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Rooms

with every room opening to the outdoors, this napa, calif., house promotes a casual relationship with its site.

Great Rooms With Wood Ceilings

The phrase “great room” evokes images of open, airy, expansive spaces capable of housing various activities in multiple gathering areas. Great rooms often have vaulted or double-height ceilings to generate a sense of awe, but such large volumes also can be overwhelming or cold if not thoughtfully designed.

 

Featured Kitchens

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Greene Partners weaves a custom kitchen into a great room

A custom kitchen is knit seamlessly into its surrounding spaces.

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Ridgeline House Kitchen, Pasadena, Calif.

An airy kitchen/family room also serves as a film screening room.

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Watergate Apartment, Washington, D.C.

This apartment renovation revives one-of-a-kind Potomac River views.

 
 
 

Featured Baths

as in the master, the bathing area in the children's bath is defined by ceramic tile in a running bond pattern. the transparent shower surround occupies little apparent space, virtually disappearing against the darker tile.

Peaks View Residence Bath, Wilson, Wyo.

This Wyoming custom home's master bath and children's bath highlight to virtue of...

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Ridgeline House Bath, Pasadena, Calif.

Open to the sky and its own private courtyard, this remodeled master bath offers an...

a marble band establishes a water table for this new bath in an old house. beginning as a lavatory counter, it circles the room as a shelf, window sill, and wall cap.

This Renovated Master Bath Establishes Separation of Spaces

A new master bath in this 100-year-old house employs traditional elements in a...

 
 
 

Custom Interiors

a large skylight makes the living area feel like a courtyard, and clerestories brighten the master suite behind it. a shade inside the skylight protects the owners artwork from direct sun.

A Former Seattle Storefront Is Transformed Into One Couple's Office and Home

A large skylight and interior clerestories help open up this repurposed 100-year-old building.


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Outdoor Spaces

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Wolf Creek, Winthrop, Wash.

The L-shaped house's northwestern wing blocks winter wind and summer sun.


 
 
 
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