Two friends build home, end up Michelin & Pritzker awarded
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- čas přidán 29. 01. 2021
- Olot (Catalonia, Spain, population 34,000), an old town in the midst of the Pyrenees' foothills, is well known for its forested volcanoes, country estates ("masías") & evergreen pastures, but when Fina Puigdevall talked to her former classmate Carme Pigem about revamping her restaurant Les Cols plus building her new house, neither of them could have imagined that, later on, the former would become a celebrated Michelin-starred chef, and the latter a Pritzker-prize-awarded architect.
Puigdevall grew up in Les Cols, her family's 15th century masia. In 1990, in an attempt to save it from development, she opened a restaurant in the former stables downstairs. With no formal culinary training, she worked her way to two Michelin stars by 2010 (which she has held since).
In 2000, she hired Pigem and RCR architects to open up the space to the outdoors: they designed a light/water cube in the kitchen and a huge glass wall framing the apple orchard and chicken run. The result is a dining experience that feels immersed in the outdoors.
When Puigdevall wanted to expand her own home - a former mill straddling a creek - to accommodate her family of five, RCR Architects told her they wouldn't touch the original structure, but proposed something completely new in the middle of the former corn fields. What they dubbed "Horizon House" is a corten steel structure carved into the hill. Large walls of glass can be opened to allow the fields - now planted with native crops like buckwheat- to enter the home.
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1. Just because there is no "Live. Love. Laugh" wall tattoo it doesn't mean it cannot bring joy to people living in it.
2. Some people don't aspire to "cozy". A home is a home. Simple as that.
I think it is gorgeous. Respect other people's personal aesthetics.
You are completely right, I would love to live in this house
I find it ugly and cold and would never want to live in such a structure. But they seem quite happy and I have no problem with that. It's true that people have different aesthetic tastes and it's very personal. Even though it's not for me, I do find it interesting to see what other people enjoy and therefore found the video worthwhile. Still, it's odd to put up this sort of video in a public forum and then complain when people react to it based off of their own personal aesthetic.
Aesthetics aside, the space has HORRIBLE ACOUSTICS every room is a reverberation chamber & it's suboptimal for human habitation - unless the architect was deaf... The deaf architect should have realised that it's not a house for deaf people...
@@carlrosenzweig1867 In German we have a saying "wer austeilen kann,muss auch einstecken können"-"whoever wants to throw a punch also has to expect a punch".
It's odd to me that people have the expectation to publicly voice critical opinions without their opinions being critically challenged as well. It's not like people are getting banned/muted/deleted.
@@theceohq You don't seem to be honoring your own admonition to "respect other people's aesthetics", but I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. Cheers.
These places are otherworldly. I know some people don't like it but you can't deny the artistry of it all. It's definitely beautiful in its own very unique way. I'm very impressed to say the least.
"the artistry of all" is being here since 1930, but I understand that for people that dont know architecture this is considering amazing. if you want to see real modern architecture look for Peter Zumthor.
Yes, the creativity is amazing. A dive into how to be as minimal as possible. Thank you Kirsten for finding amazing things that broaden our library of references for inspiration, and challenge our creativity as designers to go further. And to everyone judging it on their own merits. That's not relevant, it isn't yours :)
Amen
I want to like it because of how cool it all is but man....that is a hard style to sell. Everything looks so dark and dirty.
it’s nice to see something very different, expands your imagination even if it’s not your favorite
This house gives "Rustic Home" a whole new definition
Horrible one😩
Rustic or rusty?
“Weird! I’m not sure how you woke up with chunks of rust in your mouth and all over your bed!”
No c
When she says"I can't imagine separating work from pleasure". That's pure passion
The Latin psyche. Why I’m so in love with the culture and their way of living, existing.
Totally! Loved it when she said that.
I don't know if could live in such place...but damn...really....what a piece of art...
I Love it, and i Love even more people who build such Amazing "house"
This is exactly how I feel. I'm very curious what the kids' houses will look like when they have a choice in the matter.
you can't afford it lols
Even though it's not for me, I can absolutely see how this home is a place for them to recharge their batteries. No clutter, no noise, just total peace.
LOVE IT ! just by the fact that I could hide all my mess behind those huge metal closets ! the house seems empty and yet i'm almost sure it's not at all.
