A kitchen that was Featured in Britain Best Selling Kitchen, Bethroom and Bathroom magazine. @snookphotograph
Photo of a mid-sized contemporary single-wall open plan kitchen in London with a single-bowl sink, flat-panel cabinets, blue cabinets, marble benchtops, with island, brown floor, grey benchtop, mirror splashback, stainless steel appliances and light hardwood floors.

Back of the house with a new extension housing kitchen, living and dining areas, and a new dormer on the top floor. Photo by Chris Snook
Mid-sized contemporary three-storey brick beige townhouse exterior in London with a shingle roof and a flat roof.

Inspiration for a large beach style master bedroom in Boston with white walls, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, dark hardwood floors and brown floor.

Large modern open concept living room in San Francisco with a home bar, white walls, concrete floors and grey floor.

The dining table has been positioned so that you look directly out across the garden and yet a strong connection with the kitchen has been maintained allowing the space to feel complete

Inspiration for a mid-sized modern galley open plan kitchen in Grand Rapids with an integrated sink, flat-panel cabinets, black cabinets, quartz benchtops, timber splashback, black appliances, light hardwood floors, with island and beige floor.

Design ideas for a large modern one-storey brown exterior in Orange County with wood siding and a flat roof.

Inspiration for a mid-sized country open concept living room in Seattle with a library, a wood stove, a metal fireplace surround, brown walls, light hardwood floors and beige floor.

Tim Bies
This is an example of a small contemporary master bathroom in Seattle with flat-panel cabinets, white tile, white walls, bamboo floors, a curbless shower, subway tile and an open shower.

Photographer: Jay Goodrich This 2800 sf single-family home was completed in 2009. The clients desired an intimate, yet dynamic family residence that reflected the beauty of the site and the lifestyle of the San Juan Islands. The house was built to be both a place to gather for large dinners with friends and family as well as a cozy home for the couple when they are there alone. The project is located on a stunning, but cripplingly-restricted site overlooking Griffin Bay on San Juan Island. The most practical area to build was exactly where three beautiful old growth trees had already chosen to live. A prior architect, in a prior design, had proposed chopping them down and building right in the middle of the site. From our perspective, the trees were an important essence of the site and respectfully had to be preserved. As a result we squeezed the programmatic requirements, kept the clients on a square foot restriction and pressed tight against property setbacks. The delineate concept is a stone wall that sweeps from the parking to the entry, through the house and out the other side, terminating in a hook that nestles the master shower. This is the symbolic and functional shield between the public road and the private living spaces of the home owners. All the primary living spaces and the master suite are on the water side, the remaining rooms are tucked into the hill on the road side of the wall. Off-setting the solid massing of the stone walls is a pavilion which grabs the views and the light to the south, east and west. Built in a position to be hammered by the winter storms the pavilion, while light and airy in appearance and feeling, is constructed of glass, steel, stout wood timbers and doors with a stone roof and a slate floor. The glass pavilion is anchored by two concrete panel chimneys; the windows are steel framed and the exterior skin is of powder coated steel sheathing.

Mauricio Fuertes
Design ideas for a large modern formal open concept living room in Barcelona with white walls, light hardwood floors, a hanging fireplace and a freestanding tv.

Design ideas for a mid-sized scandinavian open concept living room in Stockholm with white walls, light hardwood floors, no fireplace and no tv.

Olivier Chabaud
Mid-sized country loft-style bedroom in Paris with white walls, medium hardwood floors and brown floor.

Staircase with Starphire ultra clear low-iron glass divider wall. Breakfast Nook at right and Dining Room at left (with backyard access beyond). Photo by Clark Dugger

Going up the Victorian front stair you enter Unit B at the second floor which opens to a flexible living space - previously there was no interior stair access to all floors so part of the task was to create a stairway that joined three floors together - so a sleek new stair tower was added. Photo Credit: John Sutton Photography

The Eagle Harbor Cabin is located on a wooded waterfront property on Lake Superior, at the northerly edge of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, about 300 miles northeast of Minneapolis. The wooded 3-acre site features the rocky shoreline of Lake Superior, a lake that sometimes behaves like the ocean. The 2,000 SF cabin cantilevers out toward the water, with a 40-ft. long glass wall facing the spectacular beauty of the lake. The cabin is composed of two simple volumes: a large open living/dining/kitchen space with an open timber ceiling structure and a 2-story “bedroom tower,” with the kids’ bedroom on the ground floor and the parents’ bedroom stacked above. The interior spaces are wood paneled, with exposed framing in the ceiling. The cabinets use PLYBOO, a FSC-certified bamboo product, with mahogany end panels. The use of mahogany is repeated in the custom mahogany/steel curvilinear dining table and in the custom mahogany coffee table. The cabin has a simple, elemental quality that is enhanced by custom touches such as the curvilinear maple entry screen and the custom furniture pieces. The cabin utilizes native Michigan hardwoods such as maple and birch. The exterior of the cabin is clad in corrugated metal siding, offset by the tall fireplace mass of Montana ledgestone at the east end. The house has a number of sustainable or “green” building features, including 2x8 construction (40% greater insulation value); generous glass areas to provide natural lighting and ventilation; large overhangs for sun and snow protection; and metal siding for maximum durability. Sustainable interior finish materials include bamboo/plywood cabinets, linoleum floors, locally-grown maple flooring and birch paneling, and low-VOC paints.

Benny Chan
Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary open concept living room in Los Angeles with concrete floors, white walls, a wood fireplace surround and a concealed tv.

The bedroom views are enhanced by large glazed elements and a disappearing corner.
Mid-sized modern master bedroom in Los Angeles with white walls and dark hardwood floors.

Lillie Thompson
Contemporary two-storey glass white house exterior in Melbourne with a gable roof and a metal roof.