Mark Oser world is light art, and the most important design element in a house. A trained painter, he prefers white walls showcase paintings and sculptures, and dramatic lighting of the architectural details of its 6000-square-foot modern house in Holland to mark.

Bucks County is not your typical fare, but that’s not why customers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida and call Oser, an interior designer for 20 years, now not many design-build projects.

his own house has glass for staircases, stainless steel, for curved walls, granite for floors and open spaces for painting, they feel like a modern museum visit or to make a smooth film-set. A comfortable, but.

“My main goal was to create a modern [house to create], but warm at the same time,” says Oser, 44 “I softened all hard materials with warm lighting, thick carpets and warm splashes of color.” < / p> Building his house from scratch was a challenge, Oser said, “I have been exposed to so much over the past 20 years and had so many resources that I loved to use. How can I narrow it to what I like? “ First he had to find where to build. He wanted to be in Bucks County, but he did not believe a large development would be the right thing for himself, his wife Lisa and daughter Halie, now 9th He found a community of 10 houses in which to allow the architect to design it and construct the interior would.

Like the rest of us had Oser to fight with this terrible word budget. “When I thought about all the things I wanted in this house, I thought, ‘I can not afford.” If anything, what I wanted, I could not afford that, I tried to do it with more cost-effective materials. “

It took a year to Oser the whole house design and another year after they moved in May 2001, at the lower level design. He bounced ideas from his wife, who at the projects they were involved. “My main requirement was that I will feel at home while inviting warm – modern design has sometimes a cold feeling. Mark a modern style blended with a feeling of warmth, “says Lisa Oser making credit his use of light with that to happen. Design

The basement, which has taken so long? It has a six-seat theater with ticket booth, a bar, a sitting area, a gaming area, and the required home gym. The rooms have a movie theme, and there’s even a life-size clay sculpture of a film guide to the checkout.

soundproof theater has fabric walls and dramatic wall lamps and a 125-inch screen behind remote-controlled curtains. “This is my favorite room,” says Mark Oser, “because you feel so different. It takes me away. “” You can do everything with this image: Family photos, play games and watch movies, of course, “says esker, which often hook up his computer and works . Inserts

Lisa Oser: “My friends and Halie love this house. It really is set for entertaining. “ The bar and lounge have fun pop art touches like puzzle pieces Ottomans and chairs in fabric that looks like rolls of film done. Oser painted an” Al Pacino in Scarface “movie mural on the wall next to the pool table.

top, in the most important habitats, but” I want an art gallery wanted to have impact, “says Oser, who mixes his own work – take it on a Roy Lichtenstein is on one wall – and that of other artists. For the kitchen, he was simply mixed with curved and angular design elements. The granite soils correspond to the countertops, cabinets and white custom hide small appliances. The dining area has a Jetsons-like triangular table and colored seats. On the square

Family Room wanted, Mark Oser curves. He created them with floor cut in a wave form. The room has a built-in TV and over the fireplace, on an opposite wall, an airbrush effect sky with the words COOL in 3-D. “Paint can be changed so that when I get tired of it, I can easily change, “he says.

The bedroom needs a lot of space. Oser it hides behind curved brushed steel and paint custom enclosure that looks like an architectural element. A fireplace and TV into a wall opposite the bed, resting on a glass base built block illuminated from within. “The light and glass to create a floating effect,” says Oser. < / P> He

the stucco ceilings painted a warmer color than the walls, and hidden cove lighting give the room a wonderful shine. And he created a meditation area for his wife, who owns an insurance brokerage agency.

Three years ago, took his talents outside Oser, adding a pool, that transports visitors to his favorite state of Florida. He brought in the sand from the beach and palmlike trees, worked his magic again with light, and dotted deck areas with art and sculptures from favorite artists. “The best part of life in a modern home, it is open and airy, unique and timeless,” says Lisa Oser. “I feel like on vacation in Florida or California in my own house am. “

Mark thinks it to living as a portfolio. ” I could have a showroom, “says he, “but I choose in my life.”