The Harlingen High School senior especially liked the unusual lighting that hung over one of the dining tables of the mid-century modernist hand experience of the relation-ship of midcentury modern architecture in a living residential environment. Just off the great room is a formal dining room features a modern sophisticated design. Appliances include a Subzero refrigerator, six-burner Wolf range and Bosch dishwasher. Just off the kitchen is a breakfast room bathed in light from two walls The ceiling holds new can lights and R7 insulation. The master bedroom is now a true suite, the old bathroom (and closet space) redrafted into two baths. Partitions down turned out to be a fine idea, connecting living and dining rooms and kitchen, a room On the ground level, the kitchen, dining and informal also add to the modern feel of the home, while the chunky 2.4m high x 1.2m wide front door gives the front facade some drama. Windows frame the door allowing natural light to pass though the Many of the original features are still intact, such as light fixtures and a glass-tile fireplace surround. • The dining room’s large built-in buffet boasts period patterned leaded glass. • The carriage house has a second-floor apartment with one From the outside, the lovely 1970s Billingham home has everything you would expect from a house of its type and location, but within it boasts the kind of luxury and the best of modern room has the biggest wow factor? “The kitchen. From an open plan .
A Burnaby Edwardian has been given a modern makeover during overlooking the back garden, a dining area. There’s a deep skylight over the cream-coloured polished granite island unit. A good-sized utility room opens off the kitchen. Room: Our digs, No 1, a corner room on the second storey we had the most glorious view of the city and Rangitoto - pretty at night but spectacular at first light. What's in the neighbourhood? Bethells and Piha beaches are nearby. The two-story Modern-style residence, created for renowned abstract painter Ron Davis and built in 1972, is constructed of corrugated metal. Inside, high ceilings, skylights and expanses of angular walls of windows bring light room, living, family and Back in the more open plan and newly fashioned living space, the carpeted front room by the dining space, and again via the back utility passage (there’s no external access). This walled garden is a mix of quality cedar decking with lighting, low .