Klopf Architecture and Outer space Landscape Architects designed a new warm, modern, open, indoor-outdoor home in Los Altos, California. Inspired by mid-century modern homes but looking for something completely new and custom, the owners, a couple with two children, bought an older ranch style home with the intention of replacing it. Created on a grid, the house is designed to be at rest with differentiated spaces for activities; living, playing, cooking, dining and a piano space. The low-sloping gable roof over the great room brings a grand feeling to the space. The clerestory windows at the high sloping roof make the grand space light and airy. Upon entering the house, an open atrium entry in the middle of the house provides light and nature to the great room. The Heath tile wall at the back of the atrium blocks direct view of the rear yard from the entry door for privacy. The bedrooms, bathrooms, play room and the sitting room are under flat wing-like roofs that balance on either side of the low sloping gable roof of the main space. Large sliding glass panels and pocketing glass doors foster openness to the front and back yards. In the front there is a fenced-in play space connected to the play room, creating an indoor-outdoor play space that could change in use over the years. The play room can also be closed off from the great room with a large pocketing door. In the rear, everything opens up to a deck overlooking a pool where the family can come together outdoors. Wood siding travels from exterior to interior, accentuating the indoor-outdoor nature of the house. Where the exterior siding doesn’t come inside, a palette of white oak floors, white walls, walnut cabinetry, and dark window frames ties all the spaces together to create a uniform feeling and flow throughout the house. The custom cabinetry matches the minimal joinery of the rest of the house, a trim-less, minimal appearance. Wood siding was mitered in the corners, including where siding meets the interior drywall. Wall materials were held up off the floor with a minimal reveal. This tight detailing gives a sense of cleanliness to the house. The garage door of the house is completely flush and of the same material as the garage wall, de-emphasizing the garage door and making the street presentation of the house kinder to the neighborhood. The house is akin to a custom, modern-day Eichler home in many ways. Inspired by mid-century modern homes with today’s materials, approaches, standards, and technologies. The goals were to create an indoor-outdoor home that was energy-efficient, light and flexible for young children to grow. This 3,000 square foot, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom new house is located in Los Altos in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Klopf Architecture Project Team: John Klopf, AIA, and Chuang-Ming Liu  Landscape Architect: Outer space Landscape Architects  Structural Engineer: ZFA Structural Engineers  Staging: Da Lusso Design  Photography ©2018 Mariko Reed  Location: Los Altos, CA  Year completed: 2017

Mid-Century Modern Orange Chenille Sofa - The Sofa Company

The Sofa Company

This Mid-Century modern orange chenille sofa by The Sofa Company ( https://goo.gl/7nCifP) was custom ordered for a downtown Los Angeles loft. This is one sofa that is turning heads! Low rider and trend setter, Turner is a fun new style that combines contemporary features with a modern spin. Turner offers unique comfort due to its comfortable, slightly angled back, accented by a tufted back

Wohnung in Neukölln

Loft Kolasinski

Karolina Bąk www.karolinabak.com
ベルリン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リビング (ライブラリー、白い壁、無垢フローリング、暖炉なし、テレビなし) の写真

