Washington DC Modern Kids Bathroom design by #PaulBentham4JenniferGilmer. Photography by Bob Narod. http://www.gilmerkitchens.com/

Tile shower with offset controls. Modern, artsy interpretation of retro pink tile bathroom by The Legacy Building Company of Minnetonka, MN. Photo by Patrick O'Loughlin, Content Craftsmen

Beautifully designed and constructed Craftsmen-style his and hers vanity in a renovated master suite. Decade Construction www.decadeconstruction.com, Ramona d'Viola ilumus photography & marketing www.ilumus.com

This remodel negotiates the owner’s desire for a modern home with the municipality’s desire to maintain the home’s ‘historic’ character.  To satisfy these potentially conflicting interests, our strategy restores the house’s shell while completely gutting the interior to achieve greater connections to the landscape beyond and between previously disconnected levels on the interior. At the exterior, new doors and windows with black frames hint at the elegant and restrained aesthetic that guides the design throughout. Similarly, a new cantilevered deck at the rear and new French doors at the front create connections to outside that echo the new spatial openness of the reorganized interior. The original home, although two stories, functioned like a single story home. To remedy this, the primary formal move was to remove the center of the home and insert a new, open stair that visually and physically connects the two levels. To take advantage of this, the lower level was enlarged and completely refinished to provide two new bedrooms, a music room, a playroom, and a bathroom. Similarly, the upper level was completed updated with a new master suite, an updated bathroom, new finishes in the main living spaces, and a new Henrybuilt Kitchen.

This stylish shower features a European glass mosaic tile with the homeowner's favorite "Orioles" orange! A sophisticated take on a sports themed space!

Jonathan Mitchell

Photo By: Heather Taylor

Master bathroom in modern beach home in Manhattan Beach, California, maximizes space and ocean views. Thoughtfully designed by Steve Lazar. design+build by South Swell. DesignBuildbySouthSwell.com.

This home enjoys stunning views of Sweeney Lake from almost anywhere in the home; however it was in need of repair and a significant reorganization of the plan to take full advantage of site. The project is about the complete restoration and rethinking of this vintage 1965 mid-century gem. The house is deceivingly large with a full finished lower level and an indoor pool room; however it lived cramped and broken up. The entry was uninviting and small, the poolroom unused and poorly heated, the kitchen undersized, and the bedrooms and baths poorly accessed. Our task was to open up the home through the rethinking of the floor plan and the introduction of a new central axis connecting and organizing the homes functions and spaces around view corridors and existing or new focal points. The home had beautiful features to build upon; the central brick fireplace, the raised roofs over the living and pool rooms, and the view to the lake itself. A fully redone exterior and interior preserve the homes proportion and scale, while at the same time bring greater connection to the site and a much needed clarity to the homes organization. Project Team: Ben Awes AIA, Principal-In-Charge Bob Ganser AIA Christian Dean AIA Nate Dodge

Washington DC Modern Kids Bathroom design by #PaulBentham4JenniferGilmer. Photography by Bob Narod. http://www.gilmerkitchens.com/