Horse Party

In this addition, architecture functions also as decoration. Notice the ceiling’s trimwork, the lamps, the art-glass transom, the custom cabinets, and faux-finished walls. Details like these can double or triple the cost of the same square footage with simpler design.

Here is another solution to the problem of inadequate light in a kitchen when either the view outside is unattractive or the cook wants privacy from neighbors and passers-by. A wall of solid glass brick lets sunlight enter along with a flicker of color and movement when activity occurs outside.

Clean, softly illuminated, and strikingly simple in its decor, this kitchen exudes a healthy sense of care and concern for what is both hygienic and attractive. The rather cozy area avoids any feeling of sections of the ceiling. Beams are directed over the most frequently used work areas by cutouts in the framework ceiling structure. The Connecticut designers who live here have achieved a pleasing utilitarian ambiance that is nevertheless aesthetically seductive.

Florida fantasies. The clients, entertainers who are often on tour, wanted a place in Florida where they could get away from it all, so architect Ramon Pacheco and interior designer Nury Feria created the feeling of an island retreat.