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In the bathroom, plain white tiles line the walls and ceiling. The floors are natural stone and the fixtures are by VOLA. Lassen built the sink himself.
Line the template up against each signature and use the awl to poke holes at each mark that you've made, all along the fold. This will ensure that the holes line up when you are threading the pages.
The bathrooms are lined in luxurious Estremoz marble.
As the facade of a Bates Masi-designed home in Water Mill, New York, rises from eight to 14 feet high, the mahogany planks subtly widen. “It was quite a demand to make of the contractor,” architect Paul Masi says. “But the design was so much about traveling through the site and weaving [the house] together with the deck.”
Several of the colorful wooden tourist boats lined up, also known as ‘river taxis.’
This revamped Montreal flat includes a rooftop sauna lined with torrified, or dried, cedar. Outfitted with glass paneling and oriented to capture views of Mount Royal, it is the ideal haven for this hardworking homeowner.
Mexican encaustic tiles with a geometric floral pattern from Mosaicos Terra line the bathroom in Austin’s studio, where a full-height window near the wall-mounted shower provides a view to the expansive outdoor scenery. A vintage kewpie doll sculpture sits atop the custom terrazzo-and-granite counter; the steel mirror is from Artes de México.
Here's Bestor, ready to gather up some blueprints and chart out our driving tour.
The owners furnished the living room with a mixture of new and old pieces, including a Hans Wegner lounger and Tuckbox coffee table. A timber-lined hallway leads out from it to the newer parts of the home. Sections of steel-framed double glazing separate and accentuate each “house” while letting in glimpses of sky.
“I made a very conscious decision, when I realized that the house with nothing in it was such a fantastic work of art,” says Greg Wooten, “to go out of my way to pull back and only select pieces that complemented the architecture and would allow both the house and the furniture to breathe.” The place is furnished minimally with vintage finds he chose for the rooms over time.
Larry Schaffer is holding up a great tabloid from the pop-up shop. He called the selection of goods a "tight, holiday edit of what is our best, simple, understated gift items."
The residents' office was similarly well-organized. Every book lined up perfectly and twin Macs were oriented toward the home’s heart, the central courtyard.
Lighting in the bathroom is provided by San Francisco-based Aion LED’s modular fixture system. The linear lighting mimics the redwood siding.
These Nix tables by Gabriele and Oscar Buratti for B&B Italia come with leather or wood on top and looked great lined up together.
The master bath features a freestanding bathtub and elegantly curved spout.
The compact, hardy cabins were designed to work in a variety of park settings, including the beach.
The wood-and-tile interior was "inspired by the tile environments of Istanbul, mashed up with minimalist plywood wood boxes," says Bestor. The coffee is very, very good.
Brigham works primarily with wood and Archuleta had recently been exploring the potential of glass fiber reinforced concrete, so those disparate but complementary materials became the main focus of the project. Together, the warm wood and the clean, minimalist concrete create a “warm and serene space, reminiscent of a spa,” says Brigham.
The kitchen is done up in Gaggenau and Bulthaup.