The house has a beautiful courtyard adjacent to the den, the garage and a breakfast nook area. The fourth wall/boundry is frosted glass and makes up part of the entry way path.
We left off with the backyard. This is a picture I posted before. The sliding glass door on the right has the breakfast nook on the other side of it.
This is a view in through the sliding glass door. The kitchen in on the right and the breakfast area is on the left. You can see the brick that carries through from the outside all the way to the courtyard.
And this is the reverse view looking out.
As I mentioned before, my girls were with me so you'll see them quite often in these pictures. So now here you can see the sliding glass door to the right leads outside. The door where my daughter with the purple hat is standing, leads to the courtyard and my youngest is in the kitchen. The bright overhead light in the kitchen is a skylight. The skylight was an add-on Rudy designed. None of the other homes originally designed by Krisel have skylights. I love the transition of these spaces. And remember Rudy had an herb garden right outside the door that goes outside. How amazing to pick your basil for pesto sauce right outside your kitchen door?! You can even do it in your slippers because you're not trampling through an entire muddy garden.
Here in this picture you can really see the brick leading all the way through from the courtyard to the breakfast nook and it continues past the other door/window.
The courtyard made the entire house feel zen. There was another couple looking at the house when I was taking pictures and I heard them mention a few times how calming this space made the house. The choice of plants and stones was perfect of course. On the other side of the frosted glass wall is the entry to the house.
This door to the garage provides a short cut directly into the kitchen. I thought it was so brilliant for when you come home fully loaded with groceries!
This kitchen is so well designed. Remember this was done in the 70's. Look how well it translates into 2014. It fits with the era of the house while still looking modern. I love the details like this pull out cutting board. I've seen these in many kitchens including my childhood home, but the boards are always rather small. This one is nice and big. Another detail not missed!
Ok, thats it for today but more pictures to come!
Labels: etc, Krisel, Mid Century, neighbors
