Furnishings-Studio

The hood vent is finished in plaster, same as the fireplace. Ann especially likes the view from the island, through the library to the fire at the end of the living room.

Homeowners Heather Thompson, a literary specialist in Lake Oswego School District, and Sam Gaty, executive director at a nonprofit that supports documentary filmmakers, loved almost everything about their spacious, light-filled 1965 ranch house in Portland, Oregon’s West Haven neighborhood. But the one pain point was the kitchen, a cramped, dark space with a bad layout.

One of the couple’s favorite new details is the built-in, L-shaped bookcase in the den.

Tom Dixon Flash Rectangular Table

Herman Miller Noguchi Table