A Quintessential Santa Barbara, California Home
In the hills of Santa Barbara County, California, this 3,000-sq.-foot home is all about the sights. With nods to the Mid-Century Present day aesthetic, a former professional soccer player and his spouse dependable inside designer Corinne Mathern—at the helm of her eponymous studio—to shape a tranquil refuge from which they could love the sunshine all yr extended.
“One of the inspirations that the homeowner arrived to the desk with was of Aman Kyoto in Japan,” remembers Mathern, noting that the pair recently moved from Dallas, Texas. “I derive a good deal of inspiration for tranquil spaces from the Aman Resorts, so I knew it would be a superior suit.”
Inside the residence, a combine of pigmented blues, greens, and yellows echoes the natural surroundings, as do earthy supplies like wooden, clay, stone, and plaster.
“We required to produce a retreat for the property owners, exactly where they could get pleasure from the all-natural landscape and really feel the calmness of the mountains,” states Mathern. “If we strayed from natural components, it wouldn’t have had the identical result.”
Mathern also took inspiration from is effective by Mies van der Rohe for the open concept area with ground-to-ceiling doorways and home windows Eileen Grey for the Mid-Century Modern-day affect and Alvar Aalto for the feeling of calmness in the course of the area.
“We produced a seamless connection amongst the indoor spaces and the exterior areas that invite you to practical experience them as 1 and the same,” suggests Mathern.
Correctly balanced, the end result is an ode to nature that invites the house owners to gradual down and ponder the elegance of their setting in an ambiance where anything falls into position.
