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Pro Spotlight: How to Get a Home That Embraces Your Personality
A Salt Lake City-based architect shares how to make your space suit how you live
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Who: Corey Solum of THINK Architecture
Where: Salt Lake City
In his own words: “My job is to take clients’ ideas and amplify them. I show clients what they haven’t dreamed of or thought about yet.”
Maybe you especially enjoy your early-morning coffee routine and know how to roast the perfect bean. Perhaps you adore classic movies, or you have a particular predilection for fly fishing. Whatever your individual traits and daily habits, design your home around your interests. “Celebrate your quirkiness,” says Corey Solum, the president and CEO of THINK Architecture in Salt Lake City. “If you celebrate your personality and what is important to you and your family, that will make the project uniquely yours and make the architecture live with you.”
Where: Salt Lake City
In his own words: “My job is to take clients’ ideas and amplify them. I show clients what they haven’t dreamed of or thought about yet.”
Maybe you especially enjoy your early-morning coffee routine and know how to roast the perfect bean. Perhaps you adore classic movies, or you have a particular predilection for fly fishing. Whatever your individual traits and daily habits, design your home around your interests. “Celebrate your quirkiness,” says Corey Solum, the president and CEO of THINK Architecture in Salt Lake City. “If you celebrate your personality and what is important to you and your family, that will make the project uniquely yours and make the architecture live with you.”
Breadth of experience. Solum began his career at a nonprofit, designing housing for low-income and disabled individuals. As a result, he’s able to solve a wide array of design challenges. “It was a really important part of my early career,” he says. “Architecture affects everyone’s daily life, no matter the economic and social boundaries.”
A composer of homes. In order to determine what clients like, Solum often starts by asking them about their favorite kinds of music. “People know they like certain genres or styles of music, but they don’t know how to get that sound on their own. It’s the same with architecture,” he says. “Finding out what music they like helps me clue into their personality and how they live, whether it’s metal or classical music. That discovery is what I’m trying to achieve.”
Ready to tailor your home to fit your personality? Solum shares his tips below.
Ready to tailor your home to fit your personality? Solum shares his tips below.
1. Get the Siting Right
Think about where you want to put your new home, both in terms of your favorite outdoor activities and the view you’re hoping to see from inside. “Understand the possibilities of your site, and consider how you want your house to respond to your surroundings,” Solum says.
A couple of avid golfers chose the site right next to the first hole of their favorite course in Park City. Solum designed the house, seen here, with wraparound patios on both floors for 270-degree views so they could watch golf games, as requested. A separate garage stores their golf cart, and there are cubbies for clubs and a golf simulator inside the home.
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Think about where you want to put your new home, both in terms of your favorite outdoor activities and the view you’re hoping to see from inside. “Understand the possibilities of your site, and consider how you want your house to respond to your surroundings,” Solum says.
A couple of avid golfers chose the site right next to the first hole of their favorite course in Park City. Solum designed the house, seen here, with wraparound patios on both floors for 270-degree views so they could watch golf games, as requested. A separate garage stores their golf cart, and there are cubbies for clubs and a golf simulator inside the home.
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2. Size to Your Needs
Adjust spaces to the number of people who will actually be using them, Solum says. If you entertain, expand your gathering spaces, or add more bedrooms for overnight guests if you frequently host family and friends.
The kitchen seen in this Deer Valley home was designed for a couple who love to entertain. Chairs seat six around the island, and Solum opened the kitchen to the living and dining rooms so guests can easily mill between them. “It’s a space that brings people together,” he says.
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Adjust spaces to the number of people who will actually be using them, Solum says. If you entertain, expand your gathering spaces, or add more bedrooms for overnight guests if you frequently host family and friends.
The kitchen seen in this Deer Valley home was designed for a couple who love to entertain. Chairs seat six around the island, and Solum opened the kitchen to the living and dining rooms so guests can easily mill between them. “It’s a space that brings people together,” he says.
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3. Tailor to Your Preferences
“Create spaces that are designed around what you love to do,” Solum says. In this Tuhaye home, the master suite centers around the wife’s love of bathing. A huge tub anchors the space, facing a view over secluded hills.
Because the wife wanted to look outdoors while she soaked, a privacy blind operates with a remote so she can close it when she climbs out of the tub. Marble countertops and walnut cabinetry on his-and-her sides of the room further add to the feel of a luxurious sanctuary.
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More: For more information on Corey Solum and examples of his company’s work, visit THINK Architecture’s Houzz profile.
This story was written by the Houzz Sponsored Content team.
“Create spaces that are designed around what you love to do,” Solum says. In this Tuhaye home, the master suite centers around the wife’s love of bathing. A huge tub anchors the space, facing a view over secluded hills.
Because the wife wanted to look outdoors while she soaked, a privacy blind operates with a remote so she can close it when she climbs out of the tub. Marble countertops and walnut cabinetry on his-and-her sides of the room further add to the feel of a luxurious sanctuary.
See more of this project
More: For more information on Corey Solum and examples of his company’s work, visit THINK Architecture’s Houzz profile.
This story was written by the Houzz Sponsored Content team.
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