These Are the Most Popular Homes of February 2023
From an 1800s farmhouse renovated with a sunken courtyard to an overhauled Seattle midcentury, here’s what our readers were most inspired by last month.
From an 1800s farmhouse renovated with a sunken courtyard to an overhauled Seattle midcentury, here’s where our readers found inspiration last month.
Renovations reigned supreme in February: A beach house set in the dunes just south of Santa Cruz, California, sheds its dark shingles inside and out; an adobe home by Frank Lloyd Wright in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is retrofitted after its previous owner’s pack of dogs devastated the property; in Seattle, a painting provides a point of reference for a remodel; and a tumbledown cottage with a thatched roof in Germany is restored and opened up to the rolling countryside. Oh, and one new build, a cabin in Denmark that a passerby could mistake for a library, is one for the books.
Big Windows and White Interiors Punch Up a Gloomy ’60s California Beach House
Fuse Architects took a 1960s-built home in Pajaro Dunes, California, and renovated it as a retreat for their clients, a family of five. "The idea was to take the existing house and give it new life—one that met the needs and aesthetics of our designer clients," says the firm. "Although the shape and form of the remodeled home remains relatively unchanged from its original design, we wanted to take advantage of the ocean’s proximity by opening up the walls and providing framed views of the coast line."
Photo by Joe Fletcher
The interior contrasts the dark exterior with white plaster, allowing natural light to disperse throughout the home.
Photo by Joe Fletcher
"MA03 Library House was designed to meet the requirements of a ceramicist and a lawyer in need of a home capable of holding their extensive book collection as well as providing them with spaces for work and creative activity," say Fria Folket, the architect behind this cabin in Sweden.
Photo Courtesy of Fria Folket
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