SHOWER DETAIL. CWR
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View from Dining area thru 'Great Room'. Photo by Dale Headrick
Living room - contemporary living room idea in Portland

The clients called me on the recommendation from a neighbor of mine who had met them at a conference and learned of their need for an architect. They contacted me and after meeting to discuss their project they invited me to visit their site, not far from White Salmon in Washington State. Initially, the couple discussed building a ‘Weekend’ retreat on their 20± acres of land. Their site was in the foothills of a range of mountains that offered views of both Mt. Adams to the North and Mt. Hood to the South. They wanted to develop a place that was ‘cabin-like’ but with a degree of refinement to it and take advantage of the primary views to the north, south and west. They also wanted to have a strong connection to their immediate outdoors. Before long my clients came to the conclusion that they no longer perceived this as simply a weekend retreat but were now interested in making this their primary residence. With this new focus we concentrated on keeping the refined cabin approach but needed to add some additional functions and square feet to the original program. They wanted to downsize from their current 3,500± SF city residence to a more modest 2,000 – 2,500 SF space. They desired a singular open Living, Dining and Kitchen area but needed to have a separate room for their television and upright piano. They were empty nesters and wanted only two bedrooms and decided that they would have two ‘Master’ bedrooms, one on the lower floor and the other on the upper floor (they planned to build additional ‘Guest’ cabins to accommodate others in the near future). The original scheme for the weekend retreat was only one floor with the second bedroom tucked away on the north side of the house next to the breezeway opposite of the carport. Another consideration that we had to resolve was that the particular location that was deemed the best building site had diametrically opposed advantages and disadvantages. The views and primary solar orientations were also the source of the prevailing winds, out of the Southwest. The resolve was to provide a semi-circular low-profile earth berm on the south/southwest side of the structure to serve as a wind-foil directing the strongest breezes up and over the structure. Because our selected site was in a saddle of land that then sloped off to the south/southwest the combination of the earth berm and the sloping hill would effectively created a ‘nestled’ form allowing the winds rushing up the hillside to shoot over most of the house. This allowed me to keep the favorable orientation to both the views and sun without being completely compromised by the winds.

Shower DetL. CWR
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View of Great Room from Dining area thru Living area and Kitchen beyond. Photo by Dale Headrick
Dining room - contemporary dining room idea in Portland

View of expanded Living space with Breakfast space and Kitchen beyond. All photo's by CWR
Example of a 1950s living room design in Portland

This is a new residence in Portland's Southwest Hills. This view is from the Southwest that shows both the nature of the sloped site and the elongated form of the building. Photo by Dale Headrick

View into Living space through Dining room from Entry. Shoji screens allow for screening Kitchen from the Dining room All Photo's by CWR
Mid-sized transitional light wood floor great room photo in Portland with green walls, a standard fireplace and a stone fireplace

View thru Kitchen to 'Great Room' beyond. Photo by CWR
Inspiration for a contemporary kitchen remodel in Portland

This is a new residence in Portland's Southwest Hills. This view is looking through the Living area into the Dining area with the Kitchen off to the right. Photo by Chris Robinson

View from Living area thru 'Great Room' looking back at the Entry Foyer and hallway to Master Bedroom suite. Photo by Dale Headrich
Inspiration for a contemporary living room remodel in Portland

View into Kitchen from across raised Cherry bar surround. Photo by CWR
Kitchen - contemporary kitchen idea in Portland

View from Dining Room into Kitchen beyond. CWR
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary kitchen/dining room combo remodel in Portland with multicolored walls

Kitchen Island detail. CWR
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Guest Bath detail with floating cabinet. CWR
Walk-in shower - mid-sized contemporary master gray tile and porcelain tile porcelain tile walk-in shower idea in Portland with flat-panel cabinets, medium tone wood cabinets, a two-piece toilet, multicolored walls, an undermount sink and granite countertops

View from within Kitchen to house Entry and Living rooms beyond. Dale Headrick
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View from Breakfast area into house Entry and Kitchen. Dale Headrick
Elegant dining room photo in Portland

Master Bedroom All photo's by CWR
Inspiration for a mid-century modern bedroom remodel in Portland

View of new expanded Living room from Kitchen looking West All photo's by CWR
1960s living room photo in Portland