Project posted by PLOW
Every effort was made to recapture space - from removing the hallway to the lower bedroom to create an eat-in kitchen to carving out space under the stair for the couple's wine collection.
To preserve the purity and beauty of the exposed redwood structure of the home, the owners focused on wall mounted lighting. The challenge in the kitchen was to bring enough light over the work areas as well as the dining table which made the Flos Aim lights a perfect fit.
The kitchen was designed to celebrate flexibility, spatial efficiency and gathering. Two Fisher & Paykel cool drawers can go from wine coolers to freezer at the push of a button and support just the two of us (most of the time) to the whole family over holidays while the 80s vintage marble table found on Craigslist functions just as well as a prep surface dough as it does to host dinner.
In the living room a CB2 sleeper sofa provides overflow sleeping space and the vintage cribbage board table, found at a local thrift shop functions as as bar.
Furniture for the bedrooms was designed by the owners and built specifically for the space. The bleached ash bed and reclaimed marble bedside table were built by Barrett Karber of Form-Work.
Details
Square Feet
1000
Bedrooms
2
Full Baths
2
Credits
From PLOW
Set among mature redwoods, this classic timber modified A-frame was built in 1974 and renovated by it's two Architect owners to bring it into the contemporary era.
The gut renovation left the shell mostly intact, but opened the rear of the cabin to the light with asymmetric glazing. Extraneous interior walls and finishes were demolished and stripped out, to leave a bright white space with light oak flooring that maximizes the forest’s limited direct sunlight.
Inside this, a dramatic floor-to-ceiling, black, stone-tiled hearth and new kitchen with blackened steel work surfaces now define warm gathering places within the plan.