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he kitchen changed more than any other room, gaining a large island topped with granite and wood. The open galley-style layout is spacious but efficient, with plenty of storage in custom fir cabinetry. The designer maintained a connection to the former interior by reusing the Douglas fir ceiling panels here and in the adjacent living area, where the clients asked for higher ceilings. Dudzik THE LIVING saw the request as an opporSPACE, WITH tunity to create variations in ITS NEW FLOORscale, maintaining a lower TO-CEILING PICceiling height in the kitchen TURE WINDOWS, and entry space. “You move from an intimate space to DOES INDEED this volume,” he says. “It CELEBRATE THE makes it seem like a more IMPRESSIVE VIEW celebrated space.” FROM WALLOON’S The living space, with its BLUE WATER ALL new floor-to-ceiling picture THE WAY TO THE windows, does indeed celCLOUDS ABOVE. ebrate the impressive view from Walloon’s blue water all the way to the clouds above. The 10-foot-tall sliders open onto an ipe deck with marine-cable railing, extending the living space outdoors. Despite the increase in height, the basic structure of the home endures. “It reads as two boxes stacked,” says Dudzik. “I added louvered walls on the exterior to help organize the volumes.” The wooden louvers create a bit of privacy and work to connect the exterior and interior by mimicking the horizontal fir paneling. 4
TOP: Custom fir cabinetry keeps the kitchen clutter-free, with an appliance garage at the end of the prep counter and a concealed Asko dishwasher. LEFT: Overhangs and exterior louvers control light entering the south side of the home and provide extra privacy in the bedrooms.
Northern Home & Cottage
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