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NANTUCKET MEETS NEWPORT BEACH In A New England-Inspired Home On Balboa Island, Grace Blu Blends Traditional And Modern Elements Text by Roger Grody Photography by Karyn Millet

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THE PERFECT BAREFOOT RETREAT In Stinson Beach, Architect Cass Calder Smith And Designer Nicole Hollis Created A Family’s Weekend House That Embraces Its Dramatic Setting

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FAMILY MATTERS Interior Designer Roxanne Packham Balances Old And New In A Beloved Family Vacation Retreat Text by Nora Burba Trulsson Photography by Mark Lohman

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SMOOTH TRANSITION Interior Designer Jolene Lindner Creates A West Coast Airy Modern Home For Her East Coast Clients

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ABOVE A newly remodeled home by architect Cass Calder Smith with Bjorn Steudte, and with relaxed chic décor by Nicole Hollis, this home has become a beloved year-round retreat. Hollis selected a contemporary mix of vintage, modern, and custom pieces that are in sync with the casual mid-century design of the house. See story beginning on page 66. Photography by Paul Dyer.

RIGHT Landscape designer Susie Dowd Markarian created a seating area for this modern farmhouse style home located in Sonoma County’s prestigious Shiloh Estate, not far from the Mayacama Golf Course. She contributed to an outside area that maximized the rich natural setting. See story beginning on page 82. Photograph by Thomas Kuoh.

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26 26 CALENDAR California Museums, Galleries & Events

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30 EVENTS & AFFAIRS Exciting And Prestigious Events Throughout The State

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32 BOOKS Stamps & Stamps: Style & Sensibility Houses: Robert A.M. Stern Architects REVIEWED BY KATHY BRYANT

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46 COMMUNITIES Santa Clarita’s FivePoint Valencia

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t’s summer in California and this issue reflects

all the escape fantasies we may have. After being quarantined for over a year most of us are ready to travel, whether to our own vacation home or to an exotic beach or mountain retreat .

This issue we are proud to feature a family home at Lake Arrowhead where family member and designer Roxanne Packham does a wonderful job of balancing the family’s collection of Englishinspired antiques with new pieces of furniture and appliances.

A newly remodeled home by architect Cass Calder Smith with Bjorn Steudte, and with relaxed chic décor by Nicole Hollis, at Stinson Beach is the perfect Northern California escape.

Orange County-based Grace Blu has a reputation for creating distinctive interiors that are custom-tailored to its clients’ lifestyles. The New England-inspired home on Balboa Island is the perfect Nantucket meets Newport Beach example. Principal designer Rona Graf suggests, “Homes need to feel timeless, not trendy.”

A couple from Chicago wanted a home in California and found their dream property near the Mayacamus in Santa Rosa. Interior designer Jolene Linder worked with architect James McCalligan, contractor Total Concepts and landscape designer Susie Down Markarian to create their perfect home.

And last but not least we are proud to feature in the Guest Speaker section of this issue a story on Cottages by renowned architect, Marc Appleton. His insight into how we escape our busy lives, and the variety of different cottages he features are intriguing .

Have a wonderful summer. Enjoy the outdoors of this great state we all love and call home.

Susan McFadden Editor in Chief

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Contributors NORA BURBA TRULSSON Nora Burba Trulsson is an Arizona-based freelance writer specializing in architecture, interiors, landscape, lifestyle, art and travel topics. Her articles have appeared in Phoenix Home & Garden, Modern Luxury, Houzz, Sunset and other publications and websites. See her story on a Lake Arrowhead family vacation home beginning on page 74.

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KARYN MILLET After an accomplished career in public relations and publishing, Karyn Millet picked up a camera in 2002 and quickly became the “go to” photographer for top interior design professionals. The award-winning, Los Angeles-based interior photographer is known for her editorial approach capturing intimate, livable moments for publications such as House Beautiful, Traditional Home, Milieu, Luxe, Interiors, Domino, C Magazine, California Home + Design, Country Living, Modern Luxury, Condé Nast Traveler, and Yolo Journal. See her photography of a Newport Beach home beginning on page 58.

THOMAS KUOH Thomas Kuoh is a San Francisco based photographer specializing in interior/architecture and business lifestyle portraits. With over 20 years of experience he has helped artists and businesses build iconic brands through carefully crafted images. His clients include Palecek, Balsam Hill, Pottery Barn, Williams Sonoma, Compass, Tineke Triggs, Anne Sacks, Studio Munroe and many more.

To learn more about him go to kuohphotography. com. See his work on the Santa Rosa home beginning on page 82 of this issue.

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THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART

BOWERS MUSEUM–SANTA ANA

Bowers Museum will have two exhibitions featuring paintings by local female collectors and artist in their own right.

Opening July 24, The Gift of Los Angeles: Memories in Watercolor

by Gayle Garner Roski features 44 watercolors of her experiences growing up and living the Los Angeles.

Artistic Legacy: The Ann and Bill Cullen Collection opens August 28 with over 50 paintings by early 20th century California artists.

This is the first exhibition that showcases a small selection of her paintings and drawings along with the major body works that she spent her life collecting.

For more information please call 714.567.3600 or visit www.bowers.org.

SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART The San Diego Museum of Art features two exhibits, Cranach to Canaletto: Masterpieces from the Bemberg Foundation and Everything You See Could Be A Lie: Photorealistic Drawings by Ana de Alvear from June 18 through September 27.

The Bemberg Foundation’s exhibit features over 80 works produced between 1500 and 1800, the first time these works have been shown in the US. Among the painters shown are Tintoretto, Titian, Veronese, Canaletto and many others. Grouped thematically in four sections: portraiture, landscape, mythology and domestic environments, each painting has layers of storytelling. The Bemberg Foundation is based in Toulouse, France.

Madrid-based Ana de Alvear is a multidisciplinary artist known for her hyper-realistic drawn works of art that investigate the self and explore obstacles to self-esteem and self-identification.

For more information please call 619.232.7931 or visit www.sdmart.org.

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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents Legacies of Exchange: Chinese Contemporary Art from the Yuz Foundation.

Featuring Ai Weiwei, Huang Yong Ping, Wang Guangyi, Xu Bing and more, the exhibition brings together 20 works of Chinese contemporary art created by 15 artists in response to international trade, political conflict and global artistic exchange.

