Remodelista.com, the go-to home interior and renovation website for home design enthusiasts and professionals, and its sister website Gardenista.com, today announced the champions of their annual Considered Design Awards contest, which honor the year’s greatest triumphs of home and garden design prowess and remodeling ingenuity.
Julie Carlson, Remodelista editor-in-chief, said: “This year’s group of finalists was the strongest and most varied we’ve seen yet, with projects ranging from a single-room, glassed-in retreat in Sullivan County, N.Y., to a revamped terrace house (with plasterwork done by the owners) in the U.K.”
Design enthusiasts and professionals in the U.S., U.K., and Canada (excluding Quebec), submitted more than 4,600 home and garden photos as part of entries from 34 states (and D.C.) in categories that span the entire home. From there, the pool of entrants was narrowed down to a set of finalists by guest judges Sheila Bridges, interior designer; Sam Hamilton, owner of March in San Francisco; Deborah Needleman, design editor; and Rita Konig, writer and interior designer.
Michelle Slatalla, Gardenista editor-in-chief, said: “This year’s entries in our Gardenista Considered Design Awards contest showed an amazing range of garden styles and sizes, each so full of its own personality and unmistakable passion. Our readers clearly believe outdoor space is living space and nothing could be more exciting to us.”
Finalist Information:
Remodelista
- North American finalists were from: New York (10), California (8), Hawaii (2), Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C. and Toronto, Canada.
- U.K. Finalists were from: Scotland, Northern Ireland and England (8) with two of those from London.
Gardenista
- U.S. Finalists were from: California (17), New York (3), Texas (2), Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington.
- U.K. Finalists were from all across England, with five of the ten from London.
Once the finalists were determined, the public was asked to weigh in and cast their vote to select the winner in each category. With more than 300,000 votes cast, the following contestants have emerged as the 2017 winners:
Remodelista Award Winners by Category:
Amateur:
- Best Bath
- Julie Feehan – Hudson Valley Farmhouse Bathroom Remodel (Hudson Valley, N.Y.)
- Best Kitchen
- Zachery Leung – Rustic & Refined (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- Best Living/Dining
- Ana Guadalupe Rodriguez – Casa de Castillo (Kealakekua, Hawaii)
- Best U.K. Interior
- Tanya Vacarda – Hollywood Mid-Terrace House Revamp
Professional:
- Best Bath
- CCS Architecture – Glen Park Powder Room (San Francisco
- Best Kitchen
- Robertson-Tait, LLC – Chelsea Loft (New York)
- Best Living/Dining
- Lorraine Bonaventura Architect – Cobble Hill Brownstone Living and Dining (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Best U.K. Interior
- Fawn Interiors – Thatched Cottage Kitchen (Alresford, England)
Gardenista Award Winners by Category:
Amateur:
- Best Garden
- Andrew Tatreau – Nebraska Cabana (Omaha, Neb.)
- Best U.K. Garden
- Beverly Anne Horsley – An Artist’s Farmhouse Country Garden (Shrewsbury, England)
Professional:
- Best Landscape
- Campion Walker Landscapes/JacobsChang Architecture – Hedge House (Los Angeles)
- Best U.K. Landscape
- Studio 29 Architects – An African-Inspired Garden in Holland Park (London, England)
Open to All:
- Best Outdoor Living Space
- Edible Petals – Crane-Peyton Residence (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Best Hardscape
- Boxhill Design – Desert Geometry (Tucson, Ariz.)
- Best Curb Appeal
- Katharine Webster – Lush and Urban (San Francisco)
- Best Edible Garden
- Under A Tin Roof – Sustainable Kitchen Garden (Kalona, Iowa)
The winners receive a full feature on the websites as well as a collection of books from the guest judges, plus Remodelista and Gardenista’s own books. Professional winners receive automatic entry into the websites’ architect/designer directory of recommended professionals.
For more information, please visit: https://www.remodelista.com/remodelista-considered-design-awards-2017/