Located near the entry, the cottage’s breezeway frames a view to the lake beyond. The breezeway extends the use of outdoor space so that residents can enjoy the great outdoors even on rainy days.
At the top of the house is the sky-lit playroom, connecting the children's and guest bedrooms.
The home's rugged mix of materials brings a warmth to the space, as do the vintage decorative elements, as seen here with the wooden water skis positioned in the background.
Reclaimed barn boards were used to form the exposed concrete interior walls, which provide thermal mass for significant energy savings. The door with the round window leads to the sauna.
An interior window conveys natural light into the hallway from an exterior window in the bedroom. Curving walls allow the relatively small space to live larger. The custom door pull is fashioned from walnut.
The workspace disappears behind custom doors.
Pictured here is the door to the bathroom. White curtains inside the bathroom provide privacy.
A seamless sliding door by CS For Doors—accented by Mockett hardware—separates the master bedroom from the living room and doubles as a backdrop for a projector.
To the right of the entrance, sliding tongue-and-groove laurel plywood doors open up to reveal the bathroom.
Vibia's JAZZ table lamp.
An expansive outdoor deck creates additional gathering spaces.
Taking cues from the warmth of the setting sun, Brooklyn-based Workstead’s renovated a 1,800-square-foot Tribeca loft in an 1864 factory building. A timber palette and custom woodwork achieve a cozy feel throughout, and the architects tore out awkward interior partitions and dated finishes and exposed the building’s original fir joists to restore the loft’s open and airy feel. Oversized windows, a light color palette, and a minimalist design approach help pull natural light deep into the home while simultaneously directing views out toward the Hudson River.
“We were going for a space that felt inviting and warm and cozy, but also bright,” says Ballard.
The headboard wall was saved from a 1930s bungalow, just hours away from a wrecking ball.
"A lot of people thought we were crazy to put in a fireplace in a Florida home, but the biggest surprise for my wife and me has been how much we use it,
The garden room is finished in clay pavers whose gray hues evoke the kitchen cooking island's Cumbrian slate surface.
Originally a scullery, this garden room connects to the back of the kitchen. The grooved timber wall conceals a powder room door.
Brendan Ravenhill Studio Grain pendants and Graye leather-and-oak counter stools make the kitchen feel bright and contemporary.
“You’re drawn deep into the house and given clues where to go,” Herrmann says. “Natural light guides you through the house.”
Since this home was primarily for the couple, rather than their grown children, they wanted a luxurious master bedroom. A Kichler fan circulates air above the bed.
“This was achieved at Hilltop Farm with 8-foot-tall patio doors and large configurations of windows. Capitalizing on those views of nature and harnessing the most possible light supports overall well-being and definitely makes for happier, healthier living.”
“A connection to nature and the well-being it provides takes me right back to the survey we conducted. We found that 9 in 10 people say outdoor views are an important factor to making a home feel happy, and that’s clearly manifested at Hilltop Farm, as well.”
The walnut slat wall unifies the upper and lower levels.
The architects relocated a powder room there, with Osbourne & Little wallpaper.
The bunk room bathroom was designed to be used by multiple people at the same time. The tiles are from Commune Design, and the wall sconces are from Schoolhouse Electric.
A peek into the master bath.
Part modern farmhouse, part gallery, this vacation home just outside Tahoe National Forest is composed of four distinct gable forms separated by square, stone-clad volumes. It was designed by Tahoe-based architect Clare Walton. The interiors were a collaborative effort between the owner, who is an artist and art collector, and interior designer Brittany Haines of ABD Studio. In the kitchen, a custom-made, six-person breakfast banquet, crafted from walnut, is organized around a table that features cold roll steel table top and a turned wood base that has been ebonized black.
The electronic door handle for the main entrance is by Emtek.
The half-wall that divides the living room and dining room is walnut, and was a clever way to separate the living and dining zones, and wrap the structural posts, which were painted a dark grey. There’s a television lift inside the cabinet that allows the TV to be stowed when not in use. The couch is from Design Within Reach, and the flooring throughout is white oak.
A midcentury-style walnut screen separates the entry from the living room, yet allows connection with its permeability.
The overlapping ceilings are covered in white oak floorboards.
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