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by COLIN BAKER

M R . F I X-I T

Do-it-yourself remodeling can be challenging but getting help makes it easier.

a supplement to Akron Life magazine Publisher COLIN BAKER

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’ve been involved in several remodels over my time as a homeowner. The problem with doing the remodeling myself is that I spot every imperfection when I walk into the room and it drives me nuts. When I hire someone, I rarely notice issues, or at least they disguise blemishes enough that I can’t see them.

I always need assistance when it comes to interior design. I can look at a picture and say I like that, but it doesn’t always cross over well when I put it all together in a room.

It’s not that I don’t like it when it’s finished, I just can’t decide what I really want. I would drive my wife crazy when I didn’t want to drill into the walls because I thought we weren’t going to want a picture frame there and then we will have a hole in the wall. I once read a story about Apple founder Steve Jobs and how he would sit on the floor without a couch or furniture because he couldn’t decide on the best furniture or any design he really liked. I sympathize with him.

I feel confident, however, in my house painting abilities. When I was in my early 20s, I had a brief career as a house painter. I spent a lot of time scraping paint off old houses near Highland Square — I still drive by a few that I’m pretty sure

Creative Director WILLIAM L . TECKMYER III

have the same paint job I did 25 years ago and surprisingly still look nice.

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A guy I worked for said that one day I will look back on my time as a house painter and say that was one of the most valuable skills I ever learned. I laughed and thought, I will never paint again after I leave this job.

Well, he was right. Painting skills have been extremely valuable.

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Managing Editor K E L LY P E T RY S Z Y N

Assistant Editor TAY LO R PAT T E R S O N

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But I struggle with choosing the right color. I have painted a wall many times, and after it dried or the sunlight hit it, I'd think, I hate this color. Then I would repaint it and think, I don’t really like this color either.

When I moved several years ago, I had Ann Ewart from Western Reserve Designer Fabrics look at my house and help choose colors. At first, I wasn’t sure if I was going to like what she chose, but she was right — they really did work. Sometimes it is best to leave it to the professionals.

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WORLD TRAVEL

A globe-trotting couple brings Europe into their home.

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talian cities have been the epicenter of art since the Renaissance.

A well-traveled Bath couple wanted to bring that artistic Italian design into their home. When children moved out and a spare room opened up, they seized the opportunity by enlisting Architectural Justice to remodel it into a “It’s an old-style wall covstudy and library fit ering that goes on like a paper,” Justice says. “It’s so for Europe. beautiful.”

“They wanted something that reflects the places they see in Italy,” says president and founder James Justice. “Some of the nicest ironwork in the world is in Europe — the masters are there.”

The iron spiral staircase leads to bookshelves, handmade by Architectural Justice, and comfy chairs.

The reading nook makes use of the high-vaulted ceiling accented by exposed beams The iron gates along the — and completes a stunning Venetian canal are reflected design. “Some of the old in the intricate doors made of turn of the century libraries ornamental iron, along with are up on balconies,” Justice the staircase and balcony says. “I’ve always wanted to fabricated by Architectural do that, so there’s a lot of Justice in Medina. “We’re see- fun for us too.” ing a resurgence of people Woodwork, including relief wanting more decorative carvings on the bottom edge pieces,” Justice says. of the balcony, becomes more The design gets more dramatic with dark-stained detailed above the study’s maple. “It gives it a richer entrance from the master appearance,” Justice says. bedroom — a lincrusta “Dark stains and black right pressed with gold leaf. now are such great colors.”

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The couple picked a white Italian marble floor and desk to play off the dark wood and iron, creating a stark contrast. “They just love marble.

We’ve done a lot of other areas in their house with it,” Justice says. That opulent look is elevated with a glass chandelier above the desk and authentic Italian decorative pieces — like a pair of ancient mural vases the couple got from the country that inspires them most.

