This exceptional land on Long Beach Island in New Jersey gives a big nod to coastal hammer design on the exterior while maintaining an unexpected open, mild, and loft-like interior. The association between the architect and the owners began with a magazine clipping of the architect’s own surf storage shed, and resulted a beautiful and unique waterfront home. Let us take a look at the spectacular outcomes.
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The three-bedroom house is approximately 1,800 square feet in size. Site restrictions dictated a drawback from the waterthat along with the homeowners’ needs motivated a somewhat serpentine plan which follows the water’s edge. “Occasionally the challenge and constraints create a more interesting design that wouldn’t occur under normal circumstances,” states Bubnowski.
Amazingly, his plans did not require one variance. The outside is respectful of the circumstance and fits in with its own shingle style facades.
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When architect Richard Bubnowski met the few who owned this property, he inquired how they had found him. “The spouse pulled a 3-year-old journal clipping of my personal surf drop,” he clarifies. Because the father and son were surfers, he had already earned some points with them until they ever met.
That is actually the facet of the home as seen in the entrance court. “The home tiers up and away from you; so from here it looks like a little one-story cabin,” Bubnowski states. The first room you enter has a massive surfboard closet, which sets the tone for your house. The plan moves from public to private; the last tier one would achieve from here is your master suite upstairs.
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After entering through the foyer, the perspective of the public spaces is open. The fireplace divides a family room in the dining area and the kitchen outside. The fireplace facade is covered in local reclaimed oak, which adds warmth to the open space and supplies a texture with a history.
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The owners and their adult son had a vision for the home which incorporated industrial style. The son, a musician who lives in Manhattan, and brought ideas relating to this aesthetic to the design table. “He said he liked old things, he liked new things, and he liked industrial,” Bubnowski states. The result is an eclectic home that fits into its context with a shingle-style exterior along with a SoHo, open-loft aesthetic inside.
Case in point: The dining area is open to the sitting area and the kitchen. These upholstered tubular chrome seats pull up to a workbench-like industrial table. Along with the whole home has a killer audio system.
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The kitchen uses a huge array of materials, including reclaimed wood closets, tiling and stainless steel countertops and a slate floor. “Each wall in this house is painted white,” Bubnowski states. “There are several textures, finish colors and beams which we didn’t have to add colour through paint… we allow the white paint function as a background for all these materials.”
The design connects different spaces through materials. In this image, you are able to see how the diagonal line of teak beneath the railing plays off the door all the way across the space, and how the reclaimed wood at the kitchen relates to the fireplace. The slate floor is continuous throughout the whole space.
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Even though Bubnowski planned out where the appliances goes , he credits the interior designer he collaborated with, Donna Grimes, together with the ingenious composition of these shelves and cabinets. They are made from whitewashed local reclaimed timber.
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Above the sink is a view to the cove. The lower half of the room has a bit of a farmhouse feel, with the whitewashed reclaimed wood cabinets, slate floor, mahogany counters and plantation sink.
The counter functions as a little dividing line within this country/industrial space: Right above you’re more modern opaque glass tiles, white timber and industrial pendant lights. It’s the perfect case of the son’s desire fulfilled: old, new and industrial elements forming a cohesive space.
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Looking upward again, exposed metal beams and a metal and wood railing add to the industrial aesthetic.
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“The homeowner had good flavor,” states Bubnowski. The spouse and interior designer Donna Grimes picked out the light fixtures collectively. Note the way the lines of the industrial sconce on the ideal play the lines of the railing.
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A guest room contains chair-rail-height walnut planking. “Hanging the planks made the room feel bigger,” states Bubnowski. This room and another guest area on the first floor have been tucked under the master suite.
Side note: Sam Oberter is your gifted photographer who shot the pictures of the New Moon Cottage. He’s also a surfer, so he and Bubnowski hit it off right away and have become good friends.
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Like most of the rooms at the home, the master bathroom benefit from the natural light along with the takes in the view of Harvest Cove. The paneling is a nod to traditional cottages, although the remainder of the light-bathed room is spacious and modern.
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This is a plan of both floors. I know it’s a little hard to read at this size, but you can understand that the second floor routine only has rooms on the ideal side; the remainder is that the roof over the entrance, the dining area and the spacious attic landing area at the top of the stairs. Because the plan is spacious and narrow, almost every room in the home gets to enjoy the view of the cove.
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You are able to see how the border of the home follows the waterline; the master wing tier is able to float somewhat further out because the land does.
Thanks so much to Richard Bubnowski for helping us get to know this home better. It is available as a vacation rental, so if you’re lucky enough to manage it, you may opt to experience it in person.
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