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Custom cabinetry in the same style saves floorspace, and visually links to the other bedroom and downstairs.

Built-in storage frames two walls of the master bedroom. On one side, cabinets surround a large picture window, providing a bench for seating. On the other, full-height cabinets provide plentiful wardrobe storage.

Full-height shelving lines the wood staircase, providing plenty of space for the homeowner's unique collections.

"We spent a long time considering the thresholds between spaces to create a sequence of rooms where you can’t quite tell what is original and what has been altered. At the end of the journey you get the glazed dining area which is heavily influenced by Victorian greenhouses but clearly a modern intervention.

The kitchen color palette was influenced by the homeowners' love of early 20th-century paintings of domestic interiors, featuring deep hues in heavy traffic spaces, juxtaposed with lighter natural oak in the glass house.

After: Inspired by the Murano light fixture hanging over the table, the architects opted for custom-patterned ceiling millwork in the dining room.

There’s now a wood-paneled entry alcove inside the new front door, with a built-in bench, storage, and coat hooks.

SHED embraced the angled corners with custom cabinetry. According to Hale, the inspiration images that the couple chose were “less American Midwest farmhouse, and more contemporary Scandinavian farmhouse,” which inspired the design team to consult Scandinavian farm layouts for the master plan.