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This Nantucket Courtyard Home Has a Modern Surprise Inside
Like all houses on Nantucket Island, this shingle-style exterior follows strict design rules for every dormer, chimney, roofline and door. With the whole island on a historic registry, architectural creativity comes from what you do with approved materials, patterns and palette. At least on the outside. Inside — that's another matter. Read on to see how Andrew Kotchen, Matthew Berman and the team at Workshop/apd created a breathtaking modern home that deftly fits its historic setting.
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| The unassuming home seems born to the landscape. Lush plantings line a path to the front door, and boxwood frames the garden. |
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A contemporary cap on the chimney and 6-feet-tall windows on sunroom (left) and living room (far right) hint at mod in the mix. Then ...
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| ... welcome to modern Nantucket. This is the heart of the home, designed for cooking, gathering and entertaining. A central courtyard floods the place with light. A 12-inch beam wrapped in drywall adds to the feeling of entry and emphasizes the room's layers. And amid the clean, monochromatic setting come rustic touches from the family's playful collection of bowls (in the middle island and clear shelving) and antique weather vanes in the loft.
I understand this space is filled with sophisticated architecture, but for me, that rooster makes the room. |
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| Three parallel island-like areas form an integrated kitchen-dining area, but clever built-ins hide everything that shouts "kitchen." Oven, micro, coffee maker, toaster, etc. hide away in the column at the end of the open shelving. "You don't really feel like you're in the kitchen," Kotchen says. "You just feel like you're in the space." |
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| Three fiberglass mesh Non Random Lights float bubble-like above a custom walnut table. The lights add to the home's open transparent feel and create a welcoming space at the table.
Go through that door straight ahead into the family/media room. Hang a left and you're in a sunroom. The neat unit tucked into the kitchen wall holds a home desk work area. Cove lighting fills in where the windows leave off. |
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A Sub-Zero fridge and pull-out pantry sits flush with the wall next to the desk. Cabinets are faced with MDF with a brushed laquer finish.
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| The far island is outfitted with two sinks for indoor-outdoor entertaining. Upper shelves allow light to come in from the central courtyard.
The 1.25" countertops are Marron Cohiba granite, the faucets stainless steel from Dornbracht. |
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You are standing with your back to that central dining/kitchen space. The sunken floor is 16"x24" gray limestone tile, the hearth poured-in-place concrete. An oiled finish warms up the cold-rolled steel on the fireplace.
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Stairs lead up to the guest suite and a gallery for antique weathervanes, including that rooster we saw before.
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| Here we are on another side framing the courtyard. It's a reading lounge atop a garage tucked into part of the hill. The designers left the framing of the building open and painted it a blue-green that changes with the light. That's the kitchen across the way. |
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The courtyard serves as a central thoroughfare. Elevated bluestone and irregular, flat-topped field stones act like stepping stones over a water-like landscape.
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White barn doors open from the reading lounge to the courtyard. Two copper spillways recirculate water into bluestone fountains on a bed of Nantucket beach sand. A patio set from VivaTerra does double duty as sculpture.
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| A ship's ladder leads to a play loft. And in those cubbies to the left ... |
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| ... antique toys from the family's collection. Kotchen and crew measured every piece to customize the Mondrian-inspired millwork and painted the backs in shades of lime green and purple. |
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The master bedroom forms the fourth side of the courtyard and looks out onto the rest of the property. Transom lights in the dormers bring sky into the room, and twiggy cast-iron side tables add some organic charm.
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A headboard wall covered with ash veneer divides the sleeping area from the dressing room and master bath. The sconce is from Y Lighting.
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Limestone tiles extend across the floor and up one side of the floating shower. The rest of the floor is the same gray limestone tile we saw in the living room.
Note to self: I'll need to hit up Kotchen for an update to this photo. I understand there's a work of art on this wall now.
Note to self: I'll need to hit up Kotchen for an update to this photo. I understand there's a work of art on this wall now.
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Here's a close-up of the vanity, with its limestone counter and wall tiled in a 1"x8" weave-like pattern.
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The powder room features a porcelain vessel sink and pebble backsplash.
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| Back outside, deep green window framing gives the white cedar shingles a warm, modern feel. |
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| On this east face of the home, two doors open from the central dining space onto 1.5 acres of rolling landscape that starts with a manicured lawn and ends in native brush and trees. Product team: Andrew Kotchen, Matthew Berman, James Krapp, Brook Quach, Darci Hether and Matt Hilyard. Landscape by Wingworks. Photography: T.G. Olcott. More home tours: A Little Cottage Grows Up A Design in Harmony with the Land A Modern Renovation in Seattle 20 Spectacular Beach Houses |
Ideabook updated on Jan. 10, 2012.
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I love that step-down living room: Shades of late 60's/early '70's home design that I hope comes back.
Thanks for including purchasing info also!
And I would counter the comments about too much white by saying that the owner's furnishing should give color to the house. Just look at the antiques in their collection; they want a white or off-white background to stand out. These are staged photos, and most likely the day-to-day reality is more colorful.