Staircase

Viewed from the living area, the net adds a bit of restrained whimsy.

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New white oak stairs connect the upper and lower floors. The homeowner wanted the downstairs apartment for visits from her daughter and young grandchildren, who live in California. La Cantina sliding doors provide easy access to the backyard.

A stairway leads to a new second storey, with two bedrooms.

The staircase needed to be rebuilt to meet current building code, but being in basically its original location, is an anchor in the redesign. The wall color is "Hamilton Blue

Streamlined trim, brass closet handles by BB Sweden, and a "gradation

Boy Boy fabricated the new stair rail, which was powder-coated to match the Valspar ‘Black Evergreen’ color used throughout.

A wood slat wall at the stairs and lining the hallway for the primary suite allows light from the skylight to infiltrate additional areas of the house.

The removal of the loft makes it so the home is now filled with light from the skylight.

In the evening, the house looks like a lantern. Originally, the homeowners planned to paint the house a light color. “Bassel encouraged us to go bold,” says Ming. “The contrast at night is more intense.” The exterior is painted in Calico Blue from Benjamin Moore, which is a dark green.

Jes’s wife, Eugenia Hanlon, looks down at Beatrix from the stair in the great room, which has a dining table from FDB Møbler.

Mariana's father Eduardo lives with the family, and was in need of his own private spaces. In Eduardo's bedroom, Koetter and Studebaker converted an oversized closet to a small study and lounge area with built-ins in Baltic Birch.

Designed to feel like the cabin of a boat, Eduardo's bedroom is clad in marine grade plywood.

The lower level den received new flooring in cork to warm up the space, and nod to Mariana's Portuguese roots, where cork is a major export. New built-ins help define and ground the space, which previously felt like a transition zone.