Dining

The open-plan living area connects seamlessly with the modular unit, and is naturally lit by glass on three sides.

Elena’s kitchen is part of the modular unit that was craned in.

“The rest of our plants come from Patch Plants in London,

The home’s brick facade balances solidity with openness, framing lush gardens and the natural slopes of Paraty’s Costa Verde.

The living and kitchen spaces flow together, framed by wood cabinetry, terrazzo, and abundant greenery.

The dining room includes a vintage buffet, as well as a Florence Knoll credenza and Eero Saarinen armchairs and table. An Akari ceiling lamp by Isamu Noguchi hangs overhead. The Wire Base Low Table is by Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller.

Loom House by the Miller Hull Partnership

A deck just off the living room wraps a pool, while the roof provides cover for outdoor seating.

The oak ceilings are about 16.5 feet high in the living and dining room.

The combined kitchen and dining room, featuring two pieces of family-heirloom furniture, feel spacious thanks to a vaulted ceiling; it and the walls are clad in Douglas fir.

Colleen Healey Architecture rebuilt an existing addition and reconfigured the common areas to place the kitchen and dining table right next to the meadow.

The new dining area, just off the kitchen, was designed around a lamp that Peter brought back from Japan.

The dining room and the living room, though occupying the extension and the original part of the house, respectively, read as one L-shaped great room along with the kitchen.

The new meadow plants, just outside the renovated (and relocated) dining room.