4 | Oregon Home EDITOR’S NOTE ON MY SHELF The Perfect Room: Timeless Designs for Intentional Living By Marie Flanigan Rizzoli, 2024 Ottolenghi Comfort By Yotam Ottolenghi Ten Speed Press, 2024 Sean Scherer’s Vignettes By Sean Scherer Vendome Press, 2024 FAMILY YOU CAN’T live without them. Whether yours includes the people you have known your whole life or the dearest friends you’ve gathered along the way, welcoming them into your home for any length of time involves a lot of forethought. What kind of seating will they need? How do I involve them in dinner prep (if that’s your thing)? And how do the design choices I’ve made show them how much I want them there? These are some of the questions designers ask when they work with people whose largest goal is hosting at home. With our personal spaces, we tend to think about design as directed toward the self — what do I want most in life? But hosting flips the script from self-directed toward others-directed. These spaces recognize that we are social animals and that our rooms can “do rest” while also accommodating for togetherness. Take our feature story on a recent family-home remodel by Peony Architecture (“Everybody, Everybody,” p. 32). For this project, the homeowner’s primary goal was to help her home find the balance between the soothing elements of a Pacific Northwest island retreat and her desire to cook big meals with three generations of family. Or turn to our look at Sunday House’s ranch redo, which took a longtime family home to the next level (“Loving the One You’re With,” p. 23). The days are getting crisper — won’t it be lovely to see your favorite people soon at your place? It’s time to make it happen! Emily Grosvenor, Editor editor@oregonhomemagazine.com @emilygrosvenor PHOTO BY ADAM DIESBURG Made for Many
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