Luxe Magazine - March/April 2024 Southern California

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SPEAKING TO A MODERN LIFESTYLE WHERE HOME BECOMES SANCTUARY

DESIGNS FOR MODERN LIVING

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EDITOR’S LETTER

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D E S I G N D I S PAT C H The little black book of all things new and fabulous in the local community.

Radar 66

AS TOLD TO Designer Mark D. Sikes shares the plans for his long-envisioned estate, Orange Hill Farm.

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I N T E R I O R I N S P I R AT I O N Step inside three charming spaces where a love of florals served as muse.

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I N N O VAT I O N In her quest to revive the craft of Appalachian basketry, artist Amy Krone looks to the land around her.

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N AT U R A L C O N N E C T I O N S The practice of rewilding residential properties is heralding a return to nature.

Market 90

M AT E R I A L Four new performance fabric collections that are a perfect addition for outdoor entertaining season.

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TREND Must-have products inspired by “it” girls who are carving their own paths in design, food and fashion.

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SPOTLIGHT An enchanting greenhouse provides a backdrop for discovering Luxe’s wish list of garden folly furnishings.

Living 134

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Traveling Light

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Dark Matter

Renovated and refreshed, a jet-setter’s Mediterranean-style Pacific Palisades abode pays homage to European design.

Los Angeles artist Wendell Gladstone delves into fantastic realms to create figurative paintings in a sun-washed palette.

Wellness ideals meet environmental sensitivity in a new build edging the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve.

For a sophisticated take on modern farmhouse aesthetics in Newport Beach, a design team makes a bold use of black.

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ON THE COVER: For the deck and boardwalk leading to the entrance of this Newport Beach home, landscape architect Ty Price selected a heat-treated wood that will naturally weather. Olive trees frame the custom Dutch door, which is lit by Ralph Lauren Home for Visual Comfort & Co. Grant sconces. Page 180

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LETTER EDITOR’S

Garden Delight I’ve been preoccupied with nature lately and the growth cycle of flowers, in particular. The spring assortment of tulip, allium, hyacinth, muscari and anemone bulbs that I dug into beds last November have especially been on my mind. Just take a moment to consider their lifecycle: The knobs are shoved into a box, shipped via FedEx and planted into unfamiliar soil. Shortly thereafter, they grow roots and bide their time through winter. As I write this, it’s early January and rather cold, only reaching about 17 degrees last night. In spring the plants will bloom, having stored up enough energy in their brief and glorious time above ground to then survive another long dormancy (during which they are very much alive, yet in another state of being). I love to think about this cycle in the context of creativity and growth...how change manifests in different stages of energy, inertia and flourishment. Enjoy this beautiful issue!

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TRANSFORMATION THE HILBERT MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA ART

The Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University in Orange has unveiled its monumental expansion. The new two-building ensemble designed by Los Angeles architecture firm Johnston Marklee adds 22,000-squarefeet and 26 galleries to the museum, the only institution devoted to California art from the late 19th century to today.

The collection—which comprises more than 5,000 pieces— includes oil paintings, watercolors, illustrations and drawings, as well as works from film studios. Nine inaugural exhibitions will explore such themes as scenes of California life in watercolor or oils from the 1930s to the present; animation and film; and Native American art. The expansion also includes a café, community rooms, a research library and a native garden at the entrance. But one of its greatest highlights is Millard Sheets’ 40-foot-long 1969 mosaic, Pleasures Along the Beach (right), saved from its original bank location in Santa Monica and now adorning the westfacing façade of the museum. hilbertmuseum.org

MEET THE MAKER Paper artist Huntz Liu’s works mesmerize the eye.

From his live-work studio in downtown L.A.’s Arts District, Liu, who grew up in Monterey Park, creates layered, hand-cut paper compositions in striking geometric designs. Each work is a celebration of color, pattern, light and shadow, and what he calls “exploring the collision between imaginary space and real space.” With a solo show currently on view in Taiwan (“I was born in Taipei, so it’s a homecoming of sorts,” he says) the artist’s April calendar also includes a group show titled “A Better Tomorrow” at Thinkspace Projects in L.A.’s West Adams District, as well as the San Francisco Art Fair, where he will be showing a selection of new works with New York gallery Harman Projects. “My process is time intensive, but there’s a meditative aspect and a calming quality to it that offset the meticulous nature of the work,” Liu reflects. huntzliu.com

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Laura Brophy Newport Beach-based Laura Brophy designs spaces that “can’t be described by traditional labels.” Here, the LUXE Next In Design 99 honoree shares her influences. Describe your aesthetic: Innovative, creative and authentic, with a deeply philosophical approach to design. If you could have dinner with any designer: Kelly Wearstler. Dream architect to collaborate with: Our design team is all about breaking boundaries and setting new, elevated standards. Any architect who shares these values would be a dream to work with.

Rule of thumb: Anything worth doing is worth doing well—in design and in life. brophyinteriors.com Meghan Eisenberg Los Angeles designer and LUXE Next In Design 99 talent Meghan Eisenberg crafts interiors that are “unexpected, engaging and restrained.” She tells us what fuels her inspiration. Your goal as a designer: For each home to be a reflection of a well-lived life, and for the project itself to be an opportunity for self-discovery. Your biggest influences: My fine arts background, having lived in Italy, and using feeling and intuition as a guide for design decisions. What belongs in every home: Personality. Your motto: If it’s not a “hell, yes,” it’s a “hell, no.” meghaneisenberg.com Aly Morford + Leigh Lincoln Pure Salt Interiors principals Aly Morford and Leigh Lincoln create homes that “feel welcoming and peaceful, like a day at the beach.”

The Newport Beach-based LUXE Next In Design 99 creatives explain how they achieve this effect. What’s essential to your designs: Marrying the indoors with the outdoors thanks to natural light, organic materials and a sense of freshness. A material that inspires you: We’re huge fans of vintage textiles, especially kilims. Your perspective is unique because: We want our designs to work for the family and feel accessible to all. Hard design rule: Always get the plant! puresaltinteriors.com See our Next In Design 99

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TABLE MANNERS JENNA BLAKE

Jenna Grosfeld, the designer behind Jenna Blake Jewelry, has turned her attention to tabletop with a collection of dinner and dessert plates (as well as jewelry trays) adorned with her signature motifs, including a hummingbird and a goddess.

