Whidbey

Island

Designed by Pearson Design Group, this new construction waterfront home on Whidbey Island is 5,329 square feet, with a 1,163-square-foot guest house. The clients are windsurfers and chose the site for its water, which has ideal windsurfing conditions. We selected the finishes and fixtures throughout construction, then the furniture, art and decor, and designed the cabinet and bunk bed details along with the tile and plumbing layouts. The palette mixes modern and rustic, with stone-clad walls, black-stained and light oak, and granite and marble countertops.

  • The open great room has a modern floating steel fireplace with an integrated TV, and its stone hearth echoes the patio pavers we chose outside. Bluestone-clad walls hide the wide view glass doors, and with the switch of a button, the windows turn opaque for privacy. We kept the furnishings neutral and brought in color through vibrant art and decor. In the kitchen and dining room, leather counter stools and dining chairs were chosen for durability, paired with a black-stained oak dining table. A custom mirror by Fernando Mastrangelo hangs on the bluestone wall above a steel and leather buffet, and the hot pink coffee table was made to our specifications by a Seattle fabricator. A jib door in the kitchen hides a full pantry.

    The powder room is finished in limewash, with a commissioned floating vanity carved from black stone with an integrated sink. Upstairs, the primary suite takes up most of the floor and has two jib-door entrances, one to the lounge and one to the primary bathroom. In the lounge, a sofa faces the view, wrapped in a wood ledge that serves as a built-in table, with a custom large-scale abstract water painting by Jeremy Prim behind it. In the bedroom, a leather bed and two swivel chairs face the water, with a steel-clad fireplace off to the side. The custom closet is finished with black-stained oak, white marble and a showstopping Apparatus chandelier. The bathroom is clad in white marble for the steam shower, with a large freestanding asymmetrical tub and electrified medicine cabinets for mirrors. In the bunk room, custom curtains were made from the Mirror Teal fabric from the Michelle Dirkse Collection.

  • Architecture: Pearson Design Group
    Construction: Miranda Construction
    Artwork: Dirkse/Prim Gallery, Foster White Gallery
    Photography: Aaron Leitz
    Styling: Yedda Morrison

Entry hall with stone-clad walls and a dark stone floor leading to a view of the water, with a pink and gray painting and a yellow abstract
Dining room with blush leather chairs around a long table under a glass chandelier, with floor-to-ceiling windows onto the water
Large blue and white abstract painting on the stone wall above the dining table, with blush leather chairs and a glass chandelier
Colorful abstract painting in a dark wood niche beside the dining table, under a glass chandelier
Dining table with blush leather chairs beside the black steel floating fireplace, with windows onto the water
Great room with a gray sectional, leather lounge chairs and a hot pink coffee table facing floor-to-ceiling windows and the water
Hot pink coffee table with books and pink hydrangeas in front of a gray sectional, with a round mirror on the stone wall behind
White marble closet island styled with handbags and red amaranthus under an Apparatus chandelier, against black-stained oak
Great room corner with leather lounge chairs, a hot pink coffee table and a gray sectional beside windows onto the water
Custom closet in black-stained oak with a white marble island under an Apparatus chandelier
View across the gray sectional and hot pink coffee table to the kitchen, with black-stained oak cabinetry and black leather counter stools
Kitchen with black-stained oak cabinetry, a stone-topped island and three black leather counter stools
Kitchen with black-stained oak cabinetry, stone countertops and an island sink, looking toward the dining room
Black-stained oak cabinetry with a wine refrigerator, open shelves, a stone backsplash and a black faucet
Lounge with a cream sofa below a large-scale abstract water painting by Jeremy Prim, beside glass doors to the deck
Primary bedroom with a leather bed in burgundy and blue bedding, two swivel chairs and corner windows onto the water
Leather bed with burgundy and blue bedding below a seascape painting on light oak paneling, with a chrome table lamp
Primary bedroom with two swivel chairs facing corner windows onto the water and a steel-clad fireplace to the side
Primary bathroom with white marble walls and a black-stained oak double vanity with black faucets and mirrored medicine cabinets
Pink vase of purple flowers and a brass box on a black tray at the white marble vanity
Freestanding asymmetrical tub against white marble, with a black wall-mounted faucet below a window
White marble steam shower with a floating bench, a long niche and black fixtures behind glass
Bedroom with a four-poster bed in rust and blue bedding, a gray upholstered headboard and windows onto the water
Bathroom with a freestanding tub under a window onto the water, a light oak vanity and gray veined marble floors
Four-poster bed with rust and blue bedding beside a dark nightstand, with a view into the adjoining bathroom
Powder room in limewash with a floating black stone vanity carved with an integrated sink, a black wall faucet and a round mirror
Bunk room with built-in light oak bunk beds, black metal ladders and custom curtains in the Mirror Teal fabric from the Michelle Dirkse Collection
Stair hall with wood-clad walls, a yellow abstract painting, a sculptural wavy chair and a dark tile floor
Exterior of the Whidbey Island home from the beach, with driftwood and boulders in front of its glass and stone facade

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