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Wow. What a great sense of personal style. Thanks, AT.

I'm impressed that two people can comfortably live in such a small space (and with a full sized dog!). It looks lovely and like it evolved organically as a home should. I especially like the artwork, which I am assuming is Serena's?

I love the way they made this place their own. The garden is great. And that is the most unpretentious Eames chair I've ever seen.

Love the laid back feel of this place. Really liked all the artwork and I'm totally jealous of your lovely garden. Very nice!

so nice. i want to spend a sunny afternoon there - painting, reading, sipping sweet tea...

Cmu, the artwork featured in photos 20, 21 & 27 is Serena's work.

cute couple, cute place, cute , cute , cute
and I just have to ask..
are those glass water bongs as garden art?
sorry!

from my understanding, those glass pieces in the garden used to be part of a sewage treatment facility. they're clear so the sewage could be visually monitored. charming, eh?

Greatly impressed that two people and a large sized dog can all fit into such a small space and still love one another. With that said, I feel a little short of breath just looking at the photos. I think this little space could be made exceptional with a MAJOR decluttering session. It seems incredibly overstuffed IMHO. But I'm very thankful, as always, to have the opportunity to see inside someone's home!

What a nice couple and cute place- thank you for sharing...

Great looking couple in a fun fun fun house. Reminds me of the wonderful house we visited in Stinson Beach last summer. Loved CA!

Very cute! Unfortunately, having lived two blocks from Ocean Beach, I know there aren't many sunny days to be had out there. The cold is numbing all year long, save two or three days.

thank you, how fun and adorable!

They are of course adorable and the place is cute, I guess, but I hyperventilate a little looking at those pictures. (I'm not even kidding.) Clutter is just not a design aesthetic that works for me. At all.

thank you for sharing this place with us; it's packed with individuality and style. places like this are a lot more impressive and meaningful than the homes that look like a cookie-cutter magazine cover.
fabulous place!!!

This is wonderful!! It's such a reflection of personal style, and done so well! It's like nothing I've ever seen before! I love it! =)

I love this place! oh how i want to live in a tiny house by the ocean one day... I love all the plants, I want plants in my bathroom too (if only it had a window...) And Serena, your art is beautiful and I love your mexican tunic!

Clutter smlutter! I love it. Clutter happens when you're living life!

Also, I love the Mark Gonzalez board (yellow face)!

I love it so much! One of the best homes I've ever seen on AT.

love

Ditto. One of the best home tours on AT.

They seem so happy.

I grinned with every click. Fun---I felt like I was back on what used to be the southeast coast of Texas collecting driftwood and other treasures.

Their place is amazing. this is probably my favorite house tour ever.

Growing up in Santa Barbara surfing, skateboarding and riding bikes it is often hard to find a place to keep all the toys. you have put together a nice home and have not let all of these things consume your space but be a part. I live near by and love the earthly soulfulness.. the avenues can be souless. you guys are too cute.

Sorry a little too cute for me.

Would you consider adopting a 24yo? I don't eat much and I spend most of the day sitting on the floor reading/translating, I won't take up more than a cushion in a corner, I promise.

I WANT TO LIIIVEEEE THEEEEREEE!

End of the coffee attack of 10.00AM. Back to work.

that is a wonderful home, thank you for giving us a tour. i must agree - one of the best houses ever.


(where is it "too cute"?? there is nothing cute about it.)

What a happy home, where the surf boards and skate boards that bring you joy blend with such natural ease in your home decor.

Also agree that the multi-color Eames chairs (is one of them homemade copy?) and the lounger are displayed in the most unpretentious way ever. Not sitting stiffly in a living room as a show piece, but totally a part of your artistic and comfy home.

love it...but how long does it take to water those flowers?! and what is the one hanging in the shower seemingly without a pot...?

I like that they've kept the main living area uncluttered (by comparison) to the kitchen and studio. and, i think work spaces, esp if you're an artist, are going to be cluttered.

What a happy place! The photos brilliantly capture the vibe of this love shack. And I don't see clutter at all, I see carefully chosen items that each have a home and a personality. Very well done.

I have to agree with others, this is one of the best houses on we have seen on AT.

Dusting must be a full time job.

What a great house tour....I love the photos, esp the ones with the couple in them! That's what's missing in most house tours...personality.

Makes me want a surf shack myself...I can smell the ocean air now....

Ton of fun. I want all of your bazillion plants. and I, too, want a window in my bathroom so I can grow vandas.

Have to agree that this is one of the top 5 AT homes of all time (and it's not even an apartment). "clutter" is crap that gets in the way - these objects look like well-integrated parts of these people's (gorgeous) life. As a former surfer, I'm impressed by the hanging wetsuits and ordered boards - it's the least messy surf shack I've ever seen!

I love the ladder, the loft, the coherence - Eames and weathered wood - I guess this is the pinnacle of bobo, meant in the kindest way.

Even though it isn't my style, I like clean lines, clean surfaces, etc....This is a very cute and well-designed home! And it is just so homey, and the designer furniture is like someone said, arranged unpretentiously.

BTW you have the same DWR couch as I do, so maybe we have the same tastes after all?

I cant wait to submit my studio!

Blogger: Please put a 'back to original post' link with the slideshow, will ya? Cheers.

gryt: thanks for the suggestion! done.

can anyone please tell me what the orange-ish plant in photo number 10 is? i'd like to have some of those.

really cool. sums up life near the ocean.

geoffm: i believe it is a type of succulent called aeonium arboreum

nice, real, lived in...i appreciate seeing people in their homes...

You can almost, hear and smell the ocean. Nice feel, I agree with a previous comment a tad cluttered but really, when you are loving life, who cares.

LOVE that big brown triangle!

i love the studio too!

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Inspiring and amazing. Love your use of color and plants and imagination!

Hello! Is your mom Linda? She married Glenn Raymond of Washington years ago? I am Kristals' best friend who went to Orange County when we were kids and visited you guys. Wondered what ever happened to your mom, she was so great to us girls and I'd love to get back in touch with her. Fastnetti@hotmail.com I have a Facebook and Myspace as well. Hope you and yours are well! Get back to me when you get a chance!