Author: Charlene Day

House Remodeling In Cincinnati

Charlene Day

With 260m², this house was built in Cincinnati three decades ago, thus responding to the needs of the owners of that time. But with the passage of time and the change of owners,

the house required a new architectural program for very different needs.The new owners, a young couple starting to “build a family,” also want to have spaces in which their identity is reflected, so renovation became obligatory.

The architect Alejandro Toro, from the firm Toro Posada Arquitectos, began by cleaning the place with ornaments and decorative details such as forging and glass work to generate fresher and more transparent atmospheres.
This is something that is perceived as soon as the door is crossed and there is the staircase that leads to the room area on the second floor. For example, this was worked out by detaching the steps with pine wood and installing a light handrail in painted metal. To create an interesting point on the way to the second floor, a niche was also designed where works of art are available.Regarding the social areas, several meeting points were generated. On one side is the dining room just to the left of the primary access, which is subtly separated by a free wall that gives privacy, but keeps it connected to the rest of the space.

Right in front is the room to which it characterizes a contemporary design. There, in the wall that frames the sofa niches were developed to arrange all kinds of elements according to the decoration.The original doors adorned 

with stained glass windows, which were replaced by glass doors with transparent glass, gave the place a more fluid feel. The study was also eliminated to give way to a living room and an auxiliary dining room that is projected into the garden.

When the French windows are collected, the interior and exterior spaces become one. Likewise, the design of bays in concrete in the living area gives this place the possibility of having a beautiful view of nature.This concept of continuity and unity that was

 generated throughout the space is also manifested in details such as the installation of Royal Beta marble throughout the first floor, the choice of white for the painting of the entire house and the development of concrete spans to along this one.

Concept Of Continuity

Charlene Day

The same sense of continuity is, for example, in the visitor’s bathroom, where the marble floor was also worked. There, with only 95 centimeters in width, the architect developed an ingenious design suited to the proportions. The result cannot be more interesting. A narrow and long piece of wood, which supports the sink that becomes one piece with it, accentuates the proportions of space, as does the floating mirror that accompanies it. In the background, Corona’s clean bathroom was installed under an image of the renowned photographer Carlos Tobon. To bring light to the place, a tall window was opened.

On the second floor, there were also several transformations. For the main room, for example, the Architect Designed a bed with their respective bedside tables in teak wood and located it in a narrow point of the room, accentuating its proportions. The entrance of natural light is through a side window.

Changes in the master bathroom also mark a new lifestyle. The tub came out, and in its place, a modern shower was designed with an opening that opens the bathroom to a side garden. Thus, sight, ventilation and natural light were guaranteed. There stands out the rain shower installed in the middle of the space and the wall cladding in Cristina of 11cmX11cm in green water tone. The slate tiles delimit the wet area, as do the tempered glass planes that give it independence.

In the rest of the bathroom, pine wood was installed giving a lot of personality to this point. There, wooden furniture with a Formica-like finish and a long Corianian table, on which two rectangular Corona washbasins were placed, which are accompanied by Grival wall taps, give a solution to this point. The design of a wooden box gave an excellent proposal to store with a mirror finish, which with lighting up and down creates an interesting effect in the space.