The light interior stands in stark contrast to the black exterior. "The timber cladding inside is painted quite roughly,
The cottage is wrapped in dark timber cladding that allows it to blend into the landscape, while the interior features white and natural timber finishes, making the most of the abundance of natural light to create a bright space.
The tiles that can be glimpsed in the hallway are by Patricia Urquiola for Mutina, and have been used to clad the bathroom. They extend out into the hallway to mark the entrance.
The kitchen and dining area seamlessly flow from the living room. Designed for entertaining, the space offers a 20-person dining table, three Gaggenau ovens, and a massive central island.
The pendant in the kitchen is from Huup Iluminación. The kitchen’s Sticotti shelving system and are by the couple’s studio, La Base.
The breakfast area sits directly beneath the clerestory window pop-up, or scoop.
A creek-side sauna and hot tub round out the amenities at Snow.
The guest bathroom includes a concrete wall and pale yellow tiles from Daltile.
The outdoor dining table playfully converts to a ping pong table. The concrete kitchen island and dining table have been designed to be robust and low maintenance.
The design team added a skylight to the shower room, which has a ribbed glass partition and wall tile from Solistone.
Cover Architecture and EEK Studio designed the custom vanity, which was fabricated by Hardwood Habitat. The wood door conceals the toilet room, while a pocket door separates the bathroom from the bedroom. The terrazzo floor tile is from Cle Tile.
The fireplace now has a tile-covered hearth—the tile is La Pietra Compattata Cromie Bianco—that people can sit on.
The interior is lined almost entirely in birch plywood panels.
The below-grade kitchen/dining room opens to a sunken wood porch. Sliding glass doors and an operable awning window from Fleetwood provide natural cross ventilation for cooling. The site is located in a forested area but is “brighter and less sequestered than you’d expect,” says David, thanks to the surrounding Sea Ranch commons.
The light colored birch interior paneling and movable lamellas provide a feeling of well-proportioned spaces.
Holiday Home has a very spacious feeling despite its relatively compact volume.
Clad on two sides by an ipe rainscreen, the new ADU is connected to the house by a deck. To further ensure an easy flow between the two buildings, designer Ben Warwas set the slider by Western Window Systems at a diagonal beneath the overhang created by the second floor.
The downstairs powder room features a vessel sink by Nantucket Sinks and a counter topped with OUTERclé's "Dolce Vita Terrazza
The custom kitchen cabinets are made of pale guatambú wood, also known as pau marfim. The architects chose light hues for all interior and exterior surfaces to counter the dark green and brown colors of the forest.
“The forest is practically inside,” says Danilo Taranti.
A “bridge” connects the home’s two volumes. On either side of the bridge from the entry is an open-air patio planted with local grasses and shrubs.
The sauna-like bathroom is made of cedar and features fixtures from VOLA.
A steel staircase connects the living room to the new second story while acting as a functional sculpture in the space. Cameron repurposed the timber paneling from another building site.
The staircase was welded on site and sprayed in situ. “It’s the backbone of the house, so we had to get it right,” Cameron says.
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