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26 Designing for Purpose
A thoughtfully sited cabana brings effortless, year-round entertaining to a Lake Tahoe Retreat.
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Lily Kanter reimagines her historic Mill Valley home
Cover photography by Adam Rouse
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34 Sonoma Escape A family’s wine country retreat makes room for swimming, entertaining and slowing down.
41 Lasting Legacy A childhood home in Napa is transformed into a modern family retreat where new traditions can flourish. Kevin Casey
19 Foyer: Lake Life
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EDITOR’S LETTER
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n our daily routines, life at home often revolves around the basics: getting the kids off to school, heading to work, making dinner, doing chores. Our homes should, of course, support the rhythms of regular life. Ideally, though, they should also be designed for enjoying life’s special moments with the people who matter most. As I assembled the October edition of SPACES, this idea of designing our homes for connection kept coming to mind. Each home featured on these pages reflects, in its own way, the importance of making space for gathering, celebrating and simply enjoying spending time together. The owners of a new second home in Sonoma, for example, prioritized hosting guests right from the first brief, so architect Nick Lee designed their residence with bedroom wings bookending a lofty great room that opens to an expansive outdoor terrace and pool deck, seamlessly extending the living space. An ADU offers even more room for overnight guests. In Napa, architect Rebecca Ivans Amato helped the homeowners reimagine the husband’s childhood home for weekend gatherings with their growing family, grandchildren and all. And in Tahoe, the owners of a second home envisioned an all-season lakefront space where they could entertain friends and family. Backen & Backen brought their vision to life in a new cabana that, despite
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its small footprint, flexes easily from intimate gatherings beneath its sheltered eaves to larger parties on the roof deck. Second homes aren’t the only places where design can prioritize entertaining. Entrepreneur and philanthropist Lily Kanter decided to renovate her 1907 Mill Valley home after living there for more than 20 years, with hosting at the heart of the design. With its bright, airy new sunroom and open great room, the home is ready for all kinds of occasions, from charity functions to family reunions. In our own backyard, my husband and I (well, mostly my husband!) have slowly transformed the outdoor areas of our small home with similar goals in mind. Now, whether we’re enjoying an alfresco meal with family or cozying up to the firepit with friends, gathering outside feels more meaningful. With the arrival of fall, our homes naturally become gathering places once again. It’s a reminder that a well-designed home not only makes everyday life easier, it also helps us make the most of the time we spend together.
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The low-profile structure is designed to blend into the landscape.
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A thoughtfully sited cabana brings effortless, year-round entertaining to a Lake Tahoe Retreat. BY LOTUS ABRAMS | PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEVIN CASEY
No matter the season, Lake Tahoe beckons visitors with stunning alpine scenery and a near-endless array of outdoor activities, from hiking, biking and skiing to boating and swimming. Eager to enjoy the lake year-round at their second home, a couple with grown children envisioned adding an entertaining cabana to the property. The challenge was finding a place to build it. Architect Kevin Casey, principal at Backen & Backen, found just the right
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spot: a sliver of land tucked between the road, a grove of aspens and pines, and the lake. The couple’s home is located across the street from the cabana. “Initially, we were looking at the other side of the road, because we didn’t think we could build between the road and the lake,” says Casey, who worked with a team on the project that included local builder Gardner Enterprises and landscape architect Barry Beer Design. “Then we
