so anyway, the great room, which is a fancy name for a living room, is the centerpiece of this enticing home. brian patrick flynn decked out this room with a couch, a glass wall, fireplace, antique chairs, coffee table, end table, two other weird seating things, and a pair of cowboy boots.
the first thing that draws my eye is the giant orange L-shaped couch. much like the beds in the bunk room, this thing is stocked with pillows. pillows aside, i'm a big fan of this. all couches should be L-shaped. they provide superior comfort via 'the corner' and more configurations for sleeping bodies. not only is it long, but it looks DEEP. deep enough that you could comfortably shoebox on one of the sections with a third person on the other.
the other thing i'm enjoying most about this room is the floor to ceiling glass on far wall. love to have my rooms flooded with natural light. the bottom part actually opens up to the deck which is an added bonus.
the last big thing i wanted to touch on was the fireplace. for this, i reached out to an engineer in colorado to get a closer look:
Today we’re taking a look at the fireplace in the great room of the Dream Home. The fireplace is a contemporary style known as a linear fireplace. Linear fireplaces often float several feet off the floor of the home, as opposed to the traditional style which sits at floor level. Like a piece of art hanging on the wall, they accentuate the room as both a centerpiece and a gathering place. This modern design blends nicely with the home’s rectilinear design sensibility.
The great room’s fireplace is nicely centered on a backdrop of oiled steel sheet metal. Every four feet or so you’ll notice a grey-blue splotchy section in the steel; this color gradation occurs naturally during the sheet metal manufacturing process and the oiled finish brings out the dark azure tones. The seams of the sheets are banded with a strip of steel that runs the length of the fireplace wall. It’s a nice touch that matches the natural color variation of the steel. Pair this blue with couches of its complementary color, orange, and you’ve got a warm, stylish hang out for après ski cocktails.
Now let’s take a minute to consider how this wall was made. It’s very likely that the wall of the fireplace is 8 feet long, which would have allowed the metal fabricator to simply use a 4 foot by 8 foot piece of sheet metal. This would have been a major cost savings, as adding secondary operations like trimming metal often drives up labor time. The sheet metal and banding are likely adhered to unfinished fire-resistant drywall with a construction adhesive or a commercial grade glazing tape, like 3M’s VHB tape.
To wrap this up – I’ll throw in a prediction. This is a guess, but I am thinking there may be a hole in the wall behind that moose’s head. People often mount TVs above their fireplaces, and that requires a hole to run power, audio, internet, and appliance cables behind the wall so they aren’t hanging down below your beautiful big screen. If the future homeowner likes watching Netflix by the fire, they may be excited to find TV compatibility built into this fireplace wall. Talk about a real dream home!
Will Brumas is an engineer from Western Colorado. He designs high end metal finish work for luxury homes in the ski resorts of the Rocky Mountains.
thanks will. if there is indeed a hole to run cables behind the moose, his ass is getting replaced with a 70" flatscreen.
The great room’s fireplace is nicely centered on a backdrop of oiled steel sheet metal. Every four feet or so you’ll notice a grey-blue splotchy section in the steel; this color gradation occurs naturally during the sheet metal manufacturing process and the oiled finish brings out the dark azure tones. The seams of the sheets are banded with a strip of steel that runs the length of the fireplace wall. It’s a nice touch that matches the natural color variation of the steel. Pair this blue with couches of its complementary color, orange, and you’ve got a warm, stylish hang out for après ski cocktails.
Now let’s take a minute to consider how this wall was made. It’s very likely that the wall of the fireplace is 8 feet long, which would have allowed the metal fabricator to simply use a 4 foot by 8 foot piece of sheet metal. This would have been a major cost savings, as adding secondary operations like trimming metal often drives up labor time. The sheet metal and banding are likely adhered to unfinished fire-resistant drywall with a construction adhesive or a commercial grade glazing tape, like 3M’s VHB tape.
To wrap this up – I’ll throw in a prediction. This is a guess, but I am thinking there may be a hole in the wall behind that moose’s head. People often mount TVs above their fireplaces, and that requires a hole to run power, audio, internet, and appliance cables behind the wall so they aren’t hanging down below your beautiful big screen. If the future homeowner likes watching Netflix by the fire, they may be excited to find TV compatibility built into this fireplace wall. Talk about a real dream home!
Will Brumas is an engineer from Western Colorado. He designs high end metal finish work for luxury homes in the ski resorts of the Rocky Mountains.
while i have a good feel for this room, i do have a lot questions that could only be answered by an in-person visit to the house. like is the coffee table close enough for me to kick up my feet? is it light enough to pull it forward if it's not? is that gonna fuck up the rug if i do that? is the chandelier heavy enough to kill me if it falls on me? why not? are the antique chairs even comfortable?
i do think that when i'm not outside, this is the room where i'll spend most of my time. it certainly looks 'great' to me.
room rating: 7.1/10
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