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Category Archives: Home Designs
Mediterranean Style – Just Add Water
A house should have a back area that people can retreat to, and this looks like it works, in this Los Angeles home. And when you gotta have a pool, you might as well go all in! I happened upon … Continue reading
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Italian Renaissance Style
I’ve been enjoying an excellent article on Italian Renaissance style in home design at Houzz. Not quite the same as Italianate, which has a more vaulting and interpretive look, Italian Renaissance is a more purist style. It came from Italian … Continue reading
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Spanish Eclectic Style Homes
Here’s a house that seems to me perfectly landscaped into its setting. As a bonus, it’s Spanish Eclectic style, with red clay roof tiles and an arched entrance way, which to my mind is the only shape for an entrance! … Continue reading
Fountain and Bench
This is a nice treatment of an area that could have been just a plain access between two structures. The bench in front of the wall fountain makes a great contemplative space. Mediterranean Landscape by Sacramento Photographers Chad Davies Photography
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Supremely Functional Kitchen of the Week
Houzz has a new Kitchen of the Week that deserves to be called out – one of the most functional kitchens I’ve ever seen. For someone who loves to cook for company, and who doesn’t need people underfoot while she’s … Continue reading
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Idlewild Cottage: Classic Renovation
A Florida beach house built in 1919 is still alive, and was lovingly renovated in 2011. You will love the story. Idlewild Cottage in Indian Rocks beach is a great story of how to renovate an old house. Houzz.com has … Continue reading
Give Your Garden a Bubble Rock For the Birds
Thanks to this article in Houzz, here’s a very simple idea for a water feature in your garden that makes a beautiful accent and attracts the birds, which makes for a constantly changing, pleasing view. It’s a bubble rock, an … Continue reading
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Rain Chains
After my story recently about managing storm water using planters, I looked at some more Rain Chains – surely the most elegant way to move water from the roof to the ground. Water is lovely to listen to, and also … Continue reading
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Managing Rainwater Runoff with Planters
Sudden storm waters can cause problems for your community with surging runoff and for your home with temporary flooding. Ideally you want all the rainfall that falls on your lot to stay there, nourish your plants and infiltrate back into … Continue reading
Light, Shadow and Reflection: Add These Elements to Your Home
Houzz.com has a great article showing how to use natural light to its most pleasing effect in your home and landscape settings. Use pools of water – from decorative planters filled with water, to ponds, to swimming pools – and … Continue reading
Best Fire Pit Ever? In the Middle of the Pool
I love this idea of a fire pit island in the middle of a pool: Mediterranean Pool
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