
The Hollerbachs designed and built the fireplace surround in the living room. They bought the steel from their supplier, chemically patinated it and hung it themselves. “We like natural and raw materials,” Becky Hollerbach says. The colorful artwork on the window wall by Chris Derubeis is titled “Elements.”
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The entry splits with stairs going down into the living area and a hallway that leads to the bedrooms on the right. Tim Hollerbach wanted people to have something to look at at every turn. In this case, a suit of armor stands in an alcove, a nod to Hollerbach’s love medieval history.

The movie room downstairs where the family hangs out boasts a bright red carpet, another mark of the strong colors Becky loves. Tim and Becky selected the framed movie posters. “We picked our favorite movies from when we were growing up. I guess that dates us,” Becky says.
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The sleek Kohler toilet backs up to a full-size photo wall mural of a dock. It doesn’t reflect a particular place they’ve visited. “We say we’re sitting on the dock,” Becky says.
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The bright pop of lime green in the kitchen is a nod to Becky Hollerbach’s love of color and the couple’s love of entertaining friends. On the practical side, the kitchen features two dishwashers, two conventional ovens, a convection oven, and a microwave while custom vertical and horizontal cabinets keep counters clear.

The hallway entry into the main floor showcases the trusses as it leads into the open space of the living room, dining room and kitchen to “bring the outside in.” A planter tended by Becky Hollerbach adds a spot of bright color to the hall.
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A floating staircase leads to the lower level. Underneath the stair, the Hollerbachs installed an indoor pond for their goldfish and koi. A wall of framed jerseys, cases of autographed balls and bats proclaims the family’s love of baseball.
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The portfolio of architect Tim Hollerbach’s residential design projects opens with this dictum. “Your home should tell the story of who you are and be a collection of what you love.” The strikingly modern home he designed for himself, his wife, Becky, and their daughters, Kaylin and Emma, speaks volumes about this engaging family.
They love nature, so Tim brought the outdoors in through custom windows to showcase the natural setting of this Imperial home. He honors the landscape in stones stacked in columns and in planters alive with greenery and flowers. He created a natural rhythm that moves through the space with a series of wooden trusses. They start outdoors at the entry and carry through the house, their shapes reflecting the hills and valley of the home’s setting.
Together, he and Becky reflected the raw beauty of earth and its elements in a fireplace set in a steel surround; a project they both enjoyed from chemically patinating the steel to placing it in the room. It’s reflected in a polished indoor pond that houses their goldfish and koi.
The first pond they built at a different location was less studied. “We dug a hole in the ground and put in a liner,” Tim says. Over time, they improved the pond, took in koi from a neighbor, and later added the 10-cent goldfish from their wedding centerpieces. “We enjoy our fish. We named some, so when we planned our house, they needed a good place to live,” Becky says. The fishpond, no longer a rustic affair, speaks of modernism and high style.
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