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The architects stuck to a gray-scale color palette, installing slate tile floors that softly contrast with the white walls and Eames dining chairs. “It lets the views out the windows become the focus,” Dworkind explains. Doses of pure black accent important features, like the central wall that divides the kitchen and master bedroom behind it from the main living space.

mudroom

The bedroom is enclosed with a glass wall. A blackout curtain can be drawn closed for privacy. An IKEA cabinet and white lacquered shelves help to provide plenty of closet space.

The owners were passionately involved in every aspect of the design, and pushed the team to make choices they normally might not have, including using Western red cedar for the master bathroom countertop. The spa-like space features a soaking tub, tile from Statements Urban, an MTI sink, a custom mirror, and a Vola faucet.

White tiles envelop the en suite master bathroom.

Exterior View from across Lake Apache.. nestled in the hillside

The home was positioned diagonally across the site, along a true east-west axis, allowing main living spaces and window walls to face due south.

The pitched roof is a classic Prairie style known of Frank Lloyd Wright's design.

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