I would get very depressed living there... It's good to show all kinds of designs, but my taste is for small organic homes and beautiful gardens that just ooze happiness.
Ooooh...I am so right there with you. You’re speaking my current goals. ♥️ This house is definitely for the residents...or maybe even just her & her friend (?) that built it. Amazing what wins “awards” in this existence. I THINK I get it? Or, I’m just okay with the fact that I don’t and the owners do. Whichever. 🙂 But definitely... plans are brewing for a tiny, organic, small footprint, magical, fairy-esque oasis in my brain. 👍🏽👍🏽🌺
Imagine the chaos running the restaurant. Their home is all about minimalism and calm. I think the goal was less stimulation.
Did you get an invitation to move in?
@@deekang6244 Yeah, politely declined.
Its otherworldly. When she opened the crockery cabinets, I suddenly imagined a cup and saucer alone on the steel counter and I saw the magic of it. Fire, food, people... the home itself is merely a frame for life. Strip away the extraneous, leave the essential.
Love the kitchen, Japanese soaking tubs, and overall utility. Living here would force you to reckon with what really matters in life, rather than leaning on your style to stand in for having a personality. Wonderful.
When they film a Spanish-language remake of Parasite, this can be the house.
I had a similar thought! The views are lovely, but the interior is stark and sterile.
@@carltonesmith5015 big budget yet no thought & zero budget on acoustics - this house has an acoustic signiture of a prison
@@BogdanWeiss 😕😕😕
In fact, Catalan-language as the area is Catalonia.
I can visualise the cinematography
This is so impressive, all, the house, the restaurant, the surroundings. She kept it as it was and added totally new dimensions. I so can understand that if you work in a hectic restaurant full time this is a place that gives rest. Although I think they're not much at home. Running a two-star Michelin restaurant is not for the faint of heart, the pressure is immensely high. I admire the family tradition.
Thanks for making another great video. I would describe this house as, "Too much effort to live in". Grand piano shoved into the tight space with questionable acoustics pretty much summed up the whole video.
The music room did seem like nobody had even thought of the acoustics, and *very* small. There are many aspects of drama I’d not be comfortable with in a house (like intentional chiaroscuro or contrasting effect of totally dark very narrow corridors leading to empty spaces with a zoomed view effect) but I appreciate they love exactly that, and that everything here is so intentional and all you have to do to acess all the stuff, bits and bobs etc is open a wall panel; never a need to spend energy on matching items and designed household things.
I have a bit of claustrophobia and fear of heights (not huge but there sometimes) and am a sunlight lover. The effect created architecturally activated both those feelings, althouth it had all the windows and was underground not on a height. An even though there was all that light it felt too much like a house in the shadows for my instincts. I find all this interesting. Thrilling place for sculptural exibitions as it’s a total play with special perception.
Just not for me for longer than a few hours.
All the straight lines, hard materials, even the slightest hint of softness, intimacy like the fabric rectangle of a bed hidden away. Nature at a distance. Like something you look at, not interact with.
Serious and cerebral.
Not without definate beauty of an unusual kind.
Fascinating!
Now that's what I'm talking about ! DAMN!
I study architechture and have been lacking inspiration and connection to my profession. This building has truly moved me to a new space of creativity. Thank you for introducing us
Absolutely cracking up at the amazing views from every room in the house, except the children's rooms, which have "patio" spaces which are the size and depth of an open grave :D
They have views too, look at 10:19 it's also part of the room, it's their desk.
Behave OR ELSE!
it would be surprising to me if people with this kind of aesthetics would have a healthy relationship with children and an objective view of their own childhood. I expected they put them in a basement chained to a wall. The open grave concept is a surprising improvement. I guess their therapy worked at least a little.
@@UGPepe I just rewatched the segment with the kid's rooms and i feel like my original comment was way too forgiving! Those kids' rooms are downright cruel. Who makes a child's room out of steel and concrete? With no way to personalize or alter it!
It might have been better to carve it open and have a level access to the pasture. Still you would have to keep away the cows but you could have work something out.
Kirsten, I have followed your work for several years now and I continue to be intrigued. Keep up the great work! This is an exceptional experience to have witnessed. You did a great job in bringing the essence to us. Thank you!