When Justice first showed the finished room to the couple, he recalls they were shocked at how it transported them. “I remember seeing the homeowner and her eyes just lit up like wow,” he says.

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M A ST E R PI EC ES

Artistic statement furniture is more usable than you think.

try it: FUNCTION A N D FAS H I O N Statement furniture can be both artistic and useful.

“The credenza is great in a living room and a dining room. There’s a lot of storage space so they can go in almost any room,” says Hamed. Maximize utility by using it as an entertainment center in a living room or spot to display colorful decor in a foyer. In a dining room, set etched platters atop the credenza for an hors d‘oeuvres serving station fit for a sophisticated dinner party.

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ur furniture is the set design we choose for our lives. It colors our days every time we walk through our door, so we should choose pieces that inspire us rather than blend into the background.

Hamed, the owner of Scott Thomas Furniture. “Whether you’re entertaining or just relaxing, you want something that brings art into your home — furniture that [when] you walk into a room, you can feel something.”

“I feel that furniture has moods,” says Rosemary

To spark a mood, select statement furniture that are art

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Styling with statement furniture can be challenging, so Hamed offers seasoned advice using her Drumm collection as reference.

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by Hamed with Drumm metal leaves — out of the living room and into the bedroom gives you a surprising bench for getting ready. Allow yourself to play with furniture by moving it to where you like it instead of where it’s traditionally featured.

C O L O R T H E O RY Neutral furniture, like this dark wood metal-sculpted sofa table

by Hamed, allows for striking accents. “I love the contrast of art that has color in it with the neutral walls and furniture,” says Hamed. Pair vivid wall art or flowers with dark furniture — making your statement furniture pop as the focal point of a room.

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WATER'S EDGE

A sweeping remodel turned a

Portage Lakes home into a peaceful, spacious family vacation retreat.

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Ed Pearce gave his wife, Laura, a Fourth of July surprise three years ago. He announced that he’d bought their family a vacation home on Portage Lakes’ East Reservoir while they were attending a country club barbecue — a deal he’d negotiated on the phone by the pool.

The land alone was a rare find in the popular recreation area, nearly half an acre on a secluded cove. Ed developed a desire for a home along Portage Lakes after years of boating there with friends. He saw this home as an impromptu vacation escape and family gathering place for generations to come.

“The goal was to have a place that stays in the family forever,” says Ed, now a 53-yearold vice president of indirect and commercial sales at Brinks Home Security.

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But Laura was anything but impressed when she first laid eyes on the 1950s red-brick ranch. There was a half-bath awkwardly located between the kitchen and living room, three tiny bedrooms and a single full bath. The walkout basement, aside from a small rec room, was unfinished.

“She almost cried,” recalls Ed. “She said, I can’t believe you bought this house! I said, You’ve got to have some vision!”

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Ed pictured a place that offers a relaxing getaway and is big enough to host more than two dozen for Thanksgiving dinner.

In September 2017, he hired Shultz Design & Construction in Akron to transform the 1,500-square-foot ranch beyond recognition, both inside and out, into an impressive 3,500-square-foot vacation retreat with a dramatic towered front entrance — featuring five bedrooms and three bathrooms to accommodate guests.

When they began the remodel, the Pearces looked to their family for ideas. One of the main additions was adding two large great rooms — one on the main floor and one on the ground floor — for entertaining. Their

son suggested making the main floor great room a step-up so that the ground floor companion could have a higher ceiling.

“Our whole family redesigned this house,” Ed says. “I would say, The next room we’re trying to figure out is the kitchen. So get on Pinterest and come back with ideas.”

The transformation continued with removing the half bath and combining the front entry, kitchen and living room to create a large common space with an exposed wood beam running across the ceiling — a classic element to the modern farmhouse style Laura wanted.

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A railing separates the dining area from the main floor great room with a stacked-stone gas fireplace and windows overlooking the backyard and reservoir. The windows let in warm, natural light that showcases waterfront views, as the Pearces requested, providing a picturesque place to share time with family.

