Vineyard Developments – Ten Ten WestPoint drive Woodland Hills

Kitchen Design

Functionality of layout

• Kitchen performs perfectly in this outstanding greatroom
• Practical work-triangle, multiple-workstations, all with a view!
• Fridge, double wall-ovens conveniently located for easy-use, contained in full-height cabinet-wall
• Adjoining walk-in pantry holds full-sized freezer, sink, additional counter-space, ample dry-food storage
• Great for concealing cooking-clutter, mess, while entertaining
• Beveridge-centre well situated for hosting guests, inside and out
• Quick access to side-yard BBQ, hidden from main outdoor-dining
• Effortless grocery transfer to kitchen with close-by garage-entrance
• Island contains microwave-drawer, dishwasher, oversized-sink, garbage/recycling pullout for quick clean-up.

Unique design elements

• Looks and feels like sheek sophisticated New York loft-kitchen
• Gorgeous reclaimed red-brick wrapping around from entry identifies, warms kitchen
• Brick-design made to emulate authentic structural-wall, not just wall cladding-detail
• Custom-designed canopy/apron drops kitchen-height to comfortable, attractive scale
• Houses recess-lighting for effective evening food-prep, kitchen clean-up
• Connects kitchen to expansive fireplace-wall, tying warm brick walls to full-height concrete fireplace
• Interesting mix of tones/textures, including reclaimed hand-burnished barn-wood, high-sheen, dark-stained authentic hickory-wood
• Canopy rests on kitchen end-wall’s tower cabinet, creating interest, balance
• Custom designed/fabricated stainless-steel hood fan is striking contrast against brick-wall, hi-gloss soft white cabinets
• Sleek, contemporary 18-foot-long island, seats eight comfortably
• Not only serviceable, it’s a great gathering place
• Large black aluminum transom-windows provide abundance of natural morning sunlight, potlights for tasks

Choice of materials

• Gorgeous wire-brushed, wide-plank, 5/8-inch oak-hardwood throughout
• High-gloss soft-white Italian-crafted upper-cabinets
• Dark-toned lower-cabinets have Cambria Quartz countertop
• Extensive multi-purpose storage in main/secondary areas
• Island features 2-inch waterfall, 4-inch custom wood-frame island skirting
• European Custom-ordered asymmetrical brushed-chrome handles
• Brushed nickel, black wall outlets in backsplash
• Beveridge-centre features solid hickory, coffee-bean stained, floating-shelves
• Wolfe 6-burner commercial-cooktop
• Bosch dishwasher, fridge, freezer, double-wall ovens
• Sharpe motorized drawer microwave
• Marvel beverage-centre with full light, dual temperature
• Butler’s pantry has secondary sink
• Decorative indirect, up-lighting creates warm glow on brick
• Black aluminum window-frames, bold contrast against dove-white interior-walls

Fireplace Details

Explain in detail the concept that created the inspiration for this innovative feature

• Home’s architecture and interior detailing based on Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie-style
• Large footprint, expansive volume of greatroom required unique solutions
• Fireplace wall is a focal point, both daytime and night
• Complex custom design/build of this canopy required attention to detail, both in concept and on-site Initiating from brick window wall, canopy-apron wraps around fireplace
• Connects seamlessly to suspended canopy over kitchen
• Outstanding design feature connects and personalizes entire space
• Clever transition achieved by tying warm brick walls to full-height contemporary concrete fireplace facing
• Asymmetrical gas fireplace fits perfectly with barn-wood apron, concrete firebrick facing
• Dark-toned wood hearth anchors the design
• Adjacent canopy lowers kitchen ceiling height to comfortable and attractive scale,while providing essential space for lighting and mechanical

Unique design elements

• Room’s volume is celebrated while still feeling cozy
• Contemporary lines integrate beautifully with textures and colour-tones
• Intriguing combination of red brick full height walls, smooth-faced concrete fireplace wall, firebrick around fireplace, and solid hickory hearth
• Lighting plays important role…
• Functionally, provides ambient and task lighting
• Aesthetically, emphasizes texture and warmth of wood, brick
• Canopy gives look and feel of New York loft kitchen
• Brick walls are designed to look structural, not just cladding
• Contrasting canopy rests on kitchen’s end wall tower cabinet, creating an interesting bookend
• Canopy lines follow lines of transom windows, architecturally bonding the room

