When Ome Dezin’s co-founders Jesse Rudolph and Joelle Kutner came upon the home, it was significantly dilapidated. “The house was tired, fragmented and in need of clarity,” recalls Rudolph. “One guest bathroom even had a toilet sinking into the floor.” Resuscitating the dwelling without undoing its past called for a considered approach, with the designers carefully straddling the line between past and present. The layout is a compelling case in point. In keeping one foot in history, the designers retained the original footprint everywhere but the kitchen, which was opened up to invite the sun deeper indoors. Elsewhere, dividing walls were removed and skylights and expansive sliding doors introduced to keep sunlight throughout the day.The indoors echo the outdoors through a material palette that combines warm Douglas fir cladding, custom furniture by Willett, and deep green and brown marble surfaces. Black flagstone grounds the entryway and kitchen, reappearing in the backyard as if stitching the home seamlessly into its natural surrounds. Bronze mirrors in the kitchen and living room frame multiple views of the landscape, reflecting both the greenery beyond and the glow within. Recalling the home’s original palette and the buoyant spirit of its time, accents of powder blue tile play against a backdrop of dark stone, timber and grounded textures.