The exhibit opens on July 4 and runs through February 13, 2022. Drawn from the Yuz Foundation’s esteemed collection of contemporary art, the Legacies of Exchange spotlights encounters, exchanges and collisions between China and the West.

For more information please call 323.857.6010 or visit www.lacma.org.

Calendar | GALLERIES SULLIVAN GOSS, AN AMERICAN GALLERY– SANTA BARBARA

Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery, is building an exhibit around the theme, Organic.

The artists featured revel in nature, in natural materials and in the traditional craftsmanship required to put things of true and lasting quality together. Fibre arts, ceramics, woodworking, metal work and paper are all celebrated, but the forms can be as abstract as those visions of nature itself.

On view from June 25 through August 23, most of the shown artists have an organic connection to the Santa Barbara area. Among the over 20 artists included are Charles Arnoldi, Harry Bertoia, Stephanie Dotson, Sidney Gordin and Susan McDonnell.

Susan McDonald Forest Dream, 2020 30 x 23 inches Watercolor, pen and egg tempera

Susan McDonald Essence, 2020 30 x 23 inches Watercolor, pen and egg tempera

The gallery is located at 11 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. For more information please call 805.730.1460 or visit www.sullivangoss.com.

HEATHER JAMES FINE ART GALLERY

Heather James Fine Art uses a quote by Andy Warhol as its title and inspiration, Everyone Needs a Fantasy. The exhibit explores the power, the desire and the pleasure of Pop Art and covers over three decades of Pop Art. The works in Everybody Needs a Fantasy delve into both the glamour and the hidden edge of American Pop Art. Despite its brightness, Pop Art offered insightful looks into the American psyche. As the title of the show hints, Pop Art provides both fantasy and reality in equal measure where pleasure in one purchase away.

Among the works on view on those by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha and Larry Rivers, among others. The exhibit will run through November.

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The gallery is located at 45188 Portola Ave., Palm Desert, CA 92260.

For more information please call 760.346.8926 or visit www.heatherjames.com.

HAUSER & WIRTH–LOS ANGELES

Starting July 8, Hauser & Wirth will spotlight its Los Angeles artists with a special group presentation of nearly 30 artworks. In Focus: LA Artists showcases the groundbreaking techniques, diverse viewpoints and intergenerational relationships of the many gallery artists who call one of the world’s most creative cities home. Artists included are Larry Bell, Mark Bradford, Charles, Gaines, Paul McCarthy and many others. The presentation puts these artists’ lasting contributions into focus and demonstrates how their work has been instrumental in making the city an internationally recognized leader of creative innovation and arts education.

In Focus: Los Angeles’ celebrates the five-year anniversary’s of Hauser & Wirth’s first LA space in the Downtown LA Arts District and the announcement of its second LA Location in West Hollywood to open fall 2022.

The gallery is located at 901 East 3rd. Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013. For more information please call 213.943.1634 or visit www.hauserwirth.com.

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Events & Affairs CALIFORINA WINE FESTIVAL Experience the quintessential California wine tasting and enjoy hundreds of California’s finest vintage wines, delicious gourmet foods samples and lively music. Discover new wines at every Festival, find a new favorite and pair it with a dizzying variety of fresh gourmet appetizers like artisan breads, cheeses, olive oils and so much more.

Enjoy an afternoon of wine, food and music – at the biggest wine festival under the sun. The CA Wine Festival Orange County takes place August 27-28, 2021 in Dana Point. The Sunset Rare & Reserve Tasting on Friday, August 27 takes place at the Laguna Cliffs Marriott and the Beachside Wine Festival on August 28 takes places at Lantern Bay Park in Dana Point.

For more information, please visit www.californiawinefestival.com.

BUSINESS BOOT CAMP & VIRTUAL EXPO ASID OC’s First Business Boot Camp: A hybrid virtual and in person multi-day event with online exhibitor content available throughout, two virtual CEU’s and three afternoons of live stream speakers, all concluding with an in-person cocktail event! The Business Boot Camp is modeled after the student event, which brings lots of great topics and speakers

by Zoom, July 20–22nd. Design Biz Survival Guide’s Rick Campos has a great virtual interview with Raili Clasen and CEU’s will be offered by Blanco and Dunn Edwards, available virtually as well. Chair, Audrey Duncan, is working on an in person closing party with a special live interview by California Homes’ Susan McFadden and ASID member Molly Britt, who’s amazing home was featured last year in House Beautiful and on the Corona Del Mar Home Tour.

For more information, please call 949.643.1549 or visit www.caoc. asid.org.

ICAA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA6TH ANNUAL LEGACY DINNER The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, Southern California Chapter (ICAA SoCal) is pleased to announce the 6th Annual Legacy Dinner honoring acclaimed Garden Designer, Nancy Goslee Power. The event will take place on Thursday, September 30, 2021 at the historic California Club in Los Angeles.

Nancy Goslee Power is being honored for her many contributions including The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena and the Beverly Hills Beverly-Canon Gardens, and many private gardens in Southern California, on the East Coast, and in Australia and Europe.

Proceeds raised from this event help to support the Chapter’s ongoing mission to offer superlative educational and scholarship initiatives, ensuring the field of classical architecture and art remains vibrant for the next generation. Through continuing education classes, lectures, tours, engaging academic discussions and social events, the ICAA SoCal inspires and preserves the practice of classical and traditional architecture and art. Among its programs is New Heights, an artsin-education program designed to expose underrepresented middleschool students in the Los Angeles Unified School District-LAUSD to classical architecture and art.

For more information, please call 310.396.4379 or visit info@classicist-socal.org.

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Houses: Robert A.M. Stern Architects

Text by Gary L. Brewer, Randy M. Correll, Grant F. Marani, Roger H. Seifter Foreword by Robert A.M. Stern Houses: Robert A.M. Stern Architects offers an in depth look at 17 houses created in the past ten years by Stern’s firm. As he writes in the Foreword, “The house has always been at the heart of the architectural practice I founded in 1969. New and repeat clients have called on us to return to old haunts—Long Island’s East End, Martha’s Vineyard—and to explore new horizons, from South Florida to Singapore.

