Cabin Inspiration
- Sliding door creates indoor/outdoor living
- Enjoying the scale of the room
- Framed view centers the nook area - Surrounded by bench and built-ins - Dark hardware and cabinet lighting
- Building layouts - Use of locally sourced materials - Mix of regional building archetypes used as precedents for residential design
- Average height ceiling keeps the scale of the room cozy - Floor to ceiling windows in the corner maximizes the beautiful surroundings
- Right on the water - Part of circulation leading to water access - No overhead building over the open patio, maximizing sunlight
- Convenient water access - House overhead shelters the landing
- Perfectly simple modern railing - Board and batten siding with shutter windows - Surrounding forest dense enough to filter sunlight Just looks so simple and peaceful. No fancy lighting, or grill space... just a deck surrounded by trees.
- Light walls contrast nicely with rough exposed timber framing - Dark hardware throughout - Vintage rugs
- Wrap around porch - Cedar shingles, and exposed wood framing make it feel more campy - Dark antiqued finished sconces
- Garage/Workshop space - Counters along the perimeter with built in storage - Black industrial lighting
- Glassed-in connecting hallway puts you in the outdoors
- Tall ceiling - Almost entirely lower cabinets, open airy at eye-level
- 3 Buildings connected by outdoor pathways on this site - Outdoor common areas in between buildings - Site orientation running parallel to waters edge, maximizing views
- Tiered living spaces - Capitalizing wall spaces - Use of skylights
- Custom built-ins - Cozy doorways/hallways
- Covered bridge to entrance
- Beautiful transition space
- Dining nook, instead of dining room
- Precast concrete, beautiful smooth finish to the floors and sink
- Indoor/Outdoor feel for the common area - No TV screens
- Mix of warm fabrics - Warm lighting fixtures - Worn/Distressed floor of dark painted boards - Braided rug by edge of bed
- Vintage elements, combined with other reclaimed materials give more character to the overall impression (Reclaimed timber counter, salvaged vintage sinks, antique sconces...)
- Stilts elevate building off the ground - Surrounded by trees, even the path to the entranced is lined with birch on both sides
- Front door accessible by foot only - Surrounded by woods
- Wide plank wood floors throughout - No drywall - Antique fixtures, and dark hardware - Neutral pallete, with contrast
- Paint color/palette of exterior finishes - Proximity to tall trees, "nestled"
- Transition from indoors to outdoors - Wood shingles w. metal roof
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