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A cozy inglenook just off the pool is primed for fireside chats. Smith and Branchflower took every design detail into consideration, from the custom mosaics and sconces that reflect the late-summer meadow just outside to the heating and ventilation grates that are cleverly hidden in the art glass and windowsills.
The back of the 5,400-square-foot home has an impressive array of expansive windows and a second-story porch that take full advantage of the distant mountain and forest views. Landscape architect Kris Horiuchi devised sophisticated outdoor “rooms,” including one with a firepit and one with a spa, for varying opportunities to enjoy the scenery.
Ceiling heaters make this partially enclosed patio a three-season outdoor dining room complete with a grill, outdoor-rated vinyl shades, a stone-and-teak table, and woven-vinyl-and-teak wicker-style chairs.
A garden elegantly planted with river birch trees and native greenery takes center stage outside the dining room’s floor-to-ceiling windows. Ochre’s Moonlight Murmuration chandelier, a J.D. Staron rug, a Robert James Collection dining table, and chairs covered in a Romo charcoal-velvet upholstery complement the views.
Designer Kathy Marshall wanted the living room to feel formal, but not predictable, so she hung the gilded French pendant off-center (and away from passing heads). The fireplace is framed with the same salvaged Chicago bricks used in the mudroom; linen armchairs flank a table lamp fashioned from an old family oil lamp.
The dining table expands to seat twelve and is paired with cane-back chairs and walls covered in a paper-backed fabric from Raoul Textiles. Architect Rob Bramhall kept the base and crown molding consistent throughout the house, then layered on other elements like the wainscoting and coffered ceiling to distinguish each room.
To keep the great room all about the view, designer Janeen Arnold chose a quiet palette of ivories, which also provides a timeless neutral backdrop for the wife to decorate in different colors for various holidays. The steel-framed sliders recede into pockets, allowing complete communion between indoors and out. Tables in the living and dining areas allude to driftwood.
French-style chairs and an arts and crafts-style chest impart historical touches that give the room greater visual depth, Arnold believes, than if you’d simply “popped in all modern forms.” Floral fabric connects the fauteuils to the landscape. A cowhide rug keeps things contemporary, as does the mirror, which evokes a porthole while complementing the curves of the table and Hinkley pendant.
Two Ellsworth Kelly works flank a piece by Donald Sultan that hangs above the fireplace in the living room. A light fixture by Aerin for Visual Comfort & Co. illuminates a custom sofa and chairs from McLaughlin upholstery, a cocktail table from Dennis & Leen, and a side table from Rose Tarlow Melrose House.
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