This adorable beach cottage is in the heart of the village of La Jolla in San Diego. The goals were to brighten up the space and be the perfect beach get-away for the client whose permanent residence is in Arizona. Some of the ways we achieved the goals was to place an extra high custom board and batten in the great room and by refinishing the kitchen cabinets (which were in excellent shape) white. We created interest through extreme proportions and contrast. Though there are a lot of white elements, they are all offset by a smaller portion of very dark elements. We also played with texture and pattern through wallpaper, natural reclaimed wood elements and rugs. This was all kept in balance by using a simplified color palate minimal layering. I am so grateful for this client as they were extremely trusting and open to ideas. To see what the space looked like before the remodel you can go to the gallery page of the website www.cmnaturaldesigns.com Photography by: Chipper Hatter

Project for Karanda Interiors Photos by Chris Demas, Deluxe Photographic

Rez Studio Photography of a Superior 1 Builders Home

Architect: Richard Cole Architecture. Builder: Steele Associates Architecture Construction

The master suite features a colorful bedroom with playful graphic designs on the bedspread and wall paper. Next to the bedroom is the master on-suite bathroom. Scavolini suspended bath cabinetry is a organic medium brown textured melamin (copied in the two jack & jill bathrooms also pictured). The room is centered around a stand alone white porcelain tub with chrome faucet. Jack & Jill bathrooms are almost identical, using the same 'warm' textured melamine in the cabinets from Scavolini. Each bathroom has its own identity in the small upper medicine cabinet, one in sage green and the other in turquoise blue matte lacquer. Martin Vecchio

A lazy susan with heavy-duty wood shelves means you don't have to dig around the back of a corner cabinet to find what you need. Jim Schmid Photography

Breakfast nook/Homework station with built-in shelves. Scott Hargis Photography.

Guest Bath linen closet. A specialty cabinet was designed in a space too deep and narrow to be accessed from only one side. The upper part of the cabinet is accessible from both sides so linens can be retrieved or restocked without disturbing the bathroom occupant. Photography by Juliana Franco

Matt Millman