Choice of materials

• Interesting mix of textures and colour
• Reclaimed burnished barn-wood apron banded with dark-stained, hickory wood
• Canopy finished with same dark-stained hickory wood
• Dark banding provides an intricate corner connection to fireplace wall
• Defines, yet unites wider barn-wood apron
• Reclaimed barn-wood is burned for more dramatic effect
• Horizontal band design complements dark cap on basement stairwell glass railing and exterior glass railing
• LED rope up-lighting accentuates brick wall
• Strategically placed downlights emphasize warmth of fireplace brick
• Success of this unique feature is achieved by weaving natural materials into an organic design

Design Details

Exterior: architectural character, curb appeal and integration of the project into its setting

• Frank-Lloyd- Wright’s prairie-style- design with contemporary-elements
• Intricately front-roof peaked, slants-forward
• Front-entry’s timeless organic-look, large-black- framed aluminum-windows
• Oversized individual paver-stone walkway-pads to entrance
• Iconic-styled chevron front-yard fence-detail, windows-frames
• Soft-toned reclaimed-brick harmonizes with stucco, concrete-detailing
• Prairie-style front-elevation bay-window
• Custom-chevron light-sconces
• Rear-yard full-width upper-deck, lower-patio offer amazing lake, vineyard-views
• Easy-access from kitchen’s French-door to morning-sun side-yard- patio

Interior: creative and innovative use of space including architectural detail and form

• Dramatic, fully-glazed thirty-foot- high entryway, direct view-to- vineyard
• Vaulted great-room, expansive windows provide natural, indirect-light all-day
• Red-brick- element from exterior, identifies/warms kitchen, emphasizes fireplace-feature
• Custom-designed canopy/apron lowers kitchen-height to comfortable, scale while housing essential-lighting/mechanical
• Interesting tones-textures - reclaimed hand-burnished barn-wood, dark-stained authentic-hickory- wood
• Connects kitchen, fireplace-wall, tying brick to full-height concrete-fireplace
• 16-foot dropped-ceiling formalizes dining-area, 3 large globe-styled light-fixtures accentuate!
• High-gloss soft-white Italian-crafted kitchen upper-cabinets, contrasting dark-toned lower-cabinets, rich-toned Cambria quartz-countertop
• 18-foot- long-island seats-eight
• Master-bedroom features dark-stained solid-hickory- beam, tray-ceiling detail, echoes window-trim
• Obscure-glass ensuite barn-door
• Large-skylight over floating under-lit- vanity
• Custom-designed wood-canopy over tub/shower
• Curbless-shower, hidden-drain, free-floating quartz-bench, recessed-shelf, double-rain- head-shower
• 11-foot- high walk-in- closet boasts large-skylight, track-lighting
• Library-ladder accesses 3-level shelving
• Stacked washer/dryer behind full-length mirror
• Closet-island- on-wheels is folding-table/ironing- board
• Den features floor-to- ceiling bay-window
• Powder-room showcases floor-to- ceiling mirror trimmed with reclaimed white-wash rustic barn-wood
• Exquisite Swarovski-crystal- detailing in chandelier, cabinet-hardware, bejewelled-vessel faucet
• Basement’s huge curved sit-up- bar, dropped theater-area is favourite hang-out
• Temperature-controlled wine-cellar boasts custom-teak, reclaimed barn-wood, raw-concrete- foundation-wall, recessed-lighting, built-in sliding-racks, Cambria-quartz- countertop, 12mil star-fire glass-doors, 5-foot ladder-pull- handles
• Custom feature-wall with 60-inch- ribbon-burner fireplace, under-lit, concrete one-piece hearth
• Motorized drop-down theatre-screen, 7.1 state-of- the-art audio-system

Functionality of floor plan

• Bedrooms on quiet-side, stacked noisy-rooms, separated with stairway-corridor
• Eliminated laundry from mudroom, located near-bedrooms
• Excellent kitchen work-triangle, multiple-workstations, all with a view!
• Efficient grocery transfer from garage,
• Adjoining walk-in pantry holds full-sized freezer, additional sink, counterspace
• Easy-access to Beveridge-centre from upper-deck, side-yard patio
• Quick-access to BBQ from kitchen, hidden from outdoor-dining
• Perfectly-positioned master-on- main offers private-retreat, amazing-view
• Basement flex-space serves as workout/audio/video storage, skylight from garage

Environmental considerations (energy, comfort, health)

