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Seasonal Storage with Unique "Sand Room"
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Set in the heart of charming Paia town is Paia Surf, a 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom vacation rental with a unique beach aesthetic. HUE worked together with contractor Todd Presault of Pono Construction to finalize the finishes, space plan, and custom designed unique interior and exterior pieces that give Paia Surf it’s fun coastal vibe. HUE thoughtfully selected all furniture and accessories, down to the custom designed surfboard dining bench, tabletop and picnic baskets in each room that give the guests an authentic North Shore experience.

Melanie Roy’s challenge in designing an extremely functional mud room to accommodate a busy family’s needs was to create a place for everything from crab nets and straw mats in metal buckets to beach towels, flip flops, balls and various summer paraphernalia in wire baskets. The challenge was that the room had no cubbies so boat cleats were used for hanging items up and out of the way and baskets and buckets for easy-access storage under a rough-hewn table. She created a beach theme by anchoring the space with a Stark rug with a wave design. Artists’ rendered surfboards are decorative but often accompany surfboards that are constantly in use. A window seat/bench is upholstered in a waterproof Duralee fabric, piped with jute, so you can sit on it even in a wet bathing suit. A painted blue rock coffee table is reflective of a bolder on the beach. Photo by Eric Striffler.

Set in the heart of charming Paia town is Paia Surf, a 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom vacation rental with a unique beach aesthetic. HUE worked together with contractor Todd Presault of Pono Construction to finalize the finishes, space plan, and custom designed unique interior and exterior pieces that give Paia Surf it’s fun coastal vibe. HUE thoughtfully selected all furniture and accessories, down to the custom designed surfboard dining bench, tabletop and picnic baskets in each room that give the guests an authentic North Shore experience.

Set in the heart of charming Paia town is Paia Surf, a 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom vacation rental with a unique beach aesthetic. HUE worked together with contractor Todd Presault of Pono Construction to finalize the finishes, space plan, and custom designed unique interior and exterior pieces that give Paia Surf it’s fun coastal vibe. HUE thoughtfully selected all furniture and accessories, down to the custom designed surfboard dining bench, tabletop and picnic baskets in each room that give the guests an authentic North Shore experience.

Set in the heart of charming Paia town is Paia Surf, a 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom vacation rental with a unique beach aesthetic. HUE worked together with contractor Todd Presault of Pono Construction to finalize the finishes, space plan, and custom designed unique interior and exterior pieces that give Paia Surf it’s fun coastal vibe. HUE thoughtfully selected all furniture and accessories, down to the custom designed surfboard dining bench, tabletop and picnic baskets in each room that give the guests an authentic North Shore experience.

Set in the heart of charming Paia town is Paia Surf, a 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom vacation rental with a unique beach aesthetic. HUE worked together with contractor Todd Presault of Pono Construction to finalize the finishes, space plan, and custom designed unique interior and exterior pieces that give Paia Surf it’s fun coastal vibe. HUE thoughtfully selected all furniture and accessories, down to the custom designed surfboard dining bench, tabletop and picnic baskets in each room that give the guests an authentic North Shore experience.

Set in the heart of charming Paia town is Paia Surf, a 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom vacation rental with a unique beach aesthetic. HUE worked together with contractor Todd Presault of Pono Construction to finalize the finishes, space plan, and custom designed unique interior and exterior pieces that give Paia Surf it’s fun coastal vibe. HUE thoughtfully selected all furniture and accessories, down to the custom designed surfboard dining bench, tabletop and picnic baskets in each room that give the guests an authentic North Shore experience.

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Seasonal Storage with Unique "Sand Room"
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We conserve the area under the stairs by using the support of the hinges and benches. All the way around the staircase, a surfboard was used as decoration.

The original house was demolished to make way for a two-story house on the sloping lot, with an accessory dwelling unit below. The upper level of the house, at street level, has three bedrooms, a kitchen and living room. The “great room” opens onto an ocean-view deck through two large pocket doors. The master bedroom can look through the living room to the same view. The owners, acting as their own interior designers, incorporated lots of color with wallpaper accent walls in each bedroom, and brilliant tiles in the bathrooms, kitchen, and at the fireplace. Architect: Thompson Naylor Architects Photographs: Jim Bartsch Photographer

We started with a blank slate on this basement project where our only obstacles were exposed steel support columns, existing plumbing risers from the concrete slab, and dropped soffits concealing ductwork on the ceiling. It had the advantage of tall ceilings, an existing egress window, and a sliding door leading to a newly constructed patio. This family of five loves the beach and frequents summer beach resorts in the Northeast. Bringing that aesthetic home to enjoy all year long was the inspiration for the décor, as well as creating a family-friendly space for entertaining. Wish list items included room for a billiard table, wet bar, game table, family room, guest bedroom, full bathroom, space for a treadmill and closed storage. The existing structural elements helped to define how best to organize the basement. For instance, we knew we wanted to connect the bar area and billiards table with the patio in order to create an indoor/outdoor entertaining space. It made sense to use the egress window for the guest bedroom for both safety and natural light. The bedroom also would be adjacent to the plumbing risers for easy access to the new bathroom. Since the primary focus of the family room would be for TV viewing, natural light did not need to filter into that space. We made sure to hide the columns inside of newly constructed walls and dropped additional soffits where needed to make the ceiling mechanicals feel less random. In addition to the beach vibe, the homeowner has valuable sports memorabilia that was to be prominently displayed including two seats from the original Yankee stadium. For a coastal feel, shiplap is used on two walls of the family room area. In the bathroom shiplap is used again in a more creative way using wood grain white porcelain tile as the horizontal shiplap “wood”. We connected the tile horizontally with vertical white grout joints and mimicked the horizontal shadow line with dark grey grout. At first glance it looks like we wrapped the shower with real wood shiplap. Materials including a blue and white patterned floor, blue penny tiles and a natural wood vanity checked the list for that seaside feel. A large reclaimed wood door on an exposed sliding barn track separates the family room from the game room where reclaimed beams are punctuated with cable lighting. Cabinetry and a beverage refrigerator are tucked behind the rolling bar cabinet (that doubles as a Blackjack table!). A TV and upright video arcade machine round-out the entertainment in the room. Bar stools, two rotating club chairs, and large square poufs along with the Yankee Stadium seats provide fun places to sit while having a drink, watching billiards or a game on the TV. Signed baseballs can be found behind the bar, adjacent to the billiard table, and on specially designed display shelves next to the poker table in the family room. Thoughtful touches like the surfboards, signage, photographs and accessories make a visitor feel like they are on vacation at a well-appointed beach resort without being cliché.