Indholdsfortegnelse for Jul/Aug 2019 i House Beautiful

Joanna Saltz: How much of your job as a designer is actually solving clients’ problems? Jay Jeffers: In the beginning, it’s kind of all problem-solving: How do you make a big house feel intimate, or a small house feel big? Or somebody wants to have parties for 200 and dinners for 10—how does that all happen in one space? Catherine Kwong: And then there’s the actual hard work of making that happen. We can say, “I want this to be a serene space,” but does that mean all the toys are going in the cabinet every night? Jay: I like the client to be involved in the process. You can see their lightbulb go off when you, for example, think up the perfect storage for suitcases in their closet. They’re…

SOMETIMES, THE ONLY way to make a room feel right is to carve it in two. That’s just what London-based interior designer Mark Lewis did in this inviting family kitchen, the heart of an 1870 townhouse facing the city’s historic Hampstead Heath park. Inspired by back-of-house kitchens in English country estates and on shows like Downton Abbey, Lewis created an intimate pantry off the main space for a more functional use of the square footage. A wall with glass panes lets sunlight stream into the windowless main room. “It’s a modern style—very practical,” he says, “but it doesn’t feel out of place in a Victorian house.” To maximize utility, a fluted ceramic sink, modeled after vintage versions, sits atop exposed brick supports and creates a genius nook to hide a…

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WE ALL DREAM OF NATURAL LIGHT IN every corner, but some floor plans just don’t allow it. Designers’ current go-to fix: steel-and-glass partitions. They won’t shrink the room or interrupt visual flow, but they still separate it, so each area can serve distinctly different functions with plenty of sunlight pouring through. You will have to pay to play: “Because everything is custom, they can cost from $100 to $1,000 per square foot,” says Romni Cain of Atelier Domingue. Flip the page to see the endless potential of interior glass. Divide and Conquer An angular partition highlights the architectural quirks of the space while keeping the kitchen in the kitchen. If French doors take up too much room, opt for sliding ones instead. But look into building codes before you install—most…

House Beautiful NEXT WAVE BETSY HELM AND KILEY BAUN ARE PRAC tical designers, but they have no patience for the charmless luxury of many contemporary builds. “We like to add architectural character,” says Helm. “People may think it’s too fussy—until they see it.” Their trick: Do it in a way that doesn’t sacrifice the luxuries of modern living. With a background in interior architecture, Helm delights in uber-precise processes, like devising custom storage hidden behind millwork. Baun (whose background is in fashion) is her opposite, stylistically speaking. “My house is extremely eclectic and very wild,” says Baun. “Betsy’s is all white!” After eight years running a design firm together, they have a new venture: Shophouse Home, which brings their discerning touch to spec houses. “They’re small, but they have built-in…

I LOVE DOING LAUNDRY—REALLY!—but the thought of folding clean clothes in Edgewood Hall’s musty basement, where the previous owners kept their washer and dryer, wasn’t appealing. So we carved out a sliver of space from the second-floor addition for a laundry room that also serves as a place to corral cleaning and pet supplies. Old-school details—flooring by Morocco Tiles, splatterware-inspired wallpaper, 1950s-style café curtains (very June Cleaver), and a basket-weave ceiling light—help the room blend in with the original parts of the house, while the farmhouse sink and spray faucet make bathing our Pekes a breeze. In the muggy summer weather, they love lounging on the cool tile floor and keeping me company.…

HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE SUMMERS are muggy and brutally hot, most residents strictly pass the time in air-conditioned interiors. Not the Bing family. “We love the peace of being outside,” says mother of two Candy Bing. After architect Ruard Veltman built the family’s dream home, complete with a pool, she and her husband, Darren, felt the surrounding area was missing something. “After the pool, it just ended,” she explains. Plus, “the kids were tromping through the house with wet feet. So we started brainstorming, ‘What else do we want out there?’” The answers: an outdoor shower, a pizza oven, a daybed, and two TVs to entertain (the family and their friends are all big Carolina Panthers fans). To appeal to Bing’s love of English country style, Veltman conceived an…

WHEN CAMERON SCHWABENTON bought her 1960s ranch house near Charleston, South Carolina, the property came with a structure out back that served as the previous owner’s welding workshop. “It was raw and unfinished when I got a hold of it,” says the designer, who spent six months renovating the 460-square-foot building and filling it with bright accents. Now she calls it the “Sunshine House,” a place that serves as sleeping quarters for friends and family and also a workshop of sorts (full circle!) for herself. “It’s a space to try different things,” she explains, “a chance to do something fun with color.”…

