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Country open concept family room in Cincinnati with grey walls, dark hardwood floors, a two-sided fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and a wall-mounted tv.

An open house lot is like a blank canvas. When Mathew first visited the wooded lot where this home would ultimately be built, the landscape spoke to him clearly. Standing with the homeowner, it took Mathew only twenty minutes to produce an initial color sketch that captured his vision - a long, circular driveway and a home with many gables set at a picturesque angle that complemented the contours of the lot perfectly. The interior was designed using a modern mix of architectural styles – a dash of craftsman combined with some colonial elements – to create a sophisticated yet truly comfortable home that would never look or feel ostentatious. Features include a bright, open study off the entry. This office space is flanked on two sides by walls of expansive windows and provides a view out to the driveway and the woods beyond. There is also a contemporary, two-story great room with a see-through fireplace. This space is the heart of the home and provides a gracious transition, through two sets of double French doors, to a four-season porch located in the landscape of the rear yard. This home offers the best in modern amenities and design sensibilities while still maintaining an approachable sense of warmth and ease. Photo by Eric Roth

With adjacent neighbors within a fairly dense section of Paradise Valley, Arizona, C.P. Drewett sought to provide a tranquil retreat for a new-to-the-Valley surgeon and his family who were seeking the modernism they loved though had never lived in. With a goal of consuming all possible site lines and views while maintaining autonomy, a portion of the house — including the entry, office, and master bedroom wing — is subterranean. This subterranean nature of the home provides interior grandeur for guests but offers a welcoming and humble approach, fully satisfying the clients requests. While the lot has an east-west orientation, the home was designed to capture mainly north and south light which is more desirable and soothing. The architecture’s interior loftiness is created with overlapping, undulating planes of plaster, glass, and steel. The woven nature of horizontal planes throughout the living spaces provides an uplifting sense, inviting a symphony of light to enter the space. The more voluminous public spaces are comprised of stone-clad massing elements which convert into a desert pavilion embracing the outdoor spaces. Every room opens to exterior spaces providing a dramatic embrace of home to natural environment. Grand Award winner for Best Interior Design of a Custom Home The material palette began with a rich, tonal, large-format Quartzite stone cladding. The stone’s tones gaveforth the rest of the material palette including a champagne-colored metal fascia, a tonal stucco system, and ceilings clad with hemlock, a tight-grained but softer wood that was tonally perfect with the rest of the materials. The interior case goods and wood-wrapped openings further contribute to the tonal harmony of architecture and materials. Grand Award Winner for Best Indoor Outdoor Lifestyle for a Home This award-winning project was recognized at the 2020 Gold Nugget Awards with two Grand Awards, one for Best Indoor/Outdoor Lifestyle for a Home, and another for Best Interior Design of a One of a Kind or Custom Home. At the 2020 Design Excellence Awards and Gala presented by ASID AZ North, Ownby Design received five awards for Tonal Harmony. The project was recognized for 1st place – Bathroom; 3rd place – Furniture; 1st place – Kitchen; 1st place – Outdoor Living; and 2nd place – Residence over 6,000 square ft. Congratulations to Claire Ownby, Kalysha Manzo, and the entire Ownby Design team. Tonal Harmony was also featured on the cover of the July/August 2020 issue of Luxe Interiors + Design and received a 14-page editorial feature entitled “A Place in the Sun” within the magazine.

Gorgeous vaulted ceiling with shiplap and exposed beams were all original to the home prior to the remodel. The new design enhances these architectural features and highlights the gorgeous views of the lake.

Contemporary open concept family room in Orange County with a home bar, white walls, a two-sided fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, a wall-mounted tv and grey floor.

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This is an example of a large transitional open concept family room in Chicago with grey walls, dark hardwood floors, a two-sided fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, a wall-mounted tv and brown floor.

Mid-sized contemporary open concept family room in New York with grey walls, medium hardwood floors, a two-sided fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and a wall-mounted tv.

Photography by: Michael J. Lee
Large contemporary enclosed family room in Boston with white walls, a two-sided fireplace, a wood fireplace surround, dark hardwood floors, a wall-mounted tv and brown floor.

This loge has the perfect spot to relax in front of the fire after grabbing yourself a drink at the bar. Watch the game with your ski buddies and enjoy the wood and stone surroundings

With 17 zones of HVAC, 18 zones of video and 27 zones of audio, this home really comes to life! Enriching lifestyles with technology. The view of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the distance through this picture window are stunning.

Contemporary Family Room with exposed interior I-beams, 2 story slate and see through glass fireplace, and library window seat. Paul Dyer Photography

Debbie Franke
Photo of a mid-sized traditional open concept family room in St Louis with beige walls, light hardwood floors, a two-sided fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and a wall-mounted tv.

Space Planning and Cabinet Designer: Jennifer Howard, JWH Interior Designer: Bridget Curran, JWH Contractor: JWH Construction Management Photographer: Mick Hales

Photo of a large transitional open concept family room in Salt Lake City with white walls, medium hardwood floors, a two-sided fireplace, a wall-mounted tv and brown floor.

John Firak / LOMA Studios, lomastudios.com
Photo of a transitional enclosed family room in Chicago with a wood fireplace surround, brown floor, green walls, medium hardwood floors, a two-sided fireplace and a wall-mounted tv.

2019--Brand new construction of a 2,500 square foot house with 4 bedrooms and 3-1/2 baths located in Menlo Park, Ca. This home was designed by Arch Studio, Inc., David Eichler Photography

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Country open concept family room in Columbus with a game room, white walls, medium hardwood floors, a two-sided fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, a wall-mounted tv and brown floor.

This photo: Interior designer Claire Ownby, who crafted furniture for the great room's living area, took her cues for the palette from the architecture. The sofa's Roma fabric mimics the Cantera Negra stone columns, chairs sport a Pindler granite hue, and the Innovations Rodeo faux leather on the coffee table resembles the floor tiles. Nearby, Shakuff's Tube chandelier hangs over a dining table surrounded by chairs in a charcoal Pindler fabric. Positioned near the base of iconic Camelback Mountain, “Outside In” is a modernist home celebrating the love of outdoor living Arizonans crave. The design inspiration was honoring early territorial architecture while applying modernist design principles. Dressed with undulating negra cantera stone, the massing elements of “Outside In” bring an artistic stature to the project’s design hierarchy. This home boasts a first (never seen before feature) — a re-entrant pocketing door which unveils virtually the entire home’s living space to the exterior pool and view terrace. A timeless chocolate and white palette makes this home both elegant and refined. Oriented south, the spectacular interior natural light illuminates what promises to become another timeless piece of architecture for the Paradise Valley landscape. Project Details | Outside In Architect: CP Drewett, AIA, NCARB, Drewett Works Builder: Bedbrock Developers Interior Designer: Ownby Design Photographer: Werner Segarra Publications: Luxe Interiors & Design, Jan/Feb 2018, "Outside In: Optimized for Entertaining, a Paradise Valley Home Connects with its Desert Surrounds" Awards: Gold Nugget Awards - 2018 Award of Merit – Best Indoor/Outdoor Lifestyle for a Home – Custom The Nationals - 2017 Silver Award -- Best Architectural Design of a One of a Kind Home - Custom or Spec http://www.drewettworks.com/outside-in/

This is an example of a contemporary open concept family room in Miami with a two-sided fireplace, a tile fireplace surround, a wall-mounted tv and grey floor.