All 17 houses featured in color photographs embody the spirit of their sites and are in harmony with traditional and the contemporary architecture. Diverse styles are represented including restoration of a Southern California house that was

ABOVE The veranda, a dramatic outdoor room at one end of the courtyard in this Singapore house, is bathed in soft light from a rooftop lantern. Detailing includes louvers that filter the sunlight.

An existing porch and terrace off the family room was extended to create an ample area for outdoor dining and entertaining in this East Hampton home.

BELOW

designed by John Elgin Woolf (1908-1980), a New York apartment in a classic prewar building, a grand property on Kiawah Island, 25 miles southwest of Charleston, South Carolina and a mountain penthouse in the Rocky Mountains, among others.

Context is paramount in each project and each design takes the natural and built environment into consideration. Beginning with a history of the property, each house’s chapter has a written explanation of the design by the project partner which enlivens both the color images and the included architectural plans. Each house honors the past while, at the same time, gives a fresh life that looks to the future, allowing the property to grow and evolve over the years.

Houses: Robert A.M. Stern Architects Text by Gary L. Brewer, Randy M. Correll, Grant F. Marani, Roger H. Seifter Foreword by Robert A. M. Stern 424 pages, 400 color illustrations Hardcover 10 x 12 inches $85 U.S. ISBN: 978-1-58093-546-3 The Monacelli Press New York

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Stamps & Stamps: Style & Sensibility

The Stamps live in a 1904 cottage that they have reimagined and filled with treasures they have acquired through the years. The writing desk has secret compartments for pens, cards and billets-doux. The silhouette of Emma Stamps, aged eight, in the 18th-century style is by an unknown artist.

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Text by Diane Dorrans Saeks Foreword by Pilar Viladas Some interior design books are replete with rooms that are sophisticated, but maybe just a bit intimating. It takes very talented designers to pull off both sophistication and comfort, style and individualism. Rooms like these are in abundance in Stamps & Stamps: Style and Sensibility, the first book featuring designs by Kate and Odom Stamps.

As Kate Stamps has said, “I hate perfect rooms. I’ve always liked human rooms, with combinations of textures and paintings and very comfortable seating. Even grand things shouldn’t stand out.”

Stamps & Stamps is mainly known fo renovating older homes in and around Los Angeles, including the 1904 cottage they have lived in for three decades in South Pasadena.

This amazing property is featured in the book in different sections like the main house, guest house and garden. As Saeks writes, “This designer and architect are lifelong Anglophiles and both are obsessed with creating emotionally resonant interiors and heeding the finest points of architecture and antiques.” It’s such a joy to see rooms where the art and objects were bought for love, not resale value.

There are layers of pattern and texture, found treasures and family pieces to savor. Book-filled rooms are a motif throughout the house and invite lucky guests to sit a while and relax and read.

Besides their house, the book features a Neoclassical Grand Dame in Hancock Park, a restored Andalusian house in Los Angeles and a Santa Monica Mediterranean, among others.

A special chapter features practical architecture and style wisdom from the Stamps to help with any budget.

Odom gives hints on architecture while Kate Stamps explains how to create comfortable and practical rooms. Kate Stamps has an entire section on tips for beautiful flowers and how to use them. An appendix details where to find antiques, fabrics, textiles and specialist books.

Stamps & Stamps: Style & Sensibility Text by Diane Dorrans Saeks Foreword by Pilar Viladas 256 pages, 200 color illustrations Hardcover 8.5 x 11 inches $50 U.S. ISBN: 978-0-8478-6864-3 Rizzoli New York

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Fire & Metal

Michael Bondi Forges Magic

BY KENDRA BOUTELL

LIKE A MODERN-DAY VULCAN, Michael Bondi forges shapes from fire and metal. His company, Michael Bondi Metal Design, located in Richmond’s industrial park, specializes in architectural and interior wrought metal, crafting contemporary and classic pieces for private estates and public spaces. Interior designer Suzanne Tucker is a fan of his handiwork, “The magical alchemy of metalsmithing will never cease to astound me. In the hands of Michael

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LEFT Geddes Ulinskas Architects’ minimalist home in San Francisco centers on a modern spiral staircase. Bondi crafted it from forged and formed custom bronze for the cap rail, pickets, and stringer.

BELOW Architectural designer Wayne David Hand worked with Bondi on the staircase for this Ken Fulk-created estate. Forged steel pickets with custom bronze machined parts and wood cap rail give it a rustic yet refined feel.

Bondi and his crew, this craft is elevated to artistic expression at its finest.” The firm’s commercial projects range from embellishing the Beaux-Arts San Francisco City Hall to fabricating a two-foot steel Arts & Crafts style troll statute as a talisman for the Bay Bridge’s new Eastern Span.

Bondi’s aesthetics and skills originated in Treviso, Italy, where his brother, the late Stephen Bondi, trained in the studio of master iron sculptor Simone Benetton. In the mid-1970s in America, blacksmithing was becoming a lost art usurped by soulless mass-produced factory-made items.

Stephen, who taught jewelry and metalwork on the East Coast, wanted to learn largescale ornamental ironwork. Benetton presided over one of Europe’s largest and most respected architectural ironwork forges, following in the traditions of his father sculptor Toni Benetton and Art

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BELOW In Pacific Heights, Bondi collaborated with architect Sandy Walker of Walker & Moody Architects and Suzanne Tucker on this lyrical staircase. A patina finish embellishes the forged bronze cap rail and forged Monel pickets. Photograph by Edward Addeo.

ABOVE The intricate entrance of a Renaissancestyle mansion, featuring custom forged bronze foliate and scrolls, repoussé bronze sheet leaf work, and cast bronze medallions; a Pacific Heights collaboration with Suzanne Tucker and Andrew Skurman of Andrew Skurman Architects.

Photograph by Vera Vandenbosch.

Nouveau craftsman Alessandro Mazzucotelli. Bondi visited his brother at the Treviso studio and became entranced by Italian metalwork for its range of styles and quality of workmanship.

