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WOW ! i love this home. especially the kitchen !! great job guys. you inspire me :)
which ikea twin bed is that in the photo ?

WOW! I love the light and airiness of the house. This is probably one of my favors. I love the color throughout. Great job, I’m drooling with desire.
X- Julia

That's a great kitchen -
Note the Heath tiles on the backsplash...

amazing. I'm in awe.

I think the story should be, look at us, we have a lot of money! anybody can buy luxury, I say boooring...

Just beautiful. I think it's many people's dream to buy back their childhood home and keep the memories intact while adding their own touch. So nice to see that you were able to achieve that.

Beautiful--where did you get the lamps hanging in the bathroom?

stunning and cozy*

What can you tell us about those great prints - the b&w squirrel and bee hive?

Thanks!

I'm not sure what the point is, here, if these folks didn't do any of the work themselves and the furnishings all seem to be bought new. Seems more like a "look at these pretty pictures from a professional designer's portfolio" sort of post ... if you have lots of money, you can buy pretty things. Film at 11.

Really, really nice... a little too nice though. I want to see some more personality!

I think it's a lovely home. I particularly liked the way the Ikea pieces (not expensive) are well used and blend in. Money does not necessarily buy taste, and this house is very tastefully done.

Is that chest outside waterproof? If so, where is it from?

kung fu grip and GingerVitis,

We're always looking for more House Tours. Would you like to sign up?

Honestly, no -- much as I love my home, I don't understand the need to have one's taste validated by strangers (though of course I enjoy the voyeuristic thrill of looking at other people's houses as much as the next AT reader).

And I wasn't criticizing this house, per se. It's clearly a well-designed space; it just seems better suited to, say, Architectural Digest than AT.

I don't think I'd ever want to live in my hometown, but my imagination is still running wild with ideas for how I'd change my childhood home. Great post.

Can I pleeeeeaase be buried here too?!

Yeah, I don't think I'd give up that view either.

I appreciate the clean design, especially the tile choices.

The Heath tile, terrazo and that trippy pebble tile are all very cool. It's hard to tell from the photo but that pebble tile is actually clear resin with objects embedded within.

The picture of your home office is definitely going in my style tray! I would love to see more of it. I am in love with the white, blue, orange color scheme.

Can't we all just sit back and enjoy the eye candy? Its a fact of life - some people have more money than others. Sheesh. This house is gorgeous, and that can't be disputed.

Robin - I completely agree. House tours should feature homes that reflect EVERY budget. There are a lot of "Architectural-Digest(ish) homes" that are well suited for an AT feature.

This is a great space.

I really like this and love that it was a childhood home. I know I dream about buying my childhood home!

love the story behind your home. where did you get the table and chairs in your little one's room? love them!

Yowza! Great choices, especially the kitchen (and usually I couldn't care less about the kitchen!). And I loved the various paintings and prints.

Do you know what paint color was used in the bedroom?

Just because this house Architectural Digest worthy doesn't mean that we can't draw inspiration from it. I'm taking notes and that Heath tile in the kitchen, and the furniture in the babies room just might make it in to my place someday soon.
So please stop judging and just enjoy, and if you can't do that here, then why the heck are you here?

Thank You so much!

Here, here for walnut in the kitchen. In a recentish Met Home there is a fab walnut NY kitchen with hidden fridge drawers. I loove the log pillows, are they Boodalee?

Kung fu gripe, you are a walnit!

Beautiful. I loved all the windows and the views!

I'm glad I got a coupla folks to think about how expensive a renovation like this would be. as AT grows I for one vote against the pro interior stories as they are just silly - I mean how many of you can buy a house, or an apt. rather in NYC, hire an architect, and a designer, do a full renovation? these folks tore out the whole house and then replaced everything with the cool new expensive thing! if these folks really want to show off, why don't they tell you their real budget?!

Most likely the best house tour by far, in a very long time. Beautiful & stellar.

so much lovely inspiration! The artwork, in particular, is fabulous. Lovelovelove the ceramic (?) faces wall piece in the master bath.

i love it but the big opening from the living room seems a bit impractical, unles you like flies and mozzies.

- The twin IKEA bed is the MALM in oak ($129)
- The log pillows came from fredflair.com
- The squirrel and beehive prints were made specially for a trade show. I took graphics from our tree bedding and printed them out over a scan of wood grain. Frames: IKEA. I decided to use them in my son's room after the show.
- The little table and chairs were from DWR Jax (discontinued/clearance)
- The lights in the bathroom are by dformdesign.com
- The outside chest is from Restoration Hardware.
- Bedroom paint colors are: 'Asparagus' by Behr in the kids room, and 'Nocturnal Grey' in the master.
- Most of the artwork is by local artists. A couple pieces were found on ebay.

