot ADU construction. The floor plan includes a vaulted great room with double doors to a covered patio, a full bath, a kitchenette, and a versatile office space that can transform into a guest room with double doors leading to the covered porch. Key Features: - A small closet built into the full bath, designed to fit the hot water heater and shelves for storage - Kitchenette with a beverage refrigerator, open shelving, and under-sink storage Calacatta Sienna Quartz countertop - Removal and flattening of a property slope, and building of a retaining wall with two sets of stairs to lower property - Boston Bone by Porcelanosa floor tile - Bathroom floor tile in Fonte Field Tile Mosaics Herringbone with MS Heather Harbor from Daltile - Shower walls are Fonte Field Stone A’La Mod in brick join with MS Contempo White from Daltile - Exterior is vertical board and batten siding, painted Benjamin Moore Soot - Tongue and groove 1×6 red Cedar siding with clear coat Benjamin Moore Arborcoat finish at the front entrance porch and covered back patio

A video producer and animation entrepreneur with a young family sought a private retreat, creative space for guests, and a dedicated work studio. After teaming up with an architect, this client chose Woodland Builders for the 747-square-foot ADU construction. The floor plan includes a vaulted great room with double doors to a covered patio, a full bath, a kitchenette, and a versatile office space that can transform into a guest room with double doors leading to the covered porch. Key Features: - A small closet built into the full bath, designed to fit the hot water heater and shelves for storage - Kitchenette with a beverage refrigerator, open shelving, and under-sink storage Calacatta Sienna Quartz countertop - Removal and flattening of a property slope, and building of a retaining wall with two sets of stairs to lower property - Boston Bone by Porcelanosa floor tile - Bathroom floor tile in Fonte Field Tile Mosaics Herringbone with MS Heather Harbor from Daltile - Shower walls are Fonte Field Stone A’La Mod in brick join with MS Contempo White from Daltile - Exterior is vertical board and batten siding, painted Benjamin Moore Soot - Tongue and groove 1×6 red Cedar siding with clear coat Benjamin Moore Arborcoat finish at the front entrance porch and covered back patio

A video producer and animation entrepreneur with a young family sought a private retreat, creative space for guests, and a dedicated work studio. After teaming up with an architect, this client chose Woodland Builders for the 747-square-foot ADU construction. The floor plan includes a vaulted great room with double doors to a covered patio, a full bath, a kitchenette, and a versatile office space that can transform into a guest room with double doors leading to the covered porch. Key Features: - A small closet built into the full bath, designed to fit the hot water heater and shelves for storage - Kitchenette with a beverage refrigerator, open shelving, and under-sink storage Calacatta Sienna Quartz countertop - Removal and flattening of a property slope, and building of a retaining wall with two sets of stairs to lower property - Boston Bone by Porcelanosa floor tile - Bathroom floor tile in Fonte Field Tile Mosaics Herringbone with MS Heather Harbor from Daltile - Shower walls are Fonte Field Stone A’La Mod in brick join with MS Contempo White from Daltile - Exterior is vertical board and batten siding, painted Benjamin Moore Soot - Tongue and groove 1×6 red Cedar siding with clear coat Benjamin Moore Arborcoat finish at the front entrance porch and covered back patio

We started with a blank slate on this basement project where our only obstacles were exposed steel support columns, existing plumbing risers from the concrete slab, and dropped soffits concealing ductwork on the ceiling. It had the advantage of tall ceilings, an existing egress window, and a sliding door leading to a newly constructed patio. This family of five loves the beach and frequents summer beach resorts in the Northeast. Bringing that aesthetic home to enjoy all year long was the inspiration for the décor, as well as creating a family-friendly space for entertaining. Wish list items included room for a billiard table, wet bar, game table, family room, guest bedroom, full bathroom, space for a treadmill and closed storage. The existing structural elements helped to define how best to organize the basement. For instance, we knew we wanted to connect the bar area and billiards table with the patio in order to create an indoor/outdoor entertaining space. It made sense to use the egress window for the guest bedroom for both safety and natural light. The bedroom also would be adjacent to the plumbing risers for easy access to the new bathroom. Since the primary focus of the family room would be for TV viewing, natural light did not need to filter into that space. We made sure to hide the columns inside of newly constructed walls and dropped additional soffits where needed to make the ceiling mechanicals feel less random. In addition to the beach vibe, the homeowner has valuable sports memorabilia that was to be prominently displayed including two seats from the original Yankee stadium. For a coastal feel, shiplap is used on two walls of the family room area. In the bathroom shiplap is used again in a more creative way using wood grain white porcelain tile as the horizontal shiplap “wood”. We connected the tile horizontally with vertical white grout joints and mimicked the horizontal shadow line with dark grey grout. At first glance it looks like we wrapped the shower with real wood shiplap. Materials including a blue and white patterned floor, blue penny tiles and a natural wood vanity checked the list for that seaside feel. A large reclaimed wood door on an exposed sliding barn track separates the family room from the game room where reclaimed beams are punctuated with cable lighting. Cabinetry and a beverage refrigerator are tucked behind the rolling bar cabinet (that doubles as a Blackjack table!). A TV and upright video arcade machine round-out the entertainment in the room. Bar stools, two rotating club chairs, and large square poufs along with the Yankee Stadium seats provide fun places to sit while having a drink, watching billiards or a game on the TV. Signed baseballs can be found behind the bar, adjacent to the billiard table, and on specially designed display shelves next to the poker table in the family room. Thoughtful touches like the surfboards, signage, photographs and accessories make a visitor feel like they are on vacation at a well-appointed beach resort without being cliché.

The clients had just bought the home and loved the inside but not the outside. They did not want the formal setting with Greek busts. Since remodeling the old pool would have restricted the new, they had it removed so they could start from scratch. Their favorite setting was much more organic with a cabana, fireplace, and an outdoor kitchen. The house needed an addition with an entertainment media room, cigar room and pool bath. Privacy was achieved by adding a cabana on the north side with a full stone wall. The spa needed to be close to the master bedroom and have visibility of the flat screen television in the cabana. The spa is flush with the upper patio so not to block the view of the pool. A natural boulder stream connects the pool and spa. To soften the house planting is between the cabana and house. Decks and coping are Travertine. Pebblesheen color is Ocean Blue. Access to the cabana was located between the spa and the pool on the floating pad. Remote controlled fire features accent both ends of the boulders. Retaining walls were built behind the waterfall to bring the grade up so plantings looked more natural and waterfalls appeared to come out of the hillside. The cabana features were to create three zones. It does not matter the season or time of day, this space provides the family's perfect outside setting to enjoy each other. Project designed by Mike Farley. Check out Mike's Reference Site at FarleyPoolDesigns.com for more info and videos.