“It creates a sense of shelter around the kitchen without it being separated by walls,” Susanka explained.
The second floor has four bedrooms and two baths. In the primary suite, there’s a curved window wall and windows overlooking the woods. The Grants’ Asian travels influenced the Japanese-inspired bathroom, which has a cedar-paneled soaking tub.
Architect Sarah Susanka designed this contemporary Tyrol Hills home with open sightlines and windows framing views of Theodore Wirth Park. (Spacecrafting)
The 4,060-square-foot home has accommodated the Grants through many phases of life, and that’s by design. The lower level has a separate entrance, a bedroom and bath, and a family room, making it perfect for the family’s live-in nanny when the couple’s two children were little. When they got older, a teenager’s lair. Eventually, Peter turned the bedroom into an office.
A huge built-in window seat (another Susanka hallmark) under an arched window in the family room was a favorite location for the kids’ stuffed animals. Later, it became a spot for party guests to sit and chat.
“This house has all kinds of places to tuck in and play, read a book or have a conversation. That was all Sarah,” Anett Grant said. “She knew how to make a house feel comfortable.”
Architect Sarah Susanka designed this contemporary Tyrol Hills home with open sightlines and windows framing views of Theodore Wirth Park. (Spacecrafting)
The home’s three-story turret, however, was all Anett Grant, who loves circles and asked for one. And Susanka gamely incorporated it into the design, using the curved walls to create inviting seating and views.