“There’s a lightness about living in L.A. that takes away the formality of fancy tableware,” she says. Illustrating this ethos is the line’s lighthearted yet chic palette of pink, pale green, and black colorways. As Grosfeld herself muses, “A great table can set the mood, and it’s an opportunity to invite your guests into a window of your imagination.” jennablake.com

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CASA LOMA BEACH HOTEL Laguna Beach’s iconic 1929 hotel, The Inn at Laguna Beach, is starting a fresh chapter of its history as the Casa Loma Beach Hotel. Marc & Rose Hospitality enlisted Los Angeles architecture and interiors firm Electric Bowery to reimagine the property with a spirited outlook. In these revamped spaces, California’s unique beach culture mingles with a relaxed Mallorca vibe and artworks by creative firm Land. The new aesthetic features an ocean-inspired palette, natural materials like wood and stone, and textural woven fabrics, all of which feel at one with the clifftop location’s spectacular views of the Pacific and Heisler Park. casalomalagunabeach.com

ONES TO WATCH PHOTOS: LAURA BROPHY PORTRAIT, MADELINE JAVIER PHOTOGRAPHY; MEGHAN EISENBERG PORTRAIT, STEPHANIE SHIH; ALY MORFORD AND LEIGH LINCOLN PORTRAIT, VANESSA LENTINE. CHECK IN PHOTO: CHRIS MOTTALINI. TABLE MANNERS PHOTOS: COURTESY JENNA BLAKE.

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Donna Lennard, owner of New York’s popular il Buco restaurants, has brought her home decor boutique to Los Angeles. In Culver City shopping destination Platform, il Buco Vita brings a thoughtful curation of tabletop items that celebrate craftsmanship and Mediterranean authenticity to the West Coast. We met with Lennard to learn more. ilbucovita.com Tell us about the space. Compared to our Manhattan and Amagansett stores, this one is very tailored to Los Angeles. It’s wide open, with an outdoor area where customers can enjoy the sunshine and a coffee. The interiors were designed by myself and my business partners, Lorenzo and Antonello Radi.

What will visitors find? Handmade pieces that keep treasured Italian craft techniques alive. Our ceramics, glassware, linens and other housewares are modern yet classical in style, and honor the artist’s hand. There are antique ceramics too, and Antonello’s charming still life art and paintings of traditional Umbrian scenes.

What’s unique to this location? Our first-ever offering of exceptional antique quilts. Many were crafted in Mennonite communities across Pennsylvania. I’ve been collecting them for decades!

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A members-only social club, The Park Club California has opened in Costa Mesa on the garden level of Center Tower, joining such vibrant landmarks as the Segerstrom Center for the Arts and South Coast Repertory, as well as the Orange County Museum of Art and South Coast Plaza. The club was designed by Venice-based interiors firm Studio Collective, whose goal was to “embody the vibrancy of the local art scene,” says the firm’s partner and design director, Adam Goldstein. “Our mission was to weave the rich cultural fabric of the club’s surroundings into its DNA.” The entrance will feature exhibitions of California artists, while the interiors offer a welcoming retreat with custom furnishings in a natural palette. Along with the Monet Restaurant, helmed by Chef Daniel Hohng, and the Palm Bar, eight unique spaces can host private meetings and special events. The club’s programs will include pre- and post-theater gatherings, supper club concerts, art receptions, culinary tastings and wine dinners. parkclubca.com

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ON A MAGNIFICENT PROPERTY IN OJAI, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNER MARK D. SIKES CONJURES ORANGE HILL FARM, A PARADISE HE HAS LONG ENVISIONED. A S T O L D T O M A R I O LÓ P E Z- C O R D E R O

You feel a strong sense of place when you enter Ojai that’s incredibly alluring. While it’s a historic farming community, it has evolved into a city with a rich history of cultivating the land. I felt immediately at home driving through the laid-back town and rolling countryside, but it wasn’t until my partner and I came across what would eventually become Orange Hill Farm that we really began to dream. Suddenly, our love for the landscape deepened.

A weekend place is always something we’ve talked about—a big parcel to build a house and garden. The first time we walked onto the property we went through an unassuming gate, past a few

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sheds dotting the grounds and nothing else of which is its real beauty. But then the property unfolded, sloping up a hill with the most amazing citrus and avocado trees. In that moment, I got this sense of the land. It felt like a canvas.

The smell of citrus, the color of the fruit and the plant’s natural beauty is such an inspiration to me, but it’s also very inherent to Ojai. Pixies are the particular citrus we’ll be planting and harvesting. They are an aromatic, petite tangerine that have a sweet, sugary taste. There is so much you can do with them beyond just eating. I’ve been using the fruit in indoor arrangements and

conjuring up my own fragrance, as it’s always been a scent I’m drawn to.

I’m looking forward to having a piece of earth to nurture: to walk outside on the weekend, talk to the plants and see something new that has popped up.

We’re studying where the sun rises and sets as well as how the light falls across the property at different times of day.

Soon, more citrus groves will be planted, and a new phase of life and creative energy will begin to sprout. In a lot of ways, Orange Hill Farm is still a dream, and we don’t have it all figured out. But it’s land that is ripe for something new and exciting. markdsikes.com

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New York-based designer Matthew Kowles brought the essence of Marrakech to Greenwich, Connecticut, crafting a verdant garden room for a client who had recently moved into a classic stone-and-timber house built in 1893 for a Gilded Age heiress. With views of Cos Cob Harbor and the Long Island Sound, the designer knew the neglected second-floor open-air space had the potential to be transformed into a peaceful, restorative retreat.

Kowles devised a scheme that would nod to its natural surroundings as well as the homeowner’s far-flung travels, including a recent trip to Morocco (the interior pool gardens of stately riads

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proved especially inspiring). In keeping with the home’s origins, Kowles stripped the room’s original hickory beams to expose the natural graining. He then drenched the room in Moroccan green, laying the floor with glossy hand-chiseled terra-cotta zellige tiles in a watery, bottle green hue and enlisted decorative painter Shelly Denning to adorn the walls and ceiling in a matte lime plaster finish.

The contrasting tableau creates a cocoon of rich, tactile layers. “We made the green all-enveloping,” says Kowles, “so we didn’t need many plants to still have a garden feel.”

Overhead, Moroccan-inspired rattan pendants add an exotic touch.

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homeowner’s mother was recovered in Miles Redd’s exuberant Peacock fabric for Schumacher. Kowles worked handin-hand with his client throughout the process, even teaming up to scour antique markets for finishing touches. “We did an extensive antiques dive,” recalls Kowles.

“She is an adventurous client and a lot of fun to work with.” Their finds included a romantic bird cage and Tuscan-style fountain that add to the room’s charming ambiance as well as a cafe table that Kowles topped with a marble slab. What’s more, the once-forgotten space is now an all-season retreat thanks to heated floors, bringing the feel of the garden indoors even when it lies dormant beyond the windows. matthewkowles.com

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In a Greenwich, Connecticut, garden room designed by Matthew Kowles, his client’s trip to Morocco led the room’s scheme—from the color palette down to the antique fountain and cafe table.

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A master at bringing the allure of the outdoors in, Rachel Lambert “Bunny” Mellon was a renowned philanthropist and horticulturalist who imbued interiors with her love for the garden. A close friend and mentor of Jacqueline Kennedy—for whom she redesigned the White House Rose Garden—Mellon deftly combined gardens, antiques and art to create breathtaking homes that reflected her decorating dictum, “Nothing should be noticed.”

