paradise - Reuter Homes

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PARADISE
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the outdoor living issue
A LAGUNA BEACH COUPLE
BRINGS HOME THE BALI
MYSTIQUE
A HOME IN TUSTIN EVOKES
THE ALOHA SPIRIT
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SLICE OF
PARADISE
A Tustin home captures the allure of a Hawaiian getaway.
Disappearing doors on two
sides set the tone for the lanai.
Venezia and Valerie club chairs
and Malibu sofas from Walters
Wicker are grouped with the low
Sushi table from Gloster.
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RESOURCES:
Designers: Sally Taylor and Dora Brigham, Dora Brigham Interiors,
Costa Mesa, 7 1 4-979-2 1 95
Architect: David Pierce Hohmann, Costa Mesa, 7 1 4-24 1 -3600
Builder: Reuter Homes, Costa Mesa, 949-645-5824,
www.reuterhomes.com
Pool builder: Creative Rock Concepts, Laguna Beach, 949-349-0875,
www.creativerockconcepts.com
Landscape architect: Michael Dilley, MDZA Landscape Architecture,
Corona del Mar, 949-673-0800, www.mdza.net
An elegant dining room designed by Dora Brigham Interiors features a custom
table and dining chairs, bamboo floors and grass cloth wallcoverings. A cascading
crystal chandelier emulates the water theme that flows throughout the home.
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alk into the tropical courtyard
of a contemporary Hawaiian
home in Tustin and a sophisticated aloha spirit greets you.
A fountain at the entry
introduces a water theme that
extends throughout the sprawling home.
The resort-style back yard fills
every room with sounds of the islands. The salt-water rock pool
with its waterfalls and mature
tropical landscaping inspired the
couple to purchase the home despite its dated interior. Their goal:
to make their primary home feel like
a vacation home.
An extensive two-year remodel enhanced the exterior and added 800 square
feet to the existing plan of the home, which
enlarged the kitchen and morning room
and devoted space for the addition of a
dayroom/office, pool bath and an open-air
lanai. Adding the lanai connects the home
to its outdoor paradise and drastically
changed its look and feel.
“Disappearing doors on two sides of the
lanai set the tone for the design,” says
architect David Pierce Hohmann.
Structural steel beams support solid
mahogany-framed lift-and-slide glass doors
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Fiber-optic lighting illuminates the honey onyx bar, above, and creates a warm glow in the
lanai. Colorful pendant lights add drama to the space. A tropical watercolor painting by
Laguna Beach artist Agnes Copeland splashes color on the opposing wall.
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The homeowners’ goal:
to make their primary
house feel like a
vacation home.
A thatched-roof palapa, which
contains a full kitchen with Viking appliances and a bar with tall
Dedon stools, overooks the pool.
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that tuck into the wall and blur the division
between the indoors and outdoors, Hohmann says.
The lanai is designed to function as a
casual living space for the couple and their
two preschool daughters. Designers Sally
Taylor and Dora Brigham knew that the
room would have to weather the abuse of
the family jumping into the pool and entering with wet bathing suits, so they chose
durable outdoor fabrics for the lanai and
family-room furnishings.
Elegant brushed marble flooring flows
through the kitchen, family room and lanai
and joins seamlessly with the French limestone used on the exterior patios and deck
surrounding the pool. Programmable radiant heat under the floors allows the homeowners to go barefoot without feeling a chill.
Formality and comfort blend effortlessly
in the lanai where the high-end, woven
Valerie and Venezia club chairs and Malibu
sofa made by Walters Wicker are grouped
around the low Sushi table and tuck-away
stools from Gloster. Tropical fans above
accent the dark Sapele wood ceiling.
Furnishings here are “casual and loose,
like the outdoors,” Taylor says. Floating
wall shelves appear open to add to the casual look, she says. An ostrich-skin bowl and a
bronze frog sculpture by artist “Frogman”
Tim Cotterill of Cambria are among the exotic accessories. Tropical watercolor
paintings by Laguna Beach artist Agnes
Copeland provide a splash of vivid colors
next to the lanai bar. A bright green and
white tropical print covers the thick cushions of the custom-made bar stools. Built-in
handles provide an easy method for pulling
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the oversize stools away from the bar without touching the fabric.
At night, the lanai bar’s backlit honey
onyx surface illuminates and creates a
warm glow from the fiber-optic lighting
underneath. “The pendant light fixtures
above add drama to the space through its
colors and shape,” Taylor says.
A thatched-roof palapa, which contains a
full outdoor kitchen with Viking appliances, is just steps from the lanai. The contemporary-style bar stools, poolside chaise
lounges and a canopy bed are made of
hand-woven Hularo fiber resin over a
powder-coated aluminum frame from
Dedon of Germany.
The scale and beauty of the pool, originally built by Creative Rock Concepts,
commands the focal point of the outdoors.
The company returned to make enhancements during the remodel. A darker color
added to the rock lends a volcanic appearance, changing the original desert-like
appearance to tropical. The homeowners
and their young kids enjoy the 20-foot slide
that splashes through a waterfall and free
falls three feet into the pool.
Fifty- to 60-year-old Canary Island
palms remained from the original design
but now keep company with bromeliads
shipped from Hawaii.
Before having children, the couple used
to spend about six weeks a year in the
Hawaiian Islands. Now their favorite resort
is their own home.
“In the end, we transformed the house
into a home that reflects the owners,”
Brigham says. “It’s a timeless design, one
they can live with for a long time.”
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Clockwise from facing page: An island
table with seating in the resort-style
rock pool is perfect for playing cards or
enjoying a snack. A raised seating area
with an outdoor fireplace was added
during the extensive remodel. The pool
grotto provides a secret hideaway. A
bronze gecko sculpture by artist "Frogman" Tim Cotterill of Cambria clings to
the outdoor fireplace.
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