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Charming countryside home in Mill Valley gets inspiring transformation

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This beautiful countryside home has been completely transformed by G.P. Schafer Architect, located in Mill Valley, a city in Marin County, California. A couple with two young children relocated from New York City to the San Francisco Bay Area, after purchasing this 3,800 square foot home. The architects helped the family to realize their vision of renovating and expanding their countryside dream home.

The client’s sought to retain the original 1870’s cabin elements they had fallen in love with at the core of the house. The project team completely rebuilt the structure, maintaining the cabin feel while creating a new family room and bedrooms on the lower level and a new central staircase, all designed to fit within the original fabric of the existing house.

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Above: The architects collaborated with landscape designer Frederika Moller to create the stunning gardens that surrounds this home.

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What We Love: This lovely countryside home offers a bright and airy new interior layout with plenty of charm. Decorated with a layering of textures and accessories, the interiors are brimming with warmth and personality. This home is very livable, with spaces that are ideal for family living and entertaining… Readers, what are your overall thoughts on the design of this home? Would this be your idea of a dream home? Please tell us why or why not in the Comments below!

Note: Have a look at a couple of other fabulous home tours that we have featured here on One Kindesign set in the beautiful Mill Valley, California region: Gorgeous update to a farmhouse style home in Mill Valley and Chic modern farmhouse style in Mill Valley, California

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London-based interior designer Rita Konig was responsible for infusing every room of this countryside home with her characteristic quirky charm.

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Above: The walls are painted in Emery & Cie’s C’est Un Garçon. Cane shades are from Joss Graham, while the area rug is by Beauvais Carpets.

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Photos: Courtesy of G.P. Schafer Architect

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Wendy
2 years ago

There are houses and there are homes. This is a home in every sense. One can actually see people living here. The beautiful, art-filled, furnishings and color design aesthetic make for such welcoming spaces.

TT
2 years ago

Fell in love instantly. Warm, cozy, inviting. Draws you in. Imperfect perfection at its best.

Barbara
3 years ago

Love the interior architecture. The wood burning fireplaces and nooks and crannies make it feel like a home. Well done!

Kat
4 years ago

This house is perfection, and it’s pushed all my other inspo out the window! Do you know what paint colors were used? Love this palette, the furnishings, the feel of home they’ve curated in this space.

Lenna
5 months ago
Reply to  Kat

Benjamin Moore Black and China White

Celia
4 years ago

Totally love this home. It draws you into every room inside and out. This is what a home should be collected and evolved over the years. Warm and inviting, interesting and charming. It seems REAL. A home to feel at peace in.

Carolyn
5 years ago

What a beautiful house. Elegant comfort and charm. Then the intimacy of the nooks and crannies that invite reading, thinking, writing, conversation…and the KITCHEN! I truly felt like I had come home. This brought tears. Thank you!

JAD
5 years ago

This is the prettiest house I’ve seen this year. Love the architecture- the proportions, quirky layout, choices in re window placement, the transitions between rooms, the handsome hardware…well, everything. And the interior decoration is wonderful too, especially the unusual and lovely color combinations. So many creative touches. It would be a joy to live in that house. Thank you for providing a tour of it.

Teri
5 years ago

I love those blinds! Any idea where I can buy something like that?

Lynne
5 years ago
Reply to  Teri

I love the blinds on the french doors too! Would love to know where to purchase some like them.

maria
5 years ago

Only one strong dislike. The dead animal parts on the walls! So barbaric. This trend brings me cramps on my stomach. In my opinion it ruins a dreamy house!

Ecfinn
2 years ago
Reply to  maria

Agree, love everything but the dead animals. That trend is gross.

Samuelsen
5 years ago

Love the house! The shiplap and dutch doors are beautiful feaures. Great architecture. Not so crazy about the furnishings though and can someone please straighten out the purposely uneven blinds! So distracting. The gardens are are also awesome. This definitely could be my dream home if it was decorated differently.

Suzie L Shipman
5 years ago

Love, love, love the rustic charm. The colors are beautiful. So lived in. Mill Valley is such a fun town. You never know from the street what you’re going to get in the house. This is magnificent!