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forward tone, bringing forth views seen
through vast amount of glass that, along
with being an aperture, is a sieve for natu-
ral light highlighting SAW's architectural
improvements and connections. On one
side of the kitchen, for example, is a stairwell
that "slides subtly behind the family room's
open bookshelf down into a lower level bar/
lounge, guest room, and office," states the
firm, noting the conspicuous absence of
an interior connection between the upstairs
and downstairs previously. "The lounge
also features glass floor-to-ceiling sliding
doors that open onto the lower deck."
In pushing a mid-century house past the
boundaries of what its bones once allowed,
SAW opened up more than a residential
core. It expanded the perceptions and
possibilities of old architecture in a new age.
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Inside, homeowner and interior designer
Kina Ingersoll sought to replicate her
nature-centric upbringing in Hawaii. "I
wanted our house to exhibit all of these
inspirations," she says. "A connection to
nature, with large back doors opening to
our yard and the surrounding woodland
surroundings, and an interior that exhibited
a subtle mix of cultures, from old world
to new world, Eastern to Western, and
modern to traditional." To that end, she
points to the live-edge dining room table.
"We sourced the slab of black walnut from
an East Coast lumber company on Etsy,
and then we hired a local woodworker to
finish it and a local metalworker to build the
raw steel legs that I designed."
From exposed-beam ceilings and crisp-
white gypsum walls to floor-to-ceiling white
millwork, the home strikes a clean, straight-
