Features:

• Mahogany woodwork
• Magnesite floors and baseboards (faux tile)
• A ballroom style living/ dining room having cathedral ceiling, with Spanish
• Mediterranean trusses
• Fully modern kitchen
• Maids-quarters
• Art tile from the 1920s (pre-dating the house)
• Ocean adjacent
• Handmade German light fixtures
• Skylights

In reconstructing the home, the architect made it truly Shingle Style. The original clear horizontal redwood shiplap siding was uncovered and brought back to life. All of the openings on the living room/kitchen level were replaced with new re-designed fenestration. The leaded glass in the living room was restored by Judson Studios. The flooring which looks like tile in stairway and bedroom beyond is actually an archaic material called magnesite. It is quite rare to see it on interior floors and even rarer to see it re-created. Although there are some small areas of original floor and baseboard about 95% of it is new.

The kitchen was completely reconfigured. The front of the kitchen and nook were enlarged by about 5 feet. The maid’s quarters on the ground level (not in the photos) and the kitchen level where torn down to the studs. The exterior ‘porch’ roofs were added as new design elements. All of the exterior trim and gutters are Olson’s design and are new as are all of the exterior and interior finishes. The deck outside the kitchen is a new addition along with redesigned exterior stairs.

The Living/ Dining Room was separated by walls and a sliding door from the nook and stairway. That interface got a major redesign with mahogany woodwork, arched glass door and low wine cabinet.  In the process opening the nook and stairway to the living room.