Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation

Decorative Gate Bracket, Talesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2014.

Frank Lloyd Wright chair from the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo

Frank Lloyd Wright chair from the Paul J. and Ida Trier House, Des Moines, Iowa

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A couple weekends ago, we visited Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, an incredible home in the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania. The home was originally built for the Kaufmann family as their “weekend retreat” from the city of Pittsburgh, where they ran several department stores - which were later sold to Macy’s. We took a tour of the inside of the home and were blown away by the fact that the home was constructed in the mid-1930’s. Everything felt so modern! We both commented that we could see lots of resemblance to pieces at Room & Board.  Frank Lloyd Wright even designed the interior of the home to match the “organic architecture” look of the outside of the home. We were fascinated by the “cantilevered” main level of the home - a technique resembling a diving board - which allowed him to suspend the home over the waterfall! The entire home was built with stone + glass + concrete + steel. Loved the detail that the steel was painted Cherokee red. We took lots of notes of our favorite elements (open floor plan, no garage/big closets - which encourage clutter.., clean horizontal lines, lots of big windows, nature all around). Overall, worth the trip - it was a very inspiring visit!