This home is in a rural area. The client was wanting a home reminiscent of those built by the auto barons of Detroit decades before. The home focuses on a nature area enhanced and expanded as part of this property development. The water feature, with its surrounding woodland and wetland areas, supports wild life species and was a significant part of the focus for our design. We orientated all primary living areas to allow for sight lines to the water feature. This included developing an underground pool room where its only windows looked over the water while the room itself was depressed below grade, ensuring that it would not block the views from other areas of the home. The underground room for the pool was constructed of cast-in-place architectural grade concrete arches intended to become the decorative finish inside the room. An elevated exterior patio sits as an entertaining area above this room while the rear yard lawn conceals the remainder of its imposing size. A skylight through the grass is the only hint at what lies below. Great care was taken to locate the home on a small open space on the property overlooking the natural area and anticipated water feature. We nestled the home into the clearing between existing trees and along the edge of a natural slope which enhanced the design potential and functional options needed for the home. The style of the home not only fits the requirements of an owner with a desire for a very traditional mid-western estate house, but also its location amongst other rural estate lots. The development is in an area dotted with large homes amongst small orchards, small farms, and rolling woodlands. Materials for this home are a mixture of clay brick and limestone for the exterior walls. Both materials are readily available and sourced from the local area. We used locally sourced northern oak wood for the interior trim. The black cherry trees that were removed were utilized as hardwood flooring for the home we designed next door. Mechanical systems were carefully designed to obtain a high level of efficiency. The pool room has a separate, and rather unique, heating system. The heat recovered as part of the dehumidification and cooling process is re-directed to maintain the water temperature in the pool. This process allows what would have been wasted heat energy to be re-captured and utilized. We carefully designed this system as a negative pressure room to control both humidity and ensure that odors from the pool would not be detectable in the house. The underground character of the pool room also allowed it to be highly insulated and sealed for high energy efficiency. The disadvantage was a sacrifice on natural day lighting around the entire room. A commercial skylight, with reflective coatings, was added through the lawn-covered roof. The skylight added a lot of natural daylight and was a natural chase to recover warm humid air and supply new cooled and dehumidified air back into the enclosed space below. Landscaping was restored with primarily native plant and tree materials, which required little long term maintenance. The dedicated nature area is thriving with more wildlife than originally on site when the property was undeveloped. It is rare to be on site and to not see numerous wild turkey, white tail deer, waterfowl and small animals native to the area. This home provides a good example of how the needs of a luxury estate style home can nestle comfortably into an existing environment and ensure that the natural setting is not only maintained but protected for future generations.

This warm Hemlock walls home finished with a Sherwin Williams lacquer sealer for durability in this modern style cabin has a masonry double sided fireplace as its focal point. Large Marvin windows and patio doors with transoms allow a full glass wall for lake viewing. Built in wood cubbie in the stone fireplace.

Beautiful chandelier from Hardwood Floors & More, Inc.. A great fixture to highlight the ceiling and stone fireplace.
アトランタにあるお手頃価格の広いトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれなオープンリビング (茶色い壁、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり) の写真

デンバーにあるラグジュアリーな中くらいなラスティックスタイルのおしゃれなファミリールーム (無垢フローリング、茶色い壁、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、埋込式メディアウォール) の写真

Photographer: Philip Jenson-Carter
ニューヨークにある広いラスティックスタイルのおしゃれなオープンリビング (茶色い壁、淡色無垢フローリング、石材の暖炉まわり、テレビなし、標準型暖炉) の写真

シャーロットにあるお手頃価格の中くらいなラスティックスタイルのおしゃれなオープンリビング (茶色い壁、無垢フローリング、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、茶色い床) の写真

Walk up finished attic space.
ニューヨークにある中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな独立型ファミリールーム (茶色い壁、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、据え置き型テレビ、カーペット敷き) の写真

アトランタにある中くらいなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれなファミリールーム (茶色い壁、カーペット敷き、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、茶色い床) の写真

Photo by Sylvia Martin stacked stone fireplace at the end of the glass space.
バーミングハムにあるお手頃価格の広いトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれなオープンリビング (淡色無垢フローリング、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、茶色い壁、茶色い床) の写真

シカゴにある中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれなオープンリビング (茶色い壁、濃色無垢フローリング、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり) の写真

High functioning, yet cozy family room. Traditional mountain home living.
他の地域にあるラグジュアリーな中くらいなラスティックスタイルのおしゃれな独立型ファミリールーム (標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、茶色い壁、無垢フローリング、内蔵型テレビ、茶色い床) の写真

Here we have the finished space. The beautiful 1930's handmade rug compliments the Brazilian Cherry wonderfully.
シアトルにあるお手頃価格の中くらいなミッドセンチュリースタイルのおしゃれな独立型ファミリールーム (茶色い壁、無垢フローリング、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、茶色い床) の写真

This is a before picture. The customer wanted the vintage handmade rug separated from the carpet and reinstalled after new flooring installation.
シアトルにあるお手頃価格の中くらいなミッドセンチュリースタイルのおしゃれな独立型ファミリールーム (茶色い壁、無垢フローリング、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、茶色い床) の写真

マイアミにあるコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなオープンリビング (茶色い壁、横長型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、グレーの床) の写真

A diagonal wall was built into a corner of this lower level family room. The cabinets were recessed under the wall the maximize the footprint of the space. A matching wood countertop was added for a more furniture looking piece. The flat screen tv was wall mounted as well as the sound bar.

Interior Design by Shawn Falcone and Michele Hybner. Photo by Amoura Productions.
オマハにある広いラスティックスタイルのおしゃれなオープンリビング (茶色い壁、濃色無垢フローリング、横長型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、茶色い床) の写真

シャーロットにあるお手頃価格の中くらいなラスティックスタイルのおしゃれなオープンリビング (茶色い壁、無垢フローリング、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、茶色い床) の写真

Residential Design by Peter Eskuche, AIA
ミネアポリスにあるトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれなファミリールーム (ライブラリー、茶色い壁、濃色無垢フローリング、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、テレビなし) の写真

他の地域にあるラグジュアリーな広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなオープンリビング (茶色い壁、淡色無垢フローリング、横長型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、茶色い床、三角天井、塗装板張りの壁) の写真