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New Modern Desert Home

Home Made Modern for Family

This standard post world war II ranch home in a popular Phoenix central core neighborhood had been updated by the seller a decade ago.   The owners added a pool, guest house & children's bedrooms at that time but, had not finished all of the interior to be MODERN until recently.  Now the family has  a year round dining rm, library/music room and completed family great rm.  The Family great room now accommodates 3 different settings and 6 to 12 people for normal everyday functions and 25+ people for special functions.   The room has a media spot, chat area or study spot and small snack table spot and all with views of the Sonoran feel xeriscaped back yard and pool.  

Custom condo with a view Phoenix AZ

Established  award winning high rise condo customized for gracious yet relaxed southwest urban style living.  Invigorating views, spacious and soothing decor reflect the owner's desire for quality yet casual living.... note a deft mix of affordable pieces intermingled with a few older collectible furnishings.   Planning reflects accessible state of the art technology blending seamlessly into beautiful built-ins and furniture setting ready to be home for 1 or many. 

Custom Condo with a view Phoenix AZ

Midcentury AZ Ranch Remodel

Major demolition and improvements to living space, all new interior materials, appliances,  specialty finishes, updated electrical, plumbing and sound, roof work and minor structural alterations

Midcentury AZ Ranch Remodel - NEW ADDITION TO HOME

Birmingham minimal white master bath

40+ year old home needed a NEW master bath and closet overhaul.   Client's preferred simple but, classy and warm and inviting but, always clean and hygenic in presentation and vibe.  

An outside picture window at tub was a bonus with a view of garden and mountains and butterfiles and hummingbirds! 

"MINIMALIST" essential master bath

Modern-Eclectic Family Home

Modern furniture, art and finishing for older central core home.  This young family in the heart of town loves their cultural outings and interests so, an older home takes on a young, relaxed vibe to reflect their interests and spirit.

MODERN High Rise Living

Modern high rise home refined and designed to surround the owner's with some of their favorite modern furniture classics and fine art selected over the years     Many pieces bought over several years and some more recently but, all blended by the designer at long last as their personal long term "retirement oasis". 

Fine Carpentry

Fine Carpentry - various homes & shops

Spa Vibe Master Bath Renewed

New "vintage vibe" Laundry Room for Az Home

Modernized Desert Home

Modern Bathroom

Modern Bathroom - Artisan touches!

Ocean Side vibe Master Suite Retreat

SLEEK MODERN - Arriola Bathroom remodel

This is a total gut of a historical home's main 5' x 11' bathroom and converted to a MODERN bathroom for use by home owner.   It is as barrier free as existing conditions will allow and vanity and toilet fixtures are wall mounted for floor clearance and easy cleaning.

Sleek Modern -  Arriola Bathroom Remodel

Master Bath goes CUSTOM

Full gut and remodel for pre-existing master bathroom.   A closet door was narrowed from 2 doors to 1 door for greater wall space for new bigger walk-in shower.   

Slab was jack hammered to create "zero" threshold shower entry.  Resin tub was replaced with free standing "soaker tub".    All new finishes and fixtures throughout. 

Existing glass block windows remains for now though in future owners plan to replace it with a window for a view to a landscaped side yard.   AZ  is abundant in butterflies and hummingbirds to watch, so this only makes sense! 

Desert Home for Snowbird Nesting

This client's home is a "patio home" built in the 1970's and reflects a sort of AZ Southwest aesthetic of the time...some good and some not so good.  The owner is fond of the high ceilings, stucco walls, red clay tile and rough wood textures but, not the dated kitchen and baths.   

Baths, kitchen, bedrooms and GREAT ROOM finishes and furnishings were all changed and updated to contemporary taste (refined) but, with a nod to the past in the use of (rustic) natural stone look tile, knotty alder wood throughout and relaxed, natural feel and nubby textured fabrics. 

Modernized Older Urban Condo

1,300 approx s.f. of inner city condo modernized to support owner in his simple lifestyle goals.  Modern, clean, crisp, serene and almost spartan and minimalist

Simple, Done Well -  Hall Bath AZ Patio Home

A totally new hall bathroom for a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom Scottsdale area patio home is shown. My client anticipated frequent family friends and family member guests who will use this room so, we needed it to be tough and durable yet always attractive and easy to care for by anyone and everyone. 

