An all-season porch overlooking Spring Lake provides a perfect space for watching a big game or curling up by a fire with a glass of wine. Photos: Gary Gunnerson
When it came to finding their dream home, Gwen and John Radosevich wanted a comfortable, cozy space for daily life that would effortlessly lend itself to indoor-outdoor gatherings for frequent entertaining. They ended up building that dream with Pinnacle Family Homes, designing a home overlooking Spring Lake that serves as both a lake retreat and a place to make memories with family and friends.
To make the transition from daily living to easy entertaining as smooth as possible, the Radoseviches designed several noteworthy features into their home, including an all-season porch with lake views, a scullery and a wine cellar.
All-Season Porch
Having options for enjoying their lake view was also important to the Radoseviches. One of the most exceptional places in their home is what they refer to as “the porch.”
It’s an indoor-outdoor room with a fireplace and heated floors, a TV and one full wall that’s open to the lake view. “We wanted to have an area where we could both be indoor and outdoor,” Gwen says. “We love it because there’s a phantom screen that comes down that blocks it off from the elements. It has the look of a window, so it allows us to utilize the porch or sunroom in all seasons.”
This type of all-season room also works perfectly for gatherings and entertaining, as it’s a lovely space where people can gather to watch a sporting event, movie or the latest streaming gem or just relax without giving up the experience of watching the sunset and enjoying the beautiful lakefront.
Scullery
The scullery (also known as a working kitchen) is tucked behind the main kitchen.
One remarkable feature in the Radoseviches’ home is their scullery. A scullery, sometimes considered an overflow kitchen, is a small area off the kitchen that satisfies some kitchen-related needs like appliance storage or dishwashing, but it is set apart from the main kitchen.
“The reason that we wanted to have the scullery as a separate part of our kitchen is that we like to do a lot of entertaining,” Gwen says. It serves as a place where friends and family can easily access any needed items without having to go all the way into the house. Snacks, cups and towels, for example, can be easily grabbed when coming in from the outdoors.
The scullery contains appliances, a wine fridge and an extra sink.
Adding a scullery is trending in new home design since the space is so versatile. “People use it for a breakfast nook, just a space for a coffee maker and toaster, so that it can get left out because it’s tucked away and not in the main kitchen area on the counter,” says Cece Just, owner of Pinnacle Family Homes. “You could also use it for parties—have buffet-style appetizers, with a plug for a crock pot, so your main island doesn’t get overwhelmed with the food.”
Just affirms that the scullery in the Radosevich home is perfect for their lifestyle—and that’s exactly the point. When you’re building a new home, you can choose how to make the spaces work for you.
Wine Cellar
The wine cellar serves as a distinctive focal point on the home’s main floor and provides the perfect space to display the couple’s red wine collection and memorabilia.
The scullery isn’t the only clever use of a special small space in the Radosevich house: A beautiful wine cellar serves as a stunning focal point on their main floor. The cellar, which is visible through a glass wall, is used to store and display wine the Radoseviches bring home from trips to California.
“The wine cellar is important to us because we go to Napa every year, and we love to bring back good wines,” Gwen says. “We have our white wines in the scullery pantry in the fridge, but we wanted a place to showcase the red wines that we have, as well as some of the memorabilia. We have a matted and framed map of the Napa and Sonoma area[s] and remember where we got the various wines.” For this family, the wine cellar is more than storage, it’s a destination in the home that holds special memories.
Working with Pinnacle Family Homes meant that the Radoseviches were working with a small team who knows the area well. “We live where we work, so everybody we’ve built for is a friend from then on,” Just says.
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