1 Ağustos 2014 Cuma

The Quiet Charms of a Sleepy Napa Valley Idyll



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Set on a sloping site overlooking the fragrant vineyards of the Napa Valley in California is the Whitehall Lane home from Dowling Studios.


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The interior has the gentle sleepy good quality of a Beatrix Potter illustration.


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You can practically smell the sweet country smell of the ripening grapes in the close by vineyards.


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The afternoon sun warms a generous hallway that lays a broad path through the interior.


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Each end of the wide hallway opens out to the wooded hillside past.


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An unusually shaped volume generates a protected enclave behind the residence, to bask in the gentle buzzy warmth of Sonoma afternoons.


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Shade is extremely essential for the Northern California region’s stupefyingly sizzling and still summer time days.


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This room overlooks a pool in a courtyard behind the major property.


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Sharing that room, a one,200 sq ft guest property faces the pool.


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This guest property is beyond the main property in the back, creating a protected courtyard area.


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The completely cedar-clad exterior is the 2 modern and comforting.


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Standard of the style that is the 2 minimum and comfortably civilized, the bedroom has a fire for cold evenings.


It warms stone hearth that extends around under the windows.


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The calm, virtually bland warmth of the interior is enhanced by the use of a extremely warm white all through, offset by a wide plank walnut floor.


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Even the extremely down to earth bathroom is gently bathed in warm sunshine from unusually huge, generous windows.


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The sense of silence throughout this very charming property is totally beguiling.



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Befitting the super wide hallway, the front door is equally generous.


It is a welcoming and even a loving property, a uncommon architectural feat.




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