The brothers opened their first East Bay artist blacksmithing shop in 1977, collaborating with architects and designers on gates, doors, staircases, railings, and sculptures in various metals. Bondi went solo in the mid-eighties, starting his eponymous firm. In addition to Tucker & Marks, his esteemed clients include Ken Fulk, ODADA, The Wiseman Group, and Hendrix Allardyce. Whether he is creating classic scrolls or contemporary abstractions, he is a master. “There is poetry in the way Michael deftly conjures architectural and decorative elements within the confines of form and function. His craftsmanship is quite simply unparalleled,” says Tucker. CH michaelbondi.com

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JULY 7 to SEPT 3 Watch Art Come to Life in Laguna Beach.

This iconic, long-running Orange County tradition combines art-fully costumed people, extravagant sets and theatrical illusion to re-create famous works of art on stage. Prepare yourselves for an inspirational adventure and a moving look at American History in this summer’s production, “Made in America: Trailblazing Artists and Their Stories.” Don’t miss it!

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JULY 5 to SEPT 3 Original Art. Original Experience.

This highly acclaimed juried fine art show features 120 of Orange County’s finest artists – offering avid art collectors and festivalgoers an outstanding variety of mediums to browse and purchase in a beautiful open-air gallery setting. Plus enjoy art demonstrations, live music performances on select nights, opportunities to meet the artists and more. Welcome back!

SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS. FestivalofArts.org Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters are generously supported by:

Funds also provided in part by the lodging establishments and the City of Laguna Beach.

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MAGNETIC NORTH

Homebuyers With Newfound Independence Are Looking North Of Los Angeles For Opportunities To Enhance Their Quality Of Life

BY ROGER GRODY | PHOTOGRAPHY BY JASON SALTER

THE PANDEMIC PROFOUNDLY AFFECTED HOME-

owners’ perspectives on quality of life and personal priorities. Some families discovered a new appreciation for their own backyards, while for others the realization they could work from anywhere created a sense of liberation. Some left California, but far more migrated to relatively undiscovered areas of the state with less congestion and lower housing costs.

The allure of big cities, with their cultural amenities and high energy, will endure, but new frontiers are capturing homebuyers’ imaginations. With the traditional routine of commuting to the office five days a week apparently obsolete, employees have the option of pursuing new lifestyles far from company

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headquarters. That is accelerating an exodus from San Francisco and Los Ang eles—the same phenomenon observed in major cities across the country—but not everybody is escaping to Scottsdale, Las Vegas or Austin.

Many are remaining in California but gravitating to satellite communities like Santa Clarita, about a 40-minute drive up the Golden State Freeway from downtown

L.A. “The Santa Clarita Valley offers a great quality of life and more affordability than L.A.,” reports Holly Schroeder, president and CEO of the Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation. She adds, “The area is drawing buyers who want to stay in Greater Los Angeles because of everything the city has to offer, but don’t want to deal with high density or other issues.”

OPPOSITE TOP Parks,

many with premium amenities, will contribute to a high quality of life at FivePoint Valencia in Santa Clarita.

OPPOSITE BOTTOM

FivePoint Valencia will be the largest net zero greenhouse gas emission development of its kind.

BELOW An exclusive enclave of residences with adjoining recreational facilities planned at FivePoint Valencia.

Santa Clarita’s FivePoint Valencia is a sprawling 15,000-acre planned community that will ultimately incorporate 21,500 housing units. Distinct neighborhoods provide housing options ranging from apartments to luxury estates, along with a balance of commercial, educational and recreational assets, all interconnected by pedestrian and bike trails.

Although popular with consumers, outlying lowdensity developments have long been disparaged as inefficient and environmentally irresponsible, a pattern of land use contributing to freeway gridlock and excessive greenhouse gases.

Skeptics may be surprised to learn that FivePoint Valencia will be the largest net zero greenhouse gas emission community of its kind in America, with solar-powered homes, plentiful electric vehicle charging stations, preserved forestland, and amenities for pedestrians and cyclists. Emphasizing FivePoint Valencia’s wide range of housing options and the planned community’s unprecedented sustainability, Emile Haddad, chairman and CEO of Five Point Holdings, LLC, states, “[We’re] now bringing forward a community that will be a model of balance between social equity and environmental justice.”

With 10,000 acres of open space and 275 acres of parks, 50 miles of trails, seven new schools, and

2,200 units of affordable housing, FivePoint Valencia is no ordinary subdivision and will be integrating close-to-home employment centers to alleviate long commutes. Vista Canyon, a 185-acre transit-focused development on the other side of Santa Clarita, is another sustainable community welcoming transplanted Angelenos.

Holly Schroeder reports the area has benefitted from the relocation or expansion of businesses from L.A., including entertainment industry enterprises that appreciate Santa Clarita being within the “thirty-mile zone” (TMZ) that incentivizes filming. “There’s tremendous demand for content on various platforms, and the pandemic created a backlog of production,” notes Schroeder of the recent spike in Santa Clarita’s popularity among industry executives.

With the emphasis on sustainability at FivePoint Valencia and Vista Canyon, Schroeder suggests that environmentally-conscious young buyers who may never have considered suburban living now have a guilt-free way of enjoying the lifestyle. Citing the dynamic mixed-use concepts employed at these developments, the economic development professional posits, “These communities are creating a new ‘urban’ way of being suburban.” CH valencia.com

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Guest Speaker

COTTAGES Cottages Have Long Been A Part of Our Fantasy To Escape

BY MARC APPLETON

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OPPOSITE San

Ysidro Ranch Resort in Santa Barbara, California.

Photograph by Matt Walla.

LEFT Reconstruction of Thoreau’s Cabin on Walden Pond, Massachusettes.

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HE WORD “COTTAGE” CONJURES UP ROMANTIC images for many of us, perhaps it recalls a childhood playhouse or treehouse, or vacations spent in retreat from the hustle and bustle of our busy schedules at seaside resorts or cabins in the mountains. Although we ideally want more comfort than Thoreau’s tiny cabin on Walden Pond or Henry Beston’s Outermost House on Cape Cod, the idea of getting away from it all still appeals, and cottages have long been part of that fantasy.

Cottages speak to a desire to simplify our complicated, hectic lives and bring us peace and relaxation. We can ridicule the sentiment, but the fact is they present an appealing alternative to the big house when the big house gets to be too much. Why else do so many of us go on vacations and seek out smaller retreats?

We continue to be charmed by Hobbit Houses and the diminutive scale of English cottages and gardens in the Cotswolds. Beatrix Ferrand had a formidable career in landscape design, creating some of the country’s greatest gardens. Her own last house and garden is modest by comparison, but perhaps all the more poignant because of that. Our childhood fantasies can persist well into adulthood.

