Design Ideas, Inspiration & Images | Houzz - November 2025

Landscape and Backyards

Christiano Homes, Inc.

Landscape/exterior design - Molly Wood Garden Design Design - Mindy Gayer Design Photo - Lane Dittoe

Sophisticated Surrounding

SURROUNDS Landscape Architecture + Construction

The inviting fire draws you through the garden. Surrounds Inc.

Thayer Residence

Neumann Mendro Andrulaitis Architects LLP

Ciro Coelho Photography

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Bellevue Contemporary Custom Home

Lochwood-Lozier Custom Homes

McFarlin

Shawna Kuykendall Interiors

Rancho Santa Fe NEW Paver Patio & Outdoor Living Space

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Once Upon a Front Porch

Hursthouse Landscape - Architect, Build, Maintain

A limestone address column and seasonal planter invites neighbors from the public walk, and repeats the detailing on the new porch. 3” thick rock-faced bluestone coping reinforces the texture of the home and masonry.

Westchester Whimsy

Daniel Contelmo Architects

Westchester Whimsy This project was a two phase addition to a simple colonial house in Chappaqua, NY. Challenges for Daniel Contelmo included the hilly site, as well as the fact that the front entry lacked presence and the garage was the primary entry. Phase one added a family room, kitchen and breakfast room to the main level, and renovated a bedroom. New overhangs and brackets draw the eye away from the garage and place the focus on the house. Phase two completed the renovation and added space to the front of the house; this was an opportunity to add character to the bedrooms with a turret, and a vaulted ceiling in the bedroom over the entry. A new car pulloff allows visitors to view the front door rather than the garage. An open-air pool cabana with an outdoor fireplace and kitchen serves as a space for year-round activities. The final product was an exquisitely detailed and tastefully decorated home that integrates colonial and shingle style architecture with whimsical touches that give the house a more animated feel.

Hilltop Farmstead

GRIT Co.

Snap Chic Photography

Amenia Farmhouse

Chango

Architectural advisement, Interior Design, Custom Furniture Design & Art Curation by Chango & Co Photography by Sarah Elliott See the feature in Rue Magazine

Upper West Side Terrace I

Gunn Landscape Architecture

Photo: Chris Cooper

Transformed Tucson Courtyard

Santa Rita Landscaping, Inc.

Woodcote garden

Joanne Winn Garden Design

Nicola Stocken-Tomkins

Ryann Ford

Talianko Design Group, LLC

A Cape Cod style home with a backyard patio inspired by the East Coast. A casually elegant Hamptons style deck lends to family BBQs and relaxing in the afternoons. Turquoise accents and a range of blue fabrics pop against white and cream backgrounds. Bronze lanterns atop teak tables are perfect for a little light in the evenings. This coastal style backyard is located in Sierra Madre, California. Photography by Erika Bierman, Awnings and Curtains by La Belle Maison, Landscape and Pool by Garden View Landscape, Nursery and Pools.