{"id":3997,"date":"2017-08-14T12:13:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T19:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alconlighting.com\/blog\/?p=3997"},"modified":"2021-10-19T15:22:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T22:22:27","slug":"first-looks-candace-wong-cwad-sterling-cooper-remodel-austin-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alconlighting.com\/blog\/lighting-design\/first-looks-candace-wong-cwad-sterling-cooper-remodel-austin-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"First Looks: Candace Wong of cwA+D – The Sterling Cooper Remodel – Austin, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last year, architect and designer Candace Wong was on staff at LA-based firm KAA Design working on beautiful high-end, new construction homes. But as native Texans, Wong and her husband were ready to move back. When they found the home of their dreams online, a 1982 prefab show house from East Coast builder Acorn Deck House, they jumped at the opportunity. So quickly in fact, that Wong didn\u2019t even have time to travel to Austin and check out the home for herself.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t have time to see it, but my husband visited it and he said it looked as amazing in person as it did in the pictures online, so we bought it,\u201d Wong explained. \u201cIt has this characteristic that I\u2019ve never seen from a house in Texas. You walk in and you just get this really great vintage feel. It just needed a little bit of work.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dubbed Sterling Cooper after the ad agency in AMC\u2019s Mad Men \u2014<\/em> due to its vibe that \u201cmakes you want to pour yourself a cocktail and sit back and enjoy the house\u201d \u2014 the home featured a unique late \u201970s feel to it that Wong wanted to be sure to maintain during the remodel. As a residential architect and designer for three years in LA, Wong had worked on the design of many homes, but working on her own home turned out to be a bit of a challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s such a personal thing to design for someone else, but then to design your own home, it\u2019s such a different scenario\u00a0\u2014 especially having to do it all the way from LA,\u201d Wong said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Luckily, due to the home\u2019s distinct character it needed only a minimal amount of work, including updating the spaces to make them more usable and pairing down the clutter.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI just simplified a lot of the lines, decluttered a lot and then brought in really modern and clean elements,\u201d Wong explained. \u201cYou don\u2019t want to fight the character of the house. Instead, you want to add in really small notes that don\u2019t overcome the existing character.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

One addition Wong made was a large quartz island in the kitchen \u2014 a very important feature for her amateur chef husband. After finding a 4- by 10-foot sheet of quartz for the top of the island, Wong was met with a new challenge: finding a light that would stretch the entire length.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI probably looked at 5,000 lights, but I needed something that wouldn\u2019t clutter up the space,\u201d Wong explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After much searching, Wong found the ideal LED linear suspension light<\/a> from Alcon Lighting.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe light is a perfect fit because it\u2019s a really clean bar that provides ample light but is understated and lets the ceiling do all of the work without bogging it down,\u201d Wong said.<\/span><\/p>\n

A big advocate of LED lighting, Wong said the linear fixture she chose was a 3500 Kelvin light \u2014 warm enough for a residential setting but bright enough to be used in the kitchen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThese days LED lights are the only thing I am specking,\u201d Wong said. \u201cAnd when choosing an LED fixture, it\u2019s important to make sure the color tones are correct because in a residential home you need a warmer light.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A Bright Future Ahead<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>In March 2017, Candace launched her own firm, Candace Wong Architecture + Design<\/a> in Austin, Texas. After completing the Sterling Cooper project, she now has her schedule full of both remodels and new construction homes. And with a recent trip to Japan still fresh in her mind, Wong said she was inspired by the architecture and might include some hints of it in future projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI really love the contemporary modern Japanese architecture and how it\u2019s paired with the traditional architecture,\u201d Wong said. \u201cJapan is such a beautiful place and to see a lot of modern architecture and how they either accept some traditional elements or deny them and the playfulness that results is amazing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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