“Tranquil Grandeur” captures the essence of a home that marries refined tradition with quiet luxury, thoughtfully designed to accommodate three generations living under one roof. Central to this vision are the custom window treatments, crafted to enhance each space with subtle sophistication—softly diffusing light, adding gentle movement, and accentuating architectural details without overwhelming them. Layered textures, tailored construction, and nuanced trims bring depth and elegance, while comfortable furnishings ensure the home meets the needs of a busy family with grandparents, parents, and three young children. The result is a residence where timeless craftsmanship, bespoke finishes, and understated elegance create spaces that are both luxurious and inviting for every member of the family.

“Tranquil Grandeur” captures the essence of a home that marries refined tradition with quiet luxury, thoughtfully designed to accommodate three generations living under one roof. Central to this vision are the custom window treatments, crafted to enhance each space with subtle sophistication—softly diffusing light, adding gentle movement, and accentuating architectural details without overwhelming them. Layered textures, tailored construction, and nuanced trims bring depth and elegance, while comfortable furnishings ensure the home meets the needs of a busy family with grandparents, parents, and three young children. The result is a residence where timeless craftsmanship, bespoke finishes, and understated elegance create spaces that are both luxurious and inviting for every member of the family.

“Tranquil Grandeur” captures the essence of a home that marries refined tradition with quiet luxury, thoughtfully designed to accommodate three generations living under one roof. Central to this vision are the custom window treatments, crafted to enhance each space with subtle sophistication—softly diffusing light, adding gentle movement, and accentuating architectural details without overwhelming them. Layered textures, tailored construction, and nuanced trims bring depth and elegance, while comfortable furnishings ensure the home meets the needs of a busy family with grandparents, parents, and three young children. The result is a residence where timeless craftsmanship, bespoke finishes, and understated elegance create spaces that are both luxurious and inviting for every member of the family.

“Tranquil Grandeur” captures the essence of a home that marries refined tradition with quiet luxury, thoughtfully designed to accommodate three generations living under one roof. Central to this vision are the custom window treatments, crafted to enhance each space with subtle sophistication—softly diffusing light, adding gentle movement, and accentuating architectural details without overwhelming them. Layered textures, tailored construction, and nuanced trims bring depth and elegance, while comfortable furnishings ensure the home meets the needs of a busy family with grandparents, parents, and three young children. The result is a residence where timeless craftsmanship, bespoke finishes, and understated elegance create spaces that are both luxurious and inviting for every member of the family.

“Tranquil Grandeur” captures the essence of a home that marries refined tradition with quiet luxury, thoughtfully designed to accommodate three generations living under one roof. Central to this vision are the custom window treatments, crafted to enhance each space with subtle sophistication—softly diffusing light, adding gentle movement, and accentuating architectural details without overwhelming them. Layered textures, tailored construction, and nuanced trims bring depth and elegance, while comfortable furnishings ensure the home meets the needs of a busy family with grandparents, parents, and three young children. The result is a residence where timeless craftsmanship, bespoke finishes, and understated elegance create spaces that are both luxurious and inviting for every member of the family.

“Tranquil Grandeur” captures the essence of a home that marries refined tradition with quiet luxury, thoughtfully designed to accommodate three generations living under one roof. Central to this vision are the custom window treatments, crafted to enhance each space with subtle sophistication—softly diffusing light, adding gentle movement, and accentuating architectural details without overwhelming them. Layered textures, tailored construction, and nuanced trims bring depth and elegance, while comfortable furnishings ensure the home meets the needs of a busy family with grandparents, parents, and three young children. The result is a residence where timeless craftsmanship, bespoke finishes, and understated elegance create spaces that are both luxurious and inviting for every member of the family.

