Leanne Ford Instagram – The ever incredible Crate shoot team, led by @philreinecker, was kind enough to let us play and push “it” a bit in one of the most magical homes I’ve ever had the joy to be running around in for a few days… the Schindler House. The simplicity of the Schindler House is honestly enviable. I walk into a structure like this and start dreaming of my life as a minimalist. (Not gonna happen.) But when you see the beauty of the structure, it gets and your mind going. So much so that I wanted to do a little write up for @feelfree and did my research! Turns out — the Schindler House was completed in 1922, at the heart of a time when simplicity in design was not quite the name of the game.While others were building Gatsby-style mansions, Rudolph and Pauline Schindler were working on something that would change the name of Modern Design in America. In fact, some would say start it. The small four-room, single-story structure of mostly glass, concrete, and redwood was built with the idea of commune living in mind. The couple stayed there (though not always a couple somehow… plot twist) until their deaths, his in the 1950s and hers in the 1970s. The crazy thing about it is, it went pretty much unappreciated, and truthfully could have easily been torn down in the 1970s if their family hadn’t passed up a payday to save the house for us to enjoy now. Even the looming apartment buildings surrounding this little home can’t kill your architectural buzz when you are inside. This house felt part Japanese, part Wyoming, part Frank Lloyd Wright, part Axel Vervoordt. I.E.: SIGN ME UP! Even if I had to live with roomies again… Promise I’ll try to do the dishes more often! (But only if they’re made by @crateandbarrel!) // #LeanneForCrate shot by @lowfieldofficial with interior styling by @hilaryrobertson