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"New Life on Long Island\nBringing a Moribund Ranch House Back From the Brink\n&amp;quot;Could we take the ranch house building type and make it something else?&amp;quot; asked Lee Mindel (with Peter Shelton, right), of Shelton, Mindel Associates. The architects reconfigured a low-slung 1960s residence on Long Island for Michael and Carol Newman.\nThe living room ceiling was pitched with skylight windows.\nThe architects raised it and extended the room. &amp;quot;All the rooms were similarly scaled, with varied proportions,&amp;quot; says Shelton. Donghia sofa fabric. Holly Hunt leather on chairs at rear.\n&amp;quot;The living room fireplace was too Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm,&amp;quot; says Mindel.\nThe hearth was enlarged and framed with a minimalist mantel. The architects decorated the house with 20th-century pieces, such as a 1927 leather chair by Fritz Henningsen.\n&amp;quot;We wanted the dining room to feel horizontal to differentiate it from the other rooms,&amp;quot; Mindel explains. &amp;quot;While the scale is intimate, we used reflective paint on the ceiling and a glass-topped table of our own design so the space would be bright and sparkly.&amp;quot;\nThe plans called for a new hall and for the living room to extend into the garden.\n&amp;quot;The property was the residence&amp;#39;s biggest asset, but it was poorly planned,&amp;quot; says Mindel.\n&amp;quot;We moved the pool to a spot lower on the site because it had been right up against the house, blocking access to the garden, and it was an eyesore in the winter.&amp;quot;\n&amp;quot;We created a series of cascading, sculptural walls to contain the contours of the land,&amp;quot; says Mindel. &amp;quot;They&amp;#39;re built of the indigenous stone that&amp;#39;s used in the large estates in the area, but we didn&amp;#39;t copy the old walls,&amp;quot; says Mindel. &amp;quot;We just alluded to them.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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