“We wanted nice and open, so everyone feels like they’re part of [it],” Ed says.

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The open kitchen incorporates more elements of a modernfarmhouse design from grays and browns in a shiplap wall of the dining area to a dark wood table for 10 with an iron base custom-made by Walnut Creek Furniture in Amish Country.

The great room sofa table with three cow hair-covered stools, custom-made by the Cabin Store in Millersburg, doubles as another dining table as does the gray granite-topped kitchen island that has barstool seating.

“A lot of times, when you have 26 people, they’re stuffed in a little room,” Ed says. “We can seat 18 people before we even have to put up an additional table.”

While the Pearces’ two 20-something children live in the house full time, the couple, along with their teenage daughter, use it as the vacation property from their primary home in Hudson. Ed recalls warm days of playing cornhole with guests in the backyard, tubing and cruising the reservoir on the Bentley tritoon tied at the property’s new dock, soaking in the new hot tub or lounging in the covered outdoor patio.

“When you wake up and you look out back, it’s just relaxing, peaceful, puts you in a good mood,” he says. “Typically, you only get that once a year when you’re on vacation. When you own a home on the lake, you get that every night you’re there.”

His wife no longer thinks of his surprise purchase as a mistake on the lake.

“It’s her favorite house by far,” Ed says.

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GET THE LOOK Laura Pearce initially wanted to finish the lake house’s exterior in contrasting bright white and black. Darren Shultz, vice president of construction at Shultz Design & Construction, and his team suggested facing the house in natural-looking stone and using a darker pearl white for the paint and siding, along with a dark bronze for the doors, window casings and extended BEFORE

roof. The shades provide a similar look that’s more enduring than bold colors of the moment.

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“The white siding and the black trim is very trendy today,” Shultz says, “but the richness of the pearl white and the bronze made for a more elegant, longlasting, timeless design.”

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F IR S T IMP R E S S ION

Boost your curb appeal with these eye-catching landscaping and painting makeovers.

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COLO R P O P Before overhauling your entire exterior with paint, focus on highlighting parts like doors, shutters or columns — it’s all about picking the right color. Find the shade of your home on the color wheel and look diagonally across to discover complementary colors.

A marigold mailbox, for example, livens up a sky blue door even more. “You want complement rather than

opposite. That way you have accents,” advises Final Coat co-owner Jason Walker.

If you’re in love with a certain color, instead try a monochromatic look. “You can pastel the color by adding white or darken it with gray,” Walker says. If green is your favorite color, paint your shutters a deeper forest green while keeping your house itself a lighter silver moss green.

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Maintaining a neat exterior is key. Black carbon from cars builds on gutters and soffits, and it’s especially noticeable with lighter colors.

Nix it fast with a garden hose and solvent cleaner.

“That’s one of the ways to make your house look 100 percent better,” Walker says.

Also check for chipping paint, scrape it off with a wire brush and putty knife, then repaint the section.

“Whether it was poor prep or something else, that’s what leads to rot,” Walker says.

“It’s going to detract from the appearance of the house.”

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P L ANT C HO I C E Pick plants that fit your routine. For an easier lowlight shrub and a hint of color, plant a holly with red berries. Dedicated gardeners might go for azaleas. Also, consider yard space. “Don’t plant a shrub that looks good to begin with that will end up growing 10 feet tall,” says Tom Kriska, a landscaper with Graf’s Garden Shop, Landscape & Farm Market.

When planting in front of a window, for example, select something shorter like a boxwood shrub that only grows to about 3 to 4 feet.

multicolored planters.

Grow an attention-grabbing flower like a purple

YA R D D IVERSIT Y For a full yard, you should have a variety of deciduous and perennials, but Kriska says evergreens are really important, too. “In Northeast Ohio, you want to have a mixture of evergreen plants,” he says. “You don’t want all deciduous plants that give great color for part of the year but in the winter your landscape looks barren.”

