This stylish family home designed by Walker Warner Architects is nestled on a magnificent rural property with a park-like setting filled with mature, 80-foot oak trees in Woodside, California. This dwelling exemplifies how design can reconcile historic context, building constraints, and functionality, resulting in a cohesive and harmonious outcome.
The home’s transparency and relationship to the land reflects the site’s expansiveness — from the formal entry that allows guests to immediately experience the natural setting through seamless indoor-outdoor connections to the glass-enclosed stairwell that offers awe-inspiring views of the surrounding tree line.
DESIGN DETAILS: ARCHITECTURE: Walker Warner Architects INTERIORS: Odada BUILDER: Redhorse Constructors LANDSCAPE: Ground Studio
The structure is sited to enjoy views of the adjacent open space, while preserving the core of the site dedicated to outdoor entertaining and activities. The second story of this stylish family home serves as a privacy buffer from neighbors. Reflective of forms prominent in the California rural landscape, the rooflines are stretched asymmetrically to protect the interiors from hot summers, while thoughtful siting works with the sun’s movement throughout the day.
Above: In the dining room, slatted sliding doors provides a screen for light control while also acting as a design element. Arc Wood & Timbers fabricated the steel-framed pieces. Suspended above the dining table is the Branching Bubble chandelier by Lindsey Adelman.
Above: In the dining room, a floating walnut credenza was custom designed by the interior designer of this project, ODADA.
What We Love: This stylish family home offers a timeless appeal with its nature-inspired palette and careful material selections. There is a mix of more formal and casual living spaces in this home to accommodate for family living and entertaining. Indoor/outdoor living helps to invite nature indoors while flooding the spaces with natural light. Overall, this home offers a feeling of tranquility courtesy of its beautiful surroundings.
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Note: Have a look at a couple of other beautiful home tours that we have featured here on One Kindesign from the portfolio of the architects of this project, Walker Warner Architects: Gorgeous contemporary farmhouse offers indoor/outdoor California living and Timeless ranch house with exquisite details in the Sierra Nevadas.
Above: Adding an organic touch to this living room is a cross-cut, elm wood coffee table designed by the interior designer, ODADA and fabricated by MRCW.
Above: A slatted screen of white oak helps to define the entry while providing a visual separation for the living room. The interior palette is inspired by what you see through the windows, the beauty of nature.
Above: Interior details of this stylish family home include oak ceilings, Spanish sandstone flooring, and a floor-to-ceiling hand-raked sandstone fireplace.
Above: In the breakfast nook, the built-in banquette is covered in a durable lime green vinyl fabric by Architex. The table and angular base is custom designed.
Above: A sky blue linen fabric by Custom Weave creates a serene atmosphere in the master bedroom. Grounding this space is a vintage Oushak rug is from Stark.
Above: In the master bathroom, a freestanding Sabbia Boffi tub seems to float in the treetops courtesy of floor-to-ceiling windows. The custom cabinetry is designed and fabricated by Charles Marpet Fine Woodworks. Adding to the spa-like feel of this space, walls are clad in veined travertine from ABC Stone.
Above: The exterior is barn-like in its appearance and slightly more traditional than the interior. The facade is clad in western red cedar with a painted metal roof. A custom stain applied to the siding matches the hue of the oak trees.
Photos: Matthew Millman
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