Large World-Inspired Home Design Photos
After the AntiqueIn the heart of Africa, this was an inspiring project to be part of. A stunning and luxurious new safari lodge was being built in the hills in Kenya, and the project required several significant fireplaces in the main rooms. A vital element of the design brief was that the fireplaces should reflect the wildlife that can be found around the house. Each fireplace is unique to its room, and different scenes of elephants, buffalos, lions and impala can be seen in the different fireplaces.
The Master bathroom in this house had a spectacular view across the plains and needed a luxurious bath in which to lie and look out over the vista. We made a solid roll top marble bath from which to enjoy the views.
Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio (JMMDS)A pair of world travelers with a deep love of Japan asked JMMDS to design a Japanese-inspired landscape that would complement the contemporary renovation of their home in Edinburgh, Scotland. JMMDS created a plan that included a handsome cut-stone patio, meandering stepping stone paths, sweeping bed lines, stony mounds, a grassy pool of space, and swaths of elegant plantings.
JMMDS was on site during the installation to craft the mounds and place the plants and stones. Julie Moir Messervy set out the ancient pieces of gneiss from Scotland’s Isle of Lewis.
With the planting design, JMMDS sought to evoke the feeling of a traditional Japanese garden using locally suitable plants. The designers and clients visited nurseries in search of distinctive plant specimens, including cloud-pruned hollies, craggy pines, Japanese maples of varied color and habit, and a particularly notable Japanese snowbell tree. Beneath these, they laid drifts of sedges, hellebores, European gingers, ferns, and Solomon’s Seal. Evergreen azaleas, juniper, rhododendrons, and hebe were clustered around the lawn. JMMDS placed bamboos within root-controlled patio beds and planted mondo grass, sedums, and mosses among the stepping stones.
Project designers: Julie Moir Messervy, Principal; Erica Bowman, Senior Landscape Architect
Collaborators: Helen Lucas Architects, Steven Ogilvie (garden installers)
Photography: Angus Bremner
LandCrafters, LLCA bubbling rock water feature is a favorite of the birds. All the rock was careful choose for its color and texture.
ARQUITECTURAArchitect- Marc Taron
Contractor- Kanegai Builders
Landscape Architect- Irvin Higashi
Interior Designer- Tervola Designs/Mhel Ramos
Photography- Dan Cunningham
AgostinoCreative PhotographyAngie Agostino/AgostinoCreative Photography and Graphic Design, Palm Springs, CA. ©2017. All rights reserved.
Pu'uwai Design & ConstructionThis tropical great room's design was inspired by the villas in Bali. The vaulted ceiling is designed with reed thatch and ebony stained natural beams and rafters. The kitchen has a waterfall edge kitchen island, ebony cabinets, natural basket pendants, and cream colored tiles. The glass sliding and pocketing doors opening to the courtyard gardens are teak. The floors are a cream porcelain tile. The white sofa has modern and timeless comfort, the woven chairs speak to the tropical style throughout the home. The dining table is monkey-pod wood.
Control Freaks Hawaii75" 4K LED TV with Sonos sound bar mounted underneath. The TV and sound bar can pull out together on an articulating arm. All of the components for the TV are located remotely in the home theater rack.
Speakers in the ceiling allow for music to be played from many different music sources
Sheer shades keep the brightness and heat down from the setting sun, but still allow you to see the view of the ocean and golf course.
Photos by - Control Freaks Hawaii
Eco Design & Builders Inc.Color concrete with the seams filled with beautiful synthetic turf for the driveway and walk way
Eco Design Pro
Reseda, CA 91335
Large World-Inspired Home Design Photos
3