Our firm has often been called on to design for this smaller but romantic arena. We always do it willingly and with satisfaction. Small is not always practical, but it can be beautiful. Following the 20th century’s penchant for lavish homes and mansions, cottages, or at least smaller houses, could become the 21st century’s new obsession.

ABOVE Snowshill Manor in Cotswolds, UK. Photograph by John Margolis.

BELOW Beatrix Ferrand’s Cottage in Mount Desert Island, Maine. Photograph by Marc Appleton.

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ABOVE San Ysidro Ranch cottage interior in Santa Barbara, California.

LEFT San Ysidro Ranch cottage exterior. Photographs

by Matt Walla

Younger generations better connected to the greater world outside via the internet and social media do not seem as materialistic as preceding generations, content with owning less and living more modestly. There are contemporary architectural examples of smaller scale residential accommodations, frequently seen in the prefabricated design industry’s response to the housing crisis, but the romantic appeal of the traditional cottage still resonates today as it has for centuries.

As the architects responsible for the restoration of the San Ysidro Ranch Resort in Santa Barbara, we are sometimes asked by satisfied guests whether we could design houses for them inspired by the style, detail, and scale of the Ranch’s cottages.

We understand this desire and expectation. Invariably, a key ingredient in this case is the landscape which gives the cottage its sense of secluded context.

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For one client smitten by the San Ysidro Ranch experience, the opportunity to convert derelict employee ranch houses into guest cottages was a challenge we relished.

The colorful, cozy interiors are by Kathryn Ireland, and the compound has been enjoyed by many guests.

TOP San

Ysidro Ranch cottage.

Landscape by Art Luna Garden.

Ranch cottage kitchen. Ranch Cottage living room.

Photographs by Matt Walla.

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Guest Speaker

Designing a small bungalow can be a similar experience. This one on a California avocado ranch replaced a late 19th century original which had burned to the ground due to an electrical fire. In its scale, the classic California bungalow has been another example of the cottage experience, here with interiors by Platner & Co.

ABOVE Original 19th century bungalow before fire.

RIGHT Restored bungalow replacement.

BELOW Bungalow entry interiors by Platner & Co. Photographs by Marc Appleton.

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LEFT Boathouse in Petaluma, California BELOW Boathouse Interiors by BAMO. BOTTOM LEFT

Boathouse doors.

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Bridge to Boathouse.

Photographs by Alexander Vertikoff.

The second floor of this boat house on a ranch in Petaluma provided a choice guest cottage opportunity, accessible by a bridge from the garden.

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ABOVE/BELOW San Vicente Bungalows courtyard in West Hollywood, California. Photograph by Adam Amengual.

Cottage interior. Photograph by Laure Joliet.

My friend Jeff Klein, who famously restored the Sunset Tower and created the Tower Grill Restaurant in West Hollywood, called us one day to say he wanted to do an “urban version” of San Ysidro Ranch.

When I went to see the property he was purchasing, I was dumbfounded: A trio of unappealing and dilapidated late 19th century Arts and Crafts era bungalows had been turned into a “clothing optional” hotel notorious to the local police department as being the worst drug hangout in the community.

I was skeptical, and it took a lot of our and our client’s patience and persistence, but it is now the hottest private club in town, and with interiors by Rita Konig offers a unique “cottage” experience.

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ABOVE Cottage interior.

Photograph by Laure Joliet.

RIGHT San

Vicente Bungalows pool.

Landscape design by L.Z. Design Group.

Photograph by Joe Schmelzers.

LEFT San Vicente Bungalows interior by Rita Konig. Photograph

by Joe Schmelzers.

BELOW Custom Big Sur camp sketch by Marc Appleton.

While traveling or on vacation, I often sketch cottages and little houses. I have done many, and all of them remain unrealized. Our firm has done a few for clients, but regrettably many of these, too, are never built.

Maybe it is enough just to dream, which in itself offers a kind of emotional recess we can take from this crazy world. The few that do actually come true always make for happy memories, both for us as well as our clients and their guests, so we will keep on dreaming.

To the many architects and designers out there, may those who have had similar experiences fill the pages of a book with their dream cottages, whether actually constructed, or just a wishful sketch. CH

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Homeowner Robert Olson and companion Spark enjoy the Balboa Island lifestyle.

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The home, whose site provides expansive water views, reflects an inviting Nantucket inspiration.

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Nantucket Meets Newport Beach IN A NEW ENGLAND-INSPIRED HOME ON BALBOA ISLAND, GRACE BLU BLENDS TRADITIONAL AND MODERN ELEMENTS TEXT ROGER GRODY PHOTOGRAPHY KARYN MILLET

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RANGE COUNTY-BASED Grace Blu has a reputation for creating distinctive interiors that are custom-tailored to its clients’ lifestyles. “I take the personalities of the homeowners and tell a story through the design,” reports founder and principal designer Rona Graf of her approach.

And while Graf’s signature aesthetic typically incorporates modern elements, she suggests, “Houses need to feel timeless, not trendy.”

For an approximately 5,000-sq-ft residence on Newport Beach’s charming Balboa Island, Graf drew upon its Nantucket-style architecture, retaining a casual Southern California sensibility despite some formal

qualities. An HGTV Designer of the Year, Graf was retained by the homeowner, hotel developer Robert Olson, after he rebuilt the house on a double waterfront lot. Graf’s firm also created the interiors for the Balboa Cottage at the Lido House, Olson’s fashionable hotel at nearby Lido Marina Village.

The home’s living room, a warm space with expansive windows, features seating from Gina B & Company and an ebony-stained cocktail table from Chaddock on a Kravet rug layered over a neutral sisal rug for elegant detailing. The residence’s home office—in the Zoom era, the aesthetics of this space are as important as its function—presents a masculine navy-blue theme. A custom leather-trimmed desk and white cabinetry from Spain’s Collección Alexandra elegantly but subtly articulate the nautical setting, reinforced by signature hemp wallpaper

by Phillip Jeffries.