I love it when people say: "we want to be one with nature" and then build a airport on the field.
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I don't understand your criticism. They built an incredible house on a beautiful piece of land. There is still a field, a meadow, cows. Another person might have built 50 ugly ticky tacky boxes leaving no natural land.
I guess the air is nature too
@@andrewaway yes and someone else might have built a parking lot and again someone else a stripmine or a nazi concentrationcamp but they probably would not say they want to be one with nature
😂😂😂😂
The driveway is so cool!!
10:42 "Each [daughter] has their own ... trash-compactor set piece from 'Star Wars ...' " (ftfy)
my daughters downstairs in the basement and myself with a beautiful view ??..
@@katjapia8206 They have a view too, look at 10:19 it's also part of the room, it's their desk.
nice cell i have to admit
.....the girls are not here right now....they are in therapy....
hah, I think that's the best description of this place, I was struggling to come up with what I thought
The word "spartan" pretty much sums this up, for me.
Love the restaurant, though.
the chef lives in a bbq grill
😂😂😂😂
nailed it!
!!! omg, yes.
Is easier for cleaning the blood.
...each room can be optionally used to gas people...
I admire her respect for and connection to the history of both places, even taking care with new construction to not mar what is already there.
I kind of like it. The house keeps your focus outwards to nature or to key focal points like the main fire place. Nothing is on show and this removes the distractions we all live with in our lives today.
This home is just jaw dropping I can’t get enough I’ve seen several people online tour this home. The raw aesthetic appeals to me so much I love it
What a Inspiration. Her consistency is mind blowing.
What a cool place.
I remember seeing the house the first time around but, that restaurant is amazing. I'm glad you went back. I recall that the cows would come down to drink at the edge of the pond the last time you were there. Fantastic place! It's like Bladerunner meets the Hobbit.
Wow. What fascinating spaces. Thank you to her for opening them to us, and thank you to you for presenting them.
What an amazing home! It's like a space ship that laid there already for years. The complete tranquility of that garden with the swimming pond must be exquisite.
Love the integrity of the architects 😄 that’s how you know someone loves and truly appreciates what they do, refusing to add to a building they thought was already a work of art.
cozy to me sounds like a lot of pillows, comforters and crap all over. I actually like this place. Beautiful.
Also the Restaurant, and the whole concept of farm to table !! wow!!
I saw it on The World's Most Extraordinary Homes.
Yeah me too on Netflix few years ago... beautiful architecture, indeed.
I was wondering where I saw it. Thanks for answering that nagging question
Extraordinary waste of metal !
Another amazing video. It's insane to me you manage to put out a video a week+/- & still manage this kind of quality story telling/filmography!
I saw this house in Netflix’s “The world’s most extroardinary homes” and I’ve been obsessed ever since
How lovely. I imagine that people who are finishing up their thirty year sentences in maximum security prisons will feel right at home in a place like this.
There is something wrong with this woman's head, isn't there. Her children's bedrooms look like literal prisons. I shudder to think.
Loves these buildings... but I would be walking into glass every 30 seconds
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I can’t imagine how much money it cost them to live so primitively. What a commitment to life as art!
I can't imagine the lack of brains one must have to live in a place like this. lol
@@harsimran1 who are you to judge?
@@harsimran1 This is not build for some kind of people, you know that? right
@@markb.8460 lol they got judged and got an "award". So why can i not judge too? Just because you think someone has credentials behind their name doesn't automatically make that person able to judge something. I have eyesight. I have the ability to feel and use my senses when i see a space or interact with one. And this is a poor sensory experience in terms of pleasure or comfort. Does not deserve an award at all. The idea of an award is to encourage people to look into building this type of building yourself. This here is encouraging people to build hell holes. Go figure.
@@philiiplaw see my above comment to Mark B. When you give an award to a prison disguised as a home, you're telling normal people that "hey, this is something worth while to replicate as it is an architectural masterpiece". Thats the kind of authority an award has when it is tagged with a design or building. Which is far from the truth in this case. Remove the awards from this design, and you remain with a shit hole. In fact, the video title stressed the award aspect and probably is the reason why you clicked on it and watched it, because it has "2" "amazing" "awards". Lol. Its funny, how people lose their brains by seeing adjectives that disconnect themselves from reality.
