Concreteworks installed a custom concrete sink in the master bathroom, which is finished with Lacava Signo faucets and surrounding penny tile by Ann Sacks.
A custom-made black walnut dining table is surrounded by chairs from Matthew Hilton Designs. A Lindsey Adelman chandelier hangs overhead. The team chose to paint the dining room in Railings by Farrow and Ball to create a mood apart from the airier kitchen and living area.
Board and batten paneling, painted in Benjamin Moore’s Nimbus, nods to the home’s history.
The kitchen countertops are made of oiled soapstone, and the backsplash features Heath Ceramics tiles. The island is a Carrara marble slab fitted onto an industrial base from Big Daddy's Antiques.
A new picture window in the dining area offers an ocean view. Cándida designed the dining chairs, which were made by Wildbird Woodworks; the pendant is from Huegah Home.
Floor Plan of Panorama House by Andrew Goodwin Designs
The living room's wall of windows makes it easy to look out onto the desert. Julie wanted to keep the interior design minimal in order to focus on the setting.
Julie bought the sofa at in auction in Stockholm, and loves how it blends into the midcentury modern look and feel of the home.
A table by Seattle studio Chadhaus complements the home's existing oak floors and cedar walls.
The guest room features a bed from West Elm.
The residents furnished the interior themselves, even hand-picking the exposed reclaimed beams from a barn in Pennsylvania. The dining table and shelving unit are 1970s vintage and the sofa is from Design Within Reach (left). The height of the top level varies from around nine to 12 feet.
Tucked away at the end of a long, private driveway, the Nine-Square House appears as an inviting cube-like volume in the middle of a forest.
After: Architect Luki Anderson of Studio Officina created a serene primary suite that reflects the minimalist aesthetic owners Laura and Kelly Moffat prefer. The walls are painted Benjamin Moore Super White, and the DWR bed features pull-out drawers for hidden storage.
To deter all bird collisions, his home’s Ornilux windows use a specialized inner coating to reflect ultraviolet light visible to the birds but invisible to the human eye.
Floor plan of Two Square ADU by Shin Shin
Horne’s mother chose to decorate the interior with lighter woods and dark walls. The dramatic contrast pairs well with the breathtaking views.
The kitchen area has room for eating, and plenty of storage.
Aamer’s paintings hang throughout the apartment, including over the refurbished marble fireplace. Haddock considered Keith and Aamer’s book collection and designed sleek floor-to-ceiling shelving. “After our first Zoom meeting, Tommy came back with renderings that blew us away,” Keith says. “He got what we were trying to do.”
The sink in the tiled bathroom was hand-carved from a block of Carrara marble.
The dining room includes a 1980s Philippe Starck armchair. The trays, also by Haddock Studio, are part of a group of pieces made from old redwood boards found in the building’s basement.
Against a backdrop of honey-colored paneling and wide-plank floors, John and his lead designer, Mitchell Kulkin, filled the 90-year-old house with patterned rugs, tons of artwork, and cool lighting fixtures, like the carved flower pendants by Romanian sculptor Lazslo Tompa that illuminate the upstairs hallway. The “batwing” desk, by Michael Gregorio of Modern on the Hudson, is one of John’s favorite pieces.
“They were the lightest possible way to support the roof,” says Anton of the raw steel rafter ties in the newly vaulted living room. It’s a detail they’d first used in their ADU several years before.
Featuring a vaulted, plywood ceiling, the kids' room upstairs doubles as a playroom. "It's a place we all lounge in to build Legos and read stories,
The sleeping loft can also be used as an additional seating area or workspace.
One of the biggest challenges of the project was just finding solid ground to build upon. “We just dug and dug, nearly five meters down. It looked like an area of war,” says Gylfir.
Artworks made by Craig and Thomas’s friends complement a coffee table by Faye Toogood and a foam chair by Wentrcek Zebulon. The couple made the papier-mâché side table last year, “at the height of pandemic boredom,” says Craig.
To make their Brooklyn loft more livable, Craig Redman, left, and Thomas Chen worked with architecture firm New Affiliates to gently define “rooms” within the open plan.
The lights in the primary bedroom were found in India, and their geometric form inspired the patterns on the furniture in the bedroom. The lamp is a work in progress that is
The light and airy kitchen now overlooks the open-plan living space. To the left, where the entry once was, is a small home office.
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