A craftsman inspired coastal design was created for this custom waterfront home.
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The Clients contacted Cecil Baker + Partners to reconfigure and remodel the top floor of a prominent Philadelphia high-rise into an urban pied-a-terre. The forty-five story apartment building, overlooking Washington Square Park and its surrounding neighborhoods, provided a modern shell for this truly contemporary renovation. Originally configured as three penthouse units, the 8,700 sf interior, as well as 2,500 square feet of terrace space, was to become a single residence with sweeping views of the city in all directions. The Client’s mission was to create a city home for collecting and displaying contemporary glass crafts. Their stated desire was to cast an urban home that was, in itself, a gallery. While they enjoy a very vital family life, this home was targeted to their urban activities - entertainment being a central element. The living areas are designed to be open and to flow into each other, with pockets of secondary functions. At large social events, guests feel free to access all areas of the penthouse, including the master bedroom suite. A main gallery was created in order to house unique, travelling art shows. Stemming from their desire to entertain, the penthouse was built around the need for elaborate food preparation. Cooking would be visible from several entertainment areas with a “show” kitchen, provided for their renowned chef. Secondary preparation and cleaning facilities were tucked away. The architects crafted a distinctive residence that is framed around the gallery experience, while also incorporating softer residential moments. Cecil Baker + Partners embraced every element of the new penthouse design beyond those normally associated with an architect’s sphere, from all material selections, furniture selections, furniture design, and art placement. Barry Halkin and Todd Mason Photography

The most impressive aspect of this installation was the spectacular basement home theater with six luxurious leather seats that we created for the client. It’s a full 4K Dolby Atmos THX theater providing an experience almost identical to the one you get in a movie theater. This installation is based around a Sony VPL-VW665EX projector that shows stunning images in native 4K resolution, and a 160-inch (you read that correctly) Vutec recessed, motorized projection screen. But that’s not all – behind the screen we installed a pair of Sony 65-inch Bravia XBR-65X930D Smart TVs, so the home’s residents can choose to watch side-by-side sports events or anything else they choose.

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This 3,600 sq ft home is an invitation to experience the beauty of a provincial European homestead in the Texas Hill Country French manner. The deep front porch invites you to sit, with its stucco arches, stone details, and shutter dressed windows. Under the vaulted and timber beamed ceilings, and amidst the arched entries cut into thickened walls, a very private home welcomes this family. The Master Suite location ensures that privacy along with some peace and quiet. The Kitchen and Great Room create open entertaining areas for this family, with fieldstone floors and French-inspired cabinetry. Upstairs, the kids rule, with their own entertaining and well thought-out details like the Study Nook and Library.

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This home remodel is a celebration of curves and light. Starting from humble beginnings as a basic builder ranch style house, the design challenge was maximizing natural light throughout and providing the unique contemporary style the client’s craved. The Entry offers a spectacular first impression and sets the tone with a large skylight and an illuminated curved wall covered in a wavy pattern Porcelanosa tile. The chic entertaining kitchen was designed to celebrate a public lifestyle and plenty of entertaining. Celebrating height with a robust amount of interior architectural details, this dynamic kitchen still gives one that cozy feeling of home sweet home. The large “L” shaped island accommodates 7 for seating. Large pendants over the kitchen table and sink provide additional task lighting and whimsy. The Dekton “puzzle” countertop connection was designed to aid the transition between the two color countertops and is one of the homeowner’s favorite details. The built-in bistro table provides additional seating and flows easily into the Living Room. A curved wall in the Living Room showcases a contemporary linear fireplace and tv which is tucked away in a niche. Placing the fireplace and furniture arrangement at an angle allowed for more natural walkway areas that communicated with the exterior doors and the kitchen working areas. The dining room’s open plan is perfect for small groups and expands easily for larger events. Raising the ceiling created visual interest and bringing the pop of teal from the Kitchen cabinets ties the space together. A built-in buffet provides ample storage and display. The Sitting Room (also called the Piano room for its previous life as such) is adjacent to the Kitchen and allows for easy conversation between chef and guests. It captures the homeowner’s chic sense of style and joie de vivre.

