40 | Oregon Home But just as important to material changes was finding a way to hold the couple’s existing art collection—making choices that felt both congruous to the home’s design while holding space for beloved artworks and sculptural pieces the couple had collected along the way. “Working with a client’s collection of past items is what makes a house feel really interesting,” Hansen says. “You can’t just go out and buy things and also make it feel like a home.” Tandem began thinking about the art with a wall in the living room, where a fireplace had been illuminated by coach lights, like what you might find on the floor of a limousine. “The fireplace was so big and so present in the main space,” Hansen says. The design team decided to replace the tile in front of the fireplace and build a deep shelving unit on either side to accommodate the couple’s books below. They had been collecting art for years but wanted it all integrated in a more suitable manner, so Tandem took the wide and tall wall above and designed boxes to create custom spaces for each artwork. Hansen went to the couple’s previous home to take pictures and collect measurements. Then she designed a grid with ledges so the couple could place art and, potentially, move it around as they’d like.
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