Architecture by Bosworth Hoedemaker
Interior Design by Garret Cord Werner
his San Juan Islands retreat is based on the idea of camp. It provides places to come together as a family and ways of retreating into small personal spaces. A main house has four public spaces arranged along a central axis – the kitchen, dining room, living room, and den. Behind these more generous spaces are a fireplace inglenook, mud room, laundry, office, and bath. Other buildings in the compound include a master cabin, writer’s hut, guest cabin, barn, and picnic shelter. With the exception of the barn, the buildings are located along a contour of the sloped site and connected between and through the buildings by a continuous path.
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T Alligood wrote:
I like the window casing/trim colors and floors throughout. What type of wood floor is this? In some photos it looks like fir, and in others, a hardwood. We are in the midst of refinishing the fir and oak in our home and I'd love to get this rich but not oppressive color. This home is genius. »
The stone countertops — a gray that he describes as neither warm nor cool — are meant to wear with time. "The open shelves preserve the light and view through the oversized windows without blocking more than necessary," he says. "They also provide great contrast and tracery for the objects presented. Open shelves are great for a house that has a lot of visitors as nobody has to be told where the wine glasses are in order to set the table."
When you're low on cabinet space but don't want to block a window, a few floating shelves can have you covered. Not only do they make it easy for guests to help themselves to a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, they can be placed directly in front of windows without blocking any light. Try saying that about a wall of cabinets!
See more of this amazing house in our San Juan Islands Houzz Tour, and get helpful tips for keeping your shelves clean with 8 Ideas for Immaculate Open Shelving.
If wall space is at a premium, install glass shelving in front of a window. As long as you contain the area to glassware, there is little interruption of your sightline to the outdoors.
added by Martha Bazakas to More Kitchens! (8 months ago)
Shelving in front of our kitchen window is something I have been thinking about, especially since we need the storage space and the view is not interesting at all.
Different view. Note sliding door, possible in dining/kitchen passage way? Possible for front hall/dining doorway? Better to stop door slamming. Had thought of barn door hung structure originally.