Photos by Ryan Theede PhotographyHouse at a GlanceWho lives here: Starla and Scott Campbell, who have one daughter in high school who lives with them, as well as two kids in collegeLocation: Asheville, North CarolinaSize: 4,000 square feet (372 square meters); three bedrooms, 3½ bathroomsDesigners: Homeowner Starla Campbell in collaboration with Laura Sullivan of ID.ology Interiors & Design (interiors) and John Petri in collaboration with Sean Sullivan of Living Stone Design + Build (architecture) Homeowner Starla Campbell talks to black bears out her shower window. She, her husband, Scott, and their daughter live harmoniously in the woods of Asheville, North Carolina, with them. The Campbells perched their house in a high spot with idyllic mountain views, and the home pays homage to its beautiful surroundings. The thoughtful mountain modern architectural style of the house blends in with the landscape while the interiors connect with the outdoors via windows, two porches and layers of natural materials that enrich the space with organic texture and colors. Both homeowners were very involved in the design and construction of their forever home. And as they both work from home...
10. Keep Perspective and Your Sense of HumorYes, things often don’t go as planned, and it’s a super stressful process, especially when budget and timeline get squeezed. But you need to find a healthy way to let off steam. (I highly recommend yoga.) You’ve got to be able to laugh off the little things and, if the going gets really tough, try to visualize the end result: a finished home that you are going to love living in for years to come. So good luck!
Photos by Ryann Ford PhotographyHouse at a GlanceWho lives here: This is a second home for an Austin, Texas, family. She’s a former stylist and he works in technology. Their son is in high school.Location: Blanco, TexasSize: 2,000 square feet (186 square meters); three bedrooms, 2½ bathroomsDesigner: J. Fisher Interiors In 1887, Joseph Wilson Baines and his wife, Ruth, bought this simple riverside home in Blanco, Texas, that had been built of native Texas stone quarried nearby. Their daughter Rebekah, then 6, played under the oaks surrounding the house, where the family lived until 1904. Decades later, Rebekah’s son Lyndon Baines Johnson would become the 36th president of the United States. The current homeowners, a former stylist and a technology worker with a son in high school, purchased the house in the early 2000s and have spent years renovating and restoring it — first on their own and, more recently, with the help of designer Jennifer Fisher.
Layout. The large garage door upstairs opens to a balcony, and picture windows offer views throughout. “At first my clients wanted everything wide open, with a bed tucked in the corner and bunks along the sides,” Moore says. But she was able to persuade them that some privacy options for changing clothes or going to bed early were a good idea. She created a nook for the bedroom and bunkroom framed with reclaimed railroad beams, and talked the homeowners into letting her install heavy curtains with blackout liners. While the addition “won’t soundproof the rooms, it provides some separation while keeping the open feeling,” she says. A bathroom with a shower is along the same wall as the bedrooms.Flooring. Throughout the living spaces upstairs and downstairs, Moore used a luxury vinyl floor tile that comes in planks but is low-maintenance and easy to clean.Oven: Big Chill
In the great room, the windows, a large stone fireplace and an oversize sliding barn door add more of these architectural elements. Starla notes that when she looked up barn doors like this online she saw that they cost thousands of dollars each. Instead she had the trim carpenter custom-build five interior sliding barn doors for around $2,000 total. “We tried hard to be really smart with our choices,” she says. A local artisan made the forged-steel fireplace doors. There is ample storage for logs below the hearth. The log storage is lined in steel as well.The designers carefully considered the scale of every element to suit the 17-foot-high ceilings. The ceilings in the living room are covered in dark-stained wood and beams to maintain a feeling of rustic coziness that balances the soaring height.Wall and cabinet paint: Extra White, Sherwin-Williams
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