Carmel Mountain Retreat

Project Details

Location — Carmel, California

Photography — David Duncan Livingston

For the first time ever, the Lincoln automotive team would unveil its newly designed Lincoln Navigator SUV at Monterey Car Week against the backdrop of a show house thoughtfully created in the vehicle’s image.

The all-new Lincoln Navigator would be modern, streamlined, and very much about understated luxury and elegance. Our firm’s mandate, therefore, would be to translate the experience of the vehicle into a correspondingly sleek, nuanced interior design, turning a low-slung contemporary residence on a ranch in the coastal hills of Carmel, California, into a faithful reflection of the Navigator as an oasis of calm.

The overall color palette, the materials used, the lines and curves of the architecture and furnishings — all would take their cues from aspects of the Navigator’s interior and exterior styling.

Modern living room with white, dark blue, and beige furniture, large windows, and indoor plants.
Interior decor with wood wall, a window, a wooden African sculpture, a white vase with green foliage, a framed art piece, a brown leather chair, and a dark cabinet.
A modern living room with a concrete wall, two tall wooden statues, a black fireplace, and a dark wooden coffee table. The table has a bowl of green apples, several books, and two white decorative vases. There are beige and black seating and cushions
Living room with two windows, a large framed abstract art piece, a gold ram sculpture, a potted green plant, white upholstered chairs, a dark sofa with pillows, a wooden coffee table, a white orchid flower, and a gray rug.
A modern dining area with a large wooden table surrounded by beige upholstered chairs, decorated with candles, glassware, and greenery, positioned near large floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a scenic landscape.
A dining table decorated with white candles, glassware, and greenery, with a modern abstract gray and white wall and a tree branch seen through a window in the background.
Modern living space with wood-paneled wall, framed artwork, white sculptural lamp, and a cozy gray armchair with a black and white patterned pillow, next to a small reflective metallic side table, with visible greenery outside through large windows.
A modern living room with a black leather sofa, patterned pillows, a fur throw, and a textured gray rug. There are multiple potted plants, including orchids and lush greenery, on a dark side table and a floating shelf on a gray wall. A contemporary w
Modern bedroom with large windows, green plants, black bed with pillows, a shaggy rug, and a black armchair.
Abstract sculpture consisting of stacked geometric shapes including spheres, cubes, and rectangular blocks, placed on a pedestal with a window view of mountains and trees in the background.
Modern bedroom with a large bed, a circular mirror with white lights around it, stylish chairs, decorative flowers, large windows with a view of greenery, and a wood ceiling.
Modern bedroom with wooden wall panel behind a bedside table, decorated with a large plant in a white pot, a dark tapered lamp, three white candles, and a bouquet of white hydrangeas, with a window near the ceiling showing blue sky and green trees.
Interior of a room with a large plant on the left, a black sculpture and a small table in the center, and a patterned chair by the window on the right. The room has wooden and bamboo decor, with large windows letting in natural light, and a pebble st

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