"Modern homeowners often resort to a too-easy solution for a relaxing home: a neutral color scheme so everything “goes.” Mike Ruegamer of Group 3 designed this room (in a Hilton Head home) so that it's airy, bright and neutral but definitely not boring."

"When you develop properties for a living, you can afford to be a little choosy about your own home. Especially when you're building it yourself. So for Bob Hankin, creating a light-filled contemporary refuge in Montgomery County was a self-imposed challenge-but one he was certainly up to."

"When Ed and Nancy Flynn decided to build a new house, they couldn't abandon Hilton Head, SC, the island they'd lived on for 17 years. Sure, they loved spending time in the old colonial family home in Kennebunkport, Maine, or sometimes in downtown Charleston. But Hilton Head was home. "