“Her sophistication and the way she lived was simple yet very luxurious,” observes Dallas interior designer Cathy Kincaid, a longtime admirer of Mellon’s inimitable style. “She would have a Manet or Rothko painting next to a sawhorse table.” Adding, “everything was collected, edited and well thought out.”

Though Mellon had access to the world’s finest art and furniture, her homes were neither fancy nor stuffy. Instead, they were marked by an airy, comfortable and relaxed ease that remains the hallmark of great American style today.

When tasked with reimagining a room for Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas, Kincaid drew inspiration from none other than Mellon’s Oak Spring Farm estate in Upperville, Virginia. In a nod to Mellon’s signature time-worn, understated color palette, Kincaid wrapped the walls and ceiling in Lisa Fine’s Persian Garden wallpaper. Window seats and romantic architectural details were added by architect Alex Eskenasy, including Gothic arches accented with plaster appliques by Casci Ornamental Plaster. And in keeping with Mellon’s penchant for painted wood floors, Kincaid called on Mirth Studio to adorn the room’s flooring with a striking geometric motif. Gardening books and topiaries—another Mellon hallmark— dot the refined and restful space that is imbued with a lightness and charm that echoes the understated elegance of Mellon herself. cathy-kincaid.com

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When designer Gretchen Farrell’s clients called upon her to rethink an architecturally-devoid basement room with low ceilings and wall-to-wall carpeting, she looked no further than the property’s beautiful backyard, which was ripe with inspiration thanks to a charming garden and Victorian Gothic greenhouse.

“The clients, who are avid gardeners, said to me, ‘Can we do something that is an extension of the garden right outside the door?’” recalls Farrell.

The North Salem, New York, designer took cues from the famous garden rooms of Federico Forquet and Renzo Mongiardino for Marella Agnelli, among others. “Their spaces are very lived in and possess an ease while still being thoughtfully designed,” she observes.

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Farrell got to work ripping out the carpeting and laying down a unifying bluestone that can also be found in the garden. To store the homeowners’ collection of vases, vessels, pots and candles, she designed 18-foot-long Shaker-inspired cabinetry on one side of the room, which is accented with printed linen inserts set behind chicken wire (a nod to the clients’ hobby of raising chickens).

A medley of pale, neutral colors and textures flow throughout the scheme, while jute rugs and an Elizabeth Dow woven wallpaper add a layer of warmth.

Centering the room is a 19th century English antique farm table atop of which potting and gardening often takes place.

Nearby is a seating area featuring vintage rattan furniture sporting its original

garden-inspired green hue. Throughout, the homeowners’ collection of framed pressed flowers, garden reference books and inherited garden objects add a dose of horticultural authenticity. A truly multifunctional space, it can morph from gardening workhorse (ferns and geraniums are moved inside come winter) to entertaining central. When evening temperatures make it too chilly to dine alfresco, the space is dressed with candlelight and linens for spontaneous dinner parties. But it is at daybreak when the real magic happens. “Every morning the client sips her coffee overlooking the greenhouse as the sun rises,” reports Farrell. “It’s been the most pleasurable, happy outcome for them, which is the most rewarding experience I can have as a designer.” gretchenfarrell.com

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IN REVIVING A FORGOTTEN CRAFT, ARTIST AMY KRONE’S WORK IN APPALACHIAN BASKETRY BECOMES INTIMATELY ENTWINED WITH THE LANDSCAPE.

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used for centuries—proves ideal for experimentation “because it cuts clean, so you can get really sharp forms.”

Construction-wise, Krone sticks to old-fashioned techniques. She sustainably cuts down each white oak by hand from her 124-acre property, only culling from overgrown areas. Then she painstakingly segments and splits the green logs into thin strips, armed only with an ax, knife and maul. Thicker pieces build the basket’s ribbed frame, while thinner ribbons become weavers. From here, the artist plays, sometimes adding ash or maple to flesh out the body or dyeing strips with botanicals grown on her farm.

But, for its graceful pliability and honeyed tone, white oak remains the foundation of her practice—alongside the place that nurtures her creativity. “I feel a communion with something greater than myself when I’m in the forest,” shares Krone.

“Finding meaning in my art through these woods is a gift the land has given me.” cambiumlostarts.com

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Deep in New York State’s Catskill Mountains, the woods take over, enveloping the senses with the crunch of fallen leaves and the scent of pine sap. For artist Amy Krone, this forest, in many ways, is her studio.

Its native white oaks bestowing the raw materials and inspiration for Cambium Lost Arts—her collection of handwoven Appalachian-style baskets.

After a decade immersed in corporate graphic design, Krone itched for something tactile and found her calling in the poetry of traditional Appalachian basketry. She was especially intrigued by the generations of artisans who invented forms purposebuilt for what they carried, such as round, shallow structures strong enough to hold potatoes.

“This intersection of form and function spoke to me,” says Krone. Her approach interpolates these historic designs “into something more modern but still useful, complementing organic shapes with the geometric.”

Think arching crescents and half-moons fused with wood salvaged from nearby streams, or angular vessels with deep bellies. White oak—the same wood Appalachian basket makers

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More than two decades ago, the stewards of Knepp Estate— a Regency-era manor house in West Sussex, England—opted to let their 3,500-acre property return to the overgrown, exultant state that Mother Nature intended. Soon, everything from nightingales to turtle doves reappeared, and flora and fauna thrived. The concept that Knepp helped popularize— known as rewilding—is largely due to pioneering husband and wife conservationists, Sir Charles Burrell and Isabella Tree.

Since then, rewilding has grown in popularity across the pond too. The idea refers to “creating a natural environment versus one that is overly manicured and artificial,” says Connecticut-based landscape architect Janice Parker. “It’s achieved by switching to a natural ecosystem that supports the insects, birds and pollinators where you live and the size of your land.” Creating such a lush environment is the first step in letting nature come roaring back and shifting to a more sustainable way of gardening or landscaping.

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There’s also a way to do rewilding even if you prefer to cultivate a formal garden. For example, Parker suggests creating a 10-foot border at the edge of your property and planting panicum seeds and native wildflowers within the designated area. “Just letting the grass grow high and mowing paths through it can be successful”, says Parker, as is evident in her Greenwich, Connecticut, project, above.

“But it’s always unpredictable as to what will take, so I never suggest making a huge investment.”

Paige Martin, a landscape architect based in Mill Valley, California, integrates pollinator-friendly plant material in projects large and small, weaving them in alongside other companion plantings. “Seasonal planting provides interest throughout the year—not just for humans, but for attracting birds, pollinators and other wildlife,” Martin says. Allowing biodiversity and natural habitats to flourish uninhibited is at the heart of rewilding and doing so, even on a small scale, supports the regeneration of nature.

