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Zilker · Refresh

Casa Sol

A living room with a cream sectional and a mustard bouclé armchair, walled in glass on two sides, with sliding doors open to the patio and garden
NeighborhoodZilker
ScopeRefresh
GuestsSleeps 10

Not every house needs gutting. This one arrived expensive, well-built and well-furnished, and still didn't quite work. Good pieces had been bought, but nothing in the house was talking to anything else.

A refresh is a different job from a buildout. The furniture stayed, apart from a couple of pieces that were never going to earn their place. What changed was the decor: color introduced deliberately rather than avoided, and enough of it that the rooms read as decisions rather than purchases.

Outside, a hammock and loungers, because a Zilker house with a yard should give people somewhere to spend the afternoon.

The house
9 photographs
The house at dusk from across the pool: a deck with an outdoor dining table and a rope chair, and wide sliding doors open onto the living room and kitchen
A covered balcony with a curved rope sofa and teak armchairs, looking out over the treetops and the street
The pool and spa at dusk with inflatable rings, two loungers with patterned cushions, a bar cart, and an outdoor dining table beside the house
A bed with brown and shaggy striped pillows beneath framed Matisse exhibition posters
A bedroom with a tan upholstered bed, a polka dot throw, a cloud-shaped sheepskin rug and a glass door onto a balcony
A live-edge dining table with leather chairs beside a marble kitchen island with four bar stools, lit by tall windows onto the garden
A rooftop deck at dusk with a fire pit, cream outdoor sofas and a view of the downtown Austin skyline
A bedroom with a white bed on an oak frame, a round mirror, a brass floor lamp and a glass door onto a balcony
The deck at dusk: two rocking chairs with yellow pillows and a bar cart stacked with striped towels, beside the living room, the outdoor dining table and the spa
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