House in Brito has been designed by Topos Atelier de Arquitectura in the town of Brito, in Guimarães, Portugal. The house’s shape was rearranged around the patio which structured the farm buildings. On the ground floor were set all the areas needed for daily life. On the first floor are the guest rooms. In order to […]

This beautifully decorated private family residence in the Hamptons, New York has been designed by interior designer Jarlath Mellett. The home displays contemporary furnishings mixed with natural materials and finishes. Walls are accented with wallpapering custom designed by Mellett, for purchase on the designer’s website. Here is a description of the design firm, “In 2005, […]

Perched high upon Yeomalt Bluff, the Ellis Residence enjoys a commanding 180 degree view of Puget Sound and the Seattle skyline. The owners requested that the residence be sustainable, and the resulting design by Coates Design Architects is the first LEED Platinum home outside the city of Seattle. The owners had a special goal in […]

This beautiful Central Park Penthouse is situated in the Upper East Side, New York. The home has been designed by Robert Young Architects in collaboration with interior designer Jarlath Mellet.  The home can only be described as tasteful, elegant whimsy, the order of the day for this lovely couple and their two young daughters. Jarlath […]

The Dorsey Residence is a contemporary family home designed by Coates Design Architects on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The design concept was to maximize the home’s footprint through the use of vertical space. From the outside, the residence is an anonymous, austere, monumental concrete facade anchored deep into the hillside on a waterfront property. Much of […]

This beautiful house in the neighborhood of Tarrytown, west of downtown Austin, Texas, has been designed by Webber + Studio Architects. The property was designed with a love of Balinese design and Zen philosophy, the catalyst for this Asian-style house. The clients wished for a home that reflected their Texan roots, but also capturing the […]

Attic rooms are a highly functional space that many people use for storage when they can be more cleverly used as an additional room in your home. There are so many uses for an attic space, including turning it into an extra bedroom, closet, home office, entertainment room, library, home theater, craft room, art studio, […]

This stunning villa on the island of Menora, Spain features clean lines and large windows catching views of the surrounding Mediterranean landscape. The home has been designed by studio Codo a Codo Arquitectura in collaboratio with builder Aides Marai as a dream vacation home for their clients. With white, subdued interiors, the styling has a […]

This historic adobe home was built in the early 1900s, and features a kiva fireplace and design elements characteristic of traditional New Mexico architecture. The home was completely gutted by design studio R Brant Design, leaving as many of the original features as possible. The designer wanted to keep true to the home’s original feel, […]

This stunning Grant Creek Residence is nestled into a wooded hillside on a seven-acre property just outside Missoula, Montana. Designed by Heliotrope Architects for an active young family, the house is a wood frame, cedar clad building oriented to minimize exposure to inclement weather from the north and maximize solar gain and views south across […]