American Style Villa

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Malinard Manor was designed to be the perfect expression of the

clients who they are and how they live. The clients envisioned a

Gothic house that was neither typical of the area or the times and

was unlike any project I had worked on before or since. The project

became both possible and exciting due to the clients desire for

authentic details and quality inside and out combined with a

willingness to provide a commensurate budget and time. I was able

to dream big, and they were willing to dream with me. The house is

not purely any one thing but rather conceived as an English manor

that could have developed over centuries and generations, much like

many of the great historic English manors. The foundations of design

draw primarily from a combination of Gothic, Tudor and Jacobean

styles and periods and regions throughout Europe. We adhered to a

philosophy of using real materials; there is nothing faux in the house.

And even though the majority of materials we used were new, we built

and finished them with old-world techniques including mortise and

tenon joinery and a seven-step process to the wood finish, the final

step being hand-waxing.

Location: Austin, TX

Design company: Cravotta Interiors

Photographer: Paul Bardagjy

Designer: Mark Cravotta

Area: 1,300 m2

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Similar to the rest of the house, the goal of the wine cellar was to have it look as if it were 400 years old but very

well maintained. The room is made entirely of stone with bench-made cabinetry and millwork. The walls are the

same as the exterior stone, which is a blend of four varieties of limestone and sandstone. The floor is Antique

Walnut Lueders Limestone, and the ceiling is ceramic tile. The millwork and cabinetry are American Black Walnut,

finished to look like French Walnut. The benches were purchased along with a fantastic wood fireplace surround

(used in the Keeping Room) c.1850 from a chateau in Le Hermitage on the border of France and Belgium. The

chairs were custom made by Elijah Slocum and the tables by Paul Ferrante, both from French Walnut.

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Elijah SlocumPaul Ferrante


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