Luxury waterfront home

Powder room with medium wood recessed panel cabinets and white quartz countertops. The white and brushed nickel wall mounted sconces are accompanied by the matching accessories and hardware. The custom textured backsplash brings all of the surrounding colors together to complete the room.

David Verdugo

ゆったりした洗面脱衣室。

LAURA MARTINEZ CASARES

Perfection. Enough Said

When an international client moved from Brazil to Stamford, Connecticut, they reached out to Decor Aid, and asked for our help in modernizing a recently purchased suburban home. The client felt that the house was too “cookie-cutter,” and wanted to transform their space into a highly individualized home for their energetic family of four. In addition to giving the house a more updated and modern feel, the client wanted to use the interior design as an opportunity to segment and demarcate each area of the home. They requested that the downstairs area be transformed into a media room, where the whole family could hang out together. Both of the parents work from home, and so their office spaces had to be sequestered from the rest of the house, but conceived without any disruptive design elements. And as the husband is a photographer, he wanted to put his own artwork on display. So the furniture that we sourced had to balance the more traditional elements of the house, while also feeling cohesive with the husband’s bold, graphic, contemporary style of photography. The first step in transforming this house was repainting the interior and exterior, which were originally done in outdated beige and taupe colors. To set the tone for a classically modern design scheme, we painted the exterior a charcoal grey, with a white trim, and repainted the door a crimson red. The home offices were placed in a quiet corner of the house, and outfitted with a similar color palette: grey walls, a white trim, and red accents, for a seamless transition between work space and home life. The house is situated on the edge of a Connecticut forest, with clusters of maple, birch, and hemlock trees lining the property. So we installed white window treatments, to accentuate the natural surroundings, and to highlight the angular architecture of the home. In the entryway, a bold, graphic print, and a thick-pile sheepskin rug set the tone for this modern, yet comfortable home. While the formal room was conceived with a high-contrast neutral palette and angular, contemporary furniture, the downstairs media area includes a spiral staircase, comfortable furniture, and patterned accent pillows, which creates a more relaxed atmosphere. Equipped with a television, a fully-stocked bar, and a variety of table games, the downstairs media area has something for everyone in this energetic young family.

Cette maison tout en verticalité sur trois niveaux présentait initialement seulement deux chambres, et une très grande surface encore inexploitée sous toiture. Avec deux enfants en bas âges, l’aménagement d’une chambre parentale devient indispensable, et la création d’un 4è étage intérieur se concrétise. Un espace de 35m2 voit alors le jour, au sein duquel prennent place un espace de travail, une chambre spacieuse avec dressing sur mesure, des sanitaires indépendants ainsi qu’une salle de bain avec douche, baignoire et double vasques, le tout baigné de lumière zénithale grâce à trois velux et un sun-tunnel. Dans un esprit « comme à l’hôtel », le volume se pare de menuiserie & tapisserie sur mesure, matériaux nobles entre parquet Point de Hongrie, terrazzo & béton ciré, sans lésiner sur les détails soignés pour une salle de bain à l’ambiance spa. Une conception tout en finesse pour une réalisation haut de gamme.

sam gray photography, MDK Design Associates