Fireplace wall obscures river views upon entering the house. Providing a more dramatic view beyond the wall.

The 14’ x 4’ island is large enough to simultaneously entertain and prepare food.

The large island simplifies the kitchen layout.

The large island helps Integrating the kitchen into the open floor plan.

Upper cabinet storage is transferred to the island simplifying the kitchen design.

The galley kitchen with large island uses less space for circulation.

Offsetting the island sink and cooking range reduces interference between users.

Single basin sinks reduce future plumbing issue and ease cleaning of large pans.

Transparent wine rooms are great for displaying wine collections, but require double-glazed glass and LED lights to help maintain a constant room temperature.

Floating the vanity visually enlarges a bathroom. Under cabinet (vanity) lights are an excellent nightlight and best incorporated with motion detector light switch.

Indirect lighting around the vanity helps reduce facial shadows from direct light sources.

The stair structure is freestanding from the house’s walls, which helps reduce user vibration and noise.

Steel rods in the open railing extends the transparency provided by the entry window wall.

The railing is simply raw steel with a lacquer finish. The hand-finished steel gives an artisan touch.

A dark wood stain is used to bring warmth in the living room. Distressed and painted dimensional wood is both the finished floor surface and also the floor sheathing.

The main hallway connecting both wings of the house was widened to serve various informal actives.

Seating niches are used to provide various intimate spaces in the open floor plan.

Inspired by 19th century kitchens. This kitchen uses furniture as cabinets for kitchen storage and appliances.

To create a warm feeling cedar, vertical grain fir and heart pine was used on all surfaces.

A kitchen sitting area with fireplace.