This home's grand entrance hall features a head-turning floating white oak staircase. The design showcases an eye-catching balustrade system with wavy satin black metal balusters arranged in an interesting geometric pattern. A seamless black maple railing curves gracefully along the turn of the stairway and flows directly into the floor at the end, eliminating the need for traditional starting newels. Natural wood treads provide warmth against crisp white risers and stringers, creating clean contrast throughout. The result is a staircase where traditional winding form meets contemporary material choices, proving that classic configurations can embrace modern aesthetics. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This early-70’s floating home was purchased by a recently returned Santa Barbara native looking for a home that would mesh with his active and creative lifestyle. However, weakened by over 50 years of exposure to a marine environment, the craft needed significant updates to its flotation system, structural framing, walls, and interior. Inspired by the dwellings of coastal Swedish towns, Archipelago Workshop provided iterative design concepts, structural engineering guidance, technical drawings, and no small amount of moral support as the owner and his father addressed 40-plus years of deferred maintenance. The fully redesigned two-story dwelling is highly crafted using a ship builder’s mindset. At the center core of the plan’s pinwheel design, a stairwell creates vertical circulation and delineates the long axes that define the highly rectilinear design. Mindfully placed windows enhance both privacy and views and capitalize on prevailing winds. With a first-floor design studio that also houses his surfboard collection, it is now the perfect live-work space for its adventuresome owner and guests.

This home's grand entrance hall features a head-turning floating white oak staircase. The design showcases an eye-catching balustrade system with wavy satin black metal balusters arranged in an interesting geometric pattern. A seamless black maple railing curves gracefully along the turn of the stairway and flows directly into the floor at the end, eliminating the need for traditional starting newels. Natural wood treads provide warmth against crisp white risers and stringers, creating clean contrast throughout. The result is a staircase where traditional winding form meets contemporary material choices, proving that classic configurations can embrace modern aesthetics. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This home's grand entrance hall features a head-turning floating white oak staircase. The design showcases an eye-catching balustrade system with wavy satin black metal balusters arranged in an interesting geometric pattern. A seamless black maple railing curves gracefully along the turn of the stairway and flows directly into the floor at the end, eliminating the need for traditional starting newels. Natural wood treads provide warmth against crisp white risers and stringers, creating clean contrast throughout. The result is a staircase where traditional winding form meets contemporary material choices, proving that classic configurations can embrace modern aesthetics. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This home's grand entrance hall features a head-turning floating white oak staircase. The design showcases an eye-catching balustrade system with wavy satin black metal balusters arranged in an interesting geometric pattern. A seamless black maple railing curves gracefully along the turn of the stairway and flows directly into the floor at the end, eliminating the need for traditional starting newels. Natural wood treads provide warmth against crisp white risers and stringers, creating clean contrast throughout. The result is a staircase where traditional winding form meets contemporary material choices, proving that classic configurations can embrace modern aesthetics. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This home's grand entrance hall features a head-turning floating white oak staircase. The design showcases an eye-catching balustrade system with wavy satin black metal balusters arranged in an interesting geometric pattern. A seamless black maple railing curves gracefully along the turn of the stairway and flows directly into the floor at the end, eliminating the need for traditional starting newels. Natural wood treads provide warmth against crisp white risers and stringers, creating clean contrast throughout. The result is a staircase where traditional winding form meets contemporary material choices, proving that classic configurations can embrace modern aesthetics. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This home's grand entrance hall features a head-turning floating white oak staircase. The design showcases an eye-catching balustrade system with wavy satin black metal balusters arranged in an interesting geometric pattern. A seamless black maple railing curves gracefully along the turn of the stairway and flows directly into the floor at the end, eliminating the need for traditional starting newels. Natural wood treads provide warmth against crisp white risers and stringers, creating clean contrast throughout. The result is a staircase where traditional winding form meets contemporary material choices, proving that classic configurations can embrace modern aesthetics. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This home's grand entrance hall features a head-turning floating white oak staircase. The design showcases an eye-catching balustrade system with wavy satin black metal balusters arranged in an interesting geometric pattern. A seamless black maple railing curves gracefully along the turn of the stairway and flows directly into the floor at the end, eliminating the need for traditional starting newels. Natural wood treads provide warmth against crisp white risers and stringers, creating clean contrast throughout. The result is a staircase where traditional winding form meets contemporary material choices, proving that classic configurations can embrace modern aesthetics. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This home's grand entrance hall features a head-turning floating white oak staircase. The design showcases an eye-catching balustrade system with wavy satin black metal balusters arranged in an interesting geometric pattern. A seamless black maple railing curves gracefully along the turn of the stairway and flows directly into the floor at the end, eliminating the need for traditional starting newels. Natural wood treads provide warmth against crisp white risers and stringers, creating clean contrast throughout. The result is a staircase where traditional winding form meets contemporary material choices, proving that classic configurations can embrace modern aesthetics. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This home's grand entrance hall features a head-turning floating white oak staircase. The design showcases an eye-catching balustrade system with wavy satin black metal balusters arranged in an interesting geometric pattern. A seamless black maple railing curves gracefully along the turn of the stairway and flows directly into the floor at the end, eliminating the need for traditional starting newels. Natural wood treads provide warmth against crisp white risers and stringers, creating clean contrast throughout. The result is a staircase where traditional winding form meets contemporary material choices, proving that classic configurations can embrace modern aesthetics. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This home's grand entrance hall features a head-turning floating white oak staircase. The design showcases an eye-catching balustrade system with wavy satin black metal balusters arranged in an interesting geometric pattern. A seamless black maple railing curves gracefully along the turn of the stairway and flows directly into the floor at the end, eliminating the need for traditional starting newels. Natural wood treads provide warmth against crisp white risers and stringers, creating clean contrast throughout. The result is a staircase where traditional winding form meets contemporary material choices, proving that classic configurations can embrace modern aesthetics. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

