Steve O’Donnell revived the 142-year-old residence by tempering its historic masonry with uncooked, up to date particulars.
Once they first visited Crete in 2019, Steve O’Donnell and Kandy Kim have been entranced by the Greek island’s rugged panorama. When the property supervisor of their Airbnb discovered that Steve was a longtime mural artist, “her eyes lit up,” he says. “She mentioned she had been on the lookout for somebody to color her different residences for years.”
It was a serendipitous second that prompted the couple to plan one other journey to Crete within the winter season. Though Steve’s skilled alternative sadly coincided with the unfurling pandemic, the six months he and Kandy have been stranded on the island left a deep, soulful imprint they couldn’t ignore.
Earlier than: Exterior
After: Exterior
Set on a terraced hillside, Anasa Home incorporates each open-air ruins and authentic thick stone masonry that gives passive cooling.
Ortho Studio/Sotiris Zapantiotis
After they lastly returned dwelling to Eire, their minds continually wandered again to Crete. “We missed all the things about it—the meals, the individuals, the climate. One thing was drawing us again,” says Steve. Emboldened by the lure of Greece, Steve and Kandy dipped into their financial savings and acquired a bit dwelling in a tiny, mountainous Cretan village. Steve plunged into renovation work, and he says it “woke up a love and keenness for designing and restoring previous, uncared for, rural homes.”
Earlier than: Staircase
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