With evergreens, Kriska recommends thinking beyond junipers and opting for mop cypress, which remains yellow throughout winter and keeps a vibrant look year-round.

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grandiflora petunia or try herbs and tomato plants for a mini porch garden.

Line your driveway with hanging lanterns to guide guests to your front door.

They’re whimsical and easy to stick in the ground. Look for solar ones that turn on by themselves as the sun sets.

Lay out a new front doormat.

Whether it’s an inviting phrase like “Come as You Are” or a fun chevron pattern, it’s a cost-effective way to brighten up your porch with warmth and personality.

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T H IS OL D C H A I R

Saving your favorite seat is a commitment that can pay off.

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ost of us have a beloved chair that is indisputably ours. It’s always there to envelop us in comfort after a long day. All that love amounts to a lot of use — and tattered, worn upholstery. Give your favorite seat a second life by reupholstering it, like Western Reserve Designer Fabrics owner Ann Ewart did with this antique wing chair displayed in her Tallmadge showroom.

She breaks down how to save a chair.

try it: TO OR TO NOT REUPHOLSTER? Heirlooms with sentimental value, unusual finds and high-end furnishings in good condition are worth hiring an upholsterer to do repairs that often take several weeks.

“You can’t replace expensive furniture today that you bought 20 years ago — it’s going to cost twice as much,” Ewart says. “It’s going to be less expensive to reupholster.”

Cheaply made pieces, however, don't warrant the effort.

W H AT I F I T ’ S N O T I N G R E AT S H A P E ?

A good upholsterer should be able to repair frames, replace filling and cushions, refinish exposed wood and modify the style, say, by changing the arm shape. Ewart’s chair, salvaged for its captivating lines, exemplifies the magic an expert can work. “We stripped it down to bare bones,” she says. “We had to brace it and reinforce it in places.”

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W H I C H FA B R I C TO PICK? Primary considerations are budget, color scheme and other fabrics and finishes in the room where the chair sits. Ewart’s chair sports an Osborne & Little floral in a linen-cotton blend with the same peacock blue on the showroom’s accent wall and rug. The piece’s period and style also should be taken into account. “If you go against the style of the chair too much, it can look ridiculous,” she says.

You don’t have to completely replicate its initial design; just slightly tweak it. “The fabric I chose has a bit of a traditional aspect to it — it’s not super modern,” Ewart says. “But the scale and the color[s] make it more updated.”

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ROOTS REVIVAL

A 1960s home makes for an emotional renovation for a Bath family.

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or Scott Siddall, family is everything. When he inherited his parents’ home in 2016, contractors told him it would be easier to tear it down, but he wasn’t willing to give up the stories the structure held. The family had been making memories there since it was built in 1968. Siddall looked to his daughter, Meghan, to redesign the Bath home.

“Our daughter grew up to be an architect and dreamed someday she’d redesign grandma’s house,” says the retired 70-year-old. “When

my mom passed away in 2014, we did a yearlong renovation, and I basically told my daughter, Have at it.”

Siddall’s parents bought the 2,300-square-foot home the year he graduated from Revere High School, and he lived there after graduating from Case Western Reserve University — where he met his wife, Kathy. The home was originally designed in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright’s midcentury modern homes, which focus on the homeowner’s view from inside it, rather than from

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the curb. “The front doesn’t have a lot of windows, but the back is all glass windows, and they look into woods,” says Siddall, who developed a passion for nature from childhood trips to national parks out west. During the renovations, he wanted to preserve the integrity of that Lloyd Wright-esque design his parents loved, while adding contemporary updates.

“This renovation was paying homage to my parents,” Siddall says.

