QUIET COUNTRY lane bordered by lofty eucalyptus trees is the setting for the new 6-room of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lindgren.
The 1375-square-foot house is like a well-thought-out and carefully-plotted play, perfectly staged with a background of verdant orange trees and foreground shaded by the benevolent old eucalyptus.
Located at 10141 Nutwood Rd., the house is at perfect repose within its natural frame. It was designed by architects Killingsworth, Brady and Smith, AIA. and represents the finest in rural, countryside architecture.
Its rugged redwood board-and-batten exterior has been stained a soft greenish-fray, pleasantly echoing the foliage tones of the surrounding trees.
The Lindgren house is not yet complete. The owners have wisely chosen to construct it gradually, adding the final fillips one at a time. Still to be added are the car port and the circular drive which will sweep in a leisurely arc from the road up to and away from the concrete courtyard which is destined to serve the happy function of square dance floor as well as a car park.
THE LINDGREN HOUSE will have evolved through three stages before its ultimate completion. In its first stage, the house was a simple box containing a large all-purpose room, a kitchen and a bath. It was here the Lindgrens lived with their four children while the rest of the structure was still in the planning stage.
Step by step the staff of architects and the Lindgrens agreed on plans for the new wing which was to merge with the already existent unit to form an L.
The original segment of the house faces the courtyard that will eventually merge with the carport, thus extending itself into one long uninterrupted area for games and dancing. To further unite this party area into an integrated whole, the old living room, kitchen and bath unit will covert to a spacious rumpus room. Its present conventional door and windows facing the courtyard will soon be replace with sliding plate glass doors that will permit a more perfect union between the indoor and outdoor play areas.
The new wing consists of a living-dinging area orientated toward the back an ultra -modern kitchen that faces the front, three bedrooms and two baths. This, in combination with the original kitchen bath and playroom, represents a house well geared for this family of six.
In response to their clients' wishes for an easily maintained and easy-going house, the architects brought a number of significant principles into playin the interior.
A complete departure from formality and pretentiousness was achieved with the use of naturally finished wood surfaces, absence of all "cute" and useless detail, and open planning.
Heavy members of the exposed-beam ceiling were stained dull black through which grain and knots are still visible. The effect is that of old weathered lumber, adding immensely to the atmosphere of lived-in permanence. Natural woods compliment the house's richly wooded setting that is echoed and seemingly invited right into the house through extensive walls of plate glass that frame the orange grove and garden.
TYPICAL of the current architectural tendency of allowing natural materials to add decorative interest as well as structural service to the body to the body of the house, the architects designed that the facade back and side of the enormous fireplace of common brick be left exposed. Consequently, the rugged structure of the red brick fireplace adds imposing interest not only to the living room but to the entry and a bedroom, besides. A generation ago, all this would been camouflaged under layers of plaster and coasts of paint. One look at the Lindgrens' cheery and benevolent-looking fireplace explodes the old theory that such structural members must be hidden like skeletons in closets!
The ceiling of the living room is of pitched, open -beam construction. Its husky beams slope toward and beyond the plate glass windows to form an eight-foot overhang which roofs the terrace.
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