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Mid-century restoration
A house with good bones. A chair with a beautiful line. A courtyard that still catches the afternoon light. We are drawn to the ideas that make mid-century design worth living with—and to the care it takes to carry them forward. Restoration begins with what is already there, then makes room for the way you live today.
Preservation, in practice
Keep the character. Make room for living.
A room that opens to the garden.
Timber overhead, a long hearth, and a sheltered courtyard beyond the glass. A study in keeping the character while strengthening the connection outdoors.
Design study
Let the hearth anchor the room.
A brick surround, useful built-ins, and room to sit. An exploration of the fireplace as part of everyday living.
Design study
Good design is worth keeping.
A furniture study exploring the frame, joinery, finish, and upholstery as one considered whole.
Design study
Start with the place.
The landscape comes first: the slope beneath a house, the trees around it, the horizon beyond the glass. We look at how the original design responds to that setting and where later changes have interrupted it. Reopening a view, bringing a neglected courtyard back into use, or recovering an original entry can make a familiar home feel connected to its place again.
Keep what gives it character.
Original brick, a timber ceiling, built-in cabinetry, a distinctive door pull—small details often hold the larger story. We help identify what is worth keeping, what needs attention, and where a careful replacement makes sense. Repair, refinishing, salvage, and custom fabrication are explored around the particular piece, with samples and specialist collaborators guiding the approach.
The garden is part of the room.
A long hearth can lead the eye toward a terrace. A breeze block screen can shelter a sitting area while letting light and air through. Planting can soften the edge of a window without taking away the view. We consider indoors and out together, giving the spaces left open as much attention as the objects and surfaces around them.
A place to settle in.
A conversation pit creates a room within a room: a sheltered place to gather, with seating turned toward one another and a clear view of the garden beyond. We are drawn to the way a change in floor level can define a space without closing it off. Built-in seating, upholstery, lighting, and the relationship to a hearth can develop together. Whether revisiting an original sunken lounge or exploring a new interpretation, we consider comfort, movement through the room, access, and how the seating belongs to the wider home.
A room within a room.
Rust corduroy, a fieldstone hearth, a burlwood table, and soft globe lighting. A warm, lived-in conversation pit with a garden at eye level.
Design rendering
A lineage we keep returning to.
Frank Lloyd Wright, Al Beadle, Richard Neutra, and Rudolph Schindler are recurring influences in our thinking. What draws us back is the relationship between a building and its setting, the interplay of shelter and openness, and the way a considered detail contributes to the whole. Those interests inform our work while leaving room for each place to suggest its own direction.
From a single chair to a whole setting.
A project might begin with a walnut lounge chair, a fireplace surround, a missing breeze block, or a room whose original intent has been lost. We welcome furniture restoration, ideas for millwork and built-ins, lighting studies, hearth and mantel concepts, and connections to the garden. A focused intervention can be a worthwhile project in its own right; you do not need to begin with a whole-house transformation.
Preservation with room to experiment.
Living with an older home brings new needs. We explore changes that respect its character while improving everyday use—storage, circulation, lighting, places to gather, and access to the outdoors. Bring photographs, an original drawing, a rescued object, or an idea you cannot stop thinking about. We are open to collaborations with homeowners, craftspeople, fabricators, and design teams, from an early conversation through samples and hands-on making.
