There are many ways to heat your outdoor space. One way that is especially handsome is an outdoor fireplace, particularly when it either reflects or complements the architecture of the home.
Outdoor Fireplaces for Heating
The fireplace in the photograph above nicely complements the space in which it is set. It features a large stone boulder slab [...]
Here’s another idea for how to use or otherwise maximize the use of under stair space. This is particularly useful for spaces that are relatively short. I love the simple lines that reinforce the expected elements. The drawer fronts beveled to follow the stair slope reinforce the stair skirt. The continuation [...]
Nope, the photo is not miscaptioned. This is actually the Butler’s Pantry off of the Kitchen in the Private Waterfront Residence designed by Purple Cherry Architects of Maryland. You can see the pantry from the kitchen in the photo below.
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Here’s a good, if somewhat elaborate, example of a Butler’s Pantry Laura found at getdecorating.com. They’re a good resouce for ideas if you’re willing to pay the subscription fee. This would be good as a seperation/access between the kitchen and formal dining room. This allows a strong physical seperation between the formal dining room and [...]
Project Program Ideas - What makes a “family friendly” kitchen? Here’s a good example of one built my Maine custom home builder Russ Doucette.
Efficient work triangle. While this is a large kitchen, the 3 main work areas are relatively close togeather.
Ample seating. This kitchen has enough room for the family to sit at [...]
Project Program Ideas - What makes a kitchen good for entertaining?
Room for several people to be in and around the kitchen at the same time. This kitchen looks like it could easily accomodate 10 people in and around it.
Discrete work spaces for multiple cooks. This has 4 discrete spaces (counter - stove - counter and [...]
In recent articles I’ve described a Great Room as a large room containg smaller functional spaces such as kitchen, informal eating and sitting area. Here is a great example, designed by local artist Louie Rochon, of a great room with clear divisions. Here the great room consists of the kitchen, informal entertainment eating, daily eating, [...]
Here’s what you can do with an auxiliary entry. This is the entry that the family uses all the time. Kid’s come in, take off their shoes, drop off their coats and backpacks. You might put it in between the garage and the kitchen, maybe there is a door to the laundry room where dirty [...]
Having lived with 4 women in the same house for many years now an article of furniture I see around the home all the time is a drying rack. The things are flimsy and a pain to fold and unfold and thus invariably get in the way. Here’s a spectacular solution that you can include [...]
I’m currently working on the design of a new home in West Seattle that will have a partially enclosed outdoor living space off the great room. Laura came across an excellent example of such a room in Sunset Magazine. This was added on to a home on Bainbridge Island and was designed by local [...]