I really admire the staggeringly impressive architecture here, and I imagine the house has zero problems with mice, haha! But personally, I need to see some color on a daily basis or my happiness suffers. However, when I saw the dishwasher closet that is also the dish closet I realized that was genius. Overall it all (even the restaurant) has a "hole in the ground" vibe to it. Like you're only seeing shafts of light while at the bottom of a sinkhole, with the occasional plant that managed to survive down there. But hey, it's what she wants and she's happy and I admire that!
..and i couldn't stop thinking about how well metal conducts electricity..
A hole in the ground with occasional plant that managed to survive. Are you sure you watched the video?
Entire walls of glass, looking at a meadow and a pond.
Only seeing shafts of light. The 2 openings in the living, are 9' high by 30" wide. This coming from someone who probably lives in a house with 3' x 4' windows.
I can see from some of the comments that they didn't finish the entire video. What incredible places, the new, and the old, and what an incredible legacy to be left to her loved ones. The first house is minimalist to bring focus to the outside and changing seasons. Everything was just incredible. Thank you Kirsten and family!
No... I think most of us finished watching the video.
Just a single question, would you want to live permanently in this house for years?
horror movie set.
" Two friends built a WW1 trench network... "
😂
Genuinely laughed out loud lol 😂
still better than the couple who built their own holocaust memorial in Greece and lived in it. remember that episode?
maybe from a past life
Wow I love the style the heavy metal buildings with thick glass. That incredible 1 of a kind oval thick glass door is a work of art . & the Zen water fountains .thank U
OMG …unbelievable ! The country ‘ iron house ‘ and the family estate / restaurant …..a magical architectural world this Family has developed …from the 15th Century to the 21st
Interesting but too cold environment for my taste.
It's so dark.
Great for parites, but not for anything else.
the philosophy of the house a bit too functionalist, they dont take into account that humans yearn for beauty, if they added more art, wooden features, plants, it would look much warmer
@@karencarpenter5845 it will look better with different colors for sure.
@@hacker010010101 Totally agree. Beauty is something modern design seeks to leave behind, and that’s not a good thing.
Wrong country, but the fist couple of minutes put off some heavy Ex Machina vibes.
Exactly!!!!!!
That's exactly what I thought kept expecting a thin naked android to walk around the corner.
reallllllllly reminds me of the lab in the beginning of Annihilation.
The first time I couldn’t finish one of your videos.
I as well
It gets better at the end, kind of
The house was a bit of a joy suck.
Labor of Love ! Absolutely Amazing 🌬🍃🤍
The family house is also wonderful! 😍😍😍
Such a beautiful setting in the countryside with the cows, and an opportunity to have so many windows and light coming in. The house is interesting from the outside but the inside is just the opposite of cozy. Too stark and hard, too dark. The sunken girls' rooms with huge windows at the end really could have been made like cozy little nests but instead they looked prison-like.
So for a long time I've kept my envy of Kirsten Dirksen in check but now realizing she is fluent in so many languages I just gotta let it all out.
It's completely marvelous how many European architects won't change existing old structures. I am so grateful for their appreciation for history, realizing that they couldn't possibly improve on their beauty and simplicity
I’m in love with the way the sunlight reflects off of the walls in the corridors and on the floors. Must be magical when it’s raining.
What an epic amazing story and journey! Love to see when people go totally outside and beyond the norm of everyday thinking and doing!! This was AWESOME!!!!
Astonished by the creativity. This seems out of the world. Love understanding the unique aspect of the architecture.
This is so elevated. So minimal. So connected with nature. No frilly decor or handles.
I am blown away by how calming and tranquil this home
Is. Exactly like she said, a place to isolate & connect with nature without the work. A place where time slows.
We live off grid and our reality is so much hard work, dirty, inconvenient. And so isolated from everything.
With such a lifestyle my mind is anxious. Always thinking about stuff that would make my life easier, less tiresome, more structured and just easier.
This place is the answer.
Thanks for sharing x
This is the one of the best projects I have ever seen
Mesmerizing to me. Everything. Like a dream.
Well, no one will ever call it cozy.
It's like it was designed by psychologists to make people feel uneasy.