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GET THE LOOK In Scott Siddall’s basement workshop, he refinished a ‘50s blond mahogany desk he used to sit

One way Meghan made it more contemporary was by tearing down a wall between the tiny kitchen and dining area to open it up for entertaining. A new 5-by-16-foot white Caesarstone quartz island is now where Siddall and his wife eat breakfast while watching pileated woodpeckers or white-tailed deer by the cascading waterfall reflecting pool in the backyard. Keeping a focus on nature was important.

at while doing math homework as a kid. After decades of wear, it needed revitalized. Siddall stripped and sanded the childhood memento, then finished it off with tung oil — a transparent coating that creates a wet look to the wood. “It popped right back to life,” Siddall says.

The desk now sits outside his workshop where Siddall and his son craft and redesign furniture.

“The strategy was to bring the woods into the house,” Siddall says.

They achieved that by adding elements like black walnut cabinets and black walnut flooring throughout the main level, both made

by Amish craftsmen. These dark woods contrast the white walls, trim and paneled wood ceiling — an important element to midcentury modern design — and help a buckeye slab art piece stand out on a living room wall. It also allows for pops of colorful decor, like chartreuse throw pillows on the ‘60s gray reupholstered sofa his parents bought from Garth Andrew Co. in Bath.

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The living room seating is centered around a fireplace and TV creating a warm spot to relax.

“Midcentury modern can be cold and feel impersonal. By adding a fireplace, we make it cozy in the winter,” Siddall says. It also becomes more inviting with personal touches, like a framed picture of Siddall and his son, Sean, carrying golf clubs decades ago and clay souvenirs from places they’ve traveled. “We don’t collect art or just gather things for no reason. It’s all about family,” he says.

The couple spends most of their time in the living room or study, so they kept the bedrooms their original smaller size but spruced up the master with details like a striking live-edge ambrosia maple headboard. They did expand, however, the master bathroom by 50 square feet to add a whirlpool tub and a gray limestone shower. Their roomy shower has a bench and window for a view of a secret garden with azaleas and yew bushes.

The whole family enjoys their serene backyard.

Meghan, her husband and 4-month old baby and Sean visit to eat lunch on the deck and laugh with their parents — adding more memories to the home they renovated together.

“No. 1 in my life is family, and if my house can reflect not just my current family but my past family — that’s a gift,” Siddall says.

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For those looking for a short-term solution, Testa also has you covered. It offers rental options from $1,100 to $5,500 a month that extend beyond downtown — offering incentives to any property on the market. If you choose to live downtown, there are plenty of amenities. Packages include gyms, resident lounges, movie theaters, private limos and more.

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GREEN LIVING

This energy-efficient home reduces costs and environmental impact.

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ob Knotts unexpectedly put their always wanted ‘90s-built house up for to walk on sale. The Knotts had his basement floor a 4,650-square-foot without wearing slipCharis home built in pers. Bob and his wife, Green in 2016.

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“What I found with masses of construction companies is they were satisfied to build houses to minimum code,” says Glenna Wilson, co-owner of Charis Homes.

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“You only have one chance to build this house — it should be comfortable, healthy and energy efficient.”

That efficiency starts with the basement’s insulated concrete foundation that allows less heat to escape for better climate control. Thick insulation and an efficient furnace also help. Typical furnaces blow out heat at 100 percent, while Knotts’ furnace blows out at 40 percent to reach the programed temperature — saving Knotts $458 a year on heating, according to Energy Star. [ continued on page 36 ]

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“There’s no cold or hot pockets in our house,” Knotts says.

High-performance windows play a role in temperature control as well. The many windows in the open living room and kitchen let in a lot of natural light, which typically affects room temperature, but the windows Charis use adjust with seasonal sun rays. “That window is going to repel directly rays in the summer,” says Wilson, while they absorb heat to warm the home during winter. In the kitchen and throughout the rest of the home, there are LED lights and Energy Star appliances that save $428 each year. Plus, those measures mean their home emits 5,500 less pounds of greenhouse gases.

