by Conard Romano Architects
Seattle, WA, US 98122 · 71 photos
Conard Romano Architects
http://www.conardromano.com

This shingle-style home enjoys views up Lake Washington and into Meydenbauer Bay. In response to the sloping, north facing site, the house is elongated east to west to allow south light to penetrate the rooms on the north side. Its three main volumes, each oriented to optimize views and respond to the sloping site, house a library, formal living and dining, and large family room. Each has its own adjacent terrace to provide complementary outdoor space.

Exterior terraces are made of antique granite “planks” salvaged from flooded villages behind China’s Three Gorges Dam, also the source of the driveway cobbles. An earth sheltered guest house, clad in stone, doubles as a pool cabana in the summer months. The three-car garage is designed to support half-court basketball with a sport court floor and glass backboard.

 
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ultralil wrote:
I love the hardwood floors! Can you please tell me the source/wood/color? Thanks! »
· · Comment · 9 months ago
Conard Romano Architects Thank you for contacting us. The houses shown on our Houzz page were completed at various times over the past 25 years and any records of these details we might have would be archived. We appreciate your interest in our work.
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wishfulbliss wrote:
could some please suggest a paint color similar to the pumpkin stripes on the loveseat? thank you »
· Comment · 2 years ago
Kelly Porter Try Spicy Hue 6342 by Sherwin-Williams.
2 years ago ·
wishfulbliss thank you so much, it would have taken me forever on my own,
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Katherine Tate wrote:
does anyone know the brand of the light fixtures »
· Comment · 2 years ago
Rebekah Zaveloff These lights from Hudson Valley are similar.
http://www.hudsonvalleylighting.com/productDetail.aspx?CollectionID=FAIRVIEW&ItemID=9013
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jillfrawley wrote:
We are thinking about putting a butcher block counter on the island of our new home. Do you think the counter should basically "match" the hard wood floors, or at least be close to the same color? It looks like they are in this photo. Thanks! »
· Comment · 2 years ago
Between Naps on the Porch It doesn't have to match the hardwood floors, but it does look nice if they are very similar. I would either choose a butcher block that is very similar in color to the hardwood floors or go the other direction and choose one that contrasts nicely. Something in between will tend to look like you were trying to match the countertop to the flooring color and just missed. So, for a butcher block counter, I'd recommend either matching it to the flooring (like in the photo you attached) or going with a color that contrast well. Matching would be my first choice. I did notice that in most of the designer kitchen photos here at houzz, if the kitchen had butcher block counters and hardwood floors, they most often do appear to match or are very similar.
2 years ago ·
jillfrawley I was thinking it they should match. Thanks so much for the confirmation!!
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added by Between Naps on the Porch to 12 Creative Ideas for Decorating Above the Cabinets
Do you have an open space above the cabinets in your kitchen? What creative ways have you found to use it as a display area?
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ceiling
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LOVE the layout and woodbeams in the ceiling
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love barstools
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floor width
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Next house
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love the hardwood in the kitchen and the layout of the island and dining talble
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Hardwood for living/kitchen
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Hardwood floor color
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break up wood with other laminate
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possibility for similar kitchen design
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floor / like width of floor boards
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great room layout good, with sunny dining attached to kitchen
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color
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Hardwood floors and counter tops
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clean & uniform cabinet top decor
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tile and flooring similar
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Flooring
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Island
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The bar built in
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layout
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Open space, high ceilings, creation of spaces within a space, great family living area
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Love the floors.
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coniguration
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Love the open concept
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High Ceiling Floor
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kitchen dining layout with windows
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Light fixtures
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raised bar section on kitchen island?
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island outside the kitchen area and opposite living room and eating space in front of the windows
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similar layout
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Floor
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This is the island Matt had in mind - small rectangle in center
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Kitchen dining area
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Open tall windows high ceilings
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hardwood floors..perfect
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Open plan
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colors, furniture display
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White ceiling
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Hood vent
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Nice floor color
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Light wood color scheme
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Red and white stripes, color
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Open and light
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floor
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island: could do chairs on both sides and stove/oven on the end.
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Layout
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windows
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colour scheme
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brick floor
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Don't like the furniture but I like the setup
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kitchen cabinets
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Flooring
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Open concept living space
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like consistency of color and pattern in wood grain. OK w/ varied width flooring
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long curtains
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kitchen
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Great idea for an exhaust with a high ceiling.
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nice layout, kitchen, table and family room all close
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BEST!!!!!
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couches, kitchen table
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Kitchen
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The arrangement of the room
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Ceiling
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floor
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Pretty!
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Wide boards, color
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Kitchen layout
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maybe even with something like this at the end?
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floors
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Country kitchen
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ceiling
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bright room, warm
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Wider area on the island
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kitchen at the lake
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Interesting Island idea - our cooktop would be on wall not island but something different to consider
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nice and open
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hood
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Windows and pannelling
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above the cabinets
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spacing of furniture, right amount of color
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floor, openness, island
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wood tones, openness, not light fixtures
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table and chairs
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family
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Wide Plank Hardwood Flooring
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family room
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open/high ceiling in kitchen
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put stove in middle of kitchen on island and add pantry where stove is now
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Void area
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Wow factor kitchen
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linda's great room
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The openness
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Hardwood floor
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flooring
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dining table, windsor chairs
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Floors
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lighting with high ceilings, can collection
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shape of light fixtures
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kitchen table off to the side, large center island with stools, all facing into family room - needs some division of space like pillars and a half wall
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open floorplan
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Flooring and colors.
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kitchen
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table behind coach-idea
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Openness, bright area, don't care for ceiling tho
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open concept, high ceiling
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color of wood floors
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i like the island. the way it is laid out.
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hardwood floor
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kitchen aisle
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the basket with the apples the cabinet top
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Kitchen
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second floor view
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Interior
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island
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floor color
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good colour hardwood
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Table position
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I like the island. Disregard the ceiling
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mother of pearl!
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great loveseat.
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flooring
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the whole house!! The Lakeshore residence
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layout
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open kitchen
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gr layout
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island
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Dining windows!
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Open
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Kichen open, knock down wall?
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love the island and the amount of seating.
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Open kitchen
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Could do something like this with our space?
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Love the colors
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Like the bar
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layout
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Floor
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chandelier
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Lindo
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windsor chairs
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love the layout. open but inviting. if we changed our bar to counterheight and got rid of the half wall in nook to open to family room we could put longer table just like that and maybe enlarge the window?
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island with range top
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Country/clean
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good layout
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the integration between cooking and sitting
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مطبخ
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ceiling and walls in sitting room
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Variated planks
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divided walls
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Like the openness
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Kitchen ideas
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floors
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More of what you will need.
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Open
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Jars
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Addition to house
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arrangement
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above cabinets jars