Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Small and Cosy



"“It’s like a modern yacht— we had to think of how to get the maximum amount of space out of a minimum amount of floor area,” architect Robert A. M. Stern says of the three-story beach cottage he designed for Robert and Lisa Nesbitt in Seaside, Florida. Above: The kitchen’s pocket doors open to views of the town."



"“We like to think we’ve kept its history intact,” textile designer and weaver Sam Kasten says of the 1833 clapboard Colonial in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where he lives with his family. Built as a stagecoach inn, it was later used as a retreat for underprivileged children. The house has a “graciousness, elegance and simplicity,” Jane Kasten remarks. Above: A small family dining room off the kitchen is furnished with a 19th-century tilt-top table from Nantucket and Windsor chairs"



"Designer Steven Volpe took on the design of a 3,000-square-foot San Francisco apartment. Using inset mirrors, Volpe created the illusion of space in the small, windowless master bath. Waterworks vanity mirror."

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