The main material on 75% of the walls and the same material on the floor is a very durable natural stone looking porcelain tile. 6" x 24" tile is on walls, 12" x 24" tile is on floors & 2" x 2" mosaic tile is on floors. The floor is a pre-planned custom floor tile pattern for the 12" x 24" tile blended with the 2" x 2" tile. The continuation of the same tile material in seamless detailing on walls and floors in a confined space gives the effect of a calm more spacious environment. 

The owner preferred a fabric shower curtain for ease of replacement and was not interested in the upkeep of metal and glass shower doors and I agree. I enjoy beautiful fabrics and a "high performance" fabric or any fabric for that matter, gives a certain softness to a mostly water resistant space with all smooth, hard surface plumbing fixtures, floors, walls and ceilings.

The toilet and hardware is all Kohler and hardwood blocking was added at the start of construction so that in a limiting space we could have a medicine cabinet, safety grab bars, wall lighting for vanity mirror, towel bars, wall hooks and shower shampoo niches EXACTLY where they needed to be for ease of use and not just where a wood stud could be located.

The air exhaust humidity control and the LED lighting are all "state of the art". The light level is more soothing in reality than photos can show at this time and LED lighting for the vanity mirror and overhead LED ceiling fixture are dimmable controls. The exhaust with humidity detection sensors is programmable to self-activate which is perfect for guests who may or may not be familiar with the space. This is smart space!

Pretty space with strong easy to care for materials is SMART space and smart space makes housekeeping chores a minor event and family & friend time visiting a wonderful special event!


Hall Bath - Desert Home for Snowbird Nesting

Customized Builder Home

12 year old lakeside home gets refresh and make over with 5 walls of custom stain grade wood built-ins for kitchen, bar, wine, coffee, tea, desert service,books, food pantry supplies, hobby supplies, game and media stoirage and social gathering storage items. 

Riggs Ranch Contemporary Rustic family home

This is a semi-custom home in a Chandler neighborhood called Riggs Ranch.   The community has AZ mountain views and is still in a slightly rural setting which the owners connected to in a powerful way in their love of southwest and Sonoran desert colors and vegetation.     The owner also, builds furniture as a hobby so many rustic antiques as well as the Windsor furniture items by the owner seemed to tie in well to the natural multi-color slate floors, American Plaster finish walls, and sunset wall paint colors from Benjamin Moore. 

Randolph "party of 6" Family Home

Vintage Vibe bath - 1940's Bungalow

This home in a popular neighborhood close to Arizona State University dates probably to just before "mid-century and now has all NEW Fixtures and Finishes.  The room was gutted and a new bathroom created.  The goal of the project was to have a bathroom for this 1940's cottage that looked like it could be original but, was clean and fresh and healthy.    Actually the windows and millwork and door openings are all original.   The fixtures and finishes selected were to be in character with the decade in which the home was built which means the look is more World War II era and cottage / bungalow in ambiance.  All this was softly and gently dramatized with the use and design of the 2 tone tile in creamy white and soft gray tiles throughout.   

NEW Vintage Vibe for Bungalow Bath

CUSTOM ARCHITECTURAL HOME updated

An existing 20 year old "Modern Desert Home" by local well known architects is the NEW home for this client.  Designer's and client's focus and goal was a GREAT blend of client's existing quality  modern furnishings & art with some new furnishings items throughout the home.    Interior update and improvements included planned furniture layouts for all rooms, furniture concept for family room, new guitar niche items, new wall covering for 2 bathrooms, new modern accessory series for towel bars & other for 2 bathrooms, new paint throughout, various lighting repairs & improvements, art placement throughout and multiple art piece install @ home's soaring gallery walkway, corridor. 

DETAILS for interiors. . .

Beauty and visual enjoyment are in the details.   Interiors are experienced with our eyes taking in great expanses and then often resting and lingering on small up- close areas.  Both are the challenge and creative realm explored by and endlessly delighting the designer and client. 

Refined Rustic Homestead

Existing 10 year old home with family, dining and kitchen areas with plain maple cabinets is transformed over a 7 year span for this Chandler 4 bedroom 3 bath home as homeowners have had time and budget for the transformation from a plain to a rustic but, REFINED "cook and family hangout" kitchen and home!   The homeowner loves to cook so, a "floor model" Viking Stove moved with him to this home.  The first order of business was reworking cabinets to accommodate the Viking stove.  Next was transforming the island from plain to bead board and carved legs in an antiqued dark color to contrast with the custom stained main cabinets.     