found a very small area between the lake, environmental setbacks and the road setback. It’s a tiny parcel, and the cabana basically fills the whole buildable area.” The homeowners shared several priorities with Casey when it came to the cabana’s design: It needed to accommodate both intimate get-togethers and larger gatherings, function comfortably yearround, and blend seamlessly into the natural landscape. The resulting single-story structure is built on an approximately 900-square-foot footprint, nestled into the lake’s sloping shoreline a few steps down from the road. The exterior is clad in reclaimed barnwood siding, lending a rustic sensibility, while the steel-frame doors and windows, cantilever trellis and corner wall of pocketing glass doors introduce a clean, contemporary counterpoint. “I wanted the cabana to feel like it’s in the Sierra Nevadas next to Lake Tahoe, without being too precious, while at the same time incorporating details that create a jewel box feeling,” Casey says. Increasing the usable space for socializing, a slatted-wood exterior staircase with a glass guardrail leads to an expansive ipe wood roof deck, also surrounded by a glass guardrail. “The glass guardrail on the roof deck helps lower the profile of the building, so it doesn’t feel like there’s another barrier up there if you’re looking across the road toward the lake,” Casey explains. The 640-foot interior space encompasses a dining and lounge area and a powder room. A wall of custom cabinetry, including steel cabinetry designed by Schnitzkräft, conceals undercounter refrigerators and wine storage, as well as a TV that rises on a lift. Lighting was designed by Bradley Bouch. During colder months, radiant heat gently warms the stone floors. In the
warmer months, when the glass doors are open, the structure serves as a sheltered outdoor living room. Roll-down insect screens transform the space yet again into a screened porch, and roll-down shades provide respite from the hot summer sun, as well as privacy. All are motorized, enabling customized climate control at the touch of a button. Says Casey, “It really is a very flexible space, and the homeowners are excited to have this special place to spend time right on the lake.”
Clockwise from top: The interior space includes a dining and lounge area with custom cabinetry; a slattedwood exterior staircase leads to an expansive roof deck; rustic reclaimed barnwood siding is contrasted by steel-frame pocketing glass doors.
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Lily Kanter worked with Richardson Pribuss Architects to reconfigure the first floor of her home, including opening up the entryway.
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Designing for Purpose BY LOTUS ABRAMS | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ADAM ROUSE
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Lily Kanter reimagines her historic Mill Valley home for a new chapter filled with hospitality and humanity.
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“ The time was right to rethink not only the appearance of the home’s first floor, but also its function.”
Above: The pantry’s pocketing stained-glass doors were repurposed from the dining room. Left: The team enclosed a former roof deck to create a sunroom. Right: European white oak clads the sunroom.
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itting in the expansive new sunroom of entrepreneur and philanthropist Lily Kanter’s historic hillside home in Mill Valley, among the treetops with light streaming through the windows, it’s not hard to imagine the space filled with guests. Open to a newly created great room, it’s an ideal space for entertaining a crowd. That’s exactly what Kanter had in mind when she embarked on a sweeping renovation of the first floor of the 9,000-square-foot home, where she’s lived for the last two-plus decades. The time has passed quickly and eventfully: Kanter raised
her three sons here while simultaneously founding a number of notable companies, including Serena & Lily, Mill Valley Baby & Kids and Boon Supply. Most recently, she cofounded Hawaii-based Averylily Design Studio with Avery Solmssen. Kanter and her husband, Marc Sarosi, are the sixth owners of the home, which was in foreclosure when they bought it. “We were living on Ethel Avenue in a 1903 house — we love old houses — and we had 47 stairs to the front door,” she recalls of their previous Mill Valley residence. “I was carrying two toddlers at the time, and I was also pregnant, and I thought, ‘I can’t do this anymore. I have
to move to a place where I can drive up and be in the front door!’” The house was built in 1907 by John Finn, who founded a metal works company in San Francisco, and his wife, Eva Finn, one of the founders of Outdoor Art Club in Mill Valley. They called the property “Wildwood.” In those early years, it was a sprawling 7-acre estate with tennis courts, orchards, terraced gardens, fishponds and stables. “It was quite a magnificent property back in the day,” Kanter says. In the years that followed, the property changed hands several times. In the 1950s, an owner who couldn’t afford to maintain
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Above: In the great room, the new entertaining kitchen features a large picture window looking out to the redwoods. Right: A new walkthrough bar features Patagonia quartzite surfaces, walnut cabinetry with brass mesh inserts, brass fixtures and a copper sink.
