The sloping ceiling helped achieve an extraordinary feeling of spaciousness in the relatively small house. Interior partitions rarely met the roof line and the larger space is generally conspicuous from the smaller rooms. “We thought [the extension] got in the way of Breuer’s original intent. Things didn’t flow as they do now between the kitchen, the living room and the master bedroom,” says Miller. The glassware and Heath Ceramics cups, saucers, and mugs on the shelves are designs contemporaneous with the house, though Miller and Altman had to take a stab at the color. Photo courtesy of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.  Photo 14 of 19 in Restoring Breuer's House in Garden

Restoring Breuer's House in Garden

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The sloping ceiling helped achieve an extraordinary feeling of spaciousness in the relatively small house. Interior partitions rarely met the roof line and the larger space is generally conspicuous from the smaller rooms. “We thought [the extension] got in the way of Breuer’s original intent. Things didn’t flow as they do now between the kitchen, the living room and the master bedroom,” says Miller. The glassware and Heath Ceramics cups, saucers, and mugs on the shelves are designs contemporaneous with the house, though Miller and Altman had to take a stab at the color. Photo courtesy of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.