The developers of this cutting-edge spec home sought to push the boundaries of typical designs offered in their market. The exterior blends classic colonial style with contemporary flair. The interior space is thoughtfully created to provide open concept living with transitional finishing elements that will satisfy the needs of today's sophisticated families. The staging design was created to showcase the beautiful construction, by pulling in modern and cutting edge elements. Sleek furniture and sophisticated accents create a seamless flow between the staging and architecture of the home.

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The developers of this cutting-edge spec home sought to push the boundaries of typical designs offered in their market. The exterior blends classic colonial style with contemporary flair. The interior space is thoughtfully created to provide open concept living with transitional finishing elements that will satisfy the needs of today's sophisticated families. The staging design was created to showcase the beautiful construction, by pulling in modern and cutting edge elements. Sleek furniture and sophisticated accents create a seamless flow between the staging and architecture of the home.

Command Center - complete with charging station, filing drawers and pocket doors that easily close the area off to conceal the typical clutter int he kitchen when guest pop-in.

The developers of this cutting-edge spec home sought to push the boundaries of typical designs offered in their market. The exterior blends classic colonial style with contemporary flair. The interior space is thoughtfully created to provide open concept living with transitional finishing elements that will satisfy the needs of today's sophisticated families. The staging design was created to showcase the beautiful construction, by pulling in modern and cutting edge elements. Sleek furniture and sophisticated accents create a seamless flow between the staging and architecture of the home.

A young colonial in the heart of Rye New York had everything going for it, except a dark and poorly laid out kitchen. The clients tapped Sarah Robertson of Studio Dearborn to help them layout a new kitchen in their challenging, dog leg shaped room. A small breakfast peninsula and working island helped pull together the oddly shaped kitchen into a streamlined, light filled space with all the storage amenities typical of a Studio Dearborn kitchen. The bar area, with undercounter refrigeration for wine and beverages, also features a locking cabinet for liquor and open wine storage. Desk area has file drawer and Docking Drawer charging drawer. Countertops: White Macauba, Rye Marble and Stone, Rye NY. Hardware: Studio Pulls from Hickory Hardware. Sinks: Kraus. Lighting: Currey & Co. Faucet: Kohler Artifacts Backsplash tile: Casablanca Tile and Stone, Harrison NY. Photography: Adam Kane Macchia

The developers of this cutting-edge spec home sought to push the boundaries of typical designs offered in their market. The exterior blends classic colonial style with contemporary flair. The interior space is thoughtfully created to provide open concept living with transitional finishing elements that will satisfy the needs of today's sophisticated families. The staging design was created to showcase the beautiful construction, by pulling in modern and cutting edge elements. Sleek furniture and sophisticated accents create a seamless flow between the staging and architecture of the home.

Furniture & Decor: Nickey Kehoe Photography: Roger Davies
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The developers of this cutting-edge spec home sought to push the boundaries of typical designs offered in their market. The exterior blends classic colonial style with contemporary flair. The interior space is thoughtfully created to provide open concept living with transitional finishing elements that will satisfy the needs of today's sophisticated families. The staging design was created to showcase the beautiful construction, by pulling in modern and cutting edge elements. Sleek furniture and sophisticated accents create a seamless flow between the staging and architecture of the home.