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such a large property sold off part of the land to developers. In the 1960s and ’70s, the home served as a commune of sorts, and remnants of that era remain intact today. “All of the bedroom doors on the second floor still have deadbolt locks,” Kanter says. Like many older homes, Kanter’s was broken up into a warren of isolated rooms that weren’t conducive to contemporary gatherings. Until the recent renovation, however, she only made cosmetic upgrades to the house as she focused on raising her children and her entrepreneurial and philanthropic endeavors. Ready to enter her next phase in life — one where fundraising, making connections and entertaining play a central role — the time was right to rethink not only the appearance of the home’s first floor, but also its function. When Kanter finally called Heidi Richardson, principal architect at Richardson Pribuss Architects,
she knew she wanted to open up and modernize the living area, including converting a failing roof deck off the dining and living rooms into a sunroom. She also wanted to improve the home’s overall flow. With Richardson on board, as well as contractor Buzzer 9 and Richard Chapman, a former designer at Richardson Pribuss, the team got to work devising a plan. Kanter handled much of the interior design herself, occasionally seeking input from her Averylily partner, Solmssen. “It was a fun collaboration,” Richardson recalls. One of the first recommendations Richardson made was to open up the cramped entryway, where an L-shaped stairway and small doorways to the adjacent library and living room made the space feel even smaller. “The scheme was a bit ad hoc,” she says. “Classically in a home of this era, you would have had a big foyer with large openings on both sides,
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Above: The pantry features geometric tile flooring and a pass-through window to the dining area. Right: Cozy swivel chairs flank the fireplace, which was upgraded with a marble surround.
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but it wasn’t like that.” To improve the flow, Richardson enlarged the openings to the two rooms and reconfigured the staircase into one long run, which enabled the team to carve out space for a coat closet at the landing. Next, the team transformed the roof deck into a sunroom clad entirely in European white oak, lending a sense of warmth to the bright room. To create the adjoining great room, they removed a set of sliding doors that once separated the dining and living rooms. In the new great room, they removed one fireplace and upgraded the second with a marble surround, now flanked by swivel chairs, one of two intimate seating areas in the space. A round dining table seats 12, while a new kitchen occupies the former dining room. “When people come over, they’re always in the kitchen,” Kanter says. “I really wanted to change the gravity of the house, so I put a kitchen in the great room.”
In the new kitchen, floor-to-ceiling custom cabinetry designed by Chapman and an expansive island clad in Calacatta marble sourced from Evolv Surfaces command attention. The large new window overlooking old-growth redwoods might be the biggest showstopper, however, which Richardson achieved by relocating a door to the porch. “The window was the biggest move; it’s like a painting,” she says. In addition, the team relocated the door to the original kitchen, which was retained and refreshed. “I wanted to keep it to serve as a service kitchen for prep when we entertain,” Kanter says. The room includes a new pantry with a pass-through window to the dining area, enclosed by pocketing stained-glass doors repurposed from the old dining room. Another addition is the walk-through bar, once a simple storage area. Embellished with striking Patagonia quartzite surfaces, including a backlit wall, walnut cabinetry with brass mesh inserts, brass fixtures and a copper sink, the room is not only an entertaining hub but also helps to further connect the two sides of the house. At the far end of the kitchen, the former eat-in breakfast room off the terrace has been reimagined as a multipurpose mudroom, laundry room and casual office with a small built-in desk. Completing the transformation, the team absorbed an unused pantry into the powder room, reconfiguring it into a full bathroom that can be accessed from both the kitchen and the adjacent study. Kanter sourced many of the furnishings from Sunrise Home in San Rafael, combining them with vintage items from Serena & Lily and a few pieces from RH. Artwork from both international and local artists, including Mill Valley artist Tiffany Shlain, adds a personal touch to every room. Throughout, Kanter employed a neutral palette punctuated with pops of green, blue and black. These colorful accents are especially apparent in the many textiles she’s incorporated
into her home. Some of the fabrics are from Serena Dugan Studio, designed by her former Serena & Lily partner. Other textiles come from countries around the world — Syria, India, Lebanon, Palestine — many woven by women in refugee camps. The textiles represent Kanter’s current focus, which she reveals in her new book, Woven for Purpose:
How Design, Business, and Heart Can Stitch a Better World. “My next and possibly final chapter is empowering women textile artisans,” says Kanter, who is building a global platform that connects textile artisans in remote communities to modern markets. As Kanter dives into this new endeavor, launches the local giving circle Tam
Collective this fall, and remains active in her fundraising work with the Jewish community, her life is filled with fresh purpose, and her house is filled with people, echoing the era when the Finns lived at Wildwood. “They were a center of community in Mill Valley,” she says, “which is really the spirit that we have in this home.”