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Elegant, functional furnishings crafted from the finest materials set the stage for exceptional outdoor living. A true design leader, Lloyd Flanders has defined this level of excellence since 1906. “Our abiding mission is to outfit our customers’ homes with beautiful, durable furniture that elevates their lifestyles,” says Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Bryan Echols. “We want to inspire our customers and give them the freedom of choice, that’s why we offer 20 different frame finishes on our Loom products, so each homeowner can make a unique style statement.” Lloyd Flanders is also known for their signature coil spring system and water-resistant cushions, which deliver maximum comfort and years of use. “As a third-generation, family-owned business, we remain passionately committed to helping each customer create their own personal oasis.”

Designing A Legacy • Where do you find design inspiration?

We work closely with our representatives and dealer network to discover the latest trends and design ideas. We also look for new color palettes, materials, textiles and functional design innovations beyond the outdoor sector.

• Share something that sets your designs apart. The fact that we embrace the use of color on our frames is just one of many ways that Lloyd Flanders is truly unique.

• How is social media playing a role in your success? We’ve partnered with a select group of style influencers to help us tell our story. The way they organically weave our furnishings into their projects is highly inspirational, and they have been quite powerful at relaying our message to the outdoor design community.

• Talk about the importance of ecoconsciousness and sustainability. As responsible manufacturers, we’re always looking for new ways to lessen our environmental impact including finding new eco-friendly materials, incorporating best practices in our manufacturing facility and working with partners who do the same.

Top Inspired by the rugged beauty of the American West, the Frontier Collection lounge seating and tables offer a unique blend of rustic charm and modern technology. Right Embrace the peak of outdoor comfort with the Summit Collection’s minimal form and sloped-back design for a more comfortable dining experience. Far right With clean lines and comfort-scale seating, Catalina embraces the relaxed attitude of the island that inspired it.

Photography Top + Right by David Cannon Photography; Far right by Molly Wood Garden Design

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VERDANT VISTA Between McKinnon and Harris co-founder Will Massie’s memorable family trips to Italy and his longstanding appreciation for the country’s art and craftsmanship, it’s no surprise that the brand’s latest Thirza Collection is a love letter to the Mediterranean destination. Take the Thirza Dining Chairs, where every detail tells a story: The sphere finials nod to the Medici orbs seen throughout Florence, and the frame and apron reference ancient Etruscan bronze thrones and chariots. The customizable knife edge cushions—shown in Artemis Green and Swan White—are midcentury in spirit. mckinnonharris.com

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VERANDA SEASON For 25 years, designer Bunny Williams’ former New York City storefront, Treillage, was a haven for green thumbs. She recently delighted the interiors world with a collection in honor of the beloved brick-and-mortar for Bunny Williams Home. Among the offerings is the rattan Mirabel Side Table, which boasts a star-like inlaid rattan top, sinuous legs and a handsome cross-base design. Perfectly sized for a lamp or beverages, it’s a versatile workhorse for any covered porch. bunnywilliamshome.com

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JARDIN DELIGHT The inspiration behind Sunset West’s Provence Bench can be found in its namesake. Paying homage to the French countryside aesthetic that has long influenced contemporary furniture companies, this perch is an artful study in form and function. At a roomy 6 feet wide, the powder-coated wrought-iron basketweave frame features a hand-applied silver pewter finish. The upholstery is customizable and shown here in Sunbrella’s Fretwork Mist. sunsetwestusa.com, salvatoreoutdoor.com

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IN BLOOM Atlanta-based Mainly Baskets Home has long been known for its handcrafted wicker and rattan product offerings. Now, the brand is expanding its penchant for woven furniture and accessories with the launch of an outdoor collection featuring their best sellers, including this Scallop Console. Crafted from a resin-based rattan, the piece is ideal for yearround outdoor living. Inspired by an antique form, the petaled skirt gives way to a flat back making it suitable to stand flush against a wall or sofa. mainlybaskets.com

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GREENHOUSE GLOW Behold the Clara Lanterns by hospitality designer Chiara Caberlon, in collaboration with product designer Marco Forbicioni, for Italian lighting company Contardi. With a bronze lacquered frame and Vienna straw resin-like caning, these modern pieces offer the practicality and portability of outdoor-friendly lights without sacrificing the elegant ethos of pieces consigned to the indoors. Available in three sizes (medium and small, shown) and a white lacquered finish, the lanterns feature a rechargeable battery that lasts up to eight hours. contardi-usa.com

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The “Small but Mighty” bath by designer Jaque Bethke of JAQUE in Scottsdale, Arizona, won Best Overall Bath for its original, artistic and highly textured design. Bethke ingeniously transformed the space to fit a tub, separate toilet room and plenty of storage, meeting the client’s need for a bath that accommodates many guests while providing a fun atmosphere. The creative elements included a showstopping tile pattern, a vinyl wallcovering, an inventive suspended light fixture and a backlit mirror.

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There are many different rooms and moments that make up a home. But it is an undeniable truth that the kitchen and bath are at the center of it all. They bring the function every household must have, but they’ve also become the hub of the home in another way: they often serve as a design foundation, setting the tone for everything else. Each year, the National Kitchen & Bath Association celebrates the very best of these all-important spaces in its Kitchen & Bath Design Competition. Keep reading to explore the iconic concepts that are taking their place in NKBA history in 2024. nkba.org/design-competition

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The “Ultra Modern Kitchen” by co-designers Bahar Zaeem and Shima Radfar of RZ Interiors, based in Toronto, Ontario, was designed to be minimalist and sleek while meeting the client’s storage needs and addressing the room’s asymmetry. Full-height, graphite-toned cabinetry, juxtaposed with oak base cabinets, keep surfaces uncluttered, and the cleverly positioned island and breakfast table result in an architecturally complex yet balanced space.

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Anthony Wilder Design/Build, Inc. Cabin John, Maryland anthonywilder.com anthonywilderdesignbuild Photography John Cole Photography

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Christopher’s Kitchen & Bath Englewood, Colorado christophersshowroom.com christophersdenver

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Interiors for Modern Living Palo Alto, California interiorsformodernliving.com interiorsformodernliving Photography Eric Zepeda Studio

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Bahar Zaeem, Partner Shima Radfar, Principal Designer

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Glen Alspaugh Co., LLP St. Louis, Missouri glenalspaughkitchens.com glenalspaughkitchenandbath Photography Alise O’Brien Photography

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New England Design Works Manchester, Massachusetts ne-dw.com | newenglanddesignworks

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NKBA’s 2025 Kitchen & Bath Design Competition is scheduled to open in May. All entries are welcome, including non-member submissions. Cash prizes totaling $100,000 will be given out to award winners, with Best Overall Kitchen and Best Overall Bath each taking home $20,000. For more information and to enter, please go to nkba.org/design-competition.

Every year, I am more and more impressed by the winning projects that our panel of distinguished judges choose.

This year, I am extremely impressed by the creativity and innovation of our Design Award winners, and the fact that they represent a wide variety of regions in North America.”

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Tabarka Studio’s Palio 2 tiles provided the jumping off point for this whimsical North Carolina pool house by MA Allen Interiors and Carter Skinner Residential Design. Eschewing upper cabinets for pattern-forward wall treatments, the space gains task lighting from wicker Arteriors sconces.

