A mix of ’50s Modern furniture and Far Eastern textiles and antiques, collected on trips, fill the rooms:

Mongolian and Tibetan side tables, Japanese tansus filled with richly colored fabrics, porcelain from Hoi An in Vietnam, a weaving purchased in Malaysian Borneo.

an open living and entertaining space. The dining area is now at the west end of the living room. Near the kitchen, four ca. 1950 chairs designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar create a cool mid-century “Dunbar lounge” for conversation. Laid meticulously into existing wood flooring and stained to match, new oak flooring has replaced areas of worn vinyl and oppressive green slate.

As the couple found it, the entry had been anything but welcoming. Heavy, brown double doors with distorted Cokebottle sidelights kept out the light and obscured the view. All of this was swapped out for a period-appropriate cedar door with glazing and clear sidelights, with profiles matched to the original interior window trim. A visitor at the front door now sees through the house to the forest behind it.

The kitchen was taken down to the studs and a wall removed, replaced by an island. Streamlined walnut cabinets were hung, the design matched to original built-ins still in the bedrooms. Handsome quartz countertops, a backsplash of 1” square glass tiles, and custom lighting integrate the kitchen into the rest of the Modern interior. A breakfast nook was added beneath a bank of windows on the north end of the kitchen.

The living room is furnished with Asian and Modern-movement pieces including a 1960s teak, ebony, and marble coffee table; a side table from Tibet; and period lamps—including one fashioned from a Chinese stone head, a wedding gift in the 1950s to one homeowner’s parents. A colorful Khotan (Iranian Buddhist) rug anchors the room.

An informal but striking family room opening to the rear terrace occupies the lower level.

The house is furnished with both American mid-century and traditional East Asian pieces. Custom-designed brass chandeliers evocative of Japanese Buddhist temple lanterns hang in the living room, lounge, and kitchen, adding to the serenity.

The master suite’s original walnut cabinets were cleaned and preserved.

The room is now furnished with 1970s steel and leather lounge chairs and a Far Eastern chest and artifacts. Grasscloth wall covering, a 1950s staple, covers the walls. The master bath was updated with earth-color subway tile from Ann Sacks, an Indonesian Dutch reclaimed-marble floor, and a walnut sink cabinet that echoes those in the bedroom. The curving glass-block window, original to the house, was simply cleaned.

The lower level of the house holds a family room opening to the rear terrace, along with a guest bedroom and bath. Original checkerboard linoleum was conserved, as was the unusual, custom, overhead “wave” light, its neon tubes intact and functioning after nearly seven decades.

LEFT (top to bottom) Custom brass chandeliers inspired by Japanese temple lanterns were fabricated for the living and dining areas. • On display in the study are paintings of Salukis, prints, and bronze busts set on a ca. 1800 Tibetan monastery chest. • An ornate tansu chest in the dining room stores a treasure of Far Eastern textiles; the Khotan rug underneath is from Kashgar in western China. • Detail of ornate brass ornamentation on a tansu chest.

ABOVE Partners Kevin Dodge and Darin Collins pose with their Salukis Moji, Rumi, and Hattah. LEFT A Mid-century Modern, copper “starry night” lantern sparkles outside. BELOW Nestled in the ferns: an Indonesian water vessel of stone, which once held drinking water for ricefield workers in Bali. RIGHT An undulating “wave” neon chandelier lights the lower-level family room, where the checkerboard linoleum tiles are original. OPPOSITE (top) Expanses of glass open to the forest at the back of the house, where a fire pit on the terrace takes the chill off Pacific Northwest evenings. (bottom) The open kitchen is sleek and sophisticated with walnut cabinetry based on original built-ins. A custom brass chandelier inspired by Buddhist temple lanterns lights the room.

BELOW Rumi poses in the master bedroom, where original walnut built-ins are complemented by natural grasscloth-covered walls; a Mongolian chest functions as a bedside table. LEFT A Sputnik brass chandelier, ca. 1950, adds celestial light in the master bedroom. FAR LEFT The master bath is now simple and sleek, the lines of the glass-block window repeated in subway tiles. A porcelain sink sits on a custom walnut cabinet.