(upbeat jazzy music)
- The house that we live in is completely round.
It was built in 1967.
Most of the elements of the house are original
with very little upgrades.
- [Julian] It's two bedrooms, two bathrooms.
- [Desiree] And it's around 1200 square feet.
- There's really no flat surfaces in the house,
except for a dividing wall between the living room
and the master bedroom.
And, one flat wall that divides the bathrooms.
Everything else has a curve to it.
All of the crown molding is round.
- [Desiree] All of the windows are curved.
- All of the doors are rounded, so when you close the door,
you just see a continuous round wall.
- To live in this space is really unusual.
It's the only round house that I think I've ever been in.
- [Julian] There's something very organic,
and comforting about living in a round house.
The center of the house is basically the core
which contains two bathrooms which are kind of subdivided.
And, exterior of that are all of the rooms
which are divided by contoured walls.
There's kind of a magical aspect
to the design of the 1950s and '60s
and this house is kind of like stepping back in time.
(jazz music)
The home was designed by Leon Meyer.
It was constructed in 1967.
This is, to the best of our knowledge,
the most well preserved example of all
of his round homes that he ever constructed.
- We were really motivated to live some place
that was special.
I think also the fact the the house is quirky,
it's not perfect and it is really of the era.
We just feel like it's an extension of our lifestyle.
We actually have two front doors.
- I don't really know why,
but we really only use one of them.
- I think it does add a certain amount of symmetry
to the design to have two front doors.
And, by opening the two doors and all the windows,
we do kind of have a wonderful indoor/outdoor experience
that I can't really imagine having in any other home.
(guitar music)
- What we wanted to do when we purchased this home
was keep it as original as we could.
It had been well kept from the last three owners,
and all the cosmetic elements
of the house are completely original.
- My favorite part of this house
would have to be the ceiling line.
Each of the triangular shapes has a window inside of it.
So, in the mornings when we wake up,
we can kind of watch the sun rise.
But, when we hit a certain hour in the afternoon,
things start to become a little dark inside of the house.
- [Julian] There's not a lot of overhead lighting.
There's really no place to hang a pendant
or put any recess lighting in the roof.
- [Desiree] Julian has a large collection of floor lamps,
and the fact that we didn't have any overhead lighting,
was a great excuse to use those as a design element.
- [Julian] Me and my wife, Desiree, own and operate
a vintage mid-century furniture store.
- We go to Denmark and the UK to import a lot of pieces.
- We have a very curated collection
of mid-century furniture.
One of my favorite pieces in the collection
is our Parrot Chair designed by Ib Arberg of Sweden.
There's something very special about vintage furniture
in a vintage home.
I want people to come in here
and feel like they've stepped back in time.
(calm music)
In our study, we have a portrait of my dad
which was painted in 1956.
It's kind of a sentimental piece of the family history.
- For the past few years, I've been collecting drawer liners
from our Danish shipments and when we moved in to the house,
I wanted to incorporate some of that collection
into our kitchen, so I lined a lot of the drawers
with these really vibrant patterns and shapes.
- [Julian] In addition to that,
I've got a nice little collection of wall clocks going on
which were a staple of a 1960s home.
(piano music)
- I would say the difficult part
about furnishing a round house is finding the exact place
that everything is supposed to go.
We really had to be careful of scale
and placement of every object.
Definitely putting a long, flat furniture in this home
tends to look a little bit awkward.
- [Desiree] What's worked really well is using pieces
that have a circular nature to them.
Our dining room table is round and it fits really well.
- [Julian] There isn't a ton of storage,
but it's been very cleverly built into the house.
- [Desiree] The closet next to our bedroom
is a walk-in closet.
When you get inside it's lined with clothing hooks and rods,
so everything that we could ever want to store has a spot,
but we took a lot of time deciding
what was gonna come with us
and what needed to be left behind.
(guitar music)
- [Julian] Most people don't get their dream home
to be their first house,
and I really feel lucky to live here.
- I think the fact that we can live here
and not only preserve, but maybe even,
bring the house closer to how it originally was
is something that really is inspiring to me.
- Every piece of this house is unique,
and that's what I love about it.
It's rare to come across something that speaks
to your personality and to your personal taste.
This home was it was it for us,
and I couldn't be any happier.