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Sonoma Escape A family’s wine country retreat makes room for swimming, entertaining and slowing down. BY LOTUS ABRAMS | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ADAM ROUSE
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The home is formed from multiple gabled volumes with standing-seam metal roofs connected by glass walkways.
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a 12-year-old and a 3-year-old, and cousins and friends often come over, so we needed the house to be comfortable and usable,” Tina says. Wundrow created a relaxed yet elevated aesthetic with an earthy color palette, prioritizing natural materials ranging from stone sourced from Da Vinci Marble to textural wallpaper. “We wanted the design to speak to the surroundings, so we used many materials that felt like they could be pulled from the landscape,” she says. Forming the largest of the home’s four volumes, the great room features a towering 27-foot-tall vaulted ceiling with structural trusses and skylights that shelters the kitchen, living room and dining area. On one side of the space, four 10-foot-tall windows create deep seats, while on the other side, a 36-foot-wide expanse of motorized, pocketing glass doors opens to a nearly 1,000-square-foot covered terrace, as well as the pool deck. “When the doors are open, it really blurs the line between the indoors and outdoors,” Lee says. Design highlights in the kitchen include the bold Calacatta Raffaella countertops and backsplash and custom cabinetry painted in Benjamin Moore Aegean Olive. In the living room, the textured plaster fireplace surround extends all the way to the ceiling, accented by a custom limestone mantel. The great room is bookended by two perpendicular bedroom wings and a fourth wing that houses the gym and the garage. In the bedrooms, boucle, mohair and textured velvet textiles and upholstery bring warmth to the spaces, while wallcoverings in bedrooms and the powder room from vendors like Mark Alexander, Fayce, Phillip Jeffries and Innovations add color, texture and character. “The main area of the home features light painted walls, but the bedrooms and bathrooms and the other areas all feel special because they’re all a little bit different,” Wundrow says. The bedroom wings also encompass a dark-paneled media room and a bright and airy multipurpose “flex room” with a large bookcase
and rolling ladder. “The flex room is my favorite indoor space — a big library, some quiet space and vineyard views,” Tina says. Wundrow designed a climate-controlled wine room behind a glass door between the entry and great room, complete with floor-to-ceiling wine racks and a tasting bar with glassware storage. It’s the garage, however, designed with a lift to stack cars and a race car simulator setup, which is Aunkur’s favorite space in the house. “I’m a lifelong car nut and gearhead, and this space allows me to store a few cars that I can’t fit at our primary home in San Francisco,” he says. Outside, Rozanski Ward Landscape Architecture planted the back and front gardens with waving grasses and waterwise perennials. Perpendicular to the main house at the end of the pool, a 600-squarefoot one-bedroom, one-bathroom pool house stands ready to welcome additional guests — extending the home’s hospitality beyond its main living spaces. “It’s a perfect spot for a quick weekend getaway,” Aunkur says. “Building this home has allowed us to focus our life on creating memories with the people we love.”
Left page: Under a towering ceiling, the great room is furnished with a custom Usona dining table, custom sofa and lounge chair designed by Jennifer Wundrow, and tumbleweed chandeliers from Farmhaus + Co. Above: A corduroyupholstered bed frame, Phillip Jeffries wallpaper, and Lulu and Georgia rug embellish a guest room. Left: Kitchen highlights include bold Calacatta Raffaella surfaces, custom cabinetry and custom brass pendant lamps.
