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Rear of the house at dawn

Rear of the house and the garage in the snow

The kitchen-cum-dining is designed for both intimate meals and hosting friends in a casual setting.

The house's discreet entrance to the north of the site shelters a car park.

The architects gave the new oak and steel staircase pride of place. The stairway leading down goes to the garage level, where the team installed a den and laundry facilities, as well as a full bath for rinsing off after a surf session.

"We mixed high and low furnishings, and it was fun to do research and purchase everything over time—like during Black Friday sales,

“We’re either cooking, sitting around the bar at the island, or at the table in the living area by the fire. It’s all very, very snug,” says Onur.

In the bathroom, the cast iron tub is a Paris flea market find, and the cement floor tiles were designed by Alix and made in Istanbul. “I love to use mosaic tiles in gradations of color,” she says.

A concrete staircase leads to a newly added mezzanine that contains Onur and Alix’s bathroom and a small sauna. A gloss-sealed MDF closet doubles as a headboard for the couple’s floating concrete bed. Behind the closet is the girls’ bedroom and bath.

In the kids’ room, a pendant from Cedar & Moss hangs above custom gabled beds with integrated lighting. The walls are painted Tranquility by Benjamin Moore.

The dining table was designed by MASA Architects. It features a structural glass manufactured by Van Dijken Glas in a color gradient of black to brown.

Moveable walls of glass create a seamless blend of indoor-outdoor living.