Entry Drive and Mailbox

Entry Drive and Mailbox

Situated on a lot fronted by two busy roads, the key to this project was in creating a strong “public” face of the building and an open, yet protected, “private” side.  Using building techniques from three centuries of local custom and blending them to create the idea of an adaptively re-used mill, the building invites the visitor to suspend their disbelief and enter an anachronistic time-space, both rugged and highly refined.  This project was published in the September 2008 issue of House Beautiful, and as the Home of the year in the September 2009 issue of Lehigh Valley Style.

Mailbox: galvanized steel frame and box with Ipe wood face and powder-coated flag.

Entry Drive: Decomposed granite; dressed granite gateway wall.

Guest Parking and Entry Screen

Guest Parking and Entry Screen

Stainless steel metal fabric in galvanized steel frame.

Photo: Alyssha Csuk

Entry

Entry

Stone facade, steel canopy with wood extensions, galvanized steel lintels, slate roof, aluminum-clad wood windows, Pennsylvania pattern bluestone walk, thermal finsish stair treads

Drive Court Gates and Guest House

Drive Court Gates and Guest House

Custom-designed and locally fabricated gates utilize a crane motor.  Ipe wood in galvanized frame.  Chocolate stucco finish with terne-coated stainless steel roofing on garage and guest house (beyond).

Photo: Alyssha Csuk

Entry

Entry

Steel window and doors (Optimum); Pennsylvania pattern bluestone pavers, board-formed concrete, custom cushions and pillows, stained cedar soffit.

Foyer Stair and Pool

Foyer Stair and Pool

Pennsylvania bluestone, laminar flow fountain, open stair, cable railing.

Foyer Stair

Foyer Stair

Bluestone landing, steel stair stringer with solid oak treads; stainless steel cable rail; oak & steel handrail.  

Corridor to Living

Corridor to Living

Exposed steel columns, Ardex concrete floors with radiant in floor heat, distressed wood floor at Living, wedge wood cabinetry.

Living Room

Living Room

Exposed Steel columns and beams; composite heavy timber trusses, stone faced Rumford fireplace, distressed wood floor inset into Ardex coated concrete floor. 

Kitchen

Kitchen

3" Carrera Marble island with welded aluminum lags and end panels.

Lagos Azul counters on Wenge cabinetry.

Custom-designed and fabricated range hood with remote fan (ultra-quiet).

Extra deep counter at sink bay window allows for indoor kitchen garden.

Dining Room & Pantry Box

Dining Room & Pantry Box

Wenge wood finished cabinet housing a butlers pantry and wet bar, along with upright appliances in Kitchen (beyond) is used to delineate the open Dining Room.  Ardexx flooring.

Photo: Alyssha Csuk

Rear Patio & Facade

Rear Patio & Facade

Main house is dressed granite, slate roof (cold roof system), and stainless steel snow rail.  Loewen aluminum-clad wood windows & Nana folding glass wall.  

Pool projects from grade 18" and acts as both a seat and table.  

Pool and Plaza

Pool and Plaza

We designed the pool to project from plaza, allowing it to be used as seating or table space, PA Bluestone, with concealed linear patio drainage system (ACO Brickslot); ipe wood panels; board-formed concrete walls.

Photo: Alyssha Csuk

Transitions

Transitions

View from entertainment wing, through bridge, toward entry foyer.

Distressed hemlock floors; wenge wall panels, dressed granite stone, steel and stainless cable rail guardrail.

Library Loft

Library Loft

We designed this space as a soft transition between the main stair and the Master Bedroom and Guest Bedroom wings of the home.  The Rumford Fireplace is fitted with glass stones and gas.

Ceder T&G ceiling, composite wood/steel trusses, Delta lighting, wood library shelving.  Distressed Hemlock flooring.

Photo: Alyssha Csuk

Bedroom Loft Balcony

Bedroom Loft Balcony

Overlooking the Living Room, this balcony accesses two bedrooms and laundry room.  Distressed Hemlock floors, steel and cable railing, composite steel/wood trusses, custom designed light fixtures (Delta)

Photo: Alyssha Csuk

Master Bedroom Suite Hallway

Master Bedroom Suite Hallway

Stair leads to home's entertainment wing.  Sliding doors on left lead to master closet and master bath.  (Master Bed sleeping chamber is behind photographer).

Flooring is a hand-stitched vintage French upholstery.

Master Bath

Master Bath

Travertine Tile & Mosaic Floor and Walls.  Floating shower with two shower columns (Hansgrohe).  Wenge cabinetry.

Master Bedroom Chamber

Master Bedroom Chamber

Limestone fireplace surround (hung); cantilevered wood shelves, tongue-in-groove wood ceiling; hand-stiched carpeting.

Guest Corridor Stair

Guest Corridor Stair

The stair leads the the Master Suite Gallery, and down to the Fitness Room and wine Cellar.  Large windows provide a view of the swimming pool and gardens.

Painted steel and cable railing.  Translucent glazed doors (Tre più), distressed hemlock flooring, Delta lights.

Photo: Alyssha Csuk

Fitness Room

Fitness Room

Exposed steel beams, painted; tongue-in-groove wood ceiling; linear cove lighting (elliptipar)

View from Forest Garden

View from Forest Garden

Part of our design included a number of nature trails through a large forest garden behind the home. 

Photo: Alyssha Csuk

Dining Patio

Dining Patio

We designed the landscaping to be fully integrated into the flow of the home's spaces.  Steps access the raised patio, replete with outdoor fireplace, and another set of steps accesses the pool.

Photo: Alyssha Csuk

Site Plan

Site Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Upper Floor Plan

Upper Floor Plan

Easton (Front) Elevation

Easton (Front) Elevation

West Elevation

West Elevation

North (partial) Elevation

North (partial) Elevation

South (partial) Elevation

South (partial) Elevation

Guest House - South Elevation

Guest House - South Elevation