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A childhood home in Napa is transformed into a modern family retreat where new traditions can flourish.
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The separate kitchen, dining room and family room are now unified in a single great room with a raised ceiling height.
WHAT Remodel of a 1960s-era, 2,300-square-foot home
How do you reimagine a
the dining room, which WHERE Napa childhood home as a weekwas separate from the ARCHITECT end retreat for the next kitchen, the garage had Amato Architecture generation to build memobeen converted into a INTERIOR DESIGN ries together? That was the family room where they MADE Design Co. challenge facing Rebecca spent most of their time CONSTRUCTION Ivans Amato, owner and and the ceilings were Hanes Construction principal architect at low throughout,” Amato LANDSCAPE DESIGN Emeryville-based Amato recalls. In addition, an Art Garden Design Architecture, when a old, diseased oak tree couple with grown children was growing through the and grandchildren told her middle of the deck in the they were ready to renovate the husband’s backyard, blocking light. childhood home in Napa. The homeowners knew they wanted to At just over 2,000 square feet, the open up the common area and had engaged four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom another architect a few years earlier, but the house, which was built by the husband’s plans weren’t feeling right, so eventually parents in the early 1960s, had several they reached out to Amato. “My passion is appealing architectural features indicalooking at the floor plan and reconfigurtive of midcentury design, including deep ing the layout,” Amato says. “The clients eaves around the perimeter and a floating showed me the plans and asked me to think foundation. The choppy layout, however, outside the box. They wanted the home to wasn’t suited to today’s lifestyles, and be streamlined, modern and simple, but the interior was dark. “You walked into still have a midcentury feeling.”
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Amato landed on a solution that entailed reconfiguring the segmented kitchen, dining room and family room into a single great room and raising the ceiling height. Also in the plans: hardening the home against earthquakes and wildfires and removing the ailing oak tree to let in more light. Ensuring the home retained its midcentury appeal, the design incorporated details like deep eaves around the roofline and clerestory windows in the great room. With the clients on board, Amato and the team got to work, including builder Hanes Construction. In the new great room, they updated the kitchen with Dacor appliances, a walnut-paneled island, quartz countertops, an Ann Sacks tile backsplash and custom slate blue painted cabinetry. The primary suite was also relocated to the front of the house, formerly a formal living room. The wood-burning fireplace in the room was converted to gas, but Amato retained the distinctive floating hearth — a nod to the home’s midcentury origins. “We
also maintained the chimney in the back, even though it wasn’t necessary,” Amato says. “We just liked the look of it.” New skylights and floor-to-ceiling windows bring additional light to the home, and the bathrooms have all been upgraded with textural tile and oak and walnut cabinetry. Throughout, the material palette balances light and dark tones. “The light oak floors make the whole house feel brighter and allowed us to bring in some richer, deeper colors, like dark gray accents and black-frame windows with walnut trim.” To harden the home, the team made the difficult decision to replace the floating foundation with a new foundation engineered to current seismic- and fire-resiliency standards. “We loved the look of it, but it was a disaster waiting to happen,” Amato says. Materials like sustainable, engineered Kebony wood — used for the deck and great room ceiling — and Hardie fiber cement siding were selected with fire safety and durability in mind. Alana Corpuz, owner and principal designer at Oakland-based Art Garden Design, completely reenvisioned the landscap-
ing as well. The Mediterranean-inspired gardens are planted with native perennials, habitat shrubs and olive trees, while hardscaping elements include floating concrete stairs, concrete retaining walls, Kebony decking and steel planters — all creating a beautiful backdrop for the homeowners and their family to gather outdoors for years to come.
Top: The landscaping is inspired by Mediterranean gardens. Above: A bar area off the kitchen features custom cabinetry and an Ann Sacks tile backsplash. Left: The primary bedroom was relocated to the front of the house, where the wood fireplace was converted to gas and new patio doors were added.
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