16 Into the Infinite Darkness Pages 16–17: Wallpaper: Abnormals Anonymous, abnormalsanonymous.com. Paint: Behr, behr.com. Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com. C2, c2paint.com. Clare, clare.com. Farrow & Ball, farrow-ball.com. Fine Paints of Europe, finepaintsofeurope.com. PPG Pittsburgh Paints, ppgpittsburghpaints.com. Sherwin-Williams, sherwin-williams.com. Valspar, valsparpaint.com. 20 Small Kitchen, Big Ideas Designer: Mark Lewis, marklewisinteriordesign.com. 22 Give Them a Space, They’ll Give It a Soul Designers: Betsy Helm and Kiley Baum of Shophouse, shophousedesign.com. 29 The Most Productive Spot in the House Designer: Eddie Ross, eddieross.com. Ceiling light: Circa Lighting, circalighting.com. Wallpaper: Peter Fasano, peterfasano.com. Curtain fabric: Lisa Fine Textiles, lisafinetextiles.com. Sink: Kohler, us.kohler.com. LG washer and dryer: Lowe’s, lowes.com. Hamper: The Container Store, containerstore.com. 34 A Poolhouse Built for the Breeze Pages 34–35: Architect: Ruard Veltman, ruardveltmanarchitecture.com. Thatched roof: Colin McGhee, thatching.com. 42 The House Where Time Slows Down Designer: Palmer Weiss, palmerweiss.com. Pages 44–45: Striped…

Navy Blues “Using a single dark color helps the walls recede in a small room,” says Kari McIntosh, who especially loves blues in rooms with lots of millwork. For this butler’s pantry, she had an Abnormals Anonymous wallpaper customized to match the cabinet paint. Scarlet Reds Especially when painted in high gloss—which bounces light around and fools the eye in to believing a room is larger than it is—dark red walls have tons of depth, says Dennis Brackeen. To supercharge this sitting room, he used Fine Paints of Europe’s Hollandac Brilliant 98 finish (a so-shiny-it-looks-wet oil paint). Charcoal Grays “For a small room with bright southern exposure, there’s nothing I love more than a bold black,” says Elaine Griffin. “It takes on the flavor of whatever you layer on top.”…

Prefabs by MAPA Price: From $45,000. Why they’re great: With modern silhouettes and easy installation, MAPA’s modular Minimod units range in size from 40 to 1,200-plus square feet and can be clad in different finishes, including black timber and copper. MAPA also does custom prefab design: At Sacromonte Landscape Hotel, one cabin (pictured) has a long glass wall of windows. Get one: Built in Portugal and Brazil, Minimods ship in just under two months and can take as little as one day to install. mapaarq.com. Cabins by Koto Price: From $22,900. Why they’re great: Based in the U.K. but inspired by Scandinavian design, Koto offers units in a variety of sizes, from 92 to 1,130 square feet. The Muutama (pictured) can be used as a home office or rental unit…

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THE MAGIC OF TRAVEL EXISTS in its capacity to carry us far away from the everyday, so we can return invigorated and inspired. (And psst: It’s vacation season! Get going.) Some of the best destinations for recharging aren’t overly fancy: They’re chic, cozy spots that completely immerse you in a dramatic natural environment. Yes, we’re talking tiny. Our five favorite pint-sized Airbnbs and boutique rooms around the world are all about taking in the view—and maybe bringing home a smart decorating idea or two. All that’s left to do is set your Out of Office message.…

“This is not your average Colonial. We call it the non-trad traditional.” ON THE DAY OF THIS PHOTO SHOOT, THERE were a pair of pants at the bottom of the pool. No one knew who the pants belonged to, but Jackie Smith, a real estate mega-agent and the matriarch of the house, has a lead on which kid launched them there. “This is truly the house where everybody comes,” says her husband, Dennis, a designer and builder. “On a Friday night, there will be about 13 kids of all different ages over here.” Plus three dogs, two cats, and a male hamster named Susan. Driving up to the home—a stately 1940 Monterey Colonial with hedges, fountains, columns, white paint, and black shutters—you might get a different impression. But the inside…