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The open concept kitchen-living room is linked by complimentary wallpapers: Faye Bell’s Atoll (above) and Nobilis’ Ipanema (right). TileBar’s Terrazzo Italy Sacra Grigio carries through to the bathroom (below), where a mirror from Cooper Classics hangs above a double tap Kohler bucket sink.

SUNNY SIDE This Chapel Hill, North Carolina, retreat designed by MA Allen with senior designer Margaret Richards balances poolside practicality with spunky, tropical-nodding style. Below, Allen dishes on the details that bring the look to life. maalleninteriors.com Happy Hour: Beneath the pass-through counter to the pool is a beverage center with Marvel drawer refrigerators, a True Residential ice machine and glassware storage. On the opposite wall, we hung custom scalloped shelves to display the client’s collection of tiki barware. This feature wall has incited her to keep collecting!

Destination Design: We wanted this pool house to highlight what the homeowners love—which is a colorful, preppy Palm Beach look. This scheme wouldn’t necessarily work for a main house in North Carolina, but it was a lot of fun to create a Floridian escape in the backyard.

Now, they have a place that expresses their chosen design style.

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Tough Stuff: Flooring throughout is a very cool precast terrazzo tile that is easy to clean and slip-resistant for wet feet. All of the fabrics we used are indoor-outdoor and the counters are White Zen quartz from Cosmos Granite & Marble—a win for these clients who enjoy squeezing fresh juice for cocktails. Entertaining is much more relaxing in a bulletproof space.

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TimberTech’s polymer decking options, like this Oyster stain from the Porch Collection, can withstand the elements while remaining timeless. timbertech.com

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Fans of clé will rejoice at the news of their first-ever outdoor tile collection, OUTERclé.

Launching with an array of materials and styles, including Origami in Basil, a pleated cement tile, and the Paritzioni Breeze Block Tile in terra cotta (right) by Fornace Brioni and Cristina Celestino. Such varied options will add a dose of high-style to exterior spaces everywhere. cletile.com

A fixture pretty enough for the indoors, Serena & Lily’s Watermill Outdoor Chandelier features a rattan shade and white powder-coated frame. serenaandlily.com

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Dornbracht’s line of MEM faucet handles in collaboration with Nature Squared boasts natural materials like pearl shell (shown), agate and eggshell hand-laid into sleek metal finishes. dornbracht.com

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For a resort-ready feel, Tuuci’s newest silhouette, the Cupola, is designed to allow a continual breeze beneath its canopy and is available in custom colors and finishes. tuuci.com

Stretch out on the Gio Outdoor Laf Chaise from NYC-based design firm Carrier & Company, a standout from their inagural outdoor furniture collection with Century Furniture. centuryfurniture.com

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Cosentino has partnered with designer Claudia Afshar to debut Ukiyo, a new Dekton collection.

Featuring two distinct fluted tile designs in fi ve colors (shown here is GV2 in Umber), the linear texture brings depth and warmth to its wide use of indoor and outdoor applications. cosentino.com

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In the rolling hills of New York’s Hudson Valley, a Manhattan-based family found the acreage they needed to build a multigenerational holiday estate.

In order to comfortably host their grown children and grandchildren—along with their many-numbered friends seeking solace from the city—the clients tasked interior designer Hilary Matt and architect Carol Kurth with creating a bespoke pool house with plenty of room to play.

While the resulting modern barn-style dwelling boasts such fun spaces as a bunk room and rock-climbing wall, the joyful bathroom suite manages to

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steal the show. With direct access from both the pool and the interior, and separate chambers that can be closed off during times of high traffic, it offers a master class in how to cater to a crowd. Luxe chatted with Matt and Kurth to glean the spatial considerations, material makeup and design details that render it pool house perfection. hilarymatt.com; carolkurtharchitects.com At an Upstate New York pool house designed by Hilary Matt and architect Carol Kurth, Thermador horizontal wood siding nods to indigenous barns found on the property in a contemporary manner. The architectural cubist lighting fixtures are Simes.

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The vanity features a countertop with a seamless trough sink composed of Trueform concrete that was designed to be “big enough to bathe a baby,” notes architect Carol Kurth. Matte black Watermark fixtures lend a high-contrast pop. The wall and floor tiles are from TileBar and Studium, respectively.

Which design details were the most impactful? HM: We found the wallpaper—Swimmers from Walls Need Love—early in the process and knew it was the perfect starting point for the rest of the design.

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The bathtub walls are covered in a bright, aqua-colored glazed ceramic tile and the flooring is a modern, oversized take on traditional penny tile. The rope sconces from Cuff Studio were the final element to bring in texture and summertime style. CK: Having the vanity “float” in the space was an important aspect of the design, too; it’s almost a literal interpretation of floating in a pool. I always like a focal point when entering a doorway, so we designed a towel storage niche in the entry as a three-dimensional element to draw the eye that is also highly useful.

What’s the report? CK: This bath is as much fun for adults as it is for kids. You can’t help but feel uplifted when you’re in there. HM: The pop of color from the wallpaper is such a fun surprise for visitors. As for the grandchildren, they now refuse to bathe anywhere else on the property!

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Functionally speaking, what were the goals? CK: Programmatically, we wanted to achieve a plan for separation of access zones, thus this “wet feet-dry feet” layout of two separate rooms was conceived. From the pool deck, one can directly access the playful trough sink area, which is then sectioned off from the tub, shower and toilet area. The bathroom can also be accessed from the interior of the pool house for overnight guests and those already inside. HM: We went with some really practical fixture decisions, like a full bathtub instead of a shower.

All age ranges will use this space, so that was a necessity. Also, a double vanity that allows multiple users was the best choice.

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Making the most of indoor and outdoor spaces every day, while having the ability to entertain in seamless style across both is very important to SoCal’s most discerning homeowners. Fortunately, the professionals at WDC Kitchen & Bath Center are here to help. “Over the past few years, we’ve seen a noticeable increase in the number of clients looking to build transitional spaces that connect their indoor entertaining capabilities with the outdoors,” says COO Derek Pregibon. “With that in mind, we offer a highly curated selection of outdoor appliances and cabinetry that help them create their own unique oasis.” From familiar outdoor elements like grilling, refrigeration and storage to more elevated offerings such as built-in pizza ovens, refreshment centers, undercabinet pellet-fed smokers and eave-mounted infrared heaters, WDC delivers world-class appliances with exceptional customer service.

Ask The Appliance Guru • Share both a popular and an unusual client request. Bold colors that reflect our clients’ tastes and personalities are on the popular list in outdoor kitchens. On the rarer side are outdoor saunas and coldplunge tubs.

• Talk about your collaborative approach with clients. One of the most critical steps in our consultative process is something we call “Goal Alignment.” This method allows our team members to fully understand the client’s wants and needs so that they can help them create beautiful, functional, highly personal environments that are on time and on budget.

• How does sustainability factor in? We offer eco-friendly products, materials and design solutions including energy-efficient appliances, sustainable building materials and water-saving fixtures.

