Brochure - Mastro Skylar Architects

Our HousePeople always ask if it is difficult for us to design our own places. Absolutely not! We have done a number ofhouses for ourselves over twenty years: a restored Greek Revival farmhouse, a modern-on-the-inside workman’scottage, a renovated and enlarged Victorian mansion, a casual new beach house. Like the mother who tells eachof her children that she loves him the most, we have adored each house that we have created for our family.We have chosen to integrate our life and our work because we believe that in order to create homes for others, itis important that one knows how to live. We use our houses to the max: working, playing, gardening, cooking,building, lounging, exercising, entertaining, learning. Our houses have always been a place for us to experiment(we don’t like to use our clients as guinea pigs), whether it be with a new way of ordering space, a formula formixing a concrete floor, playing with tile or paint. The process of building or remodeling a house may be horrifyingto most people, but we would rather “play house” than do just about anything.This is our house: filled with light and space and our favorite stuff. Airy but cozy. Colorful but neutral. Sometimesplayful, sometimes elegant. Radical ways of organizing space that make perfect sense. Understand our houseand you’ll know everything there is to know about us.