Before & After - Contemporary Spanish Colonial

Laura Morton Design - Spanish Colonial Before

Landscape designer Laura Morton revamped the grounds of a Spanish Colonial Revival with a contemporary twist.  The Casa de los Arcos project garnered Laura Morton Design a 2010 APLD Merit Award  for Residential Design.

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Get The Look - California Mediterranean

Photo Inspiration - Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture

California has many design styles that are popular in different areas of the state but one design style that can be found from Northern to Southern Cal is the Mediterranean style. Deep rich earthy colors, black wrought iron, dark heavy rough wood, stucco and clay make up this substantial yet elegant style.

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Design 101 - Northern California Design

Blasen Landscape Architecture

The Northern California design style is earthy, calm, contemporary and sometimes sparse.  The palette consists of neutral colors and lots of natural fibers, wood, stone, metal, stucco and minimal landscaping.  The design style is about working in tandem with the surrounding environment yet these outdoor spaces are not camouflaged in their surroundings.  These outdoor spaces make a powerful visual statement.

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Armchair Traveler - The California Outdoor Style

The New Year is here and that kicks off our design series for the upcoming outdoor living season.  To start off the series we are going to be blogging about design styles and the California outdoor style is first up.

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Armchair Traveler - Luxury Vacation in California

Calistoga Ranch - California

California is one of my all time favorite vacation destinations in the US.  North, south or middle of the state it doesn't matter, I love everything about it.  I love the Californian outdoor living style.  Sunny, warm and dry days with crisp cool mostly bug free evenings that allow you to pull on pants or a sweater jacket and sit around the fire pit.  Don't even get me started on the al fresco eating experiences in California!  The Calistoga Ranch captured the Northern California outdoor living style down to the tiniest of details.  If tranquil, earthy and contemporary is what you like your vacations to look like, this is the resort for you.

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Before & After - Suzanne Dimma for HGTV's ''The Style Dept.''

 

We came across this fun Palm Springs inspired before and after in Canadian House and Home's Condos, Lofts and Apartments magazine that was produced by Suzanne Dimma for HGTV Canada's ''The Style Dept.''  Suzanne proves that you can create a slice of sunny and warm Palm Springs regardless of where you live.

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