Marvel beverage-centre with full light, dual temperature
Butler’s pantry has secondary sink
Decorative indirect, up-lighting creates warm glow on brick
Black aluminum window-frames, bold contrast against dove-white interior-walls
Fireplace Details
Explain in detail the concept that created the inspiration for this innovative feature
Home’s architecture and interior detailing based on Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie-style
Large footprint, expansive volume of greatroom required unique solutions
Fireplace wall is a focal point, both daytime and night
Complex custom design/build of this canopy required attention to detail, both in concept and on-site
Initiating from brick window wall, canopy-apron wraps around fireplace
Connects seamlessly to suspended canopy over kitchen
Outstanding design feature connects and personalizes entire space
Clever transition achieved by tying warm brick walls to full-height contemporary concrete fireplace facing
Asymmetrical gas fireplace fits perfectly with barn-wood apron, concrete firebrick facing
Dark-toned wood hearth anchors the design
Adjacent canopy lowers kitchen ceiling height to comfortable and attractive scale,while providing essential space for lighting and mechanical
Unique design elements
Room’s volume is celebrated while still feeling cozy
Contemporary lines integrate beautifully with textures and colour-tones
Intriguing combination of red brick full height walls, smooth-faced concrete fireplace wall,
firebrick around fireplace, and solid hickory hearth
Lighting plays important role…
Functionally, provides ambient and task lighting
Aesthetically, emphasizes texture and warmth of wood, brick
Canopy gives look and feel of New York loft kitchen
Brick walls are designed to look structural, not just cladding
Contrasting canopy rests on kitchen’s end wall tower cabinet, creating an interesting bookend
Canopy lines follow lines of transom windows, architecturally bonding the room
Choice of materials
Interesting mix of textures and colour
Reclaimed burnished barn-wood apron banded with dark-stained, hickory wood
Canopy finished with same dark-stained hickory wood
Dark banding provides an intricate corner connection to fireplace wall
Defines, yet unites wider barn-wood apron
Reclaimed barn-wood is burned for more dramatic effect
Horizontal band design complements dark cap on basement stairwell glass railing and
exterior glass railing
LED rope up-lighting accentuates brick wall
Strategically placed downlights emphasize warmth of fireplace brick
Success of this unique feature is achieved by weaving natural materials into an organic design
Design Details
Exterior: architectural character, curb appeal and integration of the project into its setting
Frank-Lloyd- Wright’s prairie-style- design with contemporary-elements