On the cover of New England Home: a Connecticut home theater by Hobbs

A lower level turned into the family’s favorite room

Hobbs built this home for a Connecticut family, and the lower level became the room they use most. A curved sectional wraps toward a wall of steel-framed glass, a round upholstered ottoman anchors the center, and the space reads calm and quietly theatrical at once. It is the kind of room that photographs formal and lives relaxed, the balance Hobbs builds toward on every project.

It photographs formal and lives relaxed. That is the balance Hobbs builds toward on every project.

The collaboration behind the room

The room came together with a close circle of collaborators. KKD Architecture and Design shaped the architecture, Roughan Interiors led the interiors, and Jane Beiles photographed the finished space for New England Home. Hobbs built it.