This page: The loft contains custom-made trundle beds for sleeping up to six and is a popular spot for the Klosters’ daughters and friends. As with many rooms in the house, it has a customized accent wall. The rooflines created a bit of a challenge, but the Klosters credit Marnie Oursler, the home’s designer and builder, with making it interesting with her creative beam construction. A bathroom was added to the loft later. Opposite: In one of the bedrooms, twin beds “hang” from the ceiling on thick ropes.
Sham Beaux, a company that uses various beads, stones and other natural materials in its custom creations. A chandelier that features hundreds of lustrous capiz shells hangs from the ceiling of the master bedroom. It complements the full-length capiz-shell mirror in the room, which is flanked by sconces designed with linen and clear chunky quartz. The painted-white twig chandelier that lights up the home’s turret draws attention from passersby. “When people are walking by at night, the girls love to sit under the blanket on the porch and
pretend they aren’t there and listen to people say, ‘Look at that,’ ” Tom says. The Klosters installed an outdoor shower near the back of the house so beachgoers could wash off sand before coming inside. A closet for storing beach chairs is tucked into space created by the interior stairwell on the side of the house. A driveway in the back accommodates four cars, since parking at the beach is at a premium. Now that the Klosters are shoretown homeowners, they’re at the beach even more, including most weekends during the summer and at least three
full weeks. “Renting, you feel like you have to get in as much as possible— go for a run, go to the beach, get to your favorite restaurant, get Fisher’s Popcorn and ice cream every night,” Tom says. “It’s a little more relaxed now. We don’t live out of a suitcase.” Friends and family are enjoying the new home, as well. “The only bad thing is when everyone comes, no one wants to leave the house,” Lisa jokes. “I have to drag them out.” n Caralee Adams is a freelance writer in Bethesda.
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