Petri Architecture has designed this visually striking modern mountain home, built by Living Stone Design + Build, at Laurel Ridge Farms in Waynesville, North Carolina. The project began years earlier and several states away, when one of the owners came across a house online and announced that someone had gotten into her head and built […]

Pearson Design Group has designed this stunning modern lake house on a forested hillside in Whitefish, Montana. Known as Bigfish House, it sits where Big Mountain meets Whitefish Lake. The lot is so steep that the architects planned the home as a series of stacked and stepped levels leading down to the water’s edge. Dark-stained […]

Steev Wilson Architecture Group has designed this gorgeous alpine chateau in Aspen, Colorado, located just beyond the city limits with Shadow Mountain behind it. The homeowner wanted a traditional alpine chalet that would feel old and lived-in from the first day. From the outside, the house looks modest. Inside, it is much larger than you […]

MHK Architecture has designed this stunning modern lake house overlooking Lake Keowee in South Carolina. Built by the Stillwater Group, the 4,835-square-foot home is located on a wooded, sloping lot in the Peninsula Ridge section of The Reserve. It has five bedrooms and five bathrooms on two levels. The house looks like a single level […]

Wrapping presents is a lot more fun when everything you need is in one place. These gift wrapping station ideas show how designers have fit paper, ribbon and a work surface into craft rooms, laundry rooms, home offices and even a single cabinet. Several of them come from home tours we have featured here on […]

Zone 4 Architects has designed this contemporary Colorado mountain home in collaboration with M.J. Berries Design. It is nestled on the banks of the Roaring Fork River in Aspen Glen, about 30 miles from Aspen. Built by Kaegebein Fine Home Building, the 6,000-square-foot residence boasts views of Mount Sopris from its riverfront setting. Aspen Glen’s […]

Noble Architects designed this tucked-away Mediterranean farmhouse in Leiper’s Fork, a small village in Williamson County, Tennessee, with construction by Forte Building Group. You can see the Mediterranean influence in the layout, where three wings of the house surround a courtyard with a pool and spa. Cream siding, stacked stone, and a bronze metal roof […]

This dream home in Minneapolis was designed by Olson Kundig for a retired couple who moved back to Minnesota from Colorado. They had wanted to build a house with an architect for most of their lives, and the husband had long admired the work of Tom Kundig. They found their lot on the river bluff, […]

This North Carolina mountain home in the Stillmont community of Cashiers was designed by the late architect Jim Fox. Fox was known for his organic modernist homes inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, and his work can be found all across the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau, where he started the area’s first design/build firm. This home was photographed […]

Witt Architecture Office designed this modern farmhouse in the Bouldin Creek neighborhood of Austin, Texas, with interiors by Glynis Wood Interiors. Reclaimed Old Chicago brick and white board-and-batten siding give the exterior a classic farmhouse look, while black windows and a frosted glass garage door add a modern touch. Inside, the 2,990-square-foot home has shiplap […]