Designer Stacy Carlson has created a cozy and colorful family room, using an aqua trellis rug, coral printed chairs and pillows, a stone fireplace surround, a coffee table that doubles as ottoman seating for four with a custom nautical chart top! Photo Credit: Shelley Harrison Photography.

Living area looking through to the eat in kitchen. Photo by shoot2sell.

Don Bloom Tropical Light Photography

The family room stands where the old carport once stood. We re-used and modified the existing roof structure to create a relief from the otherwise 8'-0" ceilings in this home. Photo by Casey Woods

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Alise O'Brien

Mark Compton

This 6,500-square-foot one-story vacation home overlooks a golf course with the San Jacinto mountain range beyond. The house has a light-colored material palette—limestone floors, bleached teak ceilings—and ample access to outdoor living areas. Builder: Bradshaw Construction Architect: Marmol Radziner Interior Design: Sophie Harvey Landscape: Madderlake Designs Photography: Roger Davies

Reclaimed flooring and beams by Reclaimed DesignWorks. Photos by Emily Minton Redfield Photography.

A 90mm thick Elm veneer bartop creates a casual seating arrangement, perfect for enjoying a coffee or sitting to talk with the cook whist they are hard at work. The Kaolin laminate fronts are edged with aluminium, which high lights the geometric forms and precise lines of the cabinetry.