"Though England's pastoral countryside and California's wine region could hardly be further apart, a Los Angeles-based family with British roots set out to unite the two in their Sonoma Valley retreat. Seeking the charm of a Cotswolds farmhouse amid vineyard-dappled hills, they enlisted Aimee Kirby of Ferox Studio and Mariam Mollaghaffar of Mariam Grace Design. From the outset, the property's secluded setting-tucked away from the main road and overlooking Sugarloaf Mountain-appealed to the clients, who imagined creating a retreat for their multigenerational family."
"But the original house, which one of the homeowners calls a "Santa-Fe-meets-log-cabin" structure, fell short of her vision with its orange-hued wood, plaster, and slate floors. "It felt very out-of-context for the area," Mollaghaffar says. To address that disconnect, Kirby, whose practice spans landscape design, and Mollaghaffar, a licensed architect with a multidisciplinary studio, drew on their respective backgrounds to transform the outdated interiors into an airy, family-centric home that Kirby says "made more sense and felt of place.""
An LA-based family with British roots commissioned designers to create a Cotswolds farmhouse feel amid Sonoma vineyard hills. The secluded property overlooks Sugarloaf Mountain and was envisioned as a multigenerational retreat. The existing house, described as a 'Santa-Fe-meets-log-cabin,' had orange-hued wood, plaster, and slate floors that felt out of context. Designers Aimee Kirby and Mariam Mollaghaffar combined landscape and architectural expertise to remake interiors into an airy, family-centric home. The renovation prioritized a balance between discrete spaces tailored to different family members and generous communal areas for gathering.
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