A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
Thoughtfully detailed custom cabinetry is, at times, a feature of a space adding texture and interest to a muted room. At other moments, it is a quiet backdrop to the family’s art collection and contemporary furnishings which add an energy and vibrancy that reflect the spirit of the family’s taste and lifestyle.
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A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
“Having a sense of the spaces beyond expands the feeling of compact rooms and avoids the feeling of spatial confinement that can be common in the narrower lots of the city.”
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A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
The spaces flow seamlessly from one to the next – accommodating activities in the space to spill over and overlap.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
“It was critical to keep visual connections between the spaces, but also to define physical separations,” explains Ms. Vokac Taylor.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
Art - Left: Jessica Eaton, MLL 04 v.03 Right: Kristine Moran, Black and White Wave. Curated by Pearl Rowe
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Jules Lee
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
The existing wood-burning masonry fireplace and chimney were preserved, updated and refined with a new surround and marble bench.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
The young family forms the heart of a large, blended, and multigenerational extended family. They often host informal gatherings for family and friends.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
Millwork and framed views strategically divide the spaces, creating distinct rooms without isolating them.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
"The vision was to design the spaces to spill out and over into one another, and to use layered elements to define the spaces". Art by Rebecca Ward, Shift. Curated by Pearl Rowe.
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Jules Lee
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
The resulting layout enables a sense of privacy, but without foregoing a sense of connection.
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Doublespace Photography
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A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
The ground floor is freed of its previousdivisions and the large sliding door opens to continuously connect the heated living room floor to the heated deck of the patio – opening the ground level fully to the rear garden for easy entertaining.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
The interior details elevate daily life—inviting interest and offering delight. Marble slabs adorn steps, counters, benches, and posts, providing a rich and sensual surface that pleases both the eye and the touch.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
The reorganization of spaces offers flexibility for both a family of four and seamless impromptu entertaining.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
Primary Bedroom with soft light from north-facing window. Art by Ingrid Weyland, Topographies of Fragility XXIII & XXV. Curated by Pearl Rowe.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
A smooth, sculpted continuous white oak wood handrail guides one from the public floors up to the private spaces where the rooms support the activities of the family and reflect how they want to live.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
The living room at the ground floor is connected with the second-floor kids lounge room – where entertaining guests of all generations can happen together, but separately.
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Doublespace Photography
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