What are some of the small sustainable home qualities?
A. The day-lighting, the passive solar gains and the fact that it’s designed in a way that it feels much larger than it really is. . . . A lot of it has to do with long views. If you have long views, the room feels much longer. Also, when you use the same finishes throughout, it makes things more cohesive. Things can get over-exaggerated with too much visual information. Q.What’s your home’s focal point? A. The focal point has always been our home’s connection with nature. From every window, we look out over fields and forests and gardens. We can watch storms roll in from 30 miles away, and cranes and eagles swoop down to drink from the ponds. At night, we have the Milky Way and shooting stars and hoot owls. Q.What are the architectural and interior design styles? A. My architectural inspiration for the design of the house was Charles Rennie Mackintosh, a Scottish architect famous during the Arts and Crafts period. Brett and I, even before we met, were each drawn to Asian aesthetics. A
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