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Navarra Oak Luxury Vinyl. San Simeon’s strength & performance makes this beautiful floating floor suitable for commercial or residential applications. Using the Unilin Locking System as its foundation, San Simeon can be installed the farthest distance, while still maintaining its integrity. San Simeon’s color assortment and variety of textured surfaces from wire brushed to hand scraped will definitely be a crowd pleaser at your next event. San Simeon Luxury Vinyl Flooring is the healthy choice for durability and beauty. Simply Better…Discover Why. www.hallmarkfloors.com

Castile Terra Luxury Vinyl. San Simeon’s strength & performance makes this beautiful floating floor suitable for commercial or residential applications. Using the Unilin Locking System as its foundation, San Simeon can be installed the farthest distance, while still maintaining its integrity. San Simeon’s color assortment and variety of textured surfaces from wire brushed to hand scraped will definitely be a crowd pleaser at your next event. San Simeon Luxury Vinyl Flooring is the healthy choice for durability and beauty. Simply Better…Discover Why. www.hallmarkfloors.com

Took out an old wood finish kitchen and added in this new sleek clean white kitchen with a complementary grey island. Shaker inspired door style, brushed nickel hardware, 2″ thick Quartz counters and a beautifully designed island for family events or a simple breakfast in the morning. This kitchen filled in a entry way into the dinning room but it was totally worth the extra space. Storage with a floor to ceiling pantry, drawer pullouts and epic corner cabinet pullouts makes this kitchen ready for any event. But really, let’s all just appreciate how that floor balances this whole space. All of the yes. Photographer Melissa Margaret Designer Melissa Margaret Contractor Robert Cripps Construction Milwork Rocpal

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For Bilotta’s 4th Annual Art of the Table event with Lenox and Traditional Home, Robert Passal of Robert Passal Interior & Architectural Design outfitted our Bilotta Collection kitchen with beautiful product from Lenox’s Dansk collection, turning the display into something so warm and inviting we were sad to see it go at the end! Photo Credit: Joshua McHugh Designer: RitaLuisa Garces of Bilotta Kitchens did the kitchen design; interiors by Robert Passal of Robert Passal Interior & Architectural Design

Originally built in 1913, this property offers a banquet hall complete with 18 foot ceilings, natural worn brick walls and polished timber floors. It is situated on the second floor and is a stunning, incomparable talking point. The sheer space of this room lends to both cocktail style and seated events. Being heritage listed it was imperative the coating systems were matched. Moreton’s timber floor sanding tested the existing coating and determined that Modified Oil had been applied over the decades, providing a thick hard durable finish.

The Aerius - Modern Craftsman in Ridgefield Washington by Cascade West Development Inc. Upon opening the 8ft tall door and entering the foyer an immediate display of light, color and energy is presented to us in the form of 13ft coffered ceilings, abundant natural lighting and an ornate glass chandelier. Beckoning across the hall an entrance to the Great Room is beset by the Master Suite, the Den, a central stairway to the Upper Level and a passageway to the 4-bay Garage and Guest Bedroom with attached bath. Advancement to the Great Room reveals massive, built-in vertical storage, a vast area for all manner of social interactions and a bountiful showcase of the forest scenery that allows the natural splendor of the outside in. The sleek corner-kitchen is composed with elevated countertops. These additional 4in create the perfect fit for our larger-than-life homeowner and make stooping and drooping a distant memory. The comfortable kitchen creates no spatial divide and easily transitions to the sun-drenched dining nook, complete with overhead coffered-beam ceiling. This trifecta of function, form and flow accommodates all shapes and sizes and allows any number of events to be hosted here. On the rare occasion more room is needed, the sliding glass doors can be opened allowing an out-pour of activity. Almost doubling the square-footage and extending the Great Room into the arboreous locale is sure to guarantee long nights out under the stars. Cascade West Facebook: https://goo.gl/MCD2U1 Cascade West Website: https://goo.gl/XHm7Un These photos, like many of ours, were taken by the good people of ExposioHDR - Portland, Or Exposio Facebook: https://goo.gl/SpSvyo Exposio Website: https://goo.gl/Cbm8Ya

Our customer, in Newtown, PA, just removed all of the wall-paper left from the prior owner of their home, repainted the walls in Aqua-tint colors; removed all of the wall-to-wall carpeting in the first floor; installed custom hardwood flooring; selected a Henkel-Harris dining room suite from Stenella Antiques in Perkasie, PA; and decided that the next step in redecorating their Williamsburg style home was selection of fine hand-knotted oriental rugs for the living room and dining room. The rugs now provide the color palette for upholstery and window-treatment fabric choices. Having ruled out machine-made or tufted rugs for their premium makeover, they selected two finely detailed hand-knotted reproduction Persian Ferrahan design rugs made in India that complement one another across the entry hall by reversing the respective background and border colors. While much had been accomplished in the home prior to Brandon Oriental Rugs being invited to assist in the project, with the selection of their fine quality rugs the homeowners are well on their way to realization of their dream home.