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Open House
O, The Oprah Magazine  |  From the Fall 2006 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
Old meets new in this sparse living room. Photo by Laura Moss, styling by Rebecca Omweg
 

When media consultants Hilary Rosen and Elizabeth Birch first saw their 6,000-square-foot Washington, D.C. trilevel, the spec-built house was under construction and they didn't like its style. Enter designer Nestor Santa-Cruz, a partner at SKB Architecture and Design, who's known for his clean, modern interiors.

"This home weaves together modern and traditional until the border between them disappears," designer Nestor Santa-Cruz says. In one of two connecting living rooms, a photograph by Tim Hailand—with the word transcend superimposed over the ocean—sets the quiet, spare tone.
Printed from Oprah.com on Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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