Outdoor lounge chairs from Design Within Reach rest on the floating wood deck.
Designed to cope with cold weather, the home comes installed with a fireplace and underfloor heating.
Harty explains that budget was an issue, and so "the house is just big enough to suit the needs of the family without being too grand.
Wildman Chalmers Design devised the interiors for Populus to build upon the building’s Aspen-tree inspired architecture by Studio Gang.
For Gabriel Ramirez and his partner Sarah Mason Williams, following the Sea Ranch rules—local covenants guide new designs—didn’t mean slipping into Sea Ranch clichés. The architects love Cor-Ten steel, with its ruddy and almost organic surface, and they made it the main exterior material, along with board-formed concrete and ipe wood. The Cor-Ten, which quickly turned an autumnal rust in the sea air, and the concrete, with its grain and crannies, mean the house isn’t a pristine box, Ramirez says. His Neutra house “was very crisp and clean,” he says. “This house is more distressed, more wabi-sabi.”
A jewel-box-like bathroom with walls painted Black Forest Green by Benjamin Moore juxtaposes the light schematic of the rest of the home. "It's very relaxing thanks to the darker color,
"Sleeping under the large curved skylight, with its opening that unfolds like a leaf, and watching hawks glide overhead is magical,
The custom-build record storage and integrated cabinetry is the star of the show, with a horizontal band of glazing above to complete the space.
The family home that residents Tyler Lepore, Lisa Giroday, builders Hanson Land & Sea, and September Architecture devised in the Sunshine Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, is wrapped with cedar and brick, tying to its wooded surround, which is only a four-minute walk to the ocean. "The house feels like it's part of the setting,
Floor Plan of Roberts Creek Family Home by September Architecture
The second-level bathroom is adorned with a decadent shade of green tile and wall-and-ceiling paint, linking the space to the lush landscape.
A skylight in the primary bathroom floods the space, tiled with bright white ceramic tile, with soft sunlight.
Landscape designer Kenneth Philip worked with mwworks to fill in the forested setting.
The multi-purpose room opens to the courtyard and looks over a small reflecting pool to the Puget Sound beyond.
The meditation room can also double as a guest room when the couple has visitors. Wide plank white oak floors throughout bring a softness to the cabin.
The kitchen contains countertops and backsplash in stainless steel, which offers a muted softness to the space. "The stainless steel has a very thin profile, so it continues that theme of delicate, light expression which we wanted for the house,
Seattle firm Wittman Estes designed this compact cabin floating above a meadow on Whidbey Island.
Kim's bedroom features a vintage four-poster bed lit up by Jami Girouard table lamps and a vintage capiz lotus chandelier. She painted the mural on the ceiling herself with bronze metallic paint.
Architect Fareez Giga deploys a suite of custom built-ins to upgrade a 715-square-foot flat for a bibliophile and a passionate cook.
The walls are covered in waterproof plaster.
The Orion Side Table are by Muhly. The wall color throughout is Mascarpone, by Benjamin Moore.
The vintage IKEA chaise bought at antique store Joint Detail, is a favorite spot to read in the morning. The vintage rug is from Round Top, and the bed from Design Within Reach.
The hood vent is finished in plaster, same as the fireplace. Ann especially likes the view from the island, through the library to the fire at the end of the living room.
The Lin Pendant by Muhly hangs over the island. The counters and backsplash are concrete.
The couple loves to cook and host, so the kitchen was designed to be sturdy—"I just didn't want anything to be precious,
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