In the art-filled dining room, Graf presents a table and chairs from Baker, illuminated by a modern Visual Comfort chandelier that hangs from a polished,

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ABOVE A unique circular sitting room off the master bedroom showcases 360-degree water views. OPPOSITE BOTTOM In the home’s living room, intriguing vintage pieces are complemented by seating from Gina B & Company and rug by Kravet. OPPOSITE RIGHT Dining room chairs from Baker—custom tassels suit the drama of the art-filled space—put everybody in a relaxed mood.

barrel-shaped ceiling created to look like the inverted hull of a boat. This unique and memorable room inspired the design for the private dining room at the Lido House.

Flooded with light, the master bedroom is furnished with a custom four-post bed and night tables from Century Furniture, wood veneer wallpaper from Phillip Jeffries and Kravet hair-on-hide rug, with vintage saddle stools adding personality. The Carrara marble-clad master bath includes a vintage brass-and-crystal chandelier and claw-foot tub with Kallista fixtures. A small, circular sitting room off the master bedroom—Graf’s favorite room in the house, it offers 360-degree water views and a peaceful ambiance—is fitted with a similarly shaped custom sofa.

Downstairs, a cozy bar with leopard-print stools and classic zinc countertop provides a sexy hideaway. A round solarium off the kitchen/breakfast room is a particularly inviting space, with French doors leading directly to an adjoining patio. “The room is designed to feel like it’s outdoors, having slate flooring that matches the patio surface,” reports Graf.

The solarium features a custom inlaid parquet table and chairs from Gina B, as well as a striking Mercury

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glass-and-brass pendant lamp ABOVE For the solarium adjoining the kitchen, from The Urban Electric Co. The Grace Blu presents table adjoining kitchen is anchored by and chairs by Gina B & a massive leathered black granCompany and glass-andite-topped island with gilded brass pendant from The cabinetry and Urban Electric box Urban Electric Co. lanterns overhead. A multipurOPPOSITE The spacious pose room showcases a world kitchen is anchored by a map wall sculpture from Natural massive leathered black Curiosities, complemented by granite-topped island illumap-themed wallpaper from minated by Urban Electric box lanterns.

Beacon House and globe-shaped chandelier by Circa Lighting.

The client had accumulated a formidable art collection, which can present a challenge for any designer. Suggesting designers should sometimes exercise restraint, Graf states, “It’s impossible to showcase art when the design is overdone,” and adds, “The pieces stand out better when there are fewer architectural details added to the room.” As reflected in this Balboa Island project, Grace Blu’s Rona Graf appreciates that balance and discretion are prerequisites for exceptional design. CH

“The room is designed to feel like it’s outdoors, having slate flooring that matches the patio surface.” - RONA GRAF

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For the sun-filled master bedroom, Grace Blu selected custom pieces from Century Furniture and distinctive Phillip Jeffries wallpaper.

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OPPOSITE Generous Carrara marble, vintage chandelier and claw-foot tub with Kallista fixtures enhance the master bath.

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IN STINSON BEACH, ARCHITECT CASS CALDER SMITH AND DESIGNER NICOLE HOLLIS CREATED A FAMILY’S WEEKEND HOUSE THAT EMBRACES ITS DRAMATIC SETTING TEXT DIANE DORRANS SAEKS PHOTOGRAPHY PAUL DYER ARCHITECTURE CASS CALDER SMITH INTERIOR DESIGN NICOLE HOLLIS LANDSCAPE DESIGN LEHUA GARDENS BUILDER ALLEN CONSTRUCTION

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The handsome Stinson Beach residence was recently updated by San Francisco architect Cass Calder Smith. Landscape design by Honey Kearns, Lehua Gardens, who created a painterly palette of weather/ drought resistant native grasses and succulents. Exterior house color: Arbor Coat Full Body Stain in Wescott Navy by Benjamin Moore.

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In the living room, Groundpiece Sectional by Flexform upholstered in Walcourt Oat Grain fabric by Janus et Cie .Hand -woven Moroccan rug

by Tony Kitz . Custom Tack end table in blackened steel by Uhuru. Singleboard vintage rocking armchair by George Nakashima. Ceramic cylinder stool by artist Reinaldo Sanguino.

Crest floor lamp by Allied Maker.

Vintage pine coffee table from Galerie Half. Los Angeles.

THE PANORAMA OF WAVES, WATER,

placid lagoon and forested mountain has seldom looked more compelling. It’s the perfect setting for a young surf-loving family Here, vast windows frame the California coast. The light constantly shifts with the whims of the weather, and this new Stinson Beach weekend house exudes an almost tactile sense of calm and permanence within.

Newly remodeled by architect Cass Calder Smith with Bjorn Steudte, and with relaxed chic decor by Nicole Hollis, the house has become a beloved year-round retreat.

At the end of a day of hiking, swimming, and trips to organic farms for the freshest produce and wines of West Marin, they all return to dine outdoors and watch the sunset.

“It was built in the mid-1960’s, and slowly it had succumbed to winter storms and summer heat and the marine environment, and many of its characteristics became obsolete,” said Calder Smith.

Interiors were designed by Nicole Hollis, with Honey Kearns planning the landscape.

The overall design, the materials and the finishes, and the landscape are intentionally casual and naturalistic.

Beyond the new more open façade, key rooms are oriented towards the placid lagoon and simultaneously inward towards its intimate and sheltered courtyard.

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It’s a very transparent building from every directions with expanses of glass and views of water and mountains. This architectural clarity and refinement also maximizes the indooroutdoor effect.

“Most of the house was demolished and expanded to make it a ‘restoration’ of a midcentury beach house,” said Calder Smith.

Rooms were expanded and altered. Various roofs were lifted, windows and glass doors enlarged. Every interior and exterior element

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was replaced – from the siding to the floors, to the fireplace, and the flora. The courtyard and decks were also replaced with the additions of a firepit and waterside Jacuzzi. Fine craftsmanship from the carpentry to the metal work to the furnishings were a high priority all with the goal to make it appear untouched, true to its origins.

Hollis selected a contemporary mix of vintage, modern, and custom pieces that are in sync with the casual mid-century design of the house.

ABOVE/OPPOSITE In the airy dining room, the custom dining table and bench designed by NICOLEHOLLIS and fabricated by Julian Giuntoli Custom Furniture Vintage dining chairs

by Hans Wegner Float Pendant Light with Borosilicate glass, cotton rope and brass and Leather hardware by Brendan Ravenhill.

