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In a wooded area of Lafayette, a mid-century home was re-imagined for a graphic designer and kindergarten teacher couple and their three children. A major new design feature is a high ceiling great room that wraps from the front to the back yard, turning a corner at the kitchen and ending at the family room fireplace. This room was designed with a high flat roof to work in conjunction with existing roof forms to create a unified whole, and raise interior ceiling heights from eight to over ten feet. All new lighting and large floor to ceiling Fleetwood aluminum windows expand views of the trees beyond. The existing home was enlarged by 700 square feet with a small exterior addition enlarging the kitchen over an existing deck, and a larger amount by excavating out crawlspace at the garage level to create a new home office with full bath, and separate laundry utility room. The remodeled residence became 3,847 square feet in total area including the garage. Exterior curb appeal was improved with all new Fleetwood windows, stained wood siding and stucco. New steel railing and concrete steps lead up to the front entry. Front and rear yard new landscape design by Huettl Landscape Architecture dramatically alters the site. New planting was added at the front yard with landscape lighting and modern concrete pavers and the rear yard has multiple decks for family gatherings with the focal point a concrete conversation circle with central fire feature. Everything revolves around the corner kitchen, large windows to the backyard, quartz countertops and cabinetry in painted and walnut finishes. The homeowners enjoyed the process of selecting Heath Tile for the kitchen backsplash and white oval tiles at the family room fireplace. Black brick tiles by Fireclay were used on the living room hearth. The kitchen flows into the family room all with views to the beautifully landscaped yards. The primary suite has a built-in window seat with large windows overlooking the garden, walnut cabinetry in a skylit walk-in closet, and a large dramatic skylight bouncing light into the shower. The kid’s bath also has a skylight slot with light angling downward over double sinks. More colorful tile shows up in these spaces, as does a geometric patterned tile in the downstairs office bath shower. The large yard is taken full advantage of with concrete paved walkways, stairs and firepit circle. New retaining walls in the rear yard helped to add more level usable outdoor space, with wood slats to visually blend them into the overall design. The end result is a beautiful transformation of a mid-century home, that both captures the client’s personalities and elevates the house into the modern age.

Michael Moran/OTTO Photography The project added a new, unapologetically contemporary pool area to a Connecticut property with a century-old house and axial, terraced lawns from the late 1800’s. The design goal of the 500 sf. pool house was to make an interior room that merged with the outdoors and create a dialogue between old and new by providing a transparent corner oriented towards the main house. A variety of materials were used in combination, providing visual interest and textural contrast. The design challenge was to locate the pool on a slope which required elevating the house and handling surface water with infiltration, including a self-sustaining rain garden. Another challenge was how to support the sliding door track, accomplished by a cantilevered L-shaped beam concealed under the transom windows.

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All the bedrooms have an ornate carved headboard while still in keeping with the cleaner look of the new Istana along with boasting a totally revamped larger dressing and bathing area, external shower and internal pedestal bath. For the Ocean rooms day beds and desks along with comfortable lounge chairs have been included as well as some external garden furniture that will allow clients far more comfort in their rooms than previously. The large windows into the living area have been replaced with a slot window to allow more privacy to these suites. In the Garden bedrooms, the entrances in those rooms have been given large private gardens with sunloungers; they also now possess 42`` TV screens in each and additional walls to ensure privacy. (Source: https://www.allvillasbali.com/bali-villas/37/the_istana_bali.html)

The dining room opens up onto a private terrace with a view over the adjacent forest canopy. A tall, narrow slot window provides light and privacy from an adjacent pathway. The room is backstopped by a dark lacquered built-in hutch. The Dining Room is separated from the adjacent Living Room by a gas fireplace clad in sandblasted douglas fir boards that have been hand-burnished in copper leaf.

Slot windows matched to long skylights to improve lighting around a previously dark corner Interior Design by Adrianne Bailie Design and BLDG Workshop Erin Bailie Photography

The dining room opens up onto a private terrace with a view over the adjacent forest canopy. A tall, narrow slot window provides light and privacy from an adjacent pathway. The room is backstopped by a dark lacquered built-in hutch. The Dining Room is separated from the adjacent Living Room by a gas fireplace clad in sandblasted douglas fir boards that have been hand-burnished in copper leaf.

The dining room opens up onto a private terrace with a view over the adjacent forest canopy. A tall, narrow slot window provides light and privacy from an adjacent pathway. The room is backstopped by a dark lacquered built-in hutch. The Dining Room is separated from the adjacent Living Room by a gas fireplace clad in sandblasted douglas fir boards that have been hand-burnished in copper leaf.

A rear yard addition that takes a tiny wartime one and a half storey and transforms it into a spacious, airy modern home. The steel frame which opens up the back of the old house, and supports the new roof ridge, is left exposed and becomes a primary design feature of the new space. Slot windows are echoed above in the long narrow skylights creating a sense of height and amazing brightness while respecting privacy to the side yard. Design build with Method Modern Photography - Steve Edgar

All the bedrooms have an ornate carved headboard while still in keeping with the cleaner look of the new Istana along with boasting a totally revamped larger dressing and bathing area, external shower and internal pedestal bath. For the Ocean rooms day beds and desks along with comfortable lounge chairs have been included as well as some external garden furniture that will allow clients far more comfort in their rooms than previously. The large windows into the living area have been replaced with a slot window to allow more privacy to these suites. In the Garden bedrooms, the entrances in those rooms have been given large private gardens with sunloungers; they also now possess 42`` TV screens in each and additional walls to ensure privacy. (Source: https://www.allvillasbali.com/bali-villas/37/the_istana_bali.html)

A rear yard addition that takes a tiny wartime one and a half storey and transforms it into a spacious, airy modern home. The steel frame which opens up the back of the old house, and supports the new roof ridge, is left exposed and becomes a primary design feature of the new space. Slot windows are echoed above in the long narrow skylights creating a sense of height and amazing brightness while respecting privacy to the side yard. Design build with Method Modern Photography - Steve Edgar