The rear loggia looking towards bar and outdoor kitchen; prominently displayed are the aged wood beams, columns, and roof decking, integral color three-coat plaster wall finish, chicago common brick hardscape, and McDowell Mountain stone walls. The bar window is a single 12 foot wide by 5 foot high steel sash unit, which pivots up and out of the way, driven by a hand-turned reduction drive system. The generously scaled space has been designed with extra depth to allow large soft seating groups, to accommodate the owners penchant for entertaining family and friends. Design Principal: Gene Kniaz, Spiral Architects; General Contractor: Eric Linthicum, Linthicum Custom Builders

This contemporary kitchen design is a dream come true, full of stylish, practical, and one-of-a-kind features. The large kitchen is part of a great room that includes a living area with built in display shelves for artwork. The kitchen features two separate islands, one for entertaining and one for casual dining and food preparation. A 5' Galley Workstation, pop up knife block, and specialized storage accessories complete one island, along with the fabric wrapped banquette and personalized stainless steel corner wrap designed by Woodmaster Kitchens. The second island includes seating and an undercounter refrigerator allowing guests easy access to beverages. Every detail of this kitchen including the waterfall countertop ends, lighting design, tile features, and hardware work together to create a kitchen design that is a masterpiece at the center of this home. Steven Paul Whitsitt

Listed by Vicky Horton, Coldwell Banker Legacy Realtors. List Price; $210k. Staging by MAP Consultants, llc. Furniture Provided by CORT Furniture Rental ABQ. Photos by Mike Vhistadt, Coldwell Banker Legacy Realtors

A seamless combination of traditional with contemporary design elements. This elegant, approx. 1.7 acre view estate is located on Ross's premier address. Every detail has been carefully and lovingly created with design and renovations completed in the past 12 months by the same designer that created the property for Google's founder. With 7 bedrooms and 8.5 baths, this 7200 sq. ft. estate home is comprised of a main residence, large guesthouse, studio with full bath, sauna with full bath, media room, wine cellar, professional gym, 2 saltwater system swimming pools and 3 car garage. With its stately stance, 41 Upper Road appeals to those seeking to make a statement of elegance and good taste and is a true wonderland for adults and kids alike. 71 Ft. lap pool directly across from breakfast room and family pool with diving board. Chef's dream kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances, over-sized center island, custom iron chandelier and fireplace open to kitchen and dining room. Formal Dining Room Open kitchen with adjoining family room, both opening to outside and lap pool. Breathtaking large living room with beautiful Mt. Tam views. Master Suite with fireplace and private terrace reminiscent of Montana resort living. Nursery adjoining master bath. 4 additional bedrooms on the lower level, each with own bath. Media room, laundry room and wine cellar as well as kids study area. Extensive lawn area for kids of all ages. Organic vegetable garden overlooking entire property.

We found antique beds from Justin & Burks and altered them to hold extra long and narrow mattresses that were custom made and covered by The Work Room. The bedding and pillows are from Filling Spaces and the owl pillows are from Alberta Street Owls. The walls used to be a darker pine which we had Lori of One Horse Studios white wash to this sweet, dreamy white while retaining the character of the pine. It was another of our controversial choices that proved very successful! We made sure each bed had a reading light and we also have a fourth mattress stored under one of the beds for the fourth grand kid to sleep on. Remodel by BC Custom Homes Steve Eltinge, Eltinge Photograhy

This custom contemporary NYC roof garden near Gramercy Park features beautifully stained ipe deck and planters with plantings of evergreens, Japanese maples, bamboo, boxwoods, and ornamental grasses. Read more about our projects on my blog, www.amberfreda.com.

Photography: César Rubio
Expansive traditional living room in San Francisco with yellow walls and a standard fireplace.

This large gated estate includes one of the original Ross cottages that served as a summer home for people escaping San Francisco's fog. We took the main residence built in 1941 and updated it to the current standards of 2020 while keeping the cottage as a guest house. A massive remodel in 1995 created a classic white kitchen. To add color and whimsy, we installed window treatments fabricated from a Josef Frank citrus print combined with modern furnishings. Throughout the interiors, foliate and floral patterned fabrics and wall coverings blur the inside and outside worlds.

Large beach style master bedroom in Portland Maine with blue walls, medium hardwood floors, coffered and wood walls.

In the heart of Tuscany, in the countryside surrounding Florence, an old and finely restored farmhouse holds the latest project by Officine Gullo. The project results from the collaboration with the architects Carlo Ludovico Poccianti, Francesca Garagnani and Carlo De Pinto, owners of the well-known Florentine architects’ office Archflorence. This creation, which by no coincidence is named Chianti Red & Burnished Brass, fits into a kitchen with warm tones, characterized by high durmast wooden beamed ceilings, old brick arches and traditional tile floor. A unique and unmistakable style able to combine, in an impeccable way, the classical charm of forms, with an ancient style, and the more modern and elegant technologies available in your kitchen. It results in the pleasant feeling of living luxury and beauty in a place where any detail derives from research and handicraft manufacturing and where cooking tools are perfectly linked to those of a professional kitchen for top-quality catering. This project consists of a cooktop with remarkable dimensions (cm 308 x 70) characterized by a highly thick top made of brushed steel and equipped with a pasta cooker, 4 highly performant gas burners, smooth frytop with gloss finishing, and a sink with a mixer made of burnished brass. The cooking appliance completes, in the lower part, with two big dimension ovens, a food warmer together with a container with a door and drawers. In the middle of the room an island is located, embellished by an elegant and practical 9.6 cm thick wooden top equipped with drawers, pull-out elements and doors. Above the island, there is a practical shelf holding pots made of burnished brass. This place is embellished also by an enclosing woodwork wall with a grey finishing: inside, the refrigerator with the freezer stands out equipped with a “home dialog” and a flap made of brass on the door protecting the control panel, and a built-in microwave oven. The structure of the kitchen is made of stainless steel, highly thick, stove enamelled, with profiles and details made of brushed brass and wooden handles. Like any creation by Officine Gullo, it is possible to fully customize the composition of the cooking appliances, from their dimensions to the composition of the hob, up to the engraving of handles or to colours.

Design ideas for an expansive modern master bathroom in Toronto with flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, a drop-in tub, a curbless shower, a one-piece toilet, red tile, glass tile, red walls, marble floors, a vessel sink, marble benchtops, white floor, a hinged shower door and white benchtops.

This client was looking for a tile that made a statement and would blend with a mid-century look.
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Inspiration for an expansive arts and crafts eat-in kitchen in Seattle with an integrated sink, shaker cabinets, medium wood cabinets, solid surface benchtops, green splashback, stone tile splashback, stainless steel appliances, porcelain floors and with island.

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Inspiration for an expansive traditional enclosed home theatre in Berlin with carpet, a projector screen, red walls and red floor.

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This is an example of a mid-sized contemporary formal loft-style living room in New York with multi-coloured walls, dark hardwood floors and no tv.

Hand-crafted from the highest quality raw materials, the master carpenters of Studio Becker have engineered a functioning Concert Grand Piano that secretly conceals a full-service bar.

Heavy paneling defines the space of the library. An antique fireplace blends easily into this design. Photo by Fisheye Studios, Hiawatha, Iowa
Expansive mediterranean study room in Cedar Rapids with brown walls, carpet, a standard fireplace, a freestanding desk and a stone fireplace surround.