White stained and wire-brushed cedar walls in custom finish.

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“The architecture of this modern beach house was the result of subtractions, additions, refinements.”

-ARCHITECT CASS CALDER SMITH

BELOW In the principal bedroom, custom solid walnut bed with built in bedside tables designed by NICOLEHOLLIS and fabricated by Uhuru.

Stacki pendant with smoke glass shade by Articolo. Leather strap bench with dark patina brass legs and Espresso leather seat by Thomas Hayes Studio. Cascade organic matelasse blanket in Granite by Coyuchi.

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ABOVE Nicole Hollis and her team selected the outdoor dining table and benches for the terrace that looks over the lagoon.

For the center courtyard, she also selected Adirondack chairs and designed the custom wooden bench, inspired by a Donald Judd design so that days could be enjoyed outdoors.

The sense of place and easy access to the beach and the lagoon encourage socializing for all ages. Days are spent sailing in the lagoon, surfing and fishing in the ocean, bicycling and hiking.

“For the ultimate beach house vibe we created the refinement of the family’s great art collection and the custom furnishings surrounding them,” said Nicole Hollis. “There are works by Tara Donovan, Sheila Hicks, and George Nakashima and others. A mix of

modern and mid-century furnishings and lighting complement the art collection giving the cottage an approachable lived-in feeling.”

Hollis said she is happy that the house is relaxed, flexible and durable, and welcoming throughout the seasons.

“The views through the large windows and sliding doors throughout the house act as art and compliment the interiors,” said Hollis.

“The house itself isn’t huge but the views are so grand. I love the juxtaposition.”CH

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Family Matters INTERIOR DESIGNER ROXANNE PACKHAM BALANCES OLD AND NEW IN A BELOVED FAMILY VACATION RETREAT TEXT NORA BURBA TRULSSON PHOTOGRAPHY MARK LOHMAN

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Roxanne Packham’s family getaway on Lake Arrowhead includes beachside bocce and bucolic views.

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a private cove, this 3,800-sqft Lake Arrowhead house has been a summer retreat for generations. When designer Roxanne Packham of Sunset and Magnolia (sunsetandmagnolia.com) in Santa Rosa Valley was asked to refresh the home’s interiors, she faced her most daunting clients— her own family.

“This place has been in my family since the 1980s,” says Packham of the rambling Cape Cod-style home that dates to the 1920s. “Four generations of us have been

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coming up here during the holidays and in the summer. There can be up to 14 of us in the house at any given time.”

Packham’s parents, Linda Adler Hughes and Bill Hughes bought the house, adding on over the years and decorating it in an English-inspired motif, filled with antiques and found treasures, as well as pieces Linda incorporated from her father and grandfather—respectively, the late silversmiths Allan Adler and Porter Blanchard. Several years ago, Packham’s sister, interior designer Michele Hughes, updated the kitchen, opening it to the dining room.

Vintage Brown Jordan furniture creates an inviting setting for lunch on the back patio that overlooks the lake.

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For an easy update, living room’s Habersham hutch was refinished and fitted with sconces.

Thibaut grasscloth wall covering adds a beachy appeal.

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For this redo, Packham had to engage in a balancing act. “Everyone loves this house and didn’t want it to change,” says Packham, an Allied Member of ASID who specializes in residential design. “But this is a home that’s used hard. We come up from the beach in our swimsuits and plop down. We cook, we eat, we talk. Things got worn out, so it needed an update.”

Heeding familial input, Packham decided a light touch was the best approach. She kept most of the furnishings and accessories, but wove in a few new pieces and relied on reupholstering, plus new carpets, finishes, wall coverings and fabric treatments to give the interior a fresh look without losing its beloved appeal.

In the living room, an older Habersham hutch was repainted in a distressed cream-hued finish, while the existing sofas were reupholstered in a silvery Clay McLaurin Studio fabric with a subtle pattern. A new Dash & Albert sisal area rug can withstand sandy feet and tracked-in pine needles.

“Almost all of the new fabrics have patterns so you can’t see stains and wear,” says Packham. “Even the Thibaut wall covering in the living room is grasscloth, which hides fingerprints.”

For the dining room, Packham paired McGuire bamboo chairs with Thibaut fabric cushions, perfect complements to the distressed alder table and her great grandfather Porter Blanchard’s butter churn that he turned into a side table. The family room’s Barclay Butera sectional was re-covered in a Ralph Lauren floral, creating an inviting spot to lounge and snack in front of the native stone fireplace.

Packham treated each of the six bedrooms like suites in a charming B&B, each with its own theme and lavished with fabrics. A downstairs bedroom has a woodsy look, thanks to a Raoul Textiles linen toile, used for the bedding, fauteuil and upholstered walls.

A blue and white Raoul Textiles floral graces an upstairs bedroom, where yards of the print create a drapery-like wall treatment, meant to disguise a slanted ceiling line.

Throughout, Packham made sure family treasures still shone, balancing, for example, an antique pine chest and nightstand in the master bedroom with a new custom Ralph Lauren velvet-upholstered headboard and reframing old menus her

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mother had swiped from restaurants around the world, so the graphics stand out against the John Robshaw wallpaper. “This house has a lot of small spaces, a lot of little nooks and crannies,” says Packham. “Each space has its own flavor and personality.”

Packham’s project received the family’s stamp of approval and continues to be a comfortable backdrop for everything from swimming and games of beachside bocce to meals enjoyed together and latenight fireside conversations.

“As with all my projects,” says Packham, “this house represents my clients and what they love. In this case, it was my family.” CH

ABOVE Window

seats and McGuire chairs can accommodate a crowd in the dining room, where great-grandfather Porter Blanchard’s antique butter churn was converted to a side table. BELOW The updated kitchen includes white cabinetry and matchstick blinds, which add a rustic touch. OPPOSITE A Christopher Guy mirror creates a focal point above the living room’s rock fireplace. The sofas were reupholstered in a Clay McLaurin Studio fabric.

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BELOW LEFT A daybed at the top of the stairs, covered in a Kravet fabric, is a quiet spot for reading and naps.

BELOW RIGHT An upstairs bathroom was refreshed with a sunny Thibaut wall covering.

