A Downtown Philly Home Pushes Houzz Past 4 Million Photos

Houzz crossed a milestone over the weekend when its database exceeded 4 million home design photos. These photos have been uploaded by the more than 450,000 home design professionals on Houzz and the more than 20 million homeowners who visit the site every month. So far the database includes photos of more than 680,000 kitchens, 430,000 bathrooms, 450,000 living rooms, 200,000 landscapes, 37,000 kids’ rooms and 5,000 wine cellars, to name a few (OK, to name a lot).

This photo, of a project by general contractor C. Raymond Davis & Sons and Blackney Hayes Architects, was uploaded the minute Houzz passed the 4 million mark.

Dan Eppehimer, a photographer and marketer for C. Raymond Davis & Sons, had recently photographed the project for an award submission and wanted to add the images to the company’s portfolio of projects on Houzz. “Houzz is always the first we upload to, especially with custom homes,” he says.

He tagged the photos and added styles and categories so anyone searching the site for traditional, transitional, exterior, kitchens and more could find them while browsing.

The three-story, 2,821-square-foot stucco and brick custom home in Philadelphia features a car-lift garage for stacking two cars.

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The second floor of the home has an open floor plan that combines the living, cooking and dining areas; there are coffered ceilings, crown molding and tongue and groove plank ceilings.

Find your own dream kitchen. By using Houzz search filters, you can refine searches based on exactly what you’re looking for. For example, there are more than 1,200 photos of green kitchen cabinets.

Want a low-budget, contemporary, L-shaped kitchen with one island and an engineered quartz countertop? Choose the relevant filters in Kitchen Photos and voilà — you get the Langcroft Kitchen by Lauren King Interior Design.

Try your own uberspecific kitchen photo search

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Moving on up in the Philly home. A custom rift- and quarter-sawn-oak staircase leads up to the third-floor master bedroom, where leafy views and a floor-to-ceiling storage unit command attention.

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A third-floor light-filled hallway leads to a balcony that has pedestal pavers, steel tube and wood plank railings, and a picturesque view of downtown Philadelphia.

See more of this house, look at other projects in Philly or choose your own location.

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