Knack home

Cozy home has lodgefeel

Two-story home highlights bay windows, pine features

It didn’t take much to attract Jeff and Bobbi Knack to their new house near Muskogee Golf Club.

But then, they didn’t need much.

“It’s very not fancy, which is what we like,” said Bobbi Knack, who works with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The family showed a knack for giving these nonfancy spaces their own feel.

This is a house with a view. Three of five bay windows offer views of the wide front yard.

The two-story entry has two eye-catching features. A driftwood table, from Woodland Creek furniture in Tulsa, rests near the base of the stairway. Halfway up the curving stairs, a corner shelf holds potted plants from Poppy’s Garden.

A skylight brightens the entry even more.

By Cathy Spaulding • Photos by ChriS CummingS

Jeff and Bobbi Knack’s house abounds with bay windows that offer views of nature and Muskogee Golf Club.

Bobbi and Jeff Knack enjoy the rustic coziness of their house, where they have lived since August.

Other rooms feel warm and cozy with natural wood trim and dark blue paint.

Bobbi Knack said they liked the lodge feel of the house, where they have lived since August.

The open living room and kitchen space features knotty pine crown molding, as well as trim around doors and windows and along floors. Kitchen cabinets and built-in chests on both sides of the stone fireplace also are pine.

However this isn’t the kitschy dated pine from grandpa’s 1950s cabin.

“It’s a little more refined,” Knack said.

The living room is painted in a dusty blue, which contrasts with the brown of unusual accent chairs from Loftis Furniture. The ceramic tile floor is an ash gray.

A wood bannister curves with the stairway up the two-story entry, which features a corner ledge.

The stone fireplace is gas lit and features a wood beam mantle and stone hearth.

Knack said she also likes all the space in the kitchen.

“We have lots of get-togethers,” she said. “We love the cabinets.”

The gas range and a food preparation sink are on the kitchen’s island. Black appliances came with the house.

The dishwashing sink is in a corner where two windows meet. The sink features a spout with filtered water.

One kitchen wall features a built-in desk with overhanging glass-front cabinets. Cubbyholes over the desk display printed tiles from Dal-tile.

The dining room table features a wood stump base and a copper top. It also came from Woodland Creek. The dining room has bay windows with sliding doors.

Off the kitchen is a cozy sitting room with four matching chairs,

ABOVE: The dining room’s bay window offers a golf course panorama.

LEFT: A cozy sitting room is a great place for conversation, sitting and bird watching.

ABOVE: Kitchen cabinets and a matching desk are done in a warming knotty pine.

RIGHT: Knotty pine trim, crown molding and cabinets contrast with the dark walls and stone fireplace to make the living room cozy.

left by the previous owner. The center table came from Cooper’s Furniture.

Jeff Knack, who works for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said the sitting room’s bay window is a great place to watch birds. They keep binoculars on window sills.

He said they saw cardinals, blue jays, juncos and bluebirds earlier in the fall.

“We have three different types of woodpeckers, nuthatches and titmice,” Bobbi Knack said. “We watch lots of birds and have lots of bird feeders.”

A cedar chest in the sitting room belonged to Bobbi’s grandmother.

The dining room has far more family heirlooms. A family

“We watch lots of birds and have lots of bird feeders.”

— Bobbi Knack

Bible rests on an end table with a lyre base. It belonged to Jeff’s grandmother.

“I can’t begin to tell you how old it is.” he said. “My greatgrandmother passed away 30 years ago. It’s been in our family since then.”

A hutch with glass doors lights up inside when the hinges are touched, Jeff said. Fine family china fills the hutch.

The dining room also features a gas fireplace. Bay windows look onto the front yard. The dining room set came from Mathis Brothers.

A home office on the other side of the entry also features a bay window.

Bobbi’s workspace features an adjustable wobble seat she ordered online.

White furniture and trim contrast with the blue walls in the master bedroom.

“You just kind of lean on it,” she said.

The office also features space where Bobbi can do sketches.

A full bathroom is near the office, which can double as a bedroom.

The four bedrooms are upstairs. One of the rooms has the fifth bay window.

French doors open onto the master bedroom. The navy blue paint contrasts with white crown molding, window and door frames and furniture. The room also has a wood floor. Bedroom furnishings come from Cooper’s.

The master bathroom features a spacious corner bathtub.

Another bathroom has a molded plastic and shower module.

An upstairs deck spreads across the back of the house. Stairs lead down to the backyard.

The covered downstairs back porch has ample space for dining. A back shed and a pool also are in the backyard.

Jeff said he loves the neighborhood.

“It’s really pleasant to look out and see the golf course,” he said, adding that he’s not a golfer.

Bobbi is more drawn to the neighborhood wildlife.

“We love to watch the birds,” she said. “We see a couple of deer, and lots of squirrels and birds.”