For Living Well

While the living room isn’t used daily, Biberger wanted to maintain the minimal look with a central piece of furniture for entertaining. Ownby designed a living room sectional for six and had it fabricated by Feathers Design. From here, Biberger and his guests enjoy views through picture and corner windows to the pool and barbecue area with its wok fire feature.

Across from the sectional, travertine tiles matching those elsewhere in the home make up the hearth. For the fireplace, Ownby designed a stainless steel surround. Transitioning this to the sofa is a glass coffee table from Scottsdale Copenhagen. Here, Ownby softened the surrounding hard surfaces by supplementing the design with natural fibers, like cotton on the sofa and jute on the area rug.

Above the sectional sit multiple instances of box art by local artist Linda Kall. To contrast with these, as well as to further personalize his home, Biberger hung one of his large encaustic pieces above the fireplace — an abstracted image of trees in grays. Photos are hung in the family room and at the focal point at the second-floor staircase landing. “I have been into photography since high school, mainly nature photography,” he says.

Opening to the living room, the dining room also accommodates up to eight people. “The size of the room could not support large dining chairs, so we opted to use smaller-scaled chairs and upholstered them in soft ultra-suede,” Ownby says. She designed a large wood square table which rests on a stainless steel cube base and is topped with thick clear glass and had it fabricated locally by David Aquilar. “[It] allowed the minimal feel of the rest of the house to show through while maintaining the openness the room needed,” she says.

Creating different moods, an Italian Bobino.9 fixture offers delicacy, too, as do the sheers that can be drawn by way of a cable system for intimate dinners. Adding color is an oil on canvas by Diana Clauss purchased from Bentley Gallery.

Biberger is extremely satisfied with his new home — and men who work in nanoseconds aren’t quickly pleased. The remodel provides him space that is minimal, functional, contemporary and, most important, comfortable.

“We were able to take an amazing home and give it the personal touches and style that complemented the owner and his lifestyle,” McDade says. “Everyone agrees that this was an amazing combined effort, and we are all proud of the results.”