Landmark Photography
Design ideas for a country laundry room in Minneapolis.

Photo of a country kitchen in San Francisco.

Chambers + Chambers Architects Amber Interiors Tessa Neustadt, Photographer
Design ideas for a country family room in San Francisco with white walls, medium hardwood floors, no fireplace and brown floor.

Emily Followill
Mid-sized country kitchen in Atlanta with white cabinets, stainless steel appliances, medium hardwood floors, a peninsula, brown floor, an undermount sink, marble benchtops, white splashback, white benchtop and beaded inset cabinets.

Inspiration for a country bathroom in Phoenix with distressed cabinets, white walls, a vessel sink, wood benchtops, multi-coloured floor and brown benchtops.

Parade of Homes Gold Winner This 7,500 modern farmhouse style home was designed for a busy family with young children. The family lives over three floors including home theater, gym, playroom, and a hallway with individual desk for each child. From the farmhouse front, the house transitions to a contemporary oasis with large modern windows, a covered patio, and room for a pool.

Photo: Danielle Sykes © 2016 Houzz
Inspiration for a country kids' playroom for kids 4-10 years old and girls in Boston with medium hardwood floors and white walls.

This 1930's Barrington Hills farmhouse was in need of some TLC when it was purchased by this southern family of five who planned to make it their new home. The renovation taken on by Advance Design Studio's designer Scott Christensen and master carpenter Justin Davis included a custom porch, custom built in cabinetry in the living room and children's bedrooms, 2 children's on-suite baths, a guest powder room, a fabulous new master bath with custom closet and makeup area, a new upstairs laundry room, a workout basement, a mud room, new flooring and custom wainscot stairs with planked walls and ceilings throughout the home. The home's original mechanicals were in dire need of updating, so HVAC, plumbing and electrical were all replaced with newer materials and equipment. A dramatic change to the exterior took place with the addition of a quaint standing seam metal roofed farmhouse porch perfect for sipping lemonade on a lazy hot summer day. In addition to the changes to the home, a guest house on the property underwent a major transformation as well. Newly outfitted with updated gas and electric, a new stacking washer/dryer space was created along with an updated bath complete with a glass enclosed shower, something the bath did not previously have. A beautiful kitchenette with ample cabinetry space, refrigeration and a sink was transformed as well to provide all the comforts of home for guests visiting at the classic cottage retreat. The biggest design challenge was to keep in line with the charm the old home possessed, all the while giving the family all the convenience and efficiency of modern functioning amenities. One of the most interesting uses of material was the porcelain "wood-looking" tile used in all the baths and most of the home's common areas. All the efficiency of porcelain tile, with the nostalgic look and feel of worn and weathered hardwood floors. The home’s casual entry has an 8" rustic antique barn wood look porcelain tile in a rich brown to create a warm and welcoming first impression. Painted distressed cabinetry in muted shades of gray/green was used in the powder room to bring out the rustic feel of the space which was accentuated with wood planked walls and ceilings. Fresh white painted shaker cabinetry was used throughout the rest of the rooms, accentuated by bright chrome fixtures and muted pastel tones to create a calm and relaxing feeling throughout the home. Custom cabinetry was designed and built by Advance Design specifically for a large 70” TV in the living room, for each of the children’s bedroom’s built in storage, custom closets, and book shelves, and for a mudroom fit with custom niches for each family member by name. The ample master bath was fitted with double vanity areas in white. A generous shower with a bench features classic white subway tiles and light blue/green glass accents, as well as a large free standing soaking tub nestled under a window with double sconces to dim while relaxing in a luxurious bath. A custom classic white bookcase for plush towels greets you as you enter the sanctuary bath.

Inspiration for a country kitchen in Boston with a farmhouse sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, panelled appliances, with island and dark hardwood floors.

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This is an example of a country hallway in Munich.

Photo by Angle Eye Photography.
Inspiration for a country foyer in Philadelphia with white walls, a single front door and multi-coloured floor.

The goal of this project was to build a house that would be energy efficient using materials that were both economical and environmentally conscious. Due to the extremely cold winter weather conditions in the Catskills, insulating the house was a primary concern. The main structure of the house is a timber frame from an nineteenth century barn that has been restored and raised on this new site. The entirety of this frame has then been wrapped in SIPs (structural insulated panels), both walls and the roof. The house is slab on grade, insulated from below. The concrete slab was poured with a radiant heating system inside and the top of the slab was polished and left exposed as the flooring surface. Fiberglass windows with an extremely high R-value were chosen for their green properties. Care was also taken during construction to make all of the joints between the SIPs panels and around window and door openings as airtight as possible. The fact that the house is so airtight along with the high overall insulatory value achieved from the insulated slab, SIPs panels, and windows make the house very energy efficient. The house utilizes an air exchanger, a device that brings fresh air in from outside without loosing heat and circulates the air within the house to move warmer air down from the second floor. Other green materials in the home include reclaimed barn wood used for the floor and ceiling of the second floor, reclaimed wood stairs and bathroom vanity, and an on-demand hot water/boiler system. The exterior of the house is clad in black corrugated aluminum with an aluminum standing seam roof. Because of the extremely cold winter temperatures windows are used discerningly, the three largest windows are on the first floor providing the main living areas with a majestic view of the Catskill mountains.

Berkshire Retreat. Photographer: Rob Karosis
Inspiration for a country eat-in kitchen in New York with beaded inset cabinets, white cabinets and soapstone benchtops.

Creating comfort and a private space for each homeowner, the sitting room is a respite to read, work, write a letter, or run the house as a gateway space with visibility to the front entry and connection to the kitchen. Soffits ground the perimeter of the room and the shimmer of a patterned wall covering framed in the ceiling visually lowers the expansive heights. The layering of textures as a mix of patterns among the furnishings, pillows and rug is a notable British influence. Opposite the sofa, a television is concealed in built-in cabinets behind sliding panels with a decorative metal infill to maintain a formal appearance through the front facing picture window. Printed drapery frames the window bringing color and warmth to the room.

Design ideas for a country garage in Other.

Primary bedroom with vaulted ceiling, white decor, a modern sliding barn door to a spa-like bath and a private balcony.
This is an example of a country master bedroom in Austin with white walls, light hardwood floors and vaulted.

This iconic building in Poynings is very well known and completely unique in look, style and arrangement,. The clients took on the huge restoration project with a clear goal in mind to bring the property back to modern standards and better configure the layout internal and make a feature of the internal courtyard space. The extended parts allow the kitchen and entrance spaces to better flow and connect the stable wings, while the new garden arrangement brings the beauty of the South Downs onto the site. Working with the SDNP presented a really nice opportunity to use the existing building form and enhance this with local building styles, techniques and well sourced materials to bring the property into a new use. It was a well thought out process to ensure both the owners, national park and local community were happy with the final look of this unique building.

Beautiful, minimal, oak bathroom with black and gold fixtures, subway tiling, and a floating vanity.
This is an example of a country bathroom in Montreal.

This is an example of a country home bar in Sacramento.