Like what plays on the videotape in "The Ring".
there's a real HOMELESS quality to this place!..... as if they went insane sleeping in abandoned warehouses when they were young hippies and could never shake the memory! :-0
Good concept but Very cold looking and not cozy. A house not a home.
Too military like, dark, broody and cold. To each his own, it's their home, their dream, their abode.
i actually liked it a lot. Cozy homes to me are just messy homes full of crap.
This gives me 'my heart is not warmed but warned' vibes 😭
Wonderful!! My husband loves all the steel and I beam. I think it's a once in a lifetime build. Bravo!
Outside of the house is a amazing but the inside is grim. The bedrooms look like jail cells and having everything hidden makes it feel like it's not even a home.
I remember seeing this house featured on ArchDaily some time ago. Of course video brings a whole new perspective from still image. I was not aware of all her other projects. Remarkable what she has accomplished.
This is my comfort video, I love the house, I love the restaurant. I wish to visit one day and have the time slow down for me. The house is magnificent, just brilliant how they have managed to balance the house with the openness to natural elements.
One of the most amazing houses I have ever seen.
Such a beautiful piece of art! I just know that you can be in a massive structure and feel really light and close to surrounding nature at the same time. It blows my mind.
This whole thing is giving me some post-apocalyptic vibes! (Thanks for the tour of another interesting home (and restaurant)!)
This is staggeringly brilliant. Like living in a sculpture by Serra and an earthwork by Smithson. I have always loved the region, and this boldly encapsulates its past and it's future.
Amazingly high concept. Perfect construction. I do actually admire it. But, I hate to be a killjoy, it's totally charm free and sterile. Why so dark? So they increased their footprint by what? 500%? That place would creep me out at night. Watch out for those glass walls. Ouch, I just crashed into one. I thought it was open. I forgot, was there any furniture?
It seems abandoned.
Si, es verdad! All very valid and well thought-out reasons for you not to be living there, no?
I agree with you. I feel like this channel should do another video with better lighting somehow. It was hard to make out where or which hall they were in while opening all those doors. I couldn't tell if they were near a bedroom or a kitchen area. I personally want to know where everything sits in the house.
Op, you nailed in describing modern architecture aesthetics. It reflects perfectly contemporary values: imposing but beautiless, seemingly functional but with little thought, transparent but only because it's empty inside. Warm setting, cold feeling.
It has a lot of nice features but the girls' bedrooms are like black coffins.
Imagine you are living in the house of size of a small factory, located on the property bigger than Vatican, and you put your chickens into 2 sqm sized cage.
The chickens are moved from space to space to forage and feed naturally. If left in the open, they would be carried off by predators.
Had the same thought. That's factory-farm closeness, no free ranging here...
@@earlygrey1923 I thought the same thing 😂 those rooms were indeed very small 😂
It's called rotational grazing in farming. It's better for the animals since they are less susceptible to disease. It's better for uniformity of the grounds because the animals are not eating randomly around the field. The plants are able to rest and form deeper root systems which increases nutrient density of the plants since the animals are strategically quartered off from eating in certain areas.
This is this coolest home/ restaurant I’ve ever seen. How you can sit there and eat and see where your eggs are coming from and how the turned the cows stable into a kitchen and just wow this women is so in touch with her families Heritage and nature it’s just beautiful
Most amazing piece, I was totally mesmerized throughout, and that doesn't happen very often.
I never get tired of watching this video
Kristen always shows no emotional amazement. I wouldn't be able to contain my excitement in this place. Every other word would be "holy sh*t". This place is pure genius
I watch Kristen cause I dont see her. And Im sure 99% of the people who follow her love that we dont see fake emotions,
limelight hogs, people talking about tiny houses but first showing them self for 5min.
Absolutely stunning. Bravo!
Love the architecture. Thank you to the owners for letting us see their home.
Fabulous back story ! As to be expected from you ❤️
People saying it looks like a prison may not realise that this house is designed to experience the vistas of the outside rather than the interior spaces of a common “house”
I think it is brilliantly designed putting sense into bringing the outside in the inside.
The form of the house also is so well hidden that nature grows around it, the cows for example are not intimidated by the built form thus they come there to feed.
