Contemporary family room featuring a two sided fireplace with a semi precious tigers eye surround.

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Before and after picture, I truly love the look of a dark painted oak woodwork.

WE TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE TRICKY AREA AND WERE ABLE TO FIT A NICE DEN / FAMILY AREA OFF OF THE KITCHEN

Gordon Gregory Photography

The front widows are large and have original integral painted wood shutters that pocket open creating a sunny daytime space.The boxy leather lounge chair provides comfortable seating for both tv watching and reading. Decorative vintage Beatles albums add a bit a nostalgic whimsy to the space. Photo: Ward Roberts

The Atherton House is a family compound for a professional couple in the tech industry, and their two teenage children. After living in Singapore, then Hong Kong, and building homes there, they looked forward to continuing their search for a new place to start a life and set down roots. The site is located on Atherton Avenue on a flat, 1 acre lot. The neighboring lots are of a similar size, and are filled with mature planting and gardens. The brief on this site was to create a house that would comfortably accommodate the busy lives of each of the family members, as well as provide opportunities for wonder and awe. Views on the site are internal. Our goal was to create an indoor- outdoor home that embraced the benign California climate. The building was conceived as a classic “H” plan with two wings attached by a double height entertaining space. The “H” shape allows for alcoves of the yard to be embraced by the mass of the building, creating different types of exterior space. The two wings of the home provide some sense of enclosure and privacy along the side property lines. The south wing contains three bedroom suites at the second level, as well as laundry. At the first level there is a guest suite facing east, powder room and a Library facing west. The north wing is entirely given over to the Primary suite at the top level, including the main bedroom, dressing and bathroom. The bedroom opens out to a roof terrace to the west, overlooking a pool and courtyard below. At the ground floor, the north wing contains the family room, kitchen and dining room. The family room and dining room each have pocketing sliding glass doors that dissolve the boundary between inside and outside. Connecting the wings is a double high living space meant to be comfortable, delightful and awe-inspiring. A custom fabricated two story circular stair of steel and glass connects the upper level to the main level, and down to the basement “lounge” below. An acrylic and steel bridge begins near one end of the stair landing and flies 40 feet to the children’s bedroom wing. People going about their day moving through the stair and bridge become both observed and observer. The front (EAST) wall is the all important receiving place for guests and family alike. There the interplay between yin and yang, weathering steel and the mature olive tree, empower the entrance. Most other materials are white and pure. The mechanical systems are efficiently combined hydronic heating and cooling, with no forced air required.

The kitchenette makes this family room so convenient and beautiful!

A few special touches took this Family Room to the next level! We replaced all the carpet, and added rustic stained beams in the tray ceiling to match the bar and the existing stained oak furniture.

Divano scomponibile Summit di Horm per potersi adattare velocemente a diverse soluzioni: di giorno per ammirare il panorama dalla finestra di sera per guardare la tv tutti insieme. Al posto del classico tavolino un colorato carrellino porta vivande, comodo anche in estate quando la finestra è aperta per portare le bevande in giardino. Libreria su misura con tv con braccio mobile.

Projet de décoration d'une salle de séjour dans une ambiance mêlant inspiration scandinave et industrielle. Maison de location ne permettant pas de toucher aux murs et sol. Le locataire ne souhaitait pas de rideaux.