Home Ideas

Anodized aluminum-and-glass sliding doors are all that separate guests from the peaceful environs.

Casework incorporated wall sconces instead of table lamps to save space.

The home’s materials were chosen to blend into the surroundings and to give the home a timeless feel.

The home’s entrance at night.

A colored compound mixed into the cement gives the home a yellow color that lends a much warmer feeling than gray concrete.

A multilevel design means that the outside is never far away in CBC House.

The entry hall is another snapshot of design experimentation with wood built-ins, open cubbies, and simple brass hooks.

Thin, slatted wood paneling adds warmth to this bathroom.

Neutra's Kaufmann home was initially designed for living just two months out of the year. Yet after the original owner passed, future tenants attempted to retrofit the space for year-long use. An air conditioning unit was placed atop the roof, and square footage was added, enclosing this courtyard. To return it to its original state, the current owner underwent a five-year restoration and reopened this courtyard to honor the original design. Photo: Tim Street-Porter

The renovation introduced new plumbing fixtures, lighting, custom wood vanities, and tiled walls in the bathroom.

The side patio, adjacent to the kitchen, offers additional outdoor living space with casual seating and an integrated concrete bench.

To create this accent wall, Rose measured and cut each piece of wood at 30 and 60 degree angles, nailed them into the wall, caulked, and spray painted. This cost her a total of $20. The bed frame, she snagged from Ikea (Kopardal). Bedding is Nate Berkus from Target, and the throw is Opalhouse from Target.

The walls, floors, and ceilings of DS House are clad in timber and concrete, mirroring the style of the exterior facade. The dining room is connected to the living area by a long wooden wall.

The master suite’s bathroom unfolds from a glass-walled bathing room, outfitted with a Signature Hardware tub and Lefroy Brooks fixtures, to an open-air shower.

An onsen, or Japanese soaking tub, with a private garden abuts the master suite.

For the bathroom inside a renovated Hollywood bungalow, architect Noah Walker used a simple palette of gray and white tile, black countertops, and stainless steel fixtures.

The studio is set upon a floating concrete slab. The wood-wrapped facade provides passive cooling through cross ventilation.

No whiteware here. In this moody apartment in Berlin, multi-toned charcoal gray subway tiles make up the backsplash, which contrasts with the pop of rosy color on the kitchen cabinets.

A view of the kitchen's back wall shows the bright marriage of the yellow Fireclay tile backsplash with incoming light from the adjacent sliding door and the row of windows just above the hanging Boca Raton blue cabinets. Basked in light, the new kitchen displays an organized and cheerful aesthetic.