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“It’s a very sociable neighborhood. They were encouraging kids to be there and have a place that is their backyard,” says Jacob Grimm, the president of Brothers Grimm Landscape & Design Co. who witnessed the party while finishing up the landscaping. “The boys were having a riot, running through the slide, jumping and throwing footballs.”

With a second pool on a tiered patio, it’s just as much a retreat for adults to relax and entertain friends. Grimm explains what makes this backyard the hot spot on the block.

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A D U LT P O O L : Calming fountains spilling water into the pool become dramatic at night with multicolored lights that create a resort atmosphere — and a posh backdrop for dinner parties. A dual zone heater keeps the adult pool 10 degrees warmer than the kids’ one and benches help adults comfortably decompress. “You can sit with your elbows on the edge, have an iced cold drink and hang out,” Grimm says.

WAT E R S L I D E : “They said, We want a wow factor,” Grimm recalls of the homeowners’ vision for the slide. He delivered with a 30-foot speedy water slide burrowed under the landscaping that kids enter from an upper veranda, slide down and take stone steps past the adult pool for another ride. “Part of what gave us the distance and speed for the slide was the height and distance to that third level,” Grimm says. “The kids are over the moon.”

H O T T U B : The stonefaced octagon hot tub is also ensconced with 60 percent of it sunken in the patio for a cleaner look. It’s just steps from the walkout basement so the family can slip out for a dip — even in winter. “It’s got its own heating system so they can use it yearround,” Grimm says. A nearby fire pit simply gets turned on with an automatic gas igniter for a cozy spot to dry off and linger under the stars.

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im Gill was in search of a home with a modern woodsy feel. But after touring many cookie-cutter homes finished in brown tones, he made a reversal and purchased a European minimalist home with sleek white walls and an expansive mostly open lot in Bath.

His 6-year-old German shepherd, Anya, reaffirmed his choice when she first raced through the grass.

“One of the happiest days I had was when I brought the dog home and she realized this was her yard,” says the 42-year-old. “I envisioned the happiness of having your family, your dogs and spending time together outside.”

It’s not heavily wooded, but the 2.4-acre property is substantially larger than the modest backyard of Gill’s previous Cuyahoga Falls house. The 6,500 square feet of living space with seven bedrooms and 6 ½ baths also gives his fiancee, Kim Kirchner, stepdaughter, Samantha, German shepherd puppy, Liebe, and Pekingese, Rylie, ample room to spread out.

The contemporary house provides the peace and quiet Gill was seeking. Gill and Kirchner both took on larger roles at their businesses in marketing technology and insurance, respectively, so much time is spent on work calls and weeklong travels across the country. When they finally finish working, they go to their open two-story great room to unwind with their dogs and are immediately greeted with serenity. Sunlight flooding in from floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a pond and lush

houseplants impart an airy, coastal vibe. “It gives you so much light,” he says. “It’s like a little vacation.”

That brightness continues as they take a front staircase past rows of square windows and shelves displaying flower pots up to a suspended catwalk that stretches over the great room and to the bedrooms.

It offers a bird's-eye view of the yard that extends beyond the open grassy area to the tree line that encloses three sides of the property.

“You’re almost getting a 360-degree view of land and there’s not a lot of people around,” he says. “It feels like you’re a part of nature.”

Many of the rooms are focused around that view.

The master is an average size like most European bedrooms, but Gill enjoys the astute placement of two windows by the bed, so when he wakes up, he's watching the sunrise. “It’s perfect. You’re seeing breaking dawn every morning,” he says. A glass door off the master leads to a balcony with a table and chairs where Gills reads or turns on the speakers that play throughout the property and listens to calming instrumental music that calls to mind an ocean breeze.

The bathroom creates Zen with a black granite-tile rain shower, whirlpool tub under a glass block window and a heat lamp for staying warm while drying off and getting ready at the vanity. A nearby workout area has a treadmill, yoga mats and a spot to burn incense and chill.

