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Living Room Track Lighting Chair Sofa Standard Layout Fireplace Light Hardwood Floors Design Photos and Ideas

The home's grand sense of scale becomes immediately apparent once past the foyer, with the primary living spaces offering extraordinary height. "This completely open space with maximum cubic capacity is not usual in Madrid,
“At first we thought the fireplace was going to be too big… but now I think it’s just fabulous,” says Donna.
The most important aspect of a successful neutral palette? "Texture, texture, texture!," Pickens says.
The Artichoke light in bronze from Louis Poulsen joins Vitra cork stools and leather couches from Borge Mogensen.
Now, a custom, steel-clad fireplace chimney stretches over 4.5 meters tall and imparts a sense of hygge. It was "designed as a contemporary take on the pressed copper flues typical of the era, while complementing and increasing the effect of the existing raked ceilings to the space," says the firm.
The floors and ceiling throughout are American oak. A floor-to-ceiling, plate-glass window measuring 2.8 meters wide (or about nine feet) overlooks the entry courtyard.
The owners asked for new common spaces with improved connectivity to the back garden and swimming pool.
WARC Studio founder Andrew Wilson came up with a design solution that would open up the interiors to the garden and pool, but still protect the home from the harsh afternoon sun from the west.
Great Room with Living Room in foreground. Kitchen at left and Dining Room at right with firepit at exterior beyond