Above: Custom white quartz caps the sunken tub and tops the floating vanity, contrasting with the tile surfaces. Opposite: The vaulted ceiling in the dining room reveals the existing ceiling joists, which add to structural integrity. The weath- ered, pickled finish of the joists tie the space to the pickled finish of antique doors found elsewhere on the first floor.
energy efficiency with a passive solar design concept. Insulated glass in the atrium and else- where promotes natural solar heating in the winter, while tall trees outside provide cooling shade in the summer. Narrow passages on either side of the atrium’s home entertainment wall increase the velocity of air circulation when any of the French doors are opened during
spring and fall months. Caubarreaux’s “subliminal
images” from Europe include four 17th-century doors from a French château. At 9 feet tall they match the ceiling height and are set without headers to create seamless ceilings. Leaded glass windows from a 19th-century courthouse in Glasgow, Scotland, frame the front door. And looking from the atrium balcony to the den be- low, Caubarreaux has captured the feeling of a Greek agora— a meeting place that casts views from the second floor into the great room atrium below. Elsewhere in the house exist-
ing hardwood paneling was painted white while original
