More Visions

More from my vision board.  When I find images that I love, I can close my eyes and envision and mentally incorporate the elements into my architectural elevations.  Sometimes I have to give up on an idea--because it isn't in keeping with the style and age of the house I'm trying to create.  But generally, if I love it, it melds perfectly into the overall plan.  Here are a few interior details that inspired me.

This is a design element we've repeated throughout the main floor.  Since the house has a central core of hallways and family room, with other rooms radiating off, I was concerned that the interior could be dark--especially during the winter months in Oregon.  So, as you enter the living room, dining room, office and sunroom, there will be glass transoms and side lights to distribute some of the daylight from these rooms.  This design is also repeated around exterior doors.  With the greenhouse glass in three locations, and this framing of entries with glass, we're suggesting a theme--walls and ceilings replaced with glass (light) for a merging of inside and outside.

I'll have exposed beams in my family room.  I love this photo of a recessed stove and how it makes use of another distressed beam.  The beam over my stove will project several inches from the wall as a shelf.

   

Rather than a long expanse of used (looking) brick for the breezeway floor, we'll break it up with distressed planks crossing diagonally.  This will give it a more refined look than where we're using brick outdoors, but it will retain the feel of a mudroom. 

I see another theme revealing itself!  A pattern of hardwood flooring similar to this will be in the main hall upstairs.  If you remember, it's somewhat expansive, so when I saw this design, I knew it would elevate the floor to an artistic feature--like a beautiful piece of furniture.