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Comfortable and elegant, this living room has several conversation areas. The various textures include stacked stone columns, copper-clad beams exotic wood veneers, metal and glass. Project designed by Susie Hersker’s Scottsdale interior design firm Design Directives. Design Directives is active in Phoenix, Paradise Valley, Cave Creek, Carefree, Sedona, and beyond. For more about Design Directives, click here: https://susanherskerasid.com/

Great Room from Foyer
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Exposed, curved Adobe entry/mudroom into Great Room.
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Large open great room and dining area with a mix of custom and Restoration Hardware furnishings.
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Exposed, curved Adobe entry/mudroom into Great Room.
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The clients wanted a “solid, old-world feel”, like an old Mexican hacienda, small yet energy-efficient. They wanted a house that was warm and comfortable, with monastic simplicity; the sense of a house as a haven, a retreat. The project’s design origins come from a combination of the traditional Mexican hacienda and the regional Northern New Mexican style. Room proportions, sizes and volume were determined by assessing traditional homes of this character. This was combined with a more contemporary geometric clarity of rooms and their interrelationship. The overall intent was to achieve what Mario Botta called “A newness of the old and an archaeology of the new…a sense both of historic continuity and of present day innovation”.

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Exposed, curved Adobe entry/mudroom into Great Room.
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Tuscan Style for Client in Superstition Mountain AZ. 4th project for this client. Several custom furniture pieces including a tv console with lift to reveal TV.

Inspiration for a large southwestern open concept travertine floor and beige floor living room remodel in Austin with beige walls and no fireplace

Large open great room and dining area with a mix of custom and Restoration Hardware furnishings.
Inspiration for a huge southwestern open concept travertine floor living room remodel in Phoenix with beige walls, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace and no tv

Inspiration for a mid-sized southwestern open concept travertine floor and beige floor living room remodel in Albuquerque with white walls

Example of a large southwest open concept travertine floor and brown floor family room design in Phoenix with beige walls, a corner fireplace and a wall-mounted tv

Comfortable and elegant, this living room has several conversation areas. The various textures include stacked stone columns, copper-clad beams exotic wood veneers, metal and glass. Project designed by Susie Hersker’s Scottsdale interior design firm Design Directives. Design Directives is active in Phoenix, Paradise Valley, Cave Creek, Carefree, Sedona, and beyond. For more about Design Directives, click here: https://susanherskerasid.com/

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Kitchen and billiards room separated by the custom wine cellar
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