Orient House V
Gray cabinets are paired with granite countertops and a white marble island from Vermont.
Ryall deftly integrated the home into its natural setting.
A cantilevered birch and plywood desk appears to effortlessly float in midair. The wood box is attached to the wall with a blackened structural steel angle. “It’s a place to make a phone call, put down keys, plug in the iPhones,” says Ryall. “We liked the contrast of the structural steel and the more refined wood box, kind of the like the house, which itself is full of contrasts—rough/smooth, dark/light, open/closed.”
In the living room, the design team poured concrete in place using smooth board formwork to create the seamless fireplace.
The home features expansive wetland views.
Tall indigenous wetland grasses grow fecund, right up to the border of the saltwater swimming pool.