• What role do smart and automated appliances play? Integrating technologies such as automated lighting systems, smart irrigation systems, outdoor speakers and weather sensors, and outdoor amenities like fireplaces or pool systems with remote-controlled features enhance the homeowner’s convenience and control.

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A jet-setter’s love affair with Europe inspires the refreshing design journey of her classic Mediterranean-style abode in Pacific Palisades.

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A stucco tower sports rustic French limestone for an aged finish. Guarded by the family dog, Harley, a hand-carved rift-sawn oak door leads to an enclosed courtyard. The limestone planters are from Rolling Greens and the sconces are by landscape designer Scott Shrader.

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he may live in Pacific Palisades, but for this homeowner, the siren song of Europe is never silent. So much that, when she dived into the gut remodel of her 1950s-built Mediterranean-style residence overlooking Potrero Canyon Park—intended as a home base with her spouse and college-age children—pulling ideas from European architecture, history and hotels came as second nature. “She’d return from a trip and say, ‘Oh, I was just in France, and look at this beautiful closet,’ ” recalls interior designer Lisa PriceCanale. “Thanks to the incredible inspiration we got from her travels, we turned what was a classic Mediterranean home into a jewel box.”

But to get there, Price-Canale, in tandem with frequent collaborators architect Philip Vertoch and general contractor Isaac Waxtein, first put together a plan to tamp down traces of the original Tuscan-style structure in favor of a more timeless build. Anchored by a central courtyard, the new design showcases a limestone exterior, steel-framed windows, intricate ceiling moldings, reclaimed-wood beams and stone fireplaces.

Direct architectural and interior design references are deliberately blurred. “There’s nods to Italian design, a bit of Moroccan influence and a lot of French references; it draws from all the first-class properties we’ve stayed in over the years,” explains the homeowner. The design team concurs, with Vertoch describing its architectural evolution as leaning Italianate transitional and Waxtein noting the French Moroccan vibe of the courtyard.

Vertoch was able to drastically reimagine the home while staying within its existing footprint.

Working with project manager Daniel Shurinov, the architect came up with a clever plan to meet area guidelines by reducing the first floor’s square footage (allowing for an additional garden entertaining area), then used the “extra” space to expand the tiny 400-square-foot second floor.

The owner’s bedroom suite and office were added to the upper level, making the most of the sight lines out to the canyon and ocean.

Back on the ground floor, many of the original elements, including the entry tower and the front wall, were utilized rather than razed. The privacy of retaining the front wall allowed for the home’s other game-changing revamp: removing many of the first floor’s interior walls. This decision created a generous open-plan entertaining space,

though it took some effort to achieve a result that would be both structurally sound and aesthetically pleasing. “The engineering complexity that went into opening up that room was one of the most difficult and challenging projects we’ve had,” shares Waxtein. The airy result celebrates an indoor-outdoor feeling integral to a Southern California lifestyle. “The house feels so light and open now, and you can look from the front door across the courtyard and all the way through to the beautiful canyon surroundings,” notes Vertoch. “It’s got such a warm feel that just pulls you in; you want to experience this place—and that’s what a home is all about.”

Landscape designer Scott Shrader proved pivotal to creating that initial come-hither experience too, adding old-growth olive trees, curved antique columns and custom lighting to the front courtyard, and refining the garden’s basic form (which was first sketched out by Andrea Scharff Landscape Design). Shrader also specified a sculptural white outdoor fireplace as a focal point which “gives the sense of a classic Mediterranean home, while the curved arches with hanging lights nod to old European houses with beautiful, groinvaulted hallways,” he explains.

As many of the rooms look out to either the courtyard or the canyon, Price-Canale opted for neutral hues and clean-lined furniture. “The tones of the wood and the materials mimic what’s going on outside,” the designer explains.

“The greenery through the windows often becomes the color in the room.” Modern finishes, furniture and lighting fixtures also offset the exterior’s more aged aesthetic. “I didn’t want to go too traditional,” notes Price-Canale, pointing out that even the main living space’s coffered ceiling, with its clean lines, sharp edges and shadow detailing, was designed to read more modern. “We aimed for a warm contemporary take on Mediterranean.” And of course, she and the owner took pleasure in peppering in treasures: See the entryway’s jewel-like, handblown glass-heart pendant, the exterior door’s antique hardware, and artwork reminiscent of Picasso. Luxurious, tactile fabrics including leather, bouclé and mohair underline the home’s comfortable intimacy.

Walking through the property now feels like its own journey, says the owner with satisfaction.

“You forget that you’re in Los Angeles,” she shares.

“It feels like you’ve been transported to Europe.”

With no passport required.

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Above: In the piano corner of the living room, designer Lisa Price-Canale placed Soho Home’s Rolland armchairs dressed in a deep-green bouclé. Four Hands’ Simone coffee table provides a perfect perch for drinks.

Opposite: Checkerboard marble flooring from Mission Tile West adds elegance to the entryway, which is illuminated by an Alison Berger Body & Heart pendant from Holly Hunt. Riviera Bronze crafted the steel-and-glass door. The vessel is a find from Church Boutique.

Price-Canale filled the living room with pieces by Alfonso Marina: leather chairs, nested side tables, a sculptural bench and a sofa swathed in Perennials upholstery all flank a sinuous coffee table. Art by Erik Renssen hangs above the fireplace.

“ We aimed for a warm contemporary take on Mediterranean— I didn’t want to go too traditional.”

–LISA PRICE-CANALE

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Above: An open-concept office lies just outside the primary bedroom. Anchored by an Alfonso Marina desk and chair, a pair of the brand’s low-slung chairs and side table offer additional space to sit. The floor covering is from Exquisite Rugs.

Opposite: Reminiscent of Moroccan craftsmanship, the hand-carved door of the primary bedroom was inspired by a similar door in the movie Casablanca. A mirror purchased by the homeowner during a trip to Marrakesh adorns the wall above an Alfonso Marina chest.

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Right: Striking slabs of Breccia Capraia marble sourced from Modul Marble line the shower walls and floor of the primary bathroom. Americh’s Sawyer Smooth Nickel freestanding tub adds a mirror-like shine.

Opposite: A four-poster by Alfonso Marina makes a statement in the primary bedroom. Chairs by the same maker wear a Marvic Textiles chenille. Visual Comfort & Co.’s Lido chandelier adds glamour while Arterior’s Pablo lamp rests bedside.

The artworks are by Erik Renssen.

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Dream Spaces The luminous paintings of Los Angeles-based artist Wendell Gladstone seem drawn from an otherworldly dimension.

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s a child, Wendell Gladstone adored stories about fantastical realms.

Fast-forward to today and world-building is still a concept he embraces. “It’s license to create a space where anything can happen,” says the artist, whose richly detailed figurative paintings offer portals to scenes governed by the surreal logic of dreams.