John Robshaw wallpaper adds pattern to the master bedroom, where the deep hues of a new custom headboard in a Ralph Lauren fabric complements an antique pine cabinet.

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TRANSITION INTERIOR DESIGNER JOLENE LINDNER CREATES A WEST COAST AIRY MODERN HOME FOR HER EAST COAST CLIENTS TEXT KAVITA DASWANI PHOTOGRAPHY THOMAS KUOH

A tranquil pool sets the tone for the serenity and comfortable modernity of the house. Pieces include Restoration Hardware lounge chairs by the pool and Room & Board Emmett tall lounge chairs by the firepit.

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In the living room: a semi-custom Duke sofa from Verellen, slipcovered in brushed linen-cotton washable fabric with stain treatment added. Sourced through Summerhouse Mill Valley. The pillows are from McGee & Co, the rug from Loloi and coffee table by Palacek Camilla. Brass floor lamps from Currey & Co and the side tables are repurposed old sugar gears. The kitchen features counter stools from Target, Limoges Grande Pendants by Visual Comfort sourced through City Lights San Francisco. The backsplash tile is Cle Tile, Zellige, cabinetry and shelves from Precision Cabinets, appliances by Thermador and countertops by NeoLith. Valley.

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Semi-custom Milo swivel chairs in a salt and pepper thick linen fabric, sourced through Summerhouse Mill.

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designer Jolene Lindner had to pay especially close consideration to the fine art of transition. After all, her clients–married lawyers who were close to retiring–were living primarily in Chicago, in a house that Lindner describes as ``a gentleman’s French countryside home.”

“They wanted to go more modern,” said Lindner, founder of San Francisco-based JL Interior Design. “But the new home also needed to have character. The modern farmhouse style seemed a good fit for the transition.

The 3,500-sq-ft home, which was a ground-up new build, also has a separate 500-sq-ft guest/pool house, and is located in Sonoma County’s prestigious Shiloh Estate, not far from the Mayacama Golf Course. Lindner worked with architect James McCalligan, contractor Total Concepts and landscape designer Susie Dowd Markarian to create a home that maximised the rich natural setting.

“Jim shared with me a lengthy nine-page interview process he conducted with the client that focused on what they really wanted,” said Lindner. “The emphasis was on the setting. The house has incredible sight lines of nature and is in natural surroundings. Jim’s speciality is in studying the way the sun should move through the trees and how the location of the house should suit the setting

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Custom built wine room by Precision Cabinets through Total Concepts, designed by JMA Architecture & JL Interior Design. Semi-flushmount by Rejuvenation.

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Kalamazoo pizza oven within a custom outdoor kitchen

by TC, JMA & JLID. NuCrete through Sonoma Cast Stone.

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Custom, motorized screens, disappear when not in use. (Perhaps an influence of midwest summer nights - finding a new home out West.) Restoration Hardware furniture in bleachable white Perennials fabric. Pottery Barn toss pillows and Beachmont rug from Serena & Lily.

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it’s in. Even as you walk through the front door, you can look out at the pool, the old oak trees and amazing views.

We didn’t want to take away from that.”

For the interiors, the clients conveyed to Lindner that they “wanted their lives to be easy”, so the furniture had to be fuss-free and the fabrics pet-friendly and simple to care for. Function was paramount. So Lindner zeroed in on durable materials, like kitchen countertops with elegant veining that would remain pristine even with hot dishes placed on them, and stain-free concrete in the bathrooms. In the couple’s Chicago home, the predominant colors are red, gold, and green. For their West Coast residence, Lindner wanted to incorporate a color palette that felt “light, bright and airy.”

Given the timing of the project-wildfires, floods and the pandemic interrupted the flow of construction–Lindner and her team had to pivot. So instead of going on shopping excursions, the designer had to connect with sources who would be able to get them what they needed in a timely fashion. Input from the clients was invaluable; Lindner was shown an inspiration photo of semi-circular kitchen counter stools -and after an exhaustive search, found them at a local big box store.

For the primary bedroom, done mainly in neutrals with pale terra-cotta tones, Lindner wanted it to feel “as though you are going to sleep amidst wine country, as if the animals they have are at the foot of the bed and they have blankets to sit on.” The various tones of blue that are peppered through the rest of the property are in full force in the pool house.

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“The emphasis was on the setting. The house has incredible sight lines of nature and is in natural surroundings.”

- JOLENE LINDNER

“I dove into the blue for that space; it felt like the right color to work with for the couple.”

Lindner says she felt very much at home working with the parameters established with the clients– that comfort was paramount. It’s a thread, she says, that runs through her practice, one that she has refined since she left a career in corporate finance more than a decade ago to study interior design.

“I like to think that I create homes that are warm and comfortable,” she said. “I like things to be approachable and not too stuffy. I’d never want a client to think they can’t have friends over and have fun because they’re worried about the furniture.”

As for this particular project, Lindner is confident that her clients will be able to seamlessly move from their more traditional Midwest home into this modern, airy West Coast one.

“I didn’t want to do anything that was too big of a leap for them. It needed to feel like the right home for them and for them to think, ‘I don’t want to go back.’” CH

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ABOVE Rejuvenation sconces, board form concrete, board & batten siding, metal roof, screened in porch off the master bedroom.

LEFT Custom designed bathroom by JLID & JMA - JMA on layout, JLID on finishes & cabinet layout/detailing - cabinets by Precision Cabinets through Total Concepts, custom lighting made by Dogfork Lamp Arts, bathroom layout by JMA. Custom window treatments by Riitta Herwitz Design Support. Tile

by Fireclay Tile & Italics. NeoLith countertops. Mirrors by Restoration Hardware. La Cava plumbing, Schoolhouse Electric hardware.

Paintings by Ruth Le Roux through Serena & Lily. Maiden Home bed. Table lamps by Made Goods. Nightstands Serena & Lily.

Window treatments Riitta Herwitz.

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1 Jonathan’s Coastal Living exterior with California Closets pop-up created an exciting enterance to the event.

2 Jonathan’s co-owners Mandy Felsmann, and Jamie Bernal 3 Philharmonic Society of Orange County Committee members Kim Weddon, Pamela Barthold with Architect Richard Fleming 4 Ginger Rabe 5 Architect Richard Fleming interacting during the Master class.

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