Having lived in our Mediterranean-style dwelling in Austin for over a decade, I’ve shared a lot of our design course of by the years. From easy updates to the kitchen, to plastering our partitions, to utterly overhauling the yard—it’s been a journey and I’m grateful to all of you who’ve been alongside for the experience! It occurred to me not too long ago that I’ve by no means shared a whole tour of the complete home, with the room-by-room particulars multi functional place. So, together with the launch of my Sourcebook that features hyperlinks to every part in our home, I couldn’t be extra excited to share the official Camille Types Residence Tour. Scroll on for every part you’ve ever puzzled about my dwelling in Austin, however first: watch the video under so I can present you round.
And now, the small print on every house in our home…
The story of our home
My husband Adam found this property again once we have been courting, 16 years in the past! There was an outdated Fifties home on the lot that was in fairly unhealthy form, and the lot itself was so overgrown that you just couldn’t see any of the views. The present yard was utterly nonexistent. However we knew that this property had tons of potential, and over a 12 months after placing within the first supply on the property, we lastly obtained it.
We spent the primary 12 months of our marriage working with our architect, Ryan Road, after which constructing a brand new home from the bottom up. On the time, I’d by no means performed a design undertaking near this scale earlier than—and truthfully, had no clue what I used to be doing. However fortunately, the expertise sparked a ardour for design and building in each Adam and me. We realized so a lot by the method, and I really feel fortunate that we ended up with a ultimate end result that I nonetheless love, so a few years later.
Now that we’ve been in the home for 13 years, there are positively a couple of issues that I’d like to replace. We method our dwelling as an ongoing undertaking—yearly we sort out one or two factor and the home simply retains evolving proper together with us.
The “fashion” of our dwelling
I usually get requested what “fashion” our home is, and in truth, I can’t level to only one explicit design fashion since we’ve been impressed by so many alternative sources. Nevertheless, I usually use the phrases “heat minimalism” to explain our dwelling. I’m at all times on the lookout for simplicity, however need each house to really feel heat and comfy.
There’s additionally an simple Mediterranean affect in our design. Adam and I went to Italy on our honeymoon, and we have been so impressed by the structure and the outside areas the place we frolicked on the Amalfi coast. After we got here dwelling and started our design course of, we needed to include supplies like terra cotta and plaster, in addition to so lots of the vegetation we selected for our landscaping, like olive timber and jasmine.
The partitions
One of many important questions I get requested about our house is—what shade of paint is on the partitions? Three years in the past, we determined to plaster the partitions of the complete home. I’ve lengthy been obsessive about the old-world character that plaster provides a home, so I used to be actually enthusiastic about this replace—and I’ve cherished it each bit as a lot as anticipated.
For our partitions, we needed a matte end that’s a bit of bit extra earthy than a whole lot of the plaster in the marketplace, and I discovered this product known as American Clay that I fell in love with instantly. It’s a pure earth plaster made in New Mexico, and the end has the tender, natural vibe I used to be envisioning for our home. It’s additionally unhazardous and eco-friendly. We plastered the complete downstairs of the home in American Clay’s shade known as Forté White, and I like it a lot that I truly preserve a few of the partitions naked in order that the plaster can have its personal second.
The Residing Room
Our lounge is all concerning the pure gentle and the indoor-outdoor circulation. My favourite a part of this room is the large metal doorways that open up utterly to the patio and create this stunning connection to the yard. We had them designed and constructed by Rehme Metal Home windows & Doorways right here in Austin. My emotional state is so influenced by daylight, so it’s an instantaneous temper booster to spend time in right here and let all that gentle in. Get the Sourcebook ->
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Learn extra about the lounge, together with the updates we made.
The Kitchen and Eating Room
Our kitchen is the place the magic occurs—all of my recipe improvement for the positioning, and all of the meals we make collectively as a household. After we host events, everybody congregates across the large central island, so I normally set out the drinks and snacks right here for grazing.
This kitchen does have a couple of inherent design challenges—primarily the shortage of pure gentle. I’ve explored each doable manner so as to add a skylight or window in right here, however the way in which the home is configured makes it unattainable. So, I’m strategic with colours and styling to loosen up this house as a lot as doable.
After we constructed the home, we added a chrome steel venthood that I actually fell out of affection with as my fashion developed. Just a few years in the past, we did a kitchen replace and changed it with a {custom} plaster hood encompass that made the largest distinction. The hood has a hidden air flow system that’s mounted to the within of the encompass which we then plastered over in American Clay.
We additionally changed our outdated counter tops with this brilliant white Caesaerstone within the Cloudburst Concrete end. I really like Caesarstone and have used it in a number of initiatives—it’s stunning and extremely sturdy. This time round, we added a waterfall edge to the countertop and made a steady sink all out of the identical Caesarstone to make all of it actually seamless. Get the Sourcebook ->
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Learn extra about our kitchen transform right here.
The Yard
The place do I start with our yard? That is my favourite house on our complete property. The truth that it’s taken us 12 years of labor to get it thus far makes it much more particular—it’s been an ever-evolving labor of affection.
Up prime, we’ve obtained our outside lounge space – that is the place we hang around when we’ve got mates over, and plenty of instances the 4 of us will truly eat dinner round this espresso desk and simply sit on cushions.