1980s Hi-Rise Condo Goes Mid Century Modern in Houston's Museum District

InnovationLand

Houston Interior Designer Lisha Maxey took this Museum District condo from the dated, mirrored walls of the 1980s to Mid Century Modern with a gallery look featuring the client's art collection. "The place was covered with glued-down, floor-to-ceiling mirrors," says Lisha Maxey, senior designer for Homescapes of Houston and principal at LGH Design Services in Houston. "When we took them off the walls, the walls came apart. We ended up taking them down to the studs." The makeover took six months to complete, primarily because of strict condo association rules that only gave the Houston interior designers very limited access to the elevator - through which all materials and team members had to go. "Monday through Friday, we could only be noisy from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and if we had to do something extra loud, like sawing or drilling, we had to schedule it with the management and they had to communicate that to the condo owners. So it was just a lot of coordination. But a lot of Inner City Loopers live in these kinds of buildings, so we're used to handling that kind of thing." The client, a child psychiatrist in her 60s, recently moved to Houston from northeast Texas to be with friends. After being widowed three years ago, she decided it was time to let go of the traditionally styled estate that wasn't really her style anyway. An avid diver who has traveled around the world to pursue her passion, she has amassed a large collection of art from her travels. Downsizing to 1,600 feet and wanting to go more contemporary, she wanted the display - and the look - more streamlined. "She wanted clean lines and muted colors, with the main focus being her artwork," says Maxey. "So we made the space a palette for that." Enter the white, gallery-grade paint she chose for the walls: "It's halfway between satin and flat," explains Maxey. "It's not glossy and it's not chalky - just very smooth and clean." Adding to the gallery theme is the satin nickel track lighting with lamps aimed to highlight pieces of art. "This lighting has no wires," notes Maxey. "It's powered by a positive and negative conduit." The new flooring throughout is a blended-grey porcelain tile that looks like wood planks. "It's gorgeous, natural-looking and combines all the beauty of wood with the durability of tile," says Maxey. "We used it throughout the condo to unify the space." After Maxey started looking at the client's bright, vibrant, colorful artwork, she felt the palette couldn't stay as muted anymore. Hence the Mid Century Modern orange leather sofas from West Elm and chartruese chairs from Joybird, plus the throw pillows in different textures, patterns and shades of gold, orange and green. The concave lines of the Danish-inspired chairs, she notes, help them look beautiful from all the way around - a key to designing spaces for loft living. "The table in the living room is very interesting," notes Maxey. "It was handmade for the client in 1974 and has a signature on it from the artist. She was adamant about including the piece, which has all these hand-painted black-and-white art tiles on the top. I took one look at it and said 'It's not really going to go.'" However, after cutting 6 inches off the bottom and making it look a little distressed, the table ended up being the perfect complement to the sofas. The dining room table - from Design Within Reach - is a solid piece of mahogany, the chair upholstery a mix of grey velvet and leather and the legs a shiny brass. "The side chairs are leather and the end ones are velvet," says Maxey. "It's a nice textural mix that lends depth and texture." The galley kitchen, meanwhile, has been lightened and brightened, with white quartz countertops and backsplashes mimicking the look of Carrara marble, stainless steel appliances and a velvet green bench seat for a punch of color. The cabinets are painted a cool grey color called "Silverplate." The two bathrooms have been updated with contemporary white vanities and vessel sinks and the master bath now features a walk-in shower tiled in Dolomite white marble (the floor is Bianco Carrara marble mosaic, done in a herringbone pattern. In the master bedroom, Homescapes of Houston knocked down a wall between two smaller closets with swing doors to make one large walk-in closet with pocket doors. The closet in the guest bedroom also came out 13 more inches. The client's artwork throughout personalizes the space and tells the story of a life. There's a huge bowl of shells from the client's diving adventures, framed art from her child psychiatry patients and a 16th century wood carving from a monastery that's been in her family forever. "Her collection is quite impressive," says Maxey. "There's even a framed piece of autographed songs written by John Lennon." (You can see this black-framed piece of art on the wall in the photo above of two green chairs). "We're extremely happy with how the project turned out, and so is the client," says Maxey. "No expense was spared for her. It was a labor of love and we were excited to do it."

BahrSaffery, Long Beach, CA

Jeannette Architects

ロサンゼルスにあるミッドセンチュリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (黄色い壁、暖炉なし、壁掛け型テレビ) の写真

Mid-Century Hillside Cottage

Kai Andrews Design: Home Staging + Renovations

ロサンゼルス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リビング (黄色い壁、暖炉なし、テレビなし、淡色無垢フローリング) の写真

Appartement plume de paon

Agence Faure

www.philippecharlot.com
パリ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LDK (黄色い壁、無垢フローリング、暖炉なし、テレビなし) の写真

Mid Century Modern Bungalow

Kim Colwell Design

Mid century bungalow. Photo by Mark Halper.
ロサンゼルスにある低価格の小さなミッドセンチュリースタイルのおしゃれな独立型リビング (緑の壁、無垢フローリング、暖炉なし) の写真

Reduced Heat and Glare

Green Light Window Films

Photo Courtesy of Eastman Homeowners may enjoy the view and natural light more with reduced heat and glare with window film installed
カンザスシティにあるお手頃価格の広いミッドセンチュリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (黄色い壁、濃色無垢フローリング、暖炉なし、テレビなし) の写真

Ready2HangArt Living Room

Ready2hangart, Inc.

フェニックスにあるお手頃価格の広いミッドセンチュリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、暖炉なし、テレビなし) の写真

Sandy Beach

KLYNS STUDIO LLC

ニューヨークにあるお手頃価格の小さなミッドセンチュリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (黄色い壁、セラミックタイルの床、暖炉なし、テレビなし、茶色い床) の写真

dellwood: boulder, colorado family home

jennifer rhode design

HBK photography mexican dolls are displayed on this vintage mirrored chest.
デンバーにある広いミッドセンチュリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (ベージュの壁、無垢フローリング、暖炉なし、茶色い床) の写真

The Retro House

Tweak Your Space

タンパにある中くらいなミッドセンチュリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、セラミックタイルの床、暖炉なし、テレビなし、ベージュの床) の写真

