Steel windows and Brazilian slate balance warm wood ceilings, timber columns, and fir door frames.
The kitchen features a honed Ceasarstone rugged concrete island, concrete backsplash, antique white oak cabinetry, Thermador appliances and tobacco-stained oak base cabinetry.
In the dining room of the main house, guests perch on black leather and bleached white oak Stahl and Band chairs around Jeff Martin Joinery’s Schoolhouse table fashioned from ebonized oak and bleached and whitewashed ash. Tom Kirk Flute pendants hang overhead.
After: Wood beams and concrete walls emerge from cutaways in the drywall, revealing the building’s industrial skeleton. The custom steel-and-oak dining table is by Ohio Design.
Just because your kitchen is on the smaller side doesn’t mean you can’t make it as efficient and effective as possible.
“1893” is engraved over the door on the original structure, commemorating the year it was built.
Because the architects wanted to showcase the view of one of the more majestic oaks on the property, they placed a lap pool below the tree so the mirror-like surface of the water would gracefully reflect its image.
Within the setting of the open floor plan, the slits of light also help demarcate the distinct spaces. Here the kitchen is set off from the dining and living areas.