After which, we’ve obtained the infinity-edged pool. We designed it to maximise the sensation of being constructed right into a cliff, and I really like that once we’re within the pool, it looks like we’re virtually suspended within the cover of the timber. We swim all the time—beginning in March throughout November, we’re within the pool always. My favourite factor about our pool is the colour—the darkish tile jogs my memory of the Mediterranean with its deep blue waters.
Since our dwelling sits up on a excessive hillside, our basis is constructed on a 30-foot retaining wall. The decrease yard on the opposite aspect of it has been our dwelling’s largest transformation over the previous couple of years. It’s gone from being a dirt-covered hillside coated in brush and timber that we couldn’t even use, to an area that’s been featured everywhere in the web together with in Architectural Digest. It’s taken us YEARS to convey our imaginative and prescient to life – we usually attempt to sort out one or two large initiatives a 12 months again right here and we’ll most likely by no means be completed with this space. Get the Sourcebook ->
Tour the total yard right here, together with extra about our yard design, vegetation we’ve used, and all about that fireside pit.
The Major Bed room
Our bed room is my sanctuary – our days are so full, from work to household life, and that is the place the hustle stops and we really chill out. I really like my nook window spot for morning espresso, and I’ll usually sit right here within the night and journal or learn earlier than mattress.
I get a whole lot of questions on our custom-designed and constructed mattress. It’s constituted of unstained white oak for a matte, impartial end, after which had two sconces hard-wired into all sides of the mattress—the switches are situated into the aspect of the nightstand in order that they’re invisible. Get the Sourcebook ->
Heaps extra particulars on how we designed this mattress in our bed room tour proper right here.
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Camille’s Tiny Workplace
Right here’s a peek on the alcove workplace linked to the kitchen the place I normally work. A pair years in the past, I reconfigured the house to be extra environment friendly. We demoed the present desk and cabinetry, and changed it with a clear “floating” slab of white oak to function a easy, streamlined desk setup. I really like having this cozy house to hunker down and get stuff performed, and it’s so handy to pop out and in of right here whereas I’m hanging with the youngsters or cooking dinner.
Take the total tour of my workplace.
This room has been so many alternative issues by the years—once we first moved in, it was our dwelling gymnasium… then it grew to become my dwelling workplace… and at last now that our youngsters are a bit of older, it’s our media room the place our household watches films or performs video video games.
I saved the decor on this room actually easy and reasonably priced, from the Goal rugs to the CB2 sofa. On the subject of designing children’ areas, I normally persist with the identical shade palette and vibe of the remainder of the home, however I don’t need something valuable or fragile. Let’s be sincere—it’s most likely going to get destroyed from the online game enjoying, sleepovers, and snacking that occurs on this room! Get the Sourcebook ->
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The Studio
Welcome to my workforce’s studio! We shoot a whole lot of recipe content material for the positioning at my home, and as talked about above, our kitchen doesn’t get a lot pure gentle. So, we remodeled this again room of the home from a visitor bed room right into a light-filled studio the place we shoot recipes, in addition to merchandise for Casa Zuma.
I shared the complete before-and-after course of of reworking our visitor room right into a studio kitchen right here. We did it on a funds, and it’s such an important place for our workforce to collaborate and be inventive.
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The Household Workplace
That is our “household workplace”, though normally Adam works in right here and I work in my little alcove off the kitchen (see above.) This room tends to turn out to be the dumping floor for Casa Zuma prototypes and samples we have to undergo, so our aim for this house is to maintain it as minimalist and clear as doable. For me, a transparent house equals a transparent thoughts and when there’s an excessive amount of muddle I can not assume straight. Get the Sourcebook ->
Take the total tour of the workplace right here.
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The Meditation Room
This loft space has additionally been a playroom, a TV room, and now—it’s what I name my “meditation room.” I turned it right into a cocoon for stress-free, doing yoga or pilates, or the place anybody in the home can escape when they should chill and expertise a low-stimuli atmosphere.
Take the total tour of the meditation room right here.
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Henry’s Room
I haven’t shared images of my children’ rooms since they have been child nurseries! I’m a fan of letting children categorical themselves with their bedrooms as soon as they’re sufficiently old to care, so I don’t get too concerned with the design—I really need it to be a mirrored image of them.
Henry’s room is fairly easy—he naturally doesn’t like muddle and retains his stuff weirdly organized. We not too long ago upgraded his desk to a bigger floor the place he can unfold out his legos and Star Wars paraphernalia. The lovable poster above his mattress has all of the lyrics to Lodge California (his favourite tune.) I ordered the digital model from Etsy, then despatched it to Framebridge to have it printed and framed.
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Phoebe’s Room
Phoebe shouldn’t be fairly as minimalist as her brother (lol)—she’s a giant magnificence product lady, loves her stuffed animals, and has numerous little collections of every kind of issues. One factor I really like about each children’ rooms is that they’ve these enormous home windows with timber exterior them, and it virtually makes them really feel like they’re nestled in a treehouse. After which, they each have these unbelievable views of downtown Austin. At bedtime, we like to look out on the glittering skyline views and it’s so magical when you may see the moon up above.
Peek at Phoebe’s toddler room (I miss it!)
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And, that’s the tour! This home has been such an unbelievable dwelling for us—it’s developed proper together with us by the years and actually has a chunk of our hearts. It’s our final canvas for creativity and inspiration, and each room tells a narrative. Thanks for coming by! Drop your questions within the feedback of the video over on Youtube, and don’t overlook to enroll in the Sourcebook under to get hyperlinks to every part!
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