Houzz Tour: A colorful modernist home in Palm Springs

Houzz Tour: A colorful modernist home in Palm Springs - Hot weather and great golf courses and attracted Laurie Cooper in Palm Springs, California. The couple also love midcentury design, so it was natural that they fell in love with a house built in 1965 by Rick Harrison, an architect known for creating fresh modernist houses that embraced the principles of the jet age.

The views, golf and the lines of the house called the couple, but the general condition of the house does not have. It has not been touched for over four decades, and sat empty for weeks while he was on the market. The Coopers contacted Stanley Anderson with Moore Ruble Yudell after asking around the area - the architects of the firm had renovated some of the homes in the area. "When we met, we got along wonderfully, Anderson said. "We are like-minded on design.

floor: terrazzo tile, Wassau; mat: Room & Board

"The house was quite dark and sinister, said Anderson. "We reinvented in brilliant white with touches of bright colors. The effect is of a permanent summer -. Fitting for a city that is bathed in sunshine more than 350 days a year

All windows and sliding doors have been replaced with new steel models. Since one side of the open plan lounge, dining room and kitchen is 16ft sliding glass doors, the effect is of a glass wall. "The glass pocket doors in the wall, and it really blurs the lines between inside and outside," said Anderson

Sofas :. room service; bar stools: Artifort

Check spectacular sliding doors

given that customers love midcentury design, the company's interior designers chose pieces that were either designed at that time or sympathetic to it.

bright colors also focused on the client. "This couple is not afraid to use color, said Anderson. Laurie loves chartreuse, and blue is the favorite color of the. We chose an ultramarine blue, a nod to all pools in the region. "

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Laurie prefers kitchen which is somewhat separate living areas, so we designed this wall that provides a separation without closing off the space, "says Anderson. He noted that extra-large skylight floods the cooking area with light.

The dining room, just off the kitchen, is centered a large round fixture. "We thought that the device has the effect of a starry night, said the architect.

This is just one of many spherical shapes. "In this house, we chose rounded lines, said Anderson. "We did not want hard edges on anything. It gives the modern design, warmth and softness

chairs: Artifort ;. Platner Dining table: Knoll

The blue chairs next to the room room and behind the living room to create a more intimate space where to gather. "There is a seating area which is close to the golf course, said Anderson. And swivel chairs, so everyone can enjoy the view.

Presidents: Artifort

spaces Outside, starting with this court, are designed to blend effortlessly with the main living space. "Suspend outdoor art is difficult, Anderson said. "We used this marble as the artwork.

In the master bedroom, mimics headboard wall-to-wall long low lines of the house

Mat :. Flor

In the guest room, a similar treatment of the head padded bed is used for two twins. By day, the room is a desk, and the beds end to end action as meridians. When guests come, they can be used as beds. "It is a clever use of space, and it allows people to really use an extra bedroom as an office, says Anderson. "You can easily pull away from the wall and push them together if you want."

Carpets: Flor

property, now the winter home for Coopers, is a study on the warm side of modernism. "It is an interpretation of a Palm Springs style, says Anderson. "You can have simple and clean live in harmony with touches of color.

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