An Upstate Cabin, Built Around One Fireplace and a Family That Reads

The design firm Jesse Parris-Lamb centered a new home in upstate New York on a single large fireplace, framing it with a series of small reading nooks rather than one formal living room. The house was built for a family of committed readers, and the firm tucked in what it describes as "moments of delight" throughout — cozy, individual crannies rather than one grand gathering space. It is a house that organizes itself around warmth and quiet corners instead of scale, with the fireplace as its one clear center.

With reporting from Architectural Digest.