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The main bathroom at Lux on the Lake is pure serenity. A fluted freestanding tub sits beneath a soaring black steel window with wooded lake views, crowned by a glass bubble chandelier and served by an aged brass floor-mounted filler. Her floating white oak vanity pairs creamy marble with brass sconces and hardware, all atop herringbone oak floors. The showpiece: a marble-framed arched entry leading into a spa shower wrapped in glossy zellige herringbone tile, marble wainscoting, and a built-in bench. A daily retreat, designed to restore.

1970 colonial single-family house in middle of wooded Alexandria suburb has been the home for this couple for over three decades. They have raised three kids and all gone to college, getting married and few moving back again. Go figure! With growing family, they feel like our running out of room. They have approached us to design and build a two-story addition. An addition to offer them more living space, a much-needed family room in order to reclaim the breakfast room that they have been using as family room area. The exterior of this home was half covered in brick the other with stucco and paneling. All which very hard to replicate. We have designed a large 20’x9’ family room just behind the living room and step down from new breakfast area. Wrapped with big windows, French door leading to future deck area and a side French door leading to a future patio area. A stoned cover brick chimney fireplace was built in heart of this family room, the walls were all opened up, double pocket French door were connecting living room to new family room allowing them entertain large group of families. A mini wet bar was built on north wall for serving drinks. Wide plank wood floors have created a seamless connection to open first floor. Just above this family room, we have created a master suite bathroom. Busting through load baring walls converting the old bathroom into a walk-in closet with built ins custom cabinetry Through a double door now you are walking into an immaculate master bathroom equipped with: • Free standing bubble massaging tub • A walk-in steam shower, with body spays and rain shower, wrapped in frameless glass enclosure • Private commode area • Couple of south and west viewing casement windows. • Large scale vanities and marble top on the east wall made this bathroom a delightful space. By the way of bumping five feet over the kitchen and breakfast room, we have created a space for second floor laundry room, storage and service sink for them. The small hall bathroom was revamped and expanded into new addition, creating space for a long tub (for their six-foot six son) and much-needed large vanity. The entire second floor was redone with added space and larger hallway, new flooring, wainscoting, custom painting, new doors and trim, recess lighting and much much more. The seamless exterior connection with matching brick and custom painted stucco, new roofing, brick chimney has made this addition blended into the old structure.

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The master bath in this Franklin Estate home was original to the early ’90s and ready for a complete gut and makeover. The layout worked well for both husband and wife, but they were ready for new high-end amenities. Adding a fully programmable heated floor, custom cabinetry topped with gorgeous quartz, and a completely custom remote-controlled electrical system were just a few of the luxuries. The new spa shower with rain head and handheld Hansgrohe fixtures are perfect for a quick morning wakeup or end-of-the-day relaxing soak. A must-have for “her” was the Kohler Sunstruck oval freestanding heated bubble massage air bath, that replaced the old clunky built-in corner tub. A must-have for “him” was the Toto Neorest with Actilight technology. This toilet is truly a revolutionary innovation at the peak of luxury. This intelligent toilet uses an integrated UV light and special glaze to break down dirt and grime in the bowl and rinses it clean with ewater+. And with other features like a heated seat, deodorizer, and warm water sprays, Neorest 750H delivers an unparalleled sense of relaxation in the most comforting and refreshing ways possible.

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The main bathroom at Lux on the Lake is pure serenity. A fluted freestanding tub sits beneath a soaring black steel window with wooded lake views, crowned by a glass bubble chandelier and served by an aged brass floor-mounted filler. Her floating white oak vanity pairs creamy marble with brass sconces and hardware, all atop herringbone oak floors. The showpiece: a marble-framed arched entry leading into a spa shower wrapped in glossy zellige herringbone tile, marble wainscoting, and a built-in bench. A daily retreat, designed to restore.

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The main bathroom at Lux on the Lake is pure serenity. A fluted freestanding tub sits beneath a soaring black steel window with wooded lake views, crowned by a glass bubble chandelier and served by an aged brass floor-mounted filler. Her floating white oak vanity pairs creamy marble with brass sconces and hardware, all atop herringbone oak floors. The showpiece: a marble-framed arched entry leading into a spa shower wrapped in glossy zellige herringbone tile, marble wainscoting, and a built-in bench. A daily retreat, designed to restore.

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The main bathroom at Lux on the Lake is pure serenity. A fluted freestanding tub sits beneath a soaring black steel window with wooded lake views, crowned by a glass bubble chandelier and served by an aged brass floor-mounted filler. Her floating white oak vanity pairs creamy marble with brass sconces and hardware, all atop herringbone oak floors. The showpiece: a marble-framed arched entry leading into a spa shower wrapped in glossy zellige herringbone tile, marble wainscoting, and a built-in bench. A daily retreat, designed to restore.

The main bathroom at Lux on the Lake is pure serenity. A fluted freestanding tub sits beneath a soaring black steel window with wooded lake views, crowned by a glass bubble chandelier and served by an aged brass floor-mounted filler. Her floating white oak vanity pairs creamy marble with brass sconces and hardware, all atop herringbone oak floors. The showpiece: a marble-framed arched entry leading into a spa shower wrapped in glossy zellige herringbone tile, marble wainscoting, and a built-in bench. A daily retreat, designed to restore.

This home was featured in the May 2016 edition of HOME & DESIGN Magazine. To see the rest of the home tour as well as other luxury homes featured, visit http://www.homeanddesign.net/organic-contemporary/

Originally a nearly three-story tall 1920’s European-styled home was turned into a modern villa for work and home. A series of low concrete retaining wall planters and steps gradually takes you up to the second level entry, grounding or anchoring the house into the site, as does a new wrap around veranda and trellis. Large eave overhangs on the upper roof were designed to give the home presence and were accented with a Mid-century orange color. The new master bedroom addition white box creates a better sense of entry and opens to the wrap around veranda at the opposite side. Inside the owners live on the lower floor and work on the upper floor with the garage basement for storage, archives and a ceramics studio. New windows and open spaces were created for the graphic designer owners; displaying their mid-century modern furnishings collection. A lot of effort went into attempting to lower the house visually by bringing the ground plane higher with the concrete retaining wall planters, steps, wrap around veranda and trellis, and the prominent roof with exaggerated overhangs. That the eaves were painted orange is a cool reflection of the owner’s Dutch heritage. Budget was a driver for the project and it was determined that the footprint of the home should have minimal extensions and that the new windows remain in the same relative locations as the old ones. Wall removal was utilized versus moving and building new walls where possible. Photo Credit: John Sutton Photography.

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