This new house is located in a quiet residential neighborhood developed in the 1920’s, that is in transition, with new larger homes replacing the original modest-sized homes. The house is designed to be harmonious with its traditional neighbors, with divided lite windows, and hip roofs. The roofline of the shingled house steps down with the sloping property, keeping the house in scale with the neighborhood. The interior of the great room is oriented around a massive double-sided chimney, and opens to the south to an outdoor stone terrace and garden. Photo by: Nat Rea Photography

My clients asked me to transform their current living and dining room into a music room as their children enjoy playing their Baby Grand piano on a regular basis. The wall and french door was removed that was between the living room and dining room and we installed a linear electric fireplace with storage pullouts for some of their music books along the bottom on either side as well as floating shelves above the pullouts. Their wall to wall carpet was removed and new hardwood was laid down. Ceilings were scraped and pot lights were also placed throughout the space and lighting was installed underneath the floating shelves. My client loves artwork by Toronto based artist Sharon Barr so she commissioned a piece from her and that sits above the fireplace. We also installed the "Frame" TV by Samsung on the other side of the fireplace which looks like another piece of artwork nicely framed. My client already had 2 beautiful occasional chairs that we designed at Gresham House 6 years earlier so we re-purposed them in this room to sit in front of the fireplace. In the cozy sitting area, we grounded it with a beautiful silk and wool area rug, added a comfortable leather ottoman, a small round swivel chair, a beautiful contemporary sectional and a set of nesting end tables. All of this furniture was designed by The Expert Touch Interiors at The Decorating Centre. Final touches with accessories and the floor lamp and pouff were found at Urban Barn. My client's once dated and unused space is now a well-used dual purpose room that the whole family can enjoy!

The modern and clean lined living and family room allows the eye to focus on the guitar, banjos and mandolin. The homeowners are also avid collectors of old 33 rpm records. Alise O'Brien photography

Dramatic modern addition to a 1950's colonial. The project program was to include a Great Room and first floor Master Suite. While the existing home was traditional in many of its components, the new addition was to be modern in design, spacious, open, lots of natural light, and bring the outside in. The new addition has 10’ ceilings. A sloped light monitor extends the height of the Great Room to a 13’+ ceiling over the great room, 8’ doors, walls of glass, minimalist detailing and neutral colors. The new spaces have a great sense of openness bringing the greenery from the landscaping in. Marlon Crutchfield Photography

After picture of living room expansion and remodel
サンディエゴにある高級な広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (ミュージックルーム、グレーの壁、淡色無垢フローリング、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、埋込式メディアウォール、グレーの床) の写真

Jon Eady Photography
デンバーにある高級な広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (埋込式メディアウォール、ベージュの壁、淡色無垢フローリング、横長型暖炉、金属の暖炉まわり、ミュージックルーム) の写真

ロンドンにある高級な広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (ミュージックルーム、淡色無垢フローリング、標準型暖炉、埋込式メディアウォール) の写真

Adriano Castelli © 2017 Houzz
ミラノ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 (ミュージックルーム、マルチカラーの壁、淡色無垢フローリング、暖炉なし、埋込式メディアウォール、ベージュの床) の写真

Vista dalla cucina verso la parete finestrata e la zona soggiorno. Foto di Simone Marulli
ミラノにある高級な小さな北欧スタイルのおしゃれなLDK (ミュージックルーム、マルチカラーの壁、淡色無垢フローリング、埋込式メディアウォール、ベージュの床、板張り天井、青いソファ、白い天井) の写真

Gentlemen's lounge or we would call it "boy's only room". All wall panels and original details were refurbished and kept, oversized chandelier is made of medical test tubes, we like finding thing with a twist

シアトル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オープンリビング (ミュージックルーム、白い壁、淡色無垢フローリング、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

Il soggiorno vede protagonista la struttura che ospita il camino al bioetanolo e la tv, con una rifinitura decorativa. Le tre ampie finestre che troviamo lungo la parete esposta ad est, garantiscono un'ampia illuminazione naturale durante tutto l'arco della giornata. Di notevole interesse gli arredi vintage originali di proprietà del committente a cui sono state affiancate due poltroncine di Gio Ponti.

Lauren Anderson
サンフランシスコにある中くらいなトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれな独立型リビング (ミュージックルーム、白い壁、淡色無垢フローリング、標準型暖炉、タイルの暖炉まわり、埋込式メディアウォール、ベージュの床) の写真

Vista della parete attrezzata del soggiorno firmata Caccaro. Foto di Simone Marulli
ミラノにある高級な小さな北欧スタイルのおしゃれなLDK (ミュージックルーム、マルチカラーの壁、淡色無垢フローリング、埋込式メディアウォール、ベージュの床、板張り天井、青いソファ、白い天井) の写真

サクラメントにある高級な広いモダンスタイルのおしゃれなオープンリビング (ミュージックルーム、グレーの壁、淡色無垢フローリング、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、埋込式メディアウォール、ベージュの床) の写真

ロンドンにある高級な広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (ミュージックルーム、淡色無垢フローリング、標準型暖炉、埋込式メディアウォール) の写真

Dramatic modern addition to a 1950's colonial. The project program was to include a Great Room and first floor Master Suite. While the existing home was traditional in many of its components, the new addition was to be modern in design, spacious, open, lots of natural light, and bring the outside in. The new addition has 10’ ceilings. A sloped light monitor extends the height of the Great Room to a 13’+ ceiling over the great room, 8’ doors, walls of glass, minimalist detailing and neutral colors. The new spaces have a great sense of openness bringing the greenery from the landscaping in. Marlon Crutchfield Photography

トロントにあるお手頃価格の中くらいなトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれなLDK (ミュージックルーム、ベージュの壁、淡色無垢フローリング、埋込式メディアウォール、黄色い床) の写真

Jon Eady Photography
デンバーにある高級な広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (ベージュの壁、淡色無垢フローリング、埋込式メディアウォール、横長型暖炉、金属の暖炉まわり、ミュージックルーム、茶色い床) の写真