This Cobble Hill Brownstone for a family of five is a fun and captivating design, the perfect blend of the wife’s love of English country style and the husband’s preference for modern. The young power couple, her the co-founder of Maisonette and him an investor, have three children and a dog, requiring that all the surfaces, finishes and, materials used throughout the home are both beautiful and durable to make every room a carefree space the whole family can enjoy. The primary design challenge for this project was creating both distinct places for the family to live their day to day lives and also a whole floor dedicated to formal entertainment. The clients entertain large dinners on a monthly basis as part of their profession. We solved this by adding an extension on the Garden and Parlor levels. This allowed the Garden level to function as the daily family operations center and the Parlor level to be party central. The kitchen on the garden level is large enough to dine in and accommodate a large catering crew. On the parlor level, we created a large double parlor in the front of the house; this space is dedicated to cocktail hour and after-dinner drinks. The rear of the parlor is a spacious formal dining room that can seat up to 14 guests. The middle "library" space contains a bar and facilitates access to both the front and rear rooms; in this way, it can double as a staging area for the parties. The remaining three floors are sleeping quarters for the family and frequent out of town guests. Designing a row house for private and public functions programmatically returns the building to a configuration in line with its original design. This project was published in Architectural Digest. Photography by Sam Frost

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Link Designer TV Stand offers the convenience and functionality that's expected from such a progressive furniture piece. Manufactured in Italy by Cattelan Italia, Link TV Stand is reversible able to accommodate a left or right handed room layout as well as it is adjustable in width. Featuring walnut door and drawers, Link TV Stand can have a white or graphite frame while its drawer is available in walnut, graphite or white lacquered wood.

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We call this plan "High End Drama With Bonus", with the bonus being the fully-finished walkout basement with media room and more. This home easily sleeps five, and gives you just under 5,000 square feet of heated living space on the main and upper floors combined. Finish the lower level and you have almost 2,000 square feet of additional place to plan your dreams. The plans are available for construction in PDF, CAD and prints. Where do you want build? Plan 26600GG Link: http://www.architecturaldesigns.com/house-plan-26600GG.asp TWITTER: @adhouseplans

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Built in cabinetry houses the television and media components. A new deck and glass railing allow the amazing ocean views to be enjoyed from inside or out.

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