PATEL RESIDENCE

Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Contractor: Supreme Hotels
Landscape Design: N/A
Interior Design: Arianne Bellizaire
Photographer: Oivanki Photography

The exterior elevations of this award-winning Mediterranean style house respond to the natural beauty of the site. The stucco and stone front façade focuses on a magnificent Live Oak tree, providing views to it from every adjacent space, which includes the living room, prayer room, dining room and guest bedroom. The front of the house faces north, which provides the perfect opportunity to fill the living room with natural light from floor to ceiling, offering dramatic views to the entire site and an intriguing view into the room at night as well. A second floor bedroom balcony allows you to experience being in the tree itself. The upstairs provides three bedrooms and a kids’ den space with a mezzanine that looks down into the living room. The rear façade is designed to open up to a back porch that serves as an outdoor room adjacent to a pool and backyard.
At every turn in their house, the homeowners wanted unique finishes and features to catch your eye. Every room has its own sense of scale and proportion with a material palette that accentuates it and at the same time allows it to blend with the rest as one composition. This can be seen in the 25’ tall living room with its Coronado stone clad fireplace, in the round dining room with its domed painted ceiling that looks onto the feature oak tree, and in the kitchen/keeping room with its blend of art stone walls, natural wood stained cabinets and beams. To top it off, is a man cave with a unique bar area and an illuminating countertop of “Caesarstone Concetto Brown Agate” back-lit with LED lighting. From an energy savings standpoint, LED lighting is used throughout, and a solar panel system is installed on much of the south facing roof that supplements the home’s energy consumption. All in all this home exceeds the owners’ desires and expectations for their dream home.