All right angles
This mid-century modern house is a geometry teacher's dream. Right angles everywhere you look and clean straight lines, unbroken throughout the home. It also explains how it was bestowed one of Dallas's 10 Most Beautiful Homes awards in 2010. Wide walls of windows and an interesting choice of wood paneling prevents the house from becoming too Jetsons-ish. The furnishings inside are drool-worthy and in my personal taste. I would gladly steal those grey armchairs in the living room for my own place. I also appreciate how the dark brick motif in the living room is echoed in the tiling pattern in the master bathroom. A few things complaints, however (and since when do I not have any about the perfect houses I post). I do think that the flooring choice and doors could have been switched up for something not so office building-like and I would have also softened up the living room and den spaces with more sculptural lighting pieces and rugs, throws and pillows.
What do you all think? Too much like your office or feels like home?
What do you all think? Too much like your office or feels like home?
There's a retro vibe in the interiors that's interesting. I like the fenestration locations as well as the lighting. I think it could work for a retro family home.
ReplyDeleteI think it feels quite like home. I like the dark tiles in the bathroom. Very unusual.
ReplyDeletethanks for your feed back on my last post! you are always a thoughtful writer as well! i love the spacious design!
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I really love that dining table and chairs, and I love the look of the house from the outside. Super interesting. I do see the office vibe you're talking about and I'm not crazy about it, though.
ReplyDeleteI love the first and last pictures you've featured; the exteriors of the home is simply beautiful, and the shower and bat tub are wonderfully designed. I'm not the biggest fan of modern homes, and sharp angles - just because I feel that it can create a sense of coldness and austerity to the home. I agree some lighting and accessories could have warmed up the house.
ReplyDeleteI think it looks awesome. Maybe I should move to Dallas hehe :)
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on the flooring. I loved it until I looked down and suddenly had a flashback of my dentist office. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteThankfully, I can't see the floor in the bathroom--ooh-la-la! I love!
I WISH my office looked like that! It's a little too cold for my liking (I agree about the floors) but I love all the architectural details, like the exposed beams.
ReplyDeletei love the bathroom! i love the house too, maybe i would use more comfortable looking furniture :)
ReplyDeleteYea, too much like a dentists office for me.
ReplyDeleteWhile I tend to love mid-century mod, this might be a big much for me. I'd need to think about it a bit longer. A little cold maybe, but great architecture. Beams good, windows good, floors maybe too much.
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I'm all for a retro vibe, but this feels a little cold/hard for me (The outside is GORGEOUS!). I'm also a little weirded out by the hotel style built-in planter. That really hinders rearranging things, which I desperately need from time to time. Otherwise, VERY cool. I always enjoy your home presentations. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's a really cool house but I agree with you on the office vibe. Something about the house feels more commercial than comfy-cozy to me and I like comfy-cozy in my home. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's a little bit office-y but then I saw that there was a bathtub the size of a hot tub and all was forgiven.
ReplyDeleteThis house is not too much to my liking, but I do love love love the arm chairs.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the Twilight home! (Do I always compare these homes to movie homes?)
ReplyDeleteI don't like it for myself, but I LOVE looking at homes like these!
It's a little too angular for me to feel like home, although I'm not sure that's the houses is fault of the way it is decorated inside. It just looks very sterile and like no one would ever live there.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on the chairs and softening up some of the spaces. Overall, I don't think it's for me. Plus, I'd break my neck on the in-floor planter in front of the stairs.
ReplyDeleteSO, just playing devil's advocate here....I don't think the doors are important in this house so that is probably why the one I could find looks "corporate". It doesn't bother me but I'd use more designed handle personally. The flooring looks like terrazzo or some kind of poured concrete {and cork or carpet tile in the bedroom}. Did they design with only sustainable materials? That could be some of it. I'd definitely put some softer things in the place but I think maybe it's staged?
ReplyDeleteNow that I'm done with all that, I think I really like the bathroom. That's what I always say though.
I always love modern designs. Symmetry, geometry, everything. But I don't know that I would own one, mostly because my style doesn't really seem to match. Still beautiful to look at though.
ReplyDeleteLove the gigantic window in the kitchen - cooking there must be a dream!
ReplyDeletei really love this one! i would definitely take a few pieces of the furniture as well.
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