“Tranquil Grandeur” captures the essence of a home that marries refined tradition with quiet luxury, thoughtfully designed to accommodate three generations living under one roof. Central to this vision are the custom window treatments, crafted to enhance each space with subtle sophistication—softly diffusing light, adding gentle movement, and accentuating architectural details without overwhelming them. Layered textures, tailored construction, and nuanced trims bring depth and elegance, while comfortable furnishings ensure the home meets the needs of a busy family with grandparents, parents, and three young children. The result is a residence where timeless craftsmanship, bespoke finishes, and understated elegance create spaces that are both luxurious and inviting for every member of the family.

“Tranquil Grandeur” captures the essence of a home that marries refined tradition with quiet luxury, thoughtfully designed to accommodate three generations living under one roof. Central to this vision are the custom window treatments, crafted to enhance each space with subtle sophistication—softly diffusing light, adding gentle movement, and accentuating architectural details without overwhelming them. Layered textures, tailored construction, and nuanced trims bring depth and elegance, while comfortable furnishings ensure the home meets the needs of a busy family with grandparents, parents, and three young children. The result is a residence where timeless craftsmanship, bespoke finishes, and understated elegance create spaces that are both luxurious and inviting for every member of the family.

“Tranquil Grandeur” captures the essence of a home that marries refined tradition with quiet luxury, thoughtfully designed to accommodate three generations living under one roof. Central to this vision are the custom window treatments, crafted to enhance each space with subtle sophistication—softly diffusing light, adding gentle movement, and accentuating architectural details without overwhelming them. Layered textures, tailored construction, and nuanced trims bring depth and elegance, while comfortable furnishings ensure the home meets the needs of a busy family with grandparents, parents, and three young children. The result is a residence where timeless craftsmanship, bespoke finishes, and understated elegance create spaces that are both luxurious and inviting for every member of the family.

This four bedroom beach house in Washington's South Sound is all about growing up near the water's edge during summer's freedom from school. The owner's childhood was spent in a small cabin on this site with her parents and siblings. Now married and with children of her own, it was time to savor those childhood memories and create new ones in a house designed for generations to come. At 3,200 square feet, including a whimsical Crow's Nest, the new summer cabin is much larger than the original cabin. The home is still about family and fun though. Above the 600 square foot water toys filled garage, there is a 500 square foot bunk room for friends and family. The bunk room is connected to the main house by an upper bridge where built-in storage frames a window seat overlooking the property. Throughout the home are playful details drawing from the waterfront locale. Paddles are integrated into the stair railing, engineered flooring with a weathered look, marine cleats as hardware, a boardwalk to the main entry, and nautical lighting are found throughout the house. Designed by BC&J Architecture.

Photo: Caroline Sharpnack © 2017 Houzz
Example of a 1950s living room design in Nashville

They had an Apartment in Tokyo. They had an Estate in Dallas. But what they really wanted was to be, "At the Lake". So they bought a contractor-built house nestled by a pristine Lake. They Sighed at the beautiful view. They Sighed at the inside of the house. They wanted it to feel more like them, more like a home. SO... they called HOM. After just 3 Meetings all agreed on what to do! Make it Warm, Modern, Cozy, and Striking. The Family left for Tokyo. And HOM. went to work. HOM. added a New Metal Railing. HOM. added reclaimed wooden beams from nearby Barns. HOM. added Large Original Art Pieces that were interpretations of the Rocks in the nearby Stream running through their Property. HOM. added multi-functional seating. More Dramatic Lighting. Accessories that were personal but did not over “ooze” the Lake idea. It became a Personal HOM. A HOM. they wanted, “At the Lake”. When the Family returned from Tokyo for a Thanksgiving Gathering, all were stunned. They now had, at last, a HOM. “At the Lake”. Two Years later... One of the daughters was getting married. The Parents offered to throw her wedding anywhere in the world she would like. Her answer was, I want to get married... "At the Lake".