Set in a liminal place between the natural and supernatural, Gladstone’s works are populated by figures who appear more humanoid than human. “I like to straddle between something very stylized—faces that appear to be carved from wood or plastic, with otherworldly eyes— and an expression of soul, emotion and human connection,” says Gladstone. In this uncanny dimension, window panes with pliable mullions might be penetrated by hands; and in his latest beach-themed series, faces arise from the sand while birds, crabs and other creatures appear as if they’re made out of semitransparent stained glass. Gladstone’s sun-washed color palette also helps to amplify his subjects. “It’s very bright, kind of acidic and artificial in a way that evokes an alien world,” he says.

The artist likens his process to a kind of divination: Ideas come to him from books, television, browsing the web or just out of the ether. He jots them into notebooks and turns them into sketches. “When the images start to talk to one another, I take photos and play with them in Photoshop until a composition emerges, and then I begin to paint,” shares Gladstone, who often employs an impasto technique to lay down a thick coat of white paint with a palette knife.

He then applies a layer of acrylic color to create a bas-relief effect that he can etch into to render tactile details, such as fabric or the pattern on a palm tree’s trunk.

“Spooky Action,” his latest solo show at Shulamit Nazarian Gallery in Los Angeles, took its title from Albert Einstein’s famous quip about the connectivity between distant entities.

Gladstone’s April exhibition at London’s Public Gallery, “A Face Drawn in the Sand at the Edge of the Sea,” nods to another famous figure: philosopher Michel Foucault.

Whatever references infuse his works, Gladstone’s art invites speculation. “I set up the stage, but I don’t want to put the period at the end of the sentence,” he muses. “I want you to come in and make your own projections. And then, we have a real dialogue.”

Painter Wendell Gladstone (opposite) works on a beach-themed series within his Silver Lake studio. His pieces begin as sketches (below) rendered in acidic-colored acrylics paired with an impasto technique that allows for etched detailing. His works, Then, Now, Warmth Hereafter (opposite), A Face Drawn in the Sand at the Edge of the Sea and Whispers to You (bottom, from left) are part of an April exhibition at London’s Public Gallery.

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WELL CONNECTED Linking a delicate Carpinteria wetland to the ocean, a newly built wood-clad retreat pairs wellness principles with environmental sensitivity.

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Architecture: Mary Andrulaitis, Neumann Mendro Andrulaitis Architects Interior Design: Tim Clarke, Tim Clarke Design Home Builder: Krista Baffa Coffin and Richard H. Coffin, Jr., RHC Construction, Inc. Landscape Architecture: Scott Menzel, Scott Menzel Landscape Architect

Adirondack chairs stand at attention outside a guest suite, with an aluminum overhang providing dramatic shadow play.

The home’s exterior is clad in heat-finished white ash for an organic feel.

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avigating the labyrinthian approval process for any project in an ecologically sensitive location is always a challenge. Designing a home that deftly responds to its context with a distinctive aesthetic is another. And then there’s the task of integrating all of those needs.

For the design team behind this ground-up getaway on the edge of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, the concepts of wellness and biophilic design proved key to cohesively merging the architecture, interiors and landscaping. Within the delicate wetland setting that fronts the Pacific, “it was important to create something that would coexist in harmony with the marsh as well as the ocean,” architect Mary Andrulaitis explains. “This property connects the two; it works as a link.”

Site-specific requirements and regulations helped to determine the structure, massing and materials. The flood-prone zone meant the living spaces had to be raised atop a system of drilled and poured-in-place concrete caissons. “The sensitivity of the habitat meant that there were certain extra steps we had to take,” project manager Krista Baffa Coffin notes. Notably, only two of these caissons—out of the more than 70 required—could be drilled daily due to the high-water table. Lowmaintenance concrete and wood-clad façades with copper detailing were selected for the exteriors with the idea that these materials will all gradually patinate. Peppered with pocketing glass doors and large-scale windows that draw in ocean breezes while framing the views, the dwelling now boasts a multisensory connection to its surroundings.

“The intent was to be very low-key, even though the home is elevated,” Andrulaitis says of the generously sized build. The three shedroof volumes (plus a separate garage structure) that comprise it with Sea Ranch-like geometric simplicity gesture at the Santa Ynez mountains and gradually slope towards the Pacific.

Landscape architect Scott Menzel’s strategy to mitigate the home’s profile was to devise a series of terraced planters and staggered stairways and landings to establish a natural flow from the marshland up. His choice of grasses for movement and an emphasis on green-gray species for the plant palette “aimed not to recreate nature but to complement it,” he explains. “I wanted this home to feel anchored in its environment.”

Enhancing a sense of place is also what designer Tim Clarke focused on—from both a big-picture perspective and down to the details.

“Wellness comes in many forms and there’s a lot of ways to make spaces where people feel good, spaces that benefit their lives,” he muses. “The indoor-outdoor feel, the way the light works; interior design can take that even further through colors and fabrics that feel rooted in nature.”

Clarke also firmly believes that beach houses— and any leisure home, really—should “encourage people to not hang out in their bedrooms, but to instead gather and live communally.” The house’s expansive open-concept living, dining and kitchen area pays homage to this idea.

“As simple as the space is architecturally, it has incredible scale,” he observes. To keep the vast room inviting and casual, the designer organized it around three key zones—the seating area by the living room fireplace, a lengthy dining table, and the kitchen island—with other smaller seating vignettes scattered throughout. “These aren’t formal entertaining spaces,” Clarke notes, “the furnishings are meant for just hanging out.”

To further the laid-back vibe, the designer looked to finishes that “felt calm but not bland,” he says. Light oak flooring, natural stone and glazed organic ceramic tile in the kitchen and bathrooms advance this goal while relating back to the site. Hand-applied plaster left in its raw, unpainted state also interplays beautifully with another essential element of this home: natural light. “Real plaster feels substantial, and it’s amazing the way it reflects and absorbs sunlight,” says Clarke of the material, which also made an ideal backdrop for the homeowners’ art collection. Where color does appear, such as in the rusty reddish leather of the dining chairs and the performance fabric of the outdoor seating, it picks up on hues from the nearby wild grasses.

Environmentally-minded features include a front door made from salvaged old-growth redwood and a rain catchment tank beneath the main deck, underscoring the holistic concepts that united the design team and brought this project to life. The result? A retreat that embraces its setting and transcends a sustainability checklist. As Andrulaitis concludes, “This home is an effort to bridge nature and a built environment, and to do so in a way that positively impacts the well-being of our clients and their guests.”

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Cab chairs by Mario Bellini for Cassina gather around a custom table in the living space’s dining area. The sofa is from the Tim Clarke Supply collection. Doors

by Fleetwood Windows & Doors enhance the space’s connection with the exterior.

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Above: Near the kitchen in the great room, the bar gains sheen from Ann Sacks’ textured, mottled mirror-finish Versailles Revolution tile. A vintage-style Waterworks faucet tops the sink while a shark figurine guards the tap of a Perlick kegerator.

