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Museumlike ViewsThe home’s floor-to-ceiling windows and semi-isolated location mean the homeowners enjoy unobstructed, panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. The landscape architects wanted this view to feel like an extension of the house, but they also saw an opportunity to create a museumlike experience. Low, linear metal planters tie in with the home’s architecture, while neatly planted rows of agave appear as specimens on display. With no fences surrounding the property, native animals, including snakes, javelinas and coyotes, often pass through the yard, sometimes venturing right up to the glass.Native mesquite trees form a backdrop to the raised planter. “These native trees create privacy as well as shade to help keep the home cool during the warm desert temperature,” Miller says. The natural landscape extends beyond.
7. Find your niche. Sometimes a little extra space can go a long way. Adding an open niche not only steals some empty wall cavity space to use as storage, but it can add a lot of visual depth that makes the walls look farther away than they really are.
The front yard features a reinforced-concrete swimming pool that’s about 82 feet long. Two ecru sails provide a shady refuge.Shade Sails: Outdoor Rooms Take Wing
The patio is about 10 yards from the dock. “We wanted to spend more time outdoors with friends and family, and this house is as close to being outdoors as you can get. The outer walls are movable and you can pull them across the glass facades, which is great when the sun is blazing. That way there is also no need for curtains.”The house can be used year-round, with its wood-heated pool outside and stove inside. “In the winter, we invited people to go skating on the lake. We also had drinks and cooked food together on the terrace.”
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10. Living the Simple Life in SwedenHouse at a GlanceWho lives here: A coupleLocation: South of StockholmSize: 431 square feet (40 square meters)Architect: Kjellander + SjöbergBuilder-project manager: SommarnöjenProximity to nature and pared-back living have long been at the core of Swedish vacation mentality. A summer house is somewhere to escape hectic everyday life and scale back while swimming, fishing, berry picking and foraging for mushrooms. As modern technology progresses, many Swedes still want their summers to be about the simple life — just with really good broadband.This creative new home outside Stockholm consists of an open living space and a bedroom. It was built with modern techniques to be a place where the owners can socialize and live well during their spare time. The owners have an everyday house on the same property, so this is a bit of a folly.“As it is an additional house, we focused on the basics, the things we really need rather than what we think we need — it’s a perfect example of the Swedish term lagom,” one of the homeowners says.
Grasses
Pool
Updated curb appeal for old house in Cedar
Separation between kitchen and dining
Stone floor mixed with wood
Steel framed pool
Chairs
Windows to the floor
Sky lights
Bathroom
Floor sink shiplap
Moorish plywood tiles lend a cheery feel above the vanity. Matte black plumbing fixtures: Newport Brass
Kitchen
Sink
Appliance layout
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