Meet Mission Home Austin Designer Christine Turknett

Find out about Christine Turknett, principal at Breathe Design Studio, accountable for the inside design of Atomic Ranch’s Mission Home Austin.  Mission Home Austin is our year-long journey chronicling the construct of a brand new dwelling impressed by mid century structure and design. The idea? Learn how to experiment with the advantages of recent residing whereas incorporating what we love about this iconic modernist model.

“We’re updating retro MCM design however in a method that respects and honors its contribution and the way timeless it truly is,” says Christine Turknett, principal at Breathe Design Studio. She plans to infuse totally different influences into the design of the house, creating a singular model that doesn’t simply replicate the previous.

How It Started 

Breathe Design Studio’s area of interest is trendy, as that’s what they’re keen about. “We’ve got labored with MCM, but it surely’s by no means been one notice,” Christine says. “Stability is necessary, and mixing genres and references makes a mission dynamic and unique.” She believes in incorporating totally different design types to present her properties a worldwide really feel, stepping away from what’s routine and increasing the parameters.

Christine studied vogue alongside design. “They complement each other,” she says. Breathe Design Studio began out as her weblog and, after publicity, finally grew to develop into her design firm in 2017, however she took steps in between.

Her first design mission was a customized dwelling she purchased for herself. “I known as it a high-stakes internship as a result of it was my very own cash,” she says. She discovered a fantastic deal about building throughout that year-long course of, gaining the flexibility to empathize with purchasers going by means of the same expertise. Working at West Elm taught her about serving to purchasers obtain a imaginative and prescient relatively than promoting them particular person merchandise. The architect of her dwelling finally linked her with {a magazine} the place she earned her first function, and her model has been in demand ever since.

Design Freedom 

Because the Mission Home will act as a mannequin dwelling for the builder, Michael Wray, proprietor and founding father of MidCentury Customized Houses, LLC, Christine Turknett isn’t basing the design off a home-owner’s listing of preferences. As an alternative, she’s partnering with Atomic Ranch to marry her personal model with that of the model chief, Jickie Torres, and her staff. “I’ve been exhibiting them items I’ve needed to make use of however haven’t discovered the appropriate mission for, they usually’ll inform me in the event that they prefer it,” says Christine. “I like being collaborative and having suggestions.”

Mission Home Plans

Reasonably than merely copy what’s been finished prior to now, Christine and Michael plan to pave their very own method. “We wish to encourage individuals by means of new concepts,” she says. “We plan to synthesize seems to be collectively that complement and add to one another. We ask ourselves how we are able to make it totally different and enhance the usual.”

To efficiently infuse Mid Century Fashionable model with different inspirations, Christine selected influences that complement MCM design. “Properly-being is inherently tied into trendy not being a stark, chilly factor,” she says. “That’s a precept of Scandinavian design—it’s easy, calming and clear.”

The colour palette, for instance, could have basic Scandinavian neutrals—white, grey and black—however she’ll additionally acknowledge shades from the Nineteen Fifties, comparable to mint, turquoise, yellow and teal in muted tones. Together with the colours of the house, Christine plans to replace the wooden paneling, utilizing lighter wooden tones. “I wish to incorporate Eichler siding into the interiors,” she says. “I plan to freshen it up within the context of a brand new construct that’s architecturally totally different.”

Gentle additionally performs an enormous function of their plans. Whereas Christine’s tasks typically skew moody, this mission will lean shiny and ethereal with quite a few giant home windows. “I really like how structure and interiors inform one another,” she says. As a staff, they’ll work to push the boundaries however not cross the road of what’s thought of Mid Century Fashionable, giving us an unique dwelling with infinite potentialities.

Christine’s Prime 3 Lumens Lighting Picks

With so many trendy designers to select from, we couldn’t be happier to have Lumens as our Mission Home lighting sponsor. “They’re so reliable, and I just like the designers and features they carry,” says Christine. “If I may solely decide lighting from one place for the remainder of my life, they’d be on the prime of my listing.” Listed below are her favorites which may be included within the Mission Home.

1. Astro Cellular No. 1 Pendant

“It’s like a dangling sculpture,” she says. “It has presence throughout a large house, and it seems to be totally different relying on the angle. I really like its artistic and inventive expression and the truth that it’s asymmetrical.”

2. PH 5 Pendant

“That is an iconic pendant mild for Mid Century Fashionable design,” she says. “We’re attempting to indicate a distinct iteration of MCM design from the angle of Scandinavian design, and it is a excellent instance of that. It sheds mild on a non-American designer, but it surely has the appropriate model.”

3. Aballs Chandelier

“It is a luxurious lighting possibility, and I respect the craftsmanship,” she says. “I really like how the bulbs are completely spherical and that it is available in so many alternative finishes.”

Wish to see extra of Christine Turknett’s work? Don’t miss Breathe Design Studio: Signature Model and Scandinavian Fashionable Inspiration. And naturally, don’t overlook to comply with us on Instagram, Fb and Pinterest for extra Atomic Ranch articles and concepts!