Photography by Michael Moran. Architect: O'Neill Rose Architects
When a retired couple approached Brooklyn-based O'Neill Rose Architects with a prime property in the Berkshires, they had a specific vision in mind: a clean-lined, expansive home where they could retire. Come with us on a tour.
The house is clad with ebony-stained cypress and has a standing seam metal roof with solar panels that provide electricity and energy for heat and hot water.
The 3,000-square-foot house opens to a living/dining room with a 16-foot peaked ceiling.
The dining table stands before a pierced-wood screen that encloses a banquette.
The enclosure is painted in two tones of blue from the Benjamin Moore Classic Colors collection.
O'Neill points out that the two tones of blue differentiate the benches from the wall panels and make the space feel bigger than if it were a solid color.
The kitchen is built into what the architects dubbed “the house in the house.”
Moooi’s Heracleum II Firefly Pendant Light hangs in the study.
The banquette’s blue reappears in the main bedroom.
The bathroom has a floor and counter of Balsatina, a volcanic basalt.
A screened porch with forest views anchors one end of the house and is where the husband spends much of his time.