Home Schooled

Interiors, Fall 2019

Architect C.P. Drewett of Scottsdale, the Phoenix builder, Rich Brock’s Bedrock Developers, and Scottsdale interior designer Claire Ownby, ASID, collaborated on this sleek Paradise Valley home and three in-spirit adjacent ones. The one-level four-bedroom Modern home is transparent, without clutter: Outside are the landmark Camelback and Mummy mountains, which the Chicago couple enjoy with friends and family through large glass windows and doors or outside on beautifully landscaped grounds. Contemporary lines and materials integrate with details such as knotted wide oak planking, alder woodwork, a distressed acacia dining room table and petrified wood blocks in the great room. Darrin Kauer, the project superintendent for Bedrock Developers, aptly said: “I enjoyed the feeling of discovery when entering each room.”

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Home in Arcadia

Modern Luxury, October 2019

The Arcadia neighborhood in Phoenix may not quite be equal to the ancient Greeks’ vision of paradise on earth, but its quiet pedestrian-friendly streets, views of landmark Camelback Mountain and fine homes have made it one of the city’s highly valued communities. Completed in 2017 on a cul de sac lot, this Bungalow Cottage Transitional home includes a pool house and a traditional detached garage, adding another two bays to the two in the main garage. The team was exceptional: the family who envisioned it; Mark Candelaria, AIA, the Scottsdale architect; Santorini Homes, the builder and a neighbor of the homeowners; and Arcadia Design Studio, led by Kim Anderson, assisted by Elizabeth (Imbornoni) Hamill, for the interiors. “Everything was designed just the way we wanted,” one owner says. “I feel like we have lived here forever.”

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The Home on Camino Sin Nombre

Highline Autos, June 2019

This magnificent has been completed in stellar Paradise Valley. With mountain views, the one-level will provide its new owners with spaces which exemplify the contemporary Southwest desert lifestyle. A commercial-size kitchen provides an expansive area for entertaining. Outside is an infinity-edge lap pool. Extensive hallways will showcase artworks. A large master suite is on one corridor and the family bedrooms and guest quarters on the other. The six-bay car garage has storage and work space for man-cave joy. On two acres, this 12,000-plus-square-feet home has space for even more bays, a she-shack, reading house or even a stand-alone casita.

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The Desert Hypnotic

Modern Luxury Interiors, Spring 2019

Desert Mountain is superb High Sonoran Desert living in north Scottsdale. Its luxury homes surround six Jack Nicklaus-designed championship courses and superlative clubhouses. The retired New Jersey natives sited their 5,700-square-foot two-level home above the community’s tough Chiricahua Tenth hole. Completed in 2016, the Desert Contemporary-style custom is the vision of Phoenix-based architectural designer Bryan Rains and was built by Scottsdale’s Phil Nichols Custom Homes. Angelica Henry and Claire Ownby, both Scottsdale, provided interior design elements. “The Clark home,” notes Rains, “is a harmony of site and structure.”

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The Treasured Life at The Village at Silverleaf

Interiors, Fall 2018

The Rural Mediterranean-style villa comprises 6,924-square-foot on three levels, with a light-filled entertainment basement and an upper-level master suite. The two first-level bedrooms comfortably accommodate guests. Co-owner Lauren Rautbord is principal of Paul Lauren Design Consultants, a residential interior design firm which recently relocated from her native Chicago to Scottsdale. This and all of the available homes at The Village at Silverleaf are designed by Don Ziebell, president of Scottsdale’s Oz Architects Inc., and built by Rod Cullum, principal of Cullum Homes, also Scottsdale. Customized to fit their collectibles and treasures, the home synthesizes old and new, combining classic European design and repurposed materials with today’s open-space layout. “The end result is contemporary timelessness,” Rautbord says.

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