Left: Grove Twenty tile from Waterworks lines the kitchen backsplash, joined by honed Bianco Carrara marble counters and wire-brushed rift-sawn white oak cabinets. Fredericia stools flank the island topped by an ash butcher block. The sconces are by The Urban Electric Co.

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In its own wing, the owners’ bedroom suite connects to a private outdoor seating area and adjacent spa. The bed and chaise lounge are by Tim Clarke Supply and the bench is from Lucca Antiques. Outside rests a pair of West Elm teak sling chairs.

“ I T WA S I M P O R TA N T TO C R E AT E S O M E T H I N G T H AT WOULD COEXIST IN HARMONY WITH THE MARSH AS WELL AS THE OCEAN. THIS PROPERTY W O R K S A S A L I N K .”

–MARY ANDRULAITIS

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A coffee table of reclaimed redwood grounds an outdoor seating area that faces the ocean. The vignette includes Gloster’s Kay rocking chairs and ottomans in a russet fabric, as well as a striped Ribes sectional sofa by Antonio Citterio for B&B Italia.

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A bold use of black becomes the through line for the renovation of a Newport Beach home.

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A pendant by Brightbound in collaboration with artist Windy Chien brings an organic touch to the pool bathroom. The Mifuko basket neatly stores Libeco linen towels for guests. For a seamless look, the space utilizes the same Indian blue flagstone showcased on the adjoining patio.

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ush open the gate and a small courtyard beckons the way into this ranch-style Newport Beach home, with a walkway leading past a burbling fountain, sculptural agaves, olive trees and—if you’re lucky—a hummingbird on the way to the entrance. There, a rustic Dutch front door emerges between a façade of cedar stained charcoal black. This dark wood siding continues into the entry, creating a moody hallway with a ceiling that starts low and gradually slopes up, leading into an open-concept great room with views out to the backyard. “There’s a cinematic drama to the entry sequence,” muses architect JR Walz, pointing to the series of progressively smaller spaces that visitors pass through. “A bit of compression happens, followed by this reveal of volume in the main living space.”

The house wasn’t always like this. In fact, when owners Leo and Danielle Johnson first walked in, Leo was so unimpressed that he walked right back out. However, the corner lot on a quiet cul-de-sac was exactly what the couple desired for their active family of five. Walz—whose opinion carries extra significance as he’s Danielle’s brother-in-law and Leo’s best friend from grade school—spotted the potential for what would become a fresh rendition of a modern farmhouse. “It needed a lot of work, but I felt that we could turn it into something great without tearing it down completely,” the architect recalls.

As the trio began dreaming, the Johnsons quickly realized that they’d need an interior designer to guide the renovation. Enter Tania Cassill, who loved their “not ‘just another modern farmhouse’ ” mentality. Among their first decisions together was that ebony-stained exterior, a color that stands out in their neighborhood.

“Conceptually, we wanted something different, something sophisticated yet comfortable, and black is cool but also timeless,” says Leo. Cassill took this idea straight to the heart of the home. “When I said I wanted to do a black kitchen, they weren’t afraid,” comments the designer, who deftly balanced a dark backsplash and range, graphic Panda marble across the 12foot island, and warm brass pendants overhead.

The flooring is also a deep black-brown, and Cassill championed connecting the interior to

the exterior by bringing the black siding inside to wrap around the entry and kitchen. “It provides such a dramatic effect, and we kept the high ceiling white, so it doesn’t feel dim or cold,” she explains. “The exterior architecture doesn’t always need to match the interiors—there’s no rule about that—but the indoor-outdoor connection is very fluid here.”

The rest of the architectural program was more complex: The family needed four bedrooms and wanted each to have an en suite bathroom; Leo and Danielle both desired home offices; and the ability to easily entertain a crowd also topped their wish list. Walz pulled it off by taking down the walls dividing the kitchen, dining and living rooms to create a more voluminous space, raising the ceiling of the kitchen and engaging in plenty of reconfiguring. For instance, portions of the oversized primary bathroom and closet became a brand new bedroom suite. Cassill then created continuity between each area with a palette of blacks, whites, browns and blues.

The other major shift is the way indoor and outdoor spaces now flow. Walz replaced the existing doors of the living room with 25 feet of glass sliders that stack and tuck into the walls. “It really feels like the exterior is part of the house,” Walz says. “Being able to push the doors away completely makes everything feel so much more conducive to hosting.” Outside those doors lies a drought-tolerant, low-maintenance garden of mainly California natives designed by landscape architect Ty Price and installed

by Orchard Landscaping. “The house as a dark backdrop really lends itself to pop the colors of the landscape,” Price shares. In keeping with the theme, even the perimeter fencing is painted a deep charcoal.

Perhaps surprisingly, one of the family’s favorite spaces nearly didn’t come to be. After falling in love with a California room—that is to say, a covered outdoor living space—at their rental house, Leo and Danielle debated adding something similar to their new home. Walz helped convince them to go for it, and it’s now where they gravitate for dinner parties. The architect quips, “I had a lot invested in this home because I was going to be here, looking at it, all the time.” And he is.

As Danielle explains, “His family and kids spend more time at this house with us than anyone else.

It’s almost like it’s made for them, too.”

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In the living room, an RH leather sofa cozies up to a set of Denver Modern chairs and a CB2 bouclé swivel chair grounded by a Blaxsand blackened-elm coffee table. Katy Skelton’s Anderson sconces brighten the custom stained white oak console.

“ Being able to push the doors away completely makes everything feel so much more conducive to hosting.”

–J R W A L Z

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Above: The kitchen is a master class in contrast, juxtaposing a black Zia Tile zellige backsplash and leathered Panda marble countertops from Pacifica with white oak cabinetry by Atlas Custom Cabinetry. The black Ilve range was purchased at Pirch.

Opposite: Cozy and casual, the kitchen’s dining nook is lit by a L’Aviva Home pendant.

Designer Tania Cassill layered in custom pillows, a sheepskin throw and stools from Sika-Design that stand out against the dark siding.

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Above: Brass Whare pendants from Visual Comfort & Co. provide a glamorous touch to the kitchen’s expansive island, which is outfitted with a Julien sink and pull-down faucet by California Faucets.

The leather counter stools are Denver Modern.

Opposite: A West Elm sectional and coffee table anchor the family room atop a custom Elementos Argentinos rug that brings in a graphic pattern. L’Aviva Home’s Ventila pendant adds texture overhead.

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Above: Blue hues punctuate the primary bath, where Cassill selected a Victoria + Albert soaking tub and tambour vanity crafted by Atlas Custom Cabinetry. Cement hexagon tiles from Zia Tile are laid into the walnut-stained white oak floors for a satisfying jigsaw effect.

Opposite: Grass-cloth wallpaper by Mark Alexander creates subtle shimmer in the primary bedroom.

A brass Room & Board nightstand, Visual Comfort & Co’s Simon sconce and a bench from CB2 flank the bed dressed in Libeco linens. The artwork is by Dee Farnsworth.

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