• BuiltGreen-Gold, Energuide-rated- 118GJ/year
• 98%-efficient forced-air gas-furnace, A/C
• On-demand HW-boiler- system automatically-programs to living-habits
• Bathrooms - in-floor- heating, timers/thermostats
• Construction-recycling- program
• LED-lighting
• Smart-Fan in greatroom
• EnergyStar-rated commercial-glazing, aluminum-interior/exterior- frames
• Indoor-outdoor living-connection allows-for year-round- use
• Wire-brushed 5/8-inch oak-hardwood throughout-main

Construction details/techniques to achieve industry best practices

• Certified-BuiltGreen- Builder
• Reclaimed-products used on high-impact design-features
• Work all in-house, full-circle design-knowledge, construction-expertise, full-project management
• Completely integrated-system – estimating/purchase-orders/e- payment for auto-approved- invoices
• Golden-Hard- Hat contest for trades/suppliers - encourages clean, safe job-site, maintains high-quality standards, tight-construction- schedules

Vineyard Developments – 439 Eldorado

Design Details

Exterior: architectural character, curb appeal and integration of the project into its setting

• Clients, a family of 5, love this re-emerging neighbourhood, block from lake
• Design blends old-new, contemporary-rustic, resulting in transitional home
• Rectangular-lot feels large, almost estate-like, with entrance on long-side of lot
• Front-fencing is horizontal tongue-and-groove cedar, contemporary metal-cap
• Traditional iron-gate, picket railing
• Striking 2-storey bay-styled entrance with expansive-glazing
• Paver-stones connect street to front-entry, driveway, outdoor-living
• Abundant glazing, exterior trims creates sophisticated, timeless look
• Covered deck has warm, inviting tongue-and-groove cedar soffit
• Heaters, fan enable year-round use

Interior: creative and innovative use of space including architectural detail and form

• Arched-bay entryway – 25-feet-high, floor-to-ceiling glazing
• Falling-Stars art-deco light fixtures give entry-way dramatic first-impression
• Mono-stringer staircase, features paint-grade casing with rustic-fir hand-rail
• Curved glass, polished chrome-clips, rustic-fir rail creates unique design-tension
• Expansive greatroom windows showcase beautiful old-growth-cedars
• 14-foot ceilings in greatroom – innovative in a 2-storey home
• Rustic-fir-beam connects linear-fireplace, transitional ledgestone-facing
• Unique, asymmetrical 2-tiered fir hearth
• Gorgeous linear-patterned ceramic flooring-tile throughout
• Transitional-styled kitchen - shaker-style cabinets, dark-stained rustic-fir open shelves, polished-chrome hardware, glass-mosaic backsplash, glass-pebble quartz-countertop
• Extended island seats 5, across from each-other, bold pendant lights above
• Premium Miele appliances, convection-cooktop, double wall-ovens, full-height pantry-freezer
• Oversized, well-positioned Butler’s pantry, no door required
• Master-bedroom incorporates rustic-beams into tray-ceiling
• Ensuite boasts decorative under-lit vanity, all-drawers, glass-pebble quartz countertop
• Custom shower with floating-bench, full-height quartz wall-panels, polished chrome extended ladder-pull handle
• Built-in valances for all window coverings

Functionality of floor plan

• Bright open-foyer creates perfect welcome
• Home-design offers outstanding flexibility
• Flex-room transforms into home-office, with separate entrance, or main-floor-master
• Kitchen easily accommodates multiple work-stations with abundant counterspace
• Very-efficient work triangle, including access to butler-pantry
• Designed for easy infant-supervision, while preparing meals
• Entertaining is effortless with excellent traffic-flow
• Excellent-access from over-sized garage, via mudroom to kitchen
• 5 individual mudroom lockers includes built-in benches
• Impressive central-stairway, provides easy-access upstairs-down
• Laundry, walk-in closet provides natural-privacy for master-bedroom
• Separate his-and-hers walk-in closets
• Well-positioned laundry, centralized with transom-window
• Children’s bathroom designed to eliminate morning feuds
• Future nanny-suite in basement, private-access

Environmental considerations (energy, comfort, health)

• Cascadia GOLD-LEED windows/doors
• 98%-efficient Forced-Air-Furnace
• Boiler system for domestic-HW, automatically calculates habits
• Convenient 3-bin in-home recycling-system
• LED-lighting
• Low-flow faucets
• In-floor radiant-heated bathrooms
• A/C, HRV clean-air exchanger

Construction details/techniques to achieve industry best practices

• Automatic-process for generating PO’s, invoicing
• Quality control is paramount
• Golden-Hard-Hat contest encourages team safety, efficiency, quality
• EnergyStar-rated appliances, fireplace
• Certified Built-Green-Builder