PRIMARY BEDROOM

The spacious main bedroom has been situated to take advantage of every sunrise and full moon, its windows overlooking the back yard providing an unobstructed vista.

The photos below and at right show how Ernst used the house’s gabled roofline to build angles and edges that attract notice: overhead in the decorative white oak beams and in the corner where subtle details create a cozy nook for reading or quiet chats.

This suite, like the rest of the house, is refreshingly understated for a luxury home— or “lovely without being lavish,” as Richard says. He points out that the owners didn’t focus on, say, an opulent interior with a spa in the primary bath. Instead, “their spa experience is the pool outside.”