Mark Hoyle Originally, this 3700 SF two level eclectic farmhouse from the mid 1980’s underwent design changes to reflect a more colonial style. Now, after being completely renovated with additional 2800 SF living space, it’s combined total of 6500 SF boasts an Energy Star certification of 5 stars. Approaching this completed home, you will meander along a new driveway through the dense buffer of trees until you reach the clearing, and then circle a tiered fountain on axis with the front entry accentuating the symmetrical main structure. Many of the exterior changes included enclosing the front porch and rear screened porch, replacing windows, replacing all the vinyl siding with and fiber cement siding, creating a new front stoop with winding brick stairs and wrought iron railings as will as other additions to the left and rear of the home. The existing interior was completely fro the studs and included modifying uses of many of the existing rooms such as converting the original dining room into an oval shaped theater with reclining theater seats, fiber-optic starlight ceiling and an 80” television with built-in surround sound. The laundry room increased in size by taking in the porch and received all new cabinets and finishes. The screened porch across the back of the house was enclosed to create a new dining room, enlarged the kitchen, all of which allows for a commanding view of the beautifully landscaped pool. The upper master suite begins by entering a private office then leads to a newly vaulted bedroom, a new master bathroom with natural light and an enlarged closet. The major portion of the addition space was added to the left side as a part time home for the owner’s brother. This new addition boasts an open plan living, dining and kitchen, a master suite with a luxurious bathroom and walk–in closet, a guest suite, a garage and its own private gated brick courtyard entry and direct access to the well appointed pool patio. And finally the last part of the project is the sunroom and new lagoon style pool. Tucked tightly against the rear of the home. This room was created to feel like a gazebo including a metal roof and stained wood ceiling, the foundation of this room was constructed with the pool to insure the look as if it is floating on the water. The pool’s negative edge opposite side allows open views of the trees beyond. There is a natural stone waterfall on one side of the pool and a shallow area on the opposite side for lounge chairs to be placed in it along with a hot tub that spills into the pool. The coping completes the pool’s natural shape and continues to the patio utilizing the same stone but separated by Zoysia grass keeping the natural theme. The finishing touches to this backyard oasis is completed utilizing large boulders, Tempest Torches, architectural lighting and abundant variety of landscaping complete the oasis for all to enjoy.

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With an extensive set of 3 & 5 axis machines, Century Stair continues to invest in top-of-the-line technology; by improving our machining abilities we are able to maintain close-tolerance precision work for our stringers, treads, risers and balusters. We proudly present some of our straight run stairways and winding stairs final results, reflecting architects', builders' and designers' visions. Copyright © 2017 Century Stair Company All Rights Reserved

With an extensive set of 3 & 5 axis machines, Century Stair continues to invest in top-of-the-line technology; by improving our machining abilities we are able to maintain close-tolerance precision work for our stringers, treads, risers and balusters. We proudly present some of our straight run stairways and winding stairs final results, reflecting architects', builders' and designers' visions. Copyright © 2017 Century Stair Company All Rights Reserved

With an extensive set of 3 & 5 axis machines, Century Stair continues to invest in top-of-the-line technology; by improving our machining abilities we are able to maintain close-tolerance precision work for our stringers, treads, risers and balusters. We proudly present some of our straight run stairways and winding stairs final results, reflecting architects', builders' and designers' visions. Copyright © 2017 Century Stair Company All Rights Reserved

With an extensive set of 3 & 5 axis machines, Century Stair continues to invest in top-of-the-line technology; by improving our machining abilities we are able to maintain close-tolerance precision work for our stringers, treads, risers and balusters. We proudly present some of our straight run stairways and winding stairs final results, reflecting architects', builders' and designers' visions. Copyright © 2017 Century Stair Company All Rights Reserved

With an extensive set of 3 & 5 axis machines, Century Stair continues to invest in top-of-the-line technology; by improving our machining abilities we are able to maintain close-tolerance precision work for our stringers, treads, risers and balusters. We proudly present some of our straight run stairways and winding stairs final results, reflecting architects', builders' and designers' visions. Copyright © 2017 Century Stair Company All Rights Reserved

With an extensive set of 3 & 5 axis machines, Century Stair continues to invest in top-of-the-line technology; by improving our machining abilities we are able to maintain close-tolerance precision work for our stringers, treads, risers and balusters. We proudly present some of our straight run stairways and winding stairs final results, reflecting architects', builders' and designers' visions. Copyright © 2017 Century Stair Company All Rights Reserved