lighting

The couple chose to install glass blocks to allow natural light in while still providing privacy. They treated the home's concrete slab to act as the flooring.

The couple wanted to be strategic and intentional about the lighting sources in their home, and opted not to do can lights at all. "We'll use the paper lantern at night, and everything is on a dimmer,

A chain curtain from Cascade Coil separates the kitchen without interrupting sightlines or sunlight. “When you light the outside brighter than the inside at night, it becomes more opaque,” says Mark. Bulthaup cabinetry joins appliances by Gaggenau and Miele.

After: The soaring new living and dining space benefits from an abundance of natural light from every side, and they spent a lot of time trying to find the best lighting for the kitchen. The final choice: long, narrow copper pendants from Denmark suspended by ultra thin wires to not disrupt the visual flow of the room.

"I can’t think of anything we did that doesn’t serve some sort of practical function,

A full-length skylight above the floating steel shelf in the kitchen allows light to stream across the Venetian plaster wall and bounce off the high-gloss white shelf. “It creates an ever-changing and ethereal experience,” says designer Jamie Chioco. The ceramic dishes and plates displayed on the shelf are from Kinn Home.

View into the rooftop greenhouse with its outdoor kitchen and pedal bin from Vipp.