Antique Chinese by Tom Ellison

Provided by notable furniture in Cambodia construction materials, architect Tom Ellison was commissioned to renovate the featured kitchen to become an open-plan layout to the back landscaped yard which incorporated the traditional style of the house.

Classical dining table and stools, and a large ancestral Chinese painting and dining table were the starting point for the renovation. "These items had not been together in the original house," says Ellison. "The remodeling project provided an opportunity to put them all together and to really change the feel of the space."

"In terms of styling, it was a simple period, so we wanted to limit the ornamentation," says the architect. "We thought this was a more appropriate design response than introducing decorative elements from another period. There is already enough happening with the paneling."