Photos: "Meaning and love and history"
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
Side view: Amy Martin and her father stained in two different shades the cedar planks to be used as siding, and then instructed the carpenters to put them on “haphazardly,” to achieve a more naturally variegated effect.
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
Canning jars are used as drinking glasses.
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
A chandelier hangs above the tub in the master bath.
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
“I love design,” said Amy Martin, “whether it’s a classroom or a home.” Daughter Josie, 7, shown here getting ready for soccer practice, loves it too, she said.
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
Mudroom door: “There’s a lot of white in the house, and we wanted some splashes of color,” said Josh Martin.
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
“Life is beautiful”: Amy Martin bought this photo in the West Village in Manhattan, drawn by the saying, she said, which she is happy to look at and be reminded of each day.
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
A yellow Buddha watches over the pantry. There are several Buddhas in and around the home. “We just like the principles of peace, calm, and kindness that it represents,” Amy Martin said.
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
Narrow horizontal windows on an interior living-room wall bring in light from the front entryway. Amy Martin drilled holes in pieces of driftwood collected on the family’s travels to make this mobile.
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
Lula’s name is an abbreviation, said Amy Martin, for “Loves us, loves all.”
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
Path: Josie Martin heads into a path that the Martin and Miller children have created between their two houses.
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
Stained-glass shower: Two pieces of stained glass — there is another, on the opposite side — purchased at a flea market in Sarasota, Florida were integrated into an outdoor shower. There are also two showers, and a bathtub, inside the house.
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
“I’m a really big bird fan,” said Thatcher, whose room features eagles on the wall and the headboard. Josh Martin made all the bedsteads in the house.
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
Josie’s favorite part of the house, she said, is her room. Here, a hanging canopy encloses all of her American Girl doll toys. Josie’s mother drew the trunk of the tree on the wall and then Josie helped her make the leaves, dipping the bottom of glass jars into paint and using them as stamps.