Sliding doors inspired by Japanese shoji screens can close off the office, which doubles as a guest room, for privacy.
The 4,000-square-foot home has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and two flex spaces that can be used as offices.
Windows in every room look out to treetops and infuse the home with an abundance of natural light.
“The things we splurged on still look raw, which is what we wanted,” adds Nick.
Squaring the window made it possible to install a window seat for reading sessions beside a favorite Spruce tree in the front yard.
dining area
Dining room into Atrium
Generous glazing mimics the experience of dining outdoors.
DZINE Concept did the interior design throughout. The dining room features a Liquid table by Baxter and Charme chairs from Busnelli.
Dash Marshall, the firm at which Bryan is a partner, designed the marble dining table. The seats are Eames Molded Plastic Chairs and the globe pendant came from a local hardware store.
Wishbone chairs by Hans Wegner for Carl Hansen & Søn surround a custom dining table, which is made out of a leftover piece of scaffolding from construction. The lighting is custom by Heather Dahl.
Off-Grid Guesthouse by Anacapa Architecture
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The dining room addition, which increased the total square footage to 2,700, features a Semi pendant by Bonderup & Thorup for Gubi and a table and chairs from Atelier Arking.
Tom Givone's current weekend abode, nicknamed the Floating Farmhouse, is—so far—his capstone project, a synthesis of personal taste, material experimentation, and historically sensitive restoration: a living laboratory for how to bring the vernacular past into the present.
The dining room table is also from Habitat. The oak veneered plywood is from Peter Benson Plywood.
The design team painted the exterior a dark, charcoal gray and sliced a two-story volume through the facade, removing part of the second floor to create the double-height space.
The large pocket doors of Mandeville Canyon House open up the corner of the living room to the concrete terrace and lawn beyond. This house, designed by Dutton Architects, is perfect for informal living and taking advantage of the southern California climate.
The bedroom/office connects to the outdoors via a large sliding glass door. The space's orange accent wall was inspired by Los Angeles sunsets.
“The addition is oriented towards the sun and faces the original Californian bungalow, allowing you to look at the heritage house from the new part and vice versa,” said Welsch. “It combines two unlikely architectural expressions—the casualness and generosity of a lightweight timber-clad building with the heaviness of earth construction.”
A shed roof descends from the living/dining area, extending beyond its edge to shield an expansive porch from the elements.
A custom blue bookshelf offers a pop of color in the living area and houses the couple's collection of art books and objects.
The house for Kundan's mother, dubbed Chameli, is constructed of two 40 x 8 containers located next to the family's garden.
There are eight outdoor spaces, or yards, of different sizes, which gives rise to the name of the house. This small courtyard is located off the dining room, and helps to connect the interior to the outdoors. "The selection of reclaimed brick has given this house a coherence that meshes perfectly with the focus on nature of the eight outdoor yards, and the cream paint contrasts wonderfully with the green planting throughout,
Two complementary lighting fixtures from New Hampshire Antiques co-op hang in the kitchen. "One of my good friends from college was getting married in New Hampshire, and he mentioned an antique store down the street. We probably spent three hours in there,
Bob sits in the entry courtyard with his dog, Goya.
The private outdoor space showcases the renovation's south-facing windows, which were installed to connect the indoors with the yard.
The new great room opens up completely to the patio with multi-panel pocket sliding glass doors that measure seven feet tall and 22 feet long.
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