Engelsman planned for plenty of moments of display for the couple’s cookbooks and collectibles.
A skylight was added to bring in more light, and the existing ceilings painted Benjamin Moore ‘Black Tar’ for contrast. The island pendant is the Schoolhouse Ray 17” Pendant and the stools are the Artek Aalto High Chair K65.
Homeowner Amy Clark is an artist and work by her and others are displayed throughout the home, including here, in a white oak cabinet with built in shelving in the living room.
Homeowner Amy Clark requested the restored front doors be painted red like an Eero Saarinen womb chair. The "hat" roof's original shingles and metal soffits were removed and replaced with Kebony wood.
Like in the Tind model, oiled birch is used for the interior wall and ceiling finishes. Otherwise, the materials are more economical: the counters are made of laminate, and vinyl is used for the floors.
The designers rebuilt the vanity with MAXI Film birch plywood in black, and a Caesarstone raw concrete composite stone counter.
The sunken living room allows for delineation of space while keeping an open-plan environment
The Koi pond appears as an interior extension of the outdoors. Water flows underneath a large pane of glass to an exterior half of the pond that is shaded underneath the covered patio.
We relined the existing kitchen shelves and drawers with cork sheet material from Linoleum City.
Main bedroom ensuite with a restrained interior palette.
Great Room dining area
Great Room
The floor tiles are from Popham Design in a custom palette, paired with handmade subway tile in an earthy, off-white color.
The main bathroom features a soaking tub, Hansgrohe faucets, and bathroom tiles from Heath Ceramics and American Universal Penny.
In total, the home offers three-and-a-half bathrooms. Each of the guest bathrooms are finished in the brightly colored tile.
The newer downstairs bathroom features textured sky-blue tiles that nod to the natural ceramics Rose loves.
Heath Ceramics Heron Blue wall tiles.
Students from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, designed these cabins to be placed at campgrounds throughout the state. Named “The Wedge” this sloped-roof wood structure with plywood interior walls was built in just four days.
Designed by Stockholm firm Waldemarson Berglund Arkitekter, this prefab artist studio called Ateljé 25 is shaped like a Monopoly house, serves as an artist’s studio and has simple plywood interiors and massive skylights.