Group 3 Design: Part 2

Ready for your second round of Group 3 Design houses? I'm telling you, I hit the jackpot with this find! Not only is there a ton of great houses to look at and get inspired by, but when you start following the links from their website you keep finding more great stuff to look at!

Anyhoo, enough yacking. Let's check out a few more houses!

While this is a beautiful home, I wasn't too interesting, until I saw the inside!

What a room! the colors, the details, the VIEW!

Gorgeous! That green teal is one of my favorite colors right now.

I'm a sucker for lots of natural light...in case  you've not noticed.

How fun are these pops of turquoise? 

Lovin' this mirrored vanity and beadboard.

This next house is great because of it's simplicity. When I first saw this picture, I thought it was a barn! Then, I fell in love with it's practical beauty. See for yourself.

How great is this driveway? You could throw a huge party and parking would NOT be an issue:)

Another deep porch and shutter doors. What a great architectural touch!

Although probably not as photographically appropriate, I'd have to put me some big lounging wicker pieces
out on this wonderful porch because I'd be living out there!

Practical beauty.

Love how the brick is carried onto the entire wall and arches.

Check out those doors and that floor!

I'm going to take a wild guess here. I'll venture to say this house is a modern interpretation of the old dog trot style home of the south. Dog trot style homes had a central  hallway between the two big rooms that was open all the way through from front to back to allow breezes to pass through.

Last but not least, here is one more house that normally wouldn't necessarily catch my eye, but upon further evaluation, it stole my heart. The deck area and the inside made me swoon! It was love at first sight (sigh).

WOW!

This took my breath away!

The huge lantern, dark wood floors, X detailing and those fantastic mahagony (?) doors! Oh, la la!

Again, great contrast with the ebony stain and white walls with sisal/seagrass runner.

I'm thinking I could hang out here for a LONG time:)

There you go. This finishes up the Group 3 Design series. Did it get your creative juices flowing? Are you inspired now to go replicate some detail you saw or a color combo for finishes? I certainly did me!

Group 3 Design

Ready for some eye candy? I know I am. Considering how chaotic our lives have been the last few weeks, slipping into dream world via some beautiful home pictures sounds like exactly what the doctor would order for me:) Want to go along? If so, keep reading and see what I've dug up this time!

Previously, I shared a few pictures from a home featured in the June 2011 edition of Southern Living from the article titled "7 Ways to Make a New (Old)  House". It's a new construction house on Daufuskie Island off of the South Carolina coast between Savannah and Hilton Head built in class Lowcountry vernacular style. It is pretty much my dream home. I decided to check out Group 3 Design - the architect firm of Rick Clanton who designed it - and found some beautiful homes to share with you. To start off, I'll show you the house featured in Southern Living. These first pictures are from the website:

Does this front porch not just scream "Welcome"?

I love some Spanish Moss, live oaks and a screened in porch!

Happy and Sunny.

I am in love with the two story kitchen and all the windows! Notice how the architect's shots of the kitchen shows more of the interior architecture versus the decor.

I'd love to have one of those deep farmhouse sinks.

Casual and relaxed.

Great details - including lighting and pull down window screens or hurricane shutters (?).

Nothing beats a great front porch and this one is near perfect!

Great idea to put a window to the breakfast area instead of a standard pass-through.

The following shots are via Southern Living and were featured in the magazine:

Lots of wood balanced with light watery tones.

One of my inspirations for blue ceilings. 

Nothing pretentious here! Just relaxing.

Somehow my screened in porch will "transform" into something like this...one day!

I can't just leave it at one house. Want to see one more? Of course you do! All the following images are via Group 3 Design's website :

How pretty is this?!

Lots of character.

How great to be just steps from the beach (sigh)!

Another great porch.

I would be here every chance I got with a good book or magazine!

These floors are just perfection...especially with all that natural light!

Great use of whites with wood tones and golds.

This wainscoting around the tub is just magnificent!

There were so many beautiful homes at Group 3 Design , that I'm going to use them as a posting series to help carry me over to the end of soccer season. I'm thinking there will be maybe two more posts from here. So, get ready to sit back with a good cup of coffee or tea and do a little day dreaming soon!