LE CHACUEL JOSHUA TREE
RESIDENTIAL
LE CHACUAL JOSHUA TREE
A bright orange fills up the sky, silhouetting the scraggly Joshua Trees this area is famous for. After months of non-stop Zooms and the two and a half-hour drive from Los Angeles, such a stunning landscape provides a needed balm for both screen-strained eyes and tired souls.
Services provided
photography, videography
Morris and Maaryn’s vision for Le Chacuel was a space influenced only by the desert. The design of the house is accordingly minimal, relying on the beauty of its surroundings. As you wash dishes at the sink, or eat lunch on the patio, you are looking directly at sweeping views of Yucca Valley. The colors of the house are muted to match the shades of sand and the dirt road that stretch outside. The living room’s large sliding glass doors make guests feel immersed in nature. Maaryn designed and built furniture for the house with the intention of allowing as much light to pass through as possible. “The idea was to create rigid and minimal architectural lines with steel and combine those lines with organic materials such as wood, concrete and leather,” Morris says. Everything is customized, down to the tiny curtain brackets. The duo used as many natural materials as possible; lime plaster lines the walls, recycled rock creates the terrazzo, and the marble is repurposed from other construction projects.
