Mercer Island Project Spotlight: Luxury Mid-Century Custom Home

Featured Project by Tennyson Homes

Modern kitchen with wooden cabinets, marble island with five bar stools, hanging pendant lights, stainless steel appliances, open shelves, and large sliding glass doors opening to a green outdoor area.

Mercer Island Mid Century Project

A ground-up custom build on Mercer Island, this home is a luxury reinterpretation of a mid-century modern aesthetic. Clean lines and quiet drama, paired with the kind of scale that turns architecture into an experience.

Fifteen-foot ceilings in the great room give the main living space room to breathe, while a 27’ by 10′ tall bi-folding exterior door system collapses the line between inside and out. The exterior siding is traditional Shou Sugi Ban, hand-charred and finished on site for the depth and texture you can only get when it’s done by hand.

Every interior detail was built to stand on its own, including a custom cabinet stair-rail element that doubles as architecture and storage. A 5′ wide by 9′ tall pivot entry door welcomes you in before you ever cross the threshold. The property also includes a fully integrated ADU.

Highlights:

  • Ground-up custom luxury home with integrated ADU
  • 15-foot ceilings in the great room
  • Traditional Shou Sugi Ban siding, hand-charred and finished on site
  • 5’x9′ custom pivot entry door
  • 27’x10′ custom bi-folding exterior door system
  • Custom cabinet stair-rail element
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