This house is just lovely, inside and out. I enjoyed every photo. It's also very inspirational. Maybe not all of us can afford a home like this but break it down room by room and there are definitely ideas to be borrowed or reinterpreted at any budget.

I think you'd be surprised at how many AT readers CAN afford to do a major renovation like this one.

Absolutely stunning.
Congratulations Jeanice! (see? all that second guessing and it turned out so great!!- I say that because I can relate to the ongoing 'doubts')

Jeanice is one cool lady and so is her house.

Wow. I can't even think of the right adjectives to use.

I'd love to know the artist of the motorcycle painting. Do you know who it is, Jeanice?

My mother is about to put my childhood house on the market. I've always had great ideas of how I'd reinvent it. Too bad I don't want to live in my hometown.

Yes, it's super cool place. Yes, it's seemingly very expensive as well. And yes, majority of us can't afford the renovation of this magnitude. But the attention to details, culture of this home is remarkable! We have seen here house tours furnished with thrift store finds and clever reuse, which are also fantastic. And we have seem house tours with great aesthetics and then a picture of horrendous hat boxes stacked on the top of refrigerar or some other detail which kills the whole impression of the space..
That house has practically no mistakes, awkward or overlooked corners. Every detail is thought for, carefully selected and meticously planned for. You can't buy that for any money! The pride the homeowners have for it, is well deserved. Great job! Congratulation!

Kungfu grip: you missed the point. The original post back in December was "blogging California Home" and referenced finding out about this house through a design magazine.

I, for one, am thankful that the owners of this sublime residence were generous enough to give us more photographs. These pictures are inspiring and you did a wonderful job.

On another note, who did your doors?

Gorgeous! I am bookmarking this - I hope my house will look as nice as this. Someday. One can dream, right? :)

Boodalee mama, can you share the source of your terrazzo tile i.e. "Grand Canal" by Venix? We're looking to put terrazzo tile in our house, but haven't been able to source anything interesting locally.

Lovely home! While I cannot afford such a space let alone a rennovation of this sophistication and scale, that doesn't mean that I didn't thoroughly enjoy looking at the results! And several of the pictures went into my style tray because this place is definitely inspirational. That's what I tune into AT for - inspiration - so as far as I'm concerned this house tour belongs here just as much as any other lower budget decorating endeavor.

Jeanice, I love your kitchen, the Nocturnal Gray in the bedroom is stunning, and I'd also love to know the name of the artist who did the motorcycle painting.

I love the bedroom wall color, may I please have the name and brand. Thanks!

OOPPSS....nevermind, should have read ALL the comments

Thank you all.

The "motorcycle" painting (vespa actually) is by local artist Tom Zephyrs. www.tomzephyrs.com. I love this painting. He captures everything I love about Italy - the mystery, the calm, the great design. It was the first oil painting I'd ever found of a European scene that didn't include some giant bougainvillea vine cascading down a balcony.

Purvi - I'll look it up and post it here next week when I get back home. We got it in SF.

The doors...the sliding doors? Those are by Nana Doors in Mill Valley.

I've seen plenty of homes of wealthy people that are UUUUGLY! Just because someone has a bigger budget doesn't mean their home is automatically gorgeous. There's a lot of hideous expensive stuff out there, and none of it is in this house! I think this is well deserving of an AT house tour spot!

Also, you have to realize, some people work HARD for what they have, and completely deserve it!

Anyways, I absolutely loved this house tour. So very tasteful yet not boringly so. Love it. And Oh! That view!

Jeanice, you're truly inspirational to me because it's so rare to hear about people buying back their childhood home! My childhood home was the coolest 1950's ranch house located 1/2 mile from Disneyland. I spent 21 of the happiest years of my life there. When I was in college my parents came home one day and announced they were moving. I was so distraught I threatened to run away. 17 years later I tracked down the owners and they graciously agreed to let me come back for a tour of the house. It was the most bittersweet and surreal experience of my life. I cried because half of the house was horrifically remodeled and I cried some more because the other half was untouched and left the way I remembered it. I'm obsessed with buying back that house someday and restoring it to it's mid-century glory!

I'm completely in love with the square pillow in photo 6 that has the clovers/butterflies on it. Did you buy it? make it? can you give me any information on it?

From Jeanice re: pillow:

They are Alexander Girard Pillows and they are the most beautiful color combination! Here they are at Velocity:

http://www.velocityartanddesign.com/product.php?productid=16173&cat=462&manufacturerid=&page=1

I just love that little elephant table/stool(?) in the bedroom corner.

Lovely interior! There is a contest at www.housetribe.com which you could probably win.

WOW-AB-FABULOUS HOUSE!

Can you tell me who your contractor was? (If you were happy with them.) My mom lives in Rossmoor, CA and I'm flying out (from Minnesota) to help her begin a kitchen remodel.

Thank you!

Jeanice & Jason,
I adore your home!
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