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		Make the most of an economical remodel by focusing drama on architectural features. The clients, a budget-minded young couple, remodeled this newly acquired city apartment as their starter home. The existing, diminutive fireplace was completely replaced, and by simply elevating the new firebox to the height of the custom stone coffee table, it gives a strong architectural orientation to the cozy living room. The striking yet functional raised hearth not only offers a convenient place for storing wood underneath, but aligning it with the height of the coffee table gives the sense of extending the hearth into the room, giving the couple a direct view into the crackling fire. Floor-to-ceiling niches on both sides of the galvanized hearth hold custom-designed steel media racks that coordinate with the fireplace’s look and feel. All new contemporary furnishings are simple and understated in style, yet upholstered with luxurious fabrics. Raw materials of galvanized zinc and hand-ground steel are carefully detailed, and together the result is a low-tech / high-design look, achieving a warm and inviting, yet cutting-edge interior.