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GET THE LOOK A second staircase is nestled in an alcove behind the glass high-top steel kitchen table, leading to the upstairs bedrooms. The subtle spiral design is painted white to disappear into the background, giving family members a way to discreetly come and go when the downstairs is being used for entertaining.

“Kids can go down to get a snack without interrupting your guests,” Tim Gill says.

Like a resort, there’s an indoor pool in a heated room filled with lounge chairs and leafy potted plants. “It’s a little oasis out there. It’s for family and playing around,” says Gill, a former Munroe Falls Metro Park lifeguard.

There’s also a bar that Gill’s rum aficionado parents plan to give a Jamaican feel when they move into the on-site guesthouse this summer. His retired parents were looking to move from the Portage Lakes where he grew up. Gill had the idea to move them into the guesthouse that has an eat-in kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and its own two-car garage and driveway.

The patio is built for entertaining with a fire pit and plenty of space to throw around a Frisbee or face off in cornhole with friends. Benches — one by a tree and a bush, and another by the pond that has a fountain — are Gill’s place to decompress alone. “I just blend in away from anything electronic.”

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“It’s just relaxing,” he says. “You’re excited to be home.”

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The couple loved it so much that they had a contractor dig a quarter-acre upper pond and a three-quartersacre lower pond with a fountain at the back of their 3-acre lot. Then the Stowbased Vizmeg Landscape designed a modified version of the water feature that incorporates the ponds and the outdoor living spaces overlooking them. He made sure there’s a direct view of the water from inside their home, too. “[Through] the front door, you see that massive waterfall through the windows in the back,” says Domenic Lauria, a Vizmeg design and sales specialist.

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“We wanted to have room for tables so they could entertain,” Lauria says. Steps off the terrace lead to a pergola-shaded limestone patio with more seating and the hot tub off the walkout basement.

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It’s normal for early 1900s houses to have a cramped closet that might be only 3 by 2 feet. “There was very minimal storage,” says Cindy Coulter, sales manager at Closet Factory Cleveland.

affordably. The island is topped with Carrara marble and illuminated with can lights and an opulent chandelier that once hung in the home’s dining room. The homeowners kept the original fireplace and hung

The homeowner filled the gap by converting a 250-squarefoot bedroom into a dressing room for him and his partner that maximizes organization and honors the house’s traditional style. Coulter points out useful features that make suiting up a pleasure.

a painting over it for more elegance. “It is an extension of their living space,” Coulter says.

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I S L A N D : Coulter says the feature — with eight drawers on each side — was installed to stash undergarments, T-shirts and more. Two top drawers on one side are fitted with compartmentalized velvet inserts that keep cufflinks, watches and the like scratch free.

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items such as sweaters. “They wanted the room to look very clean,” Coulter explains. “They didn’t want to see everything.”

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E X T R AS : To further eliminate clutter, more useful features are discreetly tucked in throughout. An Iron-A-Way, a built-in ironing board, is camouflaged behind a door matching the cabinetry by a window. A narrow cabinet in a corner conceals custom racks on top for belts and dozens of ties. It also has a pull-out laundry hamper on the bottom with another hidden function. “The hamper has a bench on top of it as well,” Coulter says.

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“The vibe is let’s have some fun,” says Jones Group Interiors designer Meg Ready.

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practicing gymnastics. Parents keep a watchful eye from exercise machines in a home gym behind glass overlooking the court or the balcony with a TV area for watching the big game that's accessible by a spiral staircase.

After working up a sweat, friends and family kick back in a cheetah-carpeted, arcadelike area outfitted with booths to enjoy food they whip up in a kitchen and spots to play pinball or a game of chess.

Parents entertain guests at the wet bar, and the kids munch on Sour Patch Kids at the candy counter — packed with more movie snacks and a mini fridge — before watching their favorite flick in their home theater.

“Even though it’s put together, it’s very casual,” Ready says.

“The kids can run around down there. Everybody can enjoy what they’re doing.”

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