When marrying two Upper West Side apartments to accommodate a growing family’s needs, the team at Axis Mundi was faced with a conundrum: how to distinctly delineate public and private spaces without sacrificing the greater openness conferred by the expansion. So they limned that line with a six-foot square sliding glass door, which enables parents to block out the sounds of rambunctious youth emanating from private quarters, while also shielding sleeping children from the later night activities of their parents—all of it without obscuring light or affecting the impression of open-plan living. Continuity of materials—hand-scraped walnut plank floors, a custom bamboo veneer kitchen and living room shelving—enhances the sense of sweeping, loft-like spaces. Materials also create intriguing textural contrasts, as in a powder room where a high-tech glass sink and black stainless steel penny tile is softened by a leather door with contrast stitching one must open to enter the space. Highlights: A pair of Gio Ponti lounge chairs, black glass rock tables and a William Yeoward area rug from the Rug Company (living room), sliding glass shower door from Magnum in the master bath. Total Area: 1950 sf Design Team: John Beckmann, Richard Rosenbloom and Nick Messerlian Photography: Mikiko Kikuyama Contractor: Steve Smith © Axis Mundi Design LLC

When marrying two Upper West Side apartments to accommodate a growing family’s needs, the team at Axis Mundi was faced with a conundrum: how to distinctly delineate public and private spaces without sacrificing the greater openness conferred by the expansion. So they limned that line with a six-foot square sliding glass door, which enables parents to block out the sounds of rambunctious youth emanating from private quarters, while also shielding sleeping children from the later night activities of their parents—all of it without obscuring light or affecting the impression of open-plan living. Continuity of materials—hand-scraped walnut plank floors, a custom bamboo veneer kitchen and living room shelving—enhances the sense of sweeping, loft-like spaces. Materials also create intriguing textural contrasts, as in a powder room where a high-tech glass sink and black stainless steel penny tile is softened by a leather door with contrast stitching one must open to enter the space. Highlights: A pair of Gio Ponti lounge chairs, black glass rock tables and a William Yeoward area rug from the Rug Company (living room), sliding glass shower door from Magnum in the master bath. Total Area: 1950 sf Design Team: John Beckmann, Richard Rosenbloom and Nick Messerlian Photography: Mikiko Kikuyama © Axis Mundi Design LLC

When marrying two Upper West Side apartments to accommodate a growing family’s needs, the team at Axis Mundi was faced with a conundrum: how to distinctly delineate public and private spaces without sacrificing the greater openness conferred by the expansion. So they limned that line with a six-foot square sliding glass door, which enables parents to block out the sounds of rambunctious youth emanating from private quarters, while also shielding sleeping children from the later night activities of their parents—all of it without obscuring light or affecting the impression of open-plan living. Continuity of materials—hand-scraped walnut plank floors, a custom bamboo veneer kitchen and living room shelving—enhances the sense of sweeping, loft-like spaces. Materials also create intriguing textural contrasts, as in a powder room where a high-tech glass sink and black stainless steel penny tile is softened by a leather door with contrast stitching one must open to enter the space. Highlights: A pair of Gio Ponti lounge chairs, black glass rock tables and a William Yeoward area rug from the Rug Company (living room), sliding glass shower door from Magnum in the master bath. Total Area: 1950 sf Design Team: John Beckmann, Richard Rosenbloom and Nick Messerlian Photography: Mikiko Kikuyama © Axis Mundi Design LLC

They had an Apartment in Tokyo. They had an Estate in Dallas. But what they really wanted was to be, "At the Lake". So they bought a contractor-built house nestled by a pristine Lake. They Sighed at the beautiful view. They Sighed at the inside of the house. They wanted it to feel more like them, more like a home. SO... they called HOM. After just 3 Meetings all agreed on what to do! Make it Warm, Modern, Cozy, and Striking. The Family left for Tokyo. And HOM. went to work. HOM. added a New Metal Railing. HOM. added reclaimed wooden beams from nearby Barns. HOM. added Large Original Art Pieces that were interpretations of the Rocks in the nearby Stream running through their Property. HOM. added multi-functional seating. More Dramatic Lighting. Accessories that were personal but did not over “ooze” the Lake idea. It became a Personal HOM. A HOM. they wanted, “At the Lake”. When the Family returned from Tokyo for a Thanksgiving Gathering, all were stunned. They now had, at last, a HOM. “At the Lake”. Two Years later... One of the daughters was getting married. The Parents offered to throw her wedding anywhere in the world she would like. Her answer was, I want to get married... "At the Lake".

