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note of the separation between the kitchen and the dining area
while retaining the visual connection between the two spaces.
Floating casework at one end of the dining room prompts a
pause to inspect art from Laccone and Perla's collection before
crossing into the den.
The beauty of Marmol Radziner's work is in its subtlety. Stripping
the home back to highlight the elegance of its post-and-beam
design reveals its strength: that remarkable focus on the
indoor-outdoor connection, the timelessness of the design
and the beauty of its simplicity.
Floor-to-ceiling glass walls that look out over the backyard and
the mountainous setting beyond, snowy terrazzo flooring that
runs from indoor to out, and the use of elongated walnut for the
bathroom cabinetry, whose wood pattern mimics that found on
the palm trees that dot the property, deftly underlines the link
between interior and exterior. So, too, does the use of a palette
of simple, primarily pale, furniture; it racks focus from the inside
out towards the arresting setting, which was landscaped with
plants that echo the flora and fauna of the surrounding desert.
The outcome is a home that lives completely within the land,
calm and restful and meditative and relaxing.
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