Residence over the ocean: remaking an old house on the Pacific coast

What could be better than a home by the ocean?Only a beautiful house by the ocean. This one, for example, is beautiful in every wrong angle. Nina Monte and Harvey Karp did not dare to renovate their house (almost 600 square meters) located on the shore of the Pacific Ocean for 15 years. During this time, Harvey wrote a bestseller about new techniques for lulling restless babies, left his medical practice and, together with his wife, joined the ranks of environmental activists. After a few timid attempts to do soIn order to do something with their aging home, the couple decided to turn to a professional. It was the architect Patrick Tighe. According to many critics, his work sometimes goes beyond design, confidently moving towards art. The couple needed just such a person.The architect chose white as the main color of the interior. Against this background, the owners' collection looked much more advantageous, and the white walls beautifully set off the main attribute of the interior - the view of the Pacific Ocean. Patrick Tai has slightly reworked the architecturebuilding, turning it into a boat. At least, that's the association the owners made. The huge panoramic windows in the dining room only show the ocean, while the irregularly shaped windows in the office show only the mountains. Our opinion: Of course, we can’t hideroofs of neighboring houses, but we know for sure that this interior is not at all difficult to recreate using inexpensive furniture from IKEA. Of course, you will not find iconic things like the Barcelona chair from Eames Aluminum Group or the Egg Chair from Arne Jacobsen there, but most of the items in this house are quite ascetic and can be almost entirely purchased from the famous Swedish manufacturer, and such a collection will cost much less than any of the branded chairs in this interior. Well, if the budget allows, it is better to turn to the originals and buy chairs and armchairs from Vitra, which has the rights to almost all the world's masterpieces of the classics of minimalism and constructivism. nytimes.com