The back of the house fully embraces the lake, with a stone wall connecting the front and back of the house as it winds down to the dock.
Blur the boundary. A clever design trick is to use one material for the majority of the kitchen and then — just a few feet before the kitchen ends — switch material to the same or similar as your outdoor flooring. It’s the perfect way to create a pleasing visual confusion between inside and out.
Follow the grain. It’s unlikely you’ll find a wood you want to put indoors that will also work outdoors. Many of the woods typically used in interiors, such as oak, pine and ash, just aren’t weatherproof enough for external use, and it’s unusual to see the more durable hardwoods, such as teak and ipe, used indoors.
Go for all-over gray. Dark gray floor tiles, perhaps a slate or another dark stone, are great for connecting indoors with out. They offer a sleek contrast to greenery outside and look smart inside — plus they’re less likely to show muddy footprints!
In this example, the flooring and the ceiling material both continue past the sliding door tracks. They both help to reduce the clear line between indoors and outdoors.
windows instead of backsplash
very transitional
A granite counter that extends seamlessly from kitchen to patio results in a serving bar that invites you to move outside for a meal or snack. Here, the gentle earth tones of the slab are a perfect match for the warm wood tones found on the kitchen trim and the patio overhang. Though the space feels generous, the window opening is small enough that a simple bi-fold window is all that’s needed. To secure the window, the architect and builder drilled discreet holes in the granite and added barrel bolts to fasten the window securely when it’s closed. A combination of sweeps helps insulate the space.
ceiling extends to the outside
The foyer opens to an open-plan living area, where the vertical-grain Douglas fir roof overhangs continue to the exterior, providing a sense of indoor-outdoor continuity.
Frameless glass windows “allow the glass to disappear and the outside and inside to flow seamlessly together,”
seat in stone wall
indoor/outdoor nook
Cherokee flagstone floor
Flagstone floor both inside and outside
porch extends to the outdoors
covered porch on high with outdoor fireplace
opening up the kitchen and living rooms to the outdoors for the indoor-outdoor living
Wood around the hot tub
Indoor ceiling extends to outside
Outdoor shower with door
Bridge
Indoor / outdoor woodpile
Huge glass door opens out
Because of the low, long windows, the bedroom appears to float over the ocean. The space is actually about 75 feet back from the sea, “but you feel like you’re perched above it,”
black kadapa wall
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