Pecoraro used elevation to create separate rooms, only working in reverse. The circular dining room area surrounded by auditorium stairs and a fire pit are sunken to provide a feeling of privacy. The auditorium stairs near the dining room add to a feeling of seclusion.
“You feel like you’re a little bit secluded in there, but yet without a dungeon feel because you don’t have these walls all the way around you,” Pecoraro says.
Rebecca Robledo is deputy editor of Pool & Spa News and Aquatics International. She is an award-winning trade journalist with more than 25 years experience reporting on and editing content for the pool, spa and aquatics industries. She specializes in technical, complex or detail-oriented subject matter with an emphasis in design and construction, as well as legal and regulatory issues. For this coverage and editing, she has received numerous awards, including four Jesse H. Neal Awards, considered by many to be the “Pulitzer Prize of Trade Journalism.”
