"Although David is a bachelor, he didn't want it to look too much like a
bachelor pad," says Schaerer. "He wanted some elements of femininity

so we used a lot of white and off-white, which is easy to adapt in the
future." The wall of cabinetry in the kitchen is echoed in the great room

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to appear as paneling, with illuminated white-glass cubbies floating above.

A pair of cocktail tables — crafted of coconut shells assembled then run
through planers — sit side-by-side in front of the fireplace, created from

the same fond du lac stone exposed in the lower-level bar and on the
home's exterior. A cantilevered hearth seat and mantel is made of slabs
of Indiana limestone. "When cabinetry, millwork and architecture all come
together, it's really a wonderful thing," says Schaerer.

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The home's kitchen was designed as part of
a one-room living area that encompasses
the dining area and great room. "It's the new
American way of living," says architect Louis
DesRosiers. "It's like one-room log-cabin
living. It pulls the whole family together —
one person is cooking, and someone else
is doing a puzzle at the kitchen island, the
kids are doing homework at the table and
someone else is watching a football game.
But it's really all one space." Adds Schaerer,
"Designer Jodi Caden and I said almost in
unison, 'It can't look like a kitchen because
it's part of the great room."' A wall of
cabinetry, crafted from straight-lined ribbon
sapele to look like paneling, conceals the
refrigerator and freezer; between them, the
microwave and coffee-maker are exposed.
A pillar at the end that hides storage is
echoed on the other side of the doorway. To
steer away from a "kitchen-y" backsplash
look, sheets of white-painted glass line the
walls above the counters; the same white
glass is used for the doors above the range
and surrounds the interior niches above
the cabinetry, offering airiness to the tall
expanses of wood. Caden cut out a corner of
the appliance garage, where larger, sculptural
electronics can be out of the way but still
neatly on display. A pot-filler faucet above
the range has a companion sink with a
custom cutting board. White Calcutta marble
tops the island and counters.

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