Rénovation d'un appartement pour un couple de 82 et 92 ans

SUBLISSIMMO

4 jeudis/sublissimmo
ストラスブー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LDK (白い壁、淡色無垢フローリング、暖炉なし、壁掛け型テレビ、茶色い床) の写真

大人の部室（リノベーション）

Polite Design Office/ポライトデザインオフィス

大人の部室（リノベーション）
他の地域にあるお手頃価格の小さなミッドセンチュリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、濃色無垢フローリング、暖炉なし、テレビなし、茶色い床) の写真

黄色いミッドセンチュリースタイルのリビング (暖炉なし) の写真

リビングは家族みんなが集まる部屋。テレビを観たり、ゲームで遊んだり、本を読んだり、一日のできごとを語ったりと、家族が各々で、また揃って様々なことをするスペースがリビングです。子どもが小さいうちは、リビングに遊び場所をつくることも多いでしょうし、小学生になればリビングで宿題をすることもあるかもしれません。そしてその隣ではお母さんが家事や趣味の作業をしたり、パソコンを使うことも考えられます。また、特別な客間がない限り、リビングにお客さまを招くことも多いはずです。そんな多目的な部屋だからこそ、おしゃれでくつろげるミッドセンチュリースタイルのリビングをつくるヒントを探しましょう。

おしゃれなミッドセンチュリースタイルのリビングのインテリアとは？

ミッドセンチュリースタイルのリビングのインテリアほど頭を悩ませるものはないでしょう。日常的に家族が集まる場所であり、客間として来客をもてなす場所でもあるリビングルームは、飽きのこないインテリアと、少しばかりの個性が必要となります。大きなソファーを置くのもいいですが、一人がけの椅子を家族の人数に合わせて置いたりするのも個性的ですね。一方で、ローテーブルやテレビ台などの家具は、リビングの壁や床の色との馴染みを考えながら選ぶと失敗しません。家族で使うリビングは、それだけ多くのものが持ち込まれる場所。雑多なものであふれかえりがちなので、壁面収納や床下収納など、リビング全体のスペースを有効に使って、整理整頓しやすい部屋づくりが必要です。床に導線の妨げとなる物を置かないという単純なことだけでも、広くて快適なミッドセンチュリースタイルのリビングづくりにつながります。

ミッドセンチュリースタイルのリビングを広く見せるコツ

日本の住宅ではリビングや客間のスペースを広く取れないことも多く、少しの家具でも窮屈に感じてしまうこともあるでしょう。間取りが決まっているからこそ、視覚で広く見せるコツがあります。

天井を高く見せるため、リビングの家具はなるべく低いものに統一する。

家具をリビングの中央に置かず、壁や部屋の隅に沿って配置して視線の中心に置かない。

床に敷くラグはあまり大きなサイズにせず、フローリング面を大きく見せる。

明るい色の家具を配置する。白い家具は光を反射し部屋を明るく見せ、広く感じさせる効果がある。

お客さまの印象に残る、すてきなミッドセンチュリースタイルのリビングのつくり方

ゲストルームがある家はその限りではありませんが、ほとんどの家庭では、お客さまをリビングにお通しします。お客さまを迎えるときには、生活感あふれるいつものリビングだとちょっぴりナンセンス。そこで、インテリアにアクセントを加えてみてはいかがでしょうか。すぐできる工夫としては、ローテーブルに花を飾ったり、季節の装飾品アイテムを添えたりすることです。コーヒーテーブルブックと呼ばれる装丁の美しい本や、さり気なく飾った旅先の写真なども会話のきっかけになりますね。

スッキリしたミッドセンチュリースタイルのリビングをキープするコツ

家族団らんの場である居間は、ともすればモノで溢れかえりがちです。普段からリビングに持ち込む物の量を家族の間で決めておくことをおすすめします。収納家具も扉付き、引き出し、またお気に入りのコレクションを飾ることができるオープン棚など、様々なスタイルがあります。居間やリビングでは、インテリアとしての見せる収納と、生活感のある日用品を収納できる隠す収納を使い分けてはいかがでしょうか。出し入れの頻度が高い子どものおもちゃや絵本などをリビングに置く場合、急なお客さまでも慌てないように、片付けやすい収納グッズを活用しましょう。世界中の住まいのプロが手がけたおしゃれなミッドセンチュリースタイルのリビングの写真の中から、あなたのお気に入りのスタイルを見つけてください。フィルターを使うと、モダン、北欧、カントリー調といったインテリアスタイル別のリビングの写真を選んで表示したり、気に入った事例を手がけた専門家の情報や、同じようなスタイルの施工事例を見ることもできます。おしゃれなアイデアを集めて、リビングのインテリア・レイアウト改造計画を始めてみませんか？