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Master bathroom.            Photo © Anice Hoachlander  Desk on mezzanine.  Photo © Julia Heine/McInturff Architects

        steel to support it,” said McInturff. “Some houses cover   just 12 inches deep to accommodate the built-in rack.”
        up that supporting steel—we never do. We use the    Beyond the kitchen are a glass door that opens to a
        exposed structure and make architecture out of it.”  screened porch and a guest room with en-suite bath.
            The living room features a sleek gas fireplace   Upstairs, a gallery walkway provides access to
        with a continuous ribbon of steel that serves as the   three bedrooms, each with its own bath, and a small
        hearth before spooling into the dining room to create   study space is tucked into the landing at the top of
        a credenza. The owners brought from their previous   the stair. The threshold to the master suite is located
        home the dramatic light fixture over the dining table,   beyond a slight curve in the walkway to afford greater
        but, in an unexpected gesture, the design team created   privacy. Project architect Healey points out the three
        a recessed ceiling pocket from which to hang it.   clerestory windows high on the south-facing wall
            In the kitchen, warm grey wood contrasts with   saying, “Because the house is oriented to the north,
        pristine white-lacquered cabinetry and a spacious   those top-floor windows do a lot of work pulling light
        island is topped with marble that cascades to the floor.   into the interior.”
        Colleen Healey, AIA, NCARB, who served as project   On the lower level, along with utility spaces there
        architect for the McInturff team and is now a principal   is a two-car garage, a playroom, and a bath with easy
        in her own firm, Colleen Healey Architecture, noted a   access to the pool.
        carefully crafted custom detail: “The homeowner was   “These clients were incredibly trusting of us,”
        very specific in her desire for a dish-drying rack above   said Healey. “That allowed us to be free and not
        the sink, so the cabinets on the wall behind the sink are   second-guess ourselves.”
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