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Not a fan of stark white? You can still get a very big and breezy effect with a tone-on-tone palette in warm beige, soft grays or even faint hues such as powder blue. Choose a sumptuous tile, and find a paint color for the remaining walls that picks up on one of the hues within it. The overall effect is still serene and spa-like, without the jarring visual breaks to shrink your perception of the space.
low ceilings are 10', high are 14'
bench extending hearth
In the powder room, the layering strategy continues. “We don’t like to design cabinets that look like cabinets,” Tate says. A hefty cast-concrete counter that mimics the basalt used in the great room sits asymmetrically atop blocky walnut floating cabinetry. Once again, the mirror is mounted in a way that enhances the layered look, with a reveal between it and the backsplash wall. A pendant light trio floats in front of it.
The majority of the most “kitchen-y” elements are concentrated on the appliance and pantry wall to the right, out of view of the great room. And an L-shaped walnut bar floats above the kitchen island at bar height, hiding any messes. kitchen ceiling 12"
Tate used universal design principles for the master bathroom, including the curbless shower complete with bench and handheld shower wand. The tile is porcelain but looks like stone.
Whereas the great room’s ceiling is 14 feet, the kitchen ceiling drops to 12 feet and the guest hallway ceiling behind it to 9 feet. To create a more intimate feel in the dining area, Tate floated slats over the area, accentuated by a trio of simple white globe pendant lights. “The slatted ceiling ‘cloud’ over the dining area stitches the kitchen into the great room,” he says.
Channel-set glass and the clerestories blur the lines between indoors and out even more. Because of all the glass, it’s hard to see where the structure of the house begins and ends. “I think of all the glass in this house as a partition between interior and exterior, I don’t think of it as windows,” Whereas the great room’s ceiling is 14 feet, the kitchen ceiling drops to 12 feet and the guest hallway ceiling behind it to 9 feet. To create a more intimate feel in the dining area, Tate floated slats over the area, accentuated by a trio of simple white globe pendant lights. “The slatted ceiling ‘cloud’ over the dining area stitches the kitchen into the great room,” he says.
contractor says 12' to 16'
Thelen covered the existing gray stone fireplace surround with a cultured cut stone in warmer cream hues that resemble sandstone. “This stone is not too gray and not too yellow,” he says.
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