It is an experimental, experiential home not suited for everyone.
Ok. Let's go with that. 👍
I think you're onto it. The lack of "something" inside, as most people are commenting on, is precisely what lends a greater sense of presence to that which is outside. When there is nothing within, your gaze is naturally directed to where it is best used: the natural world. I think a bit more time spent filming from the vantage point of a tired person sitting down inside the house would have better demonstrated the effect you are describing than the more traditional architectural filming seen here.
Saw this house in a similar documentary several years ago when it was newer ... amazing how it has naturally weathered and settled into the landscape. I like the cooking, dining and lounge spaces but am unclear on how livable I find the sleeping spaces.
I would love to see that!
Yes, I saw it somewhere too. Cant remember what show.
@@Quiteinfamous I think I might’ve seen it on Netflix. If I remember right it was a show with a male/female host duo. He was an architect and she was pretty bubbly. They showed like 2 or 3 houses per country.
worlds amazing houses in netflix - by a britosh male ans female hosts roaming around d world for d most beautfuul houses architecturally
Totally awed........ what more can I say!!!
it's amazing how random people can be so quick to criticize something that they can hardly comprehend. I guess it's a cultural thing. I'm from Europe, i work mainly for U.S. and U.K. companies with a specialization in the Italian market , so i like to think that i understand both mindsets. For me, the home and the restaurant, as well as the events area, are..absolutely superb and they summarize perfectly all of my personal preferences. From the iron, to the integration on the sites to the volcanic rock and design language......this is perfection. An inspiration and something to aspire to. Top target whenever i will visit Catalonia.
I don’t think I could live in that building at all.
Don’t
Increible!!, me encantó todo impresionante!
Team Dirksen, another seriously good video, thank you. Your subject was really special.
I think these both these buildings were incredible. Truly amazing.
There’s an incredible amount of rust.
rust at its finest, its the patina, i guess thats corten steel
@@istvankulcsar7372 Yes it's
Puigdevall's properties could be the set of an entire film.
How interesting this house is, your eye goes straight to all the nature. Love that bath, the pool and that's the coolest driveway. What a great find.
Yes!
...I love this semi-bunker house...
Don't like the house
Watched to see if there was at least one room that was worth making a person live there, but no
But i do like the garden
The whole feeling behind these buildings/works of art is simply amazing! The play with materials, light and dark is beautiful!
These places divide opinion. The carbon footprint does concern me. Haute cuisine is for the rich and they want their extraordinary spaces to feel they have ‘arrived’ (somewhere special), they are immersed in a sensory experience, but haute cuisine also provides meaningful jobs. It’s not black and white.. I loved the connection of inside and out most, and of course her connection to the place, thank you for making the film 🙏
Thank you for reminding me how much I miss Catalunya.
I loved that house. The girls' rooms were a bit scary, but other than that there were a lot of good ideas.
You have to give the architects credit for not touching the old house.
Not my house, but it inspired me in a good way. What a piece of art!
magnificent as always. Thank you for sharing.
That is one uncomfortable feeling “house”.
Just because you are so close-minded to new ways of living 🙄
@@rurathn5534 nah, I just don’t like prisons. Prison Architect is free on steam at the moment if you want to recreate this Catalan countryside prison!
@@monsG165 Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I think this house is amazing. Obviously its very different to """normal""" houses. It would probably take some time getting used to it, but calling it a prison just because its different and you are a person that cant get out of their own comfortzone just shows that you are a very close-minded person
@@monsG165 Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I think this house is amazing. Obviously its very different to """normal""" houses. It would probably take some time getting used to it, but calling it a prison just because its different and you are a person that cant get out of their own comfortzone just shows that you are a very close-minded person
@@monsG165 Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I think this house is amazing. Obviously its very different to """normal""" houses. It would probably take some time getting used to it, but calling it a prison just because its different and you are a person that cant get out of their own comfortzone just shows that you are a very close-minded person
The driveway was way cool and the surroundings. Not crazy about the rest of the dungeon.
The drive way reminded me of The Shining property-
I hope someone comes into your house and gives you their uncensored honest opinion.
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing it❤️
Looks like a very relaxed place to live. The dark hallways would throw me off. I love how the closets are disguised. The restaurant is beautiful!