This modern green home offers both a vacation destination on Cape Cod near local family members and an opportunity for rental income. FAMILY ROOTS. A West Coast couple living in the San Francisco Bay Area sought a permanent East Coast vacation home near family members living on Cape Cod. As academic professionals focused on sustainability, they sought a green, energy efficient home that was well-aligned with their values. With no green homes available for sale on Cape Cod, they decided to purchase land near their family and build their own. SLOPED SITE. Comprised of a 3/4 acre lot nestled in the pines, the steeply sloping terrain called for a plan that embraced and took advantage of the slope. Of equal priority was optimizing solar exposure, preserving privacy from abutters, and creating outdoor living space. The design accomplished these goals with a simple, rectilinear form, offering living space on the both entry and lower/basement levels. The stepped foundation allows for a walk-out basement level with light-filled living space on the down-hill side of the home. The traditional basement on the eastern, up-hill side houses mechanical equipment and a home gym. The house welcomes natural light throughout, captures views of the forest, and delivers entertainment space that connects indoor living space to outdoor deck and dining patio. MODERN VISION. The clean building form and uncomplicated finishes pay homage to the modern architectural legacy on the outer Cape. Durable and economical fiber cement panels, fixed with aluminum channels, clad the primary form. Cedar clapboards provide a visual accent at the south-facing living room, which extends a single roof plane to cover the entry porch. SMART USE OF SPACE. On the entry level, the “L”-shaped living, dining, and kitchen space connects to the exterior living, dining, and grilling spaces to effectively double the home’s summertime entertainment area. Placed at the western end of the entry level (where it can retain privacy but still claim expansive downhill views) is the master suite with a built-in study. The lower level has two guest bedrooms, a second full bathroom, and laundry. The flexibility of the space—crucial in a house with a modest footprint—emerges in one of the guest bedrooms, which doubles as home office by opening the barn-style double doors to connect it to the bright, airy open stair leading up to the entry level. Thoughtful design, generous ceiling heights and large windows transform the modest 1,100 sf* footprint into a well-lit, spacious home. *(total finished space is 1800 sf) RENTAL INCOME. The property works for its owners by netting rental income when the owners are home in San Francisco. The house especially caters to vacationers bound for nearby Mayo Beach and includes an outdoor shower adjacent to the lower level entry door. In contrast to the bare bones cottages that are typically available on the Cape, this home offers prospective tenants a modern aesthetic, paired with luxurious and green features. Durable finishes inside and out will ensure longevity with the heavier use that comes with a rental property. COMFORT YEAR-ROUND. The home is super-insulated and air-tight, with mechanical ventilation to provide continuous fresh air from the outside. High performance triple-paned windows complement the building enclosure and maximize passive solar gain while ensuring a warm, draft-free winter, even when sitting close to the glass. A properly sized air source heat pump offers efficient heating & cooling, and includes a carefully designed the duct distribution system to provide even comfort throughout the house. The super-insulated envelope allows us to significantly reduce the equipment capacity, duct size, and airflow quantities, while maintaining unparalleled thermal comfort. ENERGY EFFICIENT. The building’s shell and mechanical systems play instrumental roles in the home’s exceptional performance. The building enclosure reduces the most significant energy glutton: heating. Continuous super-insulation, thorough air sealing, triple-pane windows, and passive solar gain work together to yield a miniscule heating load. All active energy consumers are extremely efficient: an air source heat pump for heating and cooling, a heat pump hot water heater, LED lighting, energy recovery ventilation (ERV), and high efficiency appliances. The result is a home that uses 70% less energy than a similar new home built to code requirements. OVERALL. The home embodies the owners’ goals and values while comprehensively enabling thermal comfort, energy efficiency, a vacation respite, and supplementary income. PROJECT TEAM ZeroEnergy Design - Architect & Mechanical Designer A.F. Hultin & Co. - Contractor Pamet Valley Landscape Design - Landscape & Masonry Lisa Finch - Original Artwork European Architectural Supply - Windows Eric Roth Photography - Photography

The developers of this cutting-edge spec home sought to push the boundaries of typical designs offered in their market. The exterior blends classic colonial style with contemporary flair. The interior space is thoughtfully created to provide open concept living with transitional finishing elements that will satisfy the needs of today's sophisticated families. The staging design was created to showcase the beautiful construction, by pulling in modern and cutting edge elements. Sleek furniture and sophisticated accents create a seamless flow between the staging and architecture of the home.

The developers of this cutting-edge spec home sought to push the boundaries of typical designs offered in their market. The exterior blends classic colonial style with contemporary flair. The interior space is thoughtfully created to provide open concept living with transitional finishing elements that will satisfy the needs of today's sophisticated families. The staging design was created to showcase the beautiful construction, by pulling in modern and cutting edge elements. Sleek furniture and sophisticated accents create a seamless flow between the staging and architecture of the home.

ABS Shutters This material is extremely hard wearing, making it ideal for commercial installations. Our Shutters are manufactured using a hardwood core combined with an ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) plastic coating.

Custom cabinetry - Ash with semi transparent gray stain Photo by Beth Swan of Swan Photography
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All cabinets for this project were made in house at our shop. Typically a cabinet maker will book match veneers on doors and drawer fronts. We dared to be different by using a burled walnut that we had on hand for the two shorter upper drawers. There is another set just like it to the right (out of camera view) that matches and gives a symmetry to the entire wall of cabinets as a whole. Everyone agrees it was a smart move. (See callout E on the new layout page to see where the camera was set to take this photo.)

The developers of this cutting-edge spec home sought to push the boundaries of typical designs offered in their market. The exterior blends classic colonial style with contemporary flair. The interior space is thoughtfully created to provide open concept living with transitional finishing elements that will satisfy the needs of today's sophisticated families. The staging design was created to showcase the beautiful construction, by pulling in modern and cutting edge elements. Sleek furniture and sophisticated accents create a seamless flow between the staging and architecture of the home.

A young colonial in the heart of Rye New York had everything going for it, except a dark and poorly laid out kitchen. The clients tapped Sarah Robertson of Studio Dearborn to help them layout a new kitchen in their challenging, dog leg shaped room. A small breakfast peninsula and working island helped pull together the oddly shaped kitchen into a streamlined, light filled space with all the storage amenities typical of a Studio Dearborn kitchen. The bar area, with undercounter refrigeration for wine and beverages, also features a locking cabinet for liquor and open wine storage. Desk area has file drawer and Docking Drawer charging drawer. Countertops: White Macauba, Rye Marble and Stone, Rye NY. Hardware: Studio Pulls from Hickory Hardware. Sinks: Kraus. Lighting: Currey & Co. Faucet: Kohler Artifacts Backsplash tile: Casablanca Tile and Stone, Harrison NY. Photography: Adam Kane Macchia

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Powder room - small transitional white tile and subway tile powder room idea in Boston with a wall-mount sink, multicolored walls, quartz countertops and white countertops