The family room in the walk-out finished basement has built-in white bookcases and cabinetry flanking a gas fireplace. Photo by Toby Weiss
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This home study room for parents and children is located in this renovated garage, several steps down from the kitchen. The new detached garage is visible through the window. Makeover of the entire exterior of this Wilmette Home. Addition of a Foyer and front porch / portico. Converted Garage into a family study / office. Remodeled mudroom. Patsy McEnroe Photography Cabinetry by Counterpoint-cabinetry-inc

Adjustable and removable wood window shelving system to display collection of mason jars used to store colorful craft items. Photo by Frank Marott, Concept 7 www.concept7photo.com (972)393-3600

Photographer: Pretty Pear Photography Designer: Susan Martin-Gibbons
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Client appreciation gift; large mason jar filled with chocolates and thank you card. Photo by: Frank Marrott - Concept 7 www.concept7photo.com
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Photographer: Pretty Pear Photography Designer: Susan Martin-Gibbons
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The homeowners requested a green, transitional style finishing of their Lower Level by creating a Family Room featuring a Kitchenette, spare Bedroom, ¾ Bathroom, Craft Room and Storage Room. The Craft Room includes a storage closet with bi-fold doors, a wall mounted ironing center, maple melamine custom cabinetry with concealed storage and rollouts to store yarn and other craft items. There is plenty of space for the children to complete craft projects and for the homeowner to sew. The countertops and flooring are made from eco-friendly Marmoleum. The walls are painted a soft pale green color meant to bring the outside in using Sherwin Williams zero VOC "Harmony" line.

Designed as part of an extensive Redmond, Washington home remodel and addition, this custom craft room combines beautiful design with exceptional organization and storage. Created for a homeowner who loves crafting and collecting glassybaby votives, the room features extensive custom built-in cabinetry, open shelving, concealed storage, and a large center craft island designed specifically around the way the space is used. The expansive custom storage cabinets and built-in shelving provide dedicated space for art supplies, craft materials, seasonal décor, and household storage, while the oversized craft island with drawers and wood countertop creates a generous workspace for creative projects. The island cabinetry was thoughtfully designed to accommodate the homeowner's extensive glassybaby collection, with individual drawers providing organized storage for different sizes, colors, and seasonal collections. Durable wood-look flooring, crisp white cabinetry, black hardware, abundant lighting, and carefully planned storage give this luxury craft room a clean, sophisticated appearance while still functioning as a hardworking creative space. Part of a larger whole-home renovation and custom home addition, this room demonstrates how custom cabinetry and personalized storage solutions can transform a practical space into a beautiful and highly functional part of a high-end home.

Photographer: Pretty Pear Photography Designer: Susan Martin-Gibbons
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The Mazama house is located in the Methow Valley of Washington State, a secluded mountain valley on the eastern edge of the North Cascades, about 200 miles northeast of Seattle. The house has been carefully placed in a copse of trees at the easterly end of a large meadow. Two major building volumes indicate the house organization. A grounded 2-story bedroom wing anchors a raised living pavilion that is lifted off the ground by a series of exposed steel columns. Seen from the access road, the large meadow in front of the house continues right under the main living space, making the living pavilion into a kind of bridge structure spanning over the meadow grass, with the house touching the ground lightly on six steel columns. The raised floor level provides enhanced views as well as keeping the main living level well above the 3-4 feet of winter snow accumulation that is typical for the upper Methow Valley. To further emphasize the idea of lightness, the exposed wood structure of the living pavilion roof changes pitch along its length, so the roof warps upward at each end. The interior exposed wood beams appear like an unfolding fan as the roof pitch changes. The main interior bearing columns are steel with a tapered “V”-shape, recalling the lightness of a dancer. The house reflects the continuing FINNE investigation into the idea of crafted modernism, with cast bronze inserts at the front door, variegated laser-cut steel railing panels, a curvilinear cast-glass kitchen counter, waterjet-cut aluminum light fixtures, and many custom furniture pieces. The house interior has been designed to be completely integral with the exterior. The living pavilion contains more than twelve pieces of custom furniture and lighting, creating a totality of the designed environment that recalls the idea of Gesamtkunstverk, as seen in the work of Josef Hoffman and the Viennese Secessionist movement in the early 20th century. The house has been designed from the start as a sustainable structure, with 40% higher insulation values than required by code, radiant concrete slab heating, efficient natural ventilation, large amounts of natural lighting, water-conserving plumbing fixtures, and locally sourced materials. Windows have high-performance LowE insulated glazing and are equipped with concealed shades. A radiant hydronic heat system with exposed concrete floors allows lower operating temperatures and higher occupant comfort levels. The concrete slabs conserve heat and provide great warmth and comfort for the feet. Deep roof overhangs, built-in shades and high operating clerestory windows are used to reduce heat gain in summer months. During the winter, the lower sun angle is able to penetrate into living spaces and passively warm the exposed concrete floor. Low VOC paints and stains have been used throughout the house. The high level of craft evident in the house reflects another key principle of sustainable design: build it well and make it last for many years! Photo by Benjamin Benschneider