When marrying two Upper West Side apartments to accommodate a growing family’s needs, the team at Axis Mundi was faced with a conundrum: how to distinctly delineate public and private spaces without sacrificing the greater openness conferred by the expansion. So they limned that line with a six-foot square sliding glass door, which enables parents to block out the sounds of rambunctious youth emanating from private quarters, while also shielding sleeping children from the later night activities of their parents—all of it without obscuring light or affecting the impression of open-plan living. Continuity of materials—hand-scraped walnut plank floors, a custom bamboo veneer kitchen and living room shelving—enhances the sense of sweeping, loft-like spaces. Materials also create intriguing textural contrasts, as in a powder room where a high-tech glass sink and black stainless steel penny tile is softened by a leather door with contrast stitching one must open to enter the space. Highlights: A pair of Gio Ponti lounge chairs, black glass rock tables and a William Yeoward area rug from the Rug Company (living room), sliding glass shower door from Magnum in the master bath. Total Area: 1950 sf Design Team: John Beckmann, Richard Rosenbloom and Nick Messerlian Photography: Mikiko Kikuyama Contractor: Steve Smith © Axis Mundi Design LLC

When marrying two Upper West Side apartments to accommodate a growing family’s needs, the team at Axis Mundi was faced with a conundrum: how to distinctly delineate public and private spaces without sacrificing the greater openness conferred by the expansion. So they limned that line with a six-foot square sliding glass door, which enables parents to block out the sounds of rambunctious youth emanating from private quarters, while also shielding sleeping children from the later night activities of their parents—all of it without obscuring light or affecting the impression of open-plan living. Continuity of materials—hand-scraped walnut plank floors, a custom bamboo veneer kitchen and living room shelving—enhances the sense of sweeping, loft-like spaces. Materials also create intriguing textural contrasts, as in a powder room where a high-tech glass sink and black stainless steel penny tile is softened by a leather door with contrast stitching one must open to enter the space. Highlights: A pair of Gio Ponti lounge chairs, black glass rock tables and a William Yeoward area rug from the Rug Company (living room), sliding glass shower door from Magnum in the master bath. Total Area: 1950 sf Design Team: John Beckmann, Richard Rosenbloom and Nick Messerlian Photography: Mikiko Kikuyama © Axis Mundi Design LLC

When marrying two Upper West Side apartments to accommodate a growing family’s needs, the team at Axis Mundi was faced with a conundrum: how to distinctly delineate public and private spaces without sacrificing the greater openness conferred by the expansion. So they limned that line with a six-foot square sliding glass door, which enables parents to block out the sounds of rambunctious youth emanating from private quarters, while also shielding sleeping children from the later night activities of their parents—all of it without obscuring light or affecting the impression of open-plan living. Continuity of materials—hand-scraped walnut plank floors, a custom bamboo veneer kitchen and living room shelving—enhances the sense of sweeping, loft-like spaces. Materials also create intriguing textural contrasts, as in a powder room where a high-tech glass sink and black stainless steel penny tile is softened by a leather door with contrast stitching one must open to enter the space. Highlights: A pair of Gio Ponti lounge chairs, black glass rock tables and a William Yeoward area rug from the Rug Company (living room), sliding glass shower door from Magnum in the master bath. Total Area: 1950 sf Design Team: John Beckmann, Richard Rosenbloom and Nick Messerlian Photography: Mikiko Kikuyama Contractor: Steve Smith © Axis Mundi Design LLC