Next came new counter tops and then under cabinet lighting and then another stage was a new back splash in satin glass tile and a "statement" section of glass mosaic over the cook top to compliment the deep purple of the Viking stove. 

Last but, not least was a tile flooring upgrade over 2 years for the entire home.    See red clay borders, a classic clay tile in a herringbone pattern and last but, not least a large format naturalistic stone / concrete tile look. 

Mom & Daughter Study

Mid Century Ranch Refresh

Mid Century Western Ranch Refresh

AZ Family Home Refresh

Laundry Room Made NEW

Client needed existing laundry room to really work & be visually pleasing!
* easily access laundry 
* fold laundry counter space
* general "air drying" space 
* drying space for delicates 
* 2nd refrigerator
* Occasional storage for home items in "conditioned space"
* cheerful, affordable, upbeat and current styling 
* improve lighting and visibility
* cabinets and lighting to relate to adjacent kitchen 
* use client's existing "fresh paint" inventory if possible



Contemporary Kitchen Refresh

Dark cherry tone kitchen cabinets refinished with light "high performance" coating, new hardware, new oven, new quartz counters and minor cabinet repairs and reconfiguration at pantry unit.   New dining table and chairs with new upholstery.

1) HOME OFFICES

1) Lang home office for busy owner
2) Gould home office for husband & wife professors
3) Medical consultant's home feeling space 
4) Busy Family Rm built-in for study and hobbies
5) Busy Mom's home office for


WORKING IN THE HOME

Suburban Ranch Update

Mid century suburban ranch home gets updates and improvements for throughout home for 3+ years.  Kitchen is all new and Shower bathroom is all new. 

OLD WORLD charm for Chandler Family

This waterside Chandler home reflects a desert AZ Family home while still celebrating the family's daily activities and interests, intriguing travels and love of the water whether in the Chandler AZ desert or at a french seaside. 

Old World Charm for Chandler Family

Condo Update AZ Papago Park

Contemporary + Glam

Contemporary and simple styling with a touch of old Hollywood Glam is the perfect blend for this very busy movie sharing family of 3 who value their special movie watching and social time together. 

Living Rooms

MODERN Guest Retreat for Modern Home

This older southwest stucco home with simple lines and avaunt garde' space use is in a very desirable Scottsdale neighborhood but, was due for a refresh and restyle fitting the owner's modern sensibilities and preferences.    In the desert blending rustic and modern is always a challenge.  

For stage one improvements, a rugged but, beautiful porcelain flooring was installed in a running bond pattern.   The bathroom wall tile with a slight "vein cut" stone look was installed as shown with an black antique mirror accent tile.    All 3 tiles are long term permanent materials meant to potentially repeat in other areas of the home in the future.     Installation is with simplicity and finesse by the designer and a seasoned tile expert.   The rugged but, quietly elegance finishes work well with the clean lines and minimal fuss aesthetic the owner prefers in his surroundings.   

More of these materials and finishes to continue to other areas of the home in the near future as more whole property improvements evolve in the next few years.    Happily accomplished now is this "guest suite" ready to comfort guests, visiting family or for the owners to use as improvement progress goes forward.


Guest Retreat for Modern Home

Mid Century Vibe Family Room

Builder Home Custom and Crafted

New nearly custom home by local Phoenix builder in well loved old Arcadia neighborhood with lovely mountain views.  

Builder Home Custom & Crafted

Interiors for real life!

Interiors for families and real life and living everyday. 

INTERIORS FOR REAL LIFE

Classical Boutique Bathing

Older home in desirable Phoenix central core neighborhood gets Hall Guest / Family bathroom makeover.   New materials and look pays tribute to American and French Industrial vibe influences,  European Boutique Hotels and classical old world stone finishing seen throughout public spaces across Europe.  The vibe is old world and warm but, the plumbing fixtures & lighting are 2019 new. 

A little Classic ... A little Rustic....A little Boutique hotel vibe

Meridian Condo from okay to UPSCALE

Okay condo in desireable real estate neighborhood goes from ho hum to comfortable, light, bright and sophisticated yet still causual.    Patio and living room are open to each other and its easy to entertain 6 to 10 people in this normally compact living space.    Light colors and good daylight keep the atmosphere relaxed and comfortable while quality furnishings and art reflect a true spirit of appreciation for color, art and culture. 

Home Study and Respite

Teen Girl Retreat

New Bedroom for Teen

MID CENTURY LIGHTING VIBE - exterior improvements

Modern Master Bath

Family Dine & Kitchen NEW FEATURES

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