shingle style: capturing the view(2)

To create as many water views as possible, Disston strung together the main living spaces--library, living room, family room, breakfast area, and sunporch--on a north-south axis, so each room has views of the bay to the east. The rooms are linked by a series of double doors that open for easy traffic flow and unfettered views through the house.

This is the breakfast room. Homeowner Eliza Gatfield, who is herself trained as an architect and who did the interior design of her house, had the room’